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June 25, 2010

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“Hand Of Fate”

Artist: Cat Staggs

Today, StarWarsShop launches the fourth piece in its limited 12-part The Empire Strikes Back30th Anniversary Artwork Collection, a haunting image of Emperor Palpatine from his first appearance in the Star Wars saga by artist Cat Staggs.

While we never actually see the Emperor in a physical setting in The Empire Strikes Back (he only appears as a hologram), Staggs has envisioned the scene as it takes place within the Emperor’s chambers on Coruscant, a locale that movie-goers had not yet been introduced to when Empirewas released in 1980.

We asked Cat a few questions about “Hand of Fate,” and how she brought Empire’s Emperor to life (literally):

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