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His art hangs in the home of George Lucas himself – and this week, artist Mark Raats joins us to talk about his decades-long career painting pieces for Lucasfilm and Disney.Mark has created, among his other beautiful completely hand-drawn and painted pieces, a 2008 teaser poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a 30th anniversary poster for Return of the Jedi and a 40th for A New Hope, the cinema poster for the 2012 IMAX release of Raiders of the Lost Ark and, recently, some very special pieces for the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story and The Rise of Skywalker. The Johannesburg-born artist joins us from his base in Perth, Australia to discuss his work, including: His Sunday newspaper comic strip influencesHow he found out George Lucas was trying to hunt down and acquire his artworkSome Star Wars movie poster 'hand model' secretsA brush with death on Skywalker RanchAnd much more!Force Material is a podcast exploring the secrets and source material of Star Wars with hosts Rohan Williams and Baz McAlister. Listen and subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, Stitcher, PlayerFM and Castro; stay in touch with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram; and support the show by browsing our range of shirts, hoodies, kids apparel, mugs and more at TeePublic.

His art hangs in the home of George Lucas himself – and this week, artist Mark Raats joins us to talk about his decades-long career painting pieces for Lucasfilm and Disney.Mark has created, among his other beautiful completely hand-drawn and painted pieces, a 2008 teaser poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a 30th anniversary poster for Return of the Jedi and a 40th for A New Hope, the cinema poster for the 2012 IMAX release of Raiders of the Lost Ark and, recently, some very special pieces for the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story and The Rise of Skywalker. The Johannesburg-born artist joins us from his base in Perth, Australia to discuss his work, including: <ul><li>His Sunday newspaper comic strip influences</li><li>How he found out George Lucas was trying to hunt down and acquire his artwork</li><li>Some Star Wars movie poster 'hand model' secrets</li><li>A brush with death on Skywalker Ranch</li><li>And much more!</li></ul>Force Material is a podcast exploring the secrets and source material of Star Wars with hosts <a href="https://twitter.com/rohan_williams" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rohan Williams</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/bazmcalister" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baz McAlister</a>. Listen and subscribe on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/force-material/id1290847550" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3frKS7u843jgIs2je0IE5f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-force-material-31090106/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iHeartRadio</a>, <a href="https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Force-Material-A-Star-Wars-Podcast-p1250462/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TuneIn</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/force-material" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://player.fm/series/force-material" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PlayerFM</a> and <a href="https://castro.fm/podcast/c69b8a1e-e380-4ac6-be65-c7dc46c2443b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Castro</a>; stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/forcematerial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/forcematerial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/forcematerial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>; and support the show by browsing our range of shirts, hoodies, kids apparel, mugs and more at <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/user/forcematerial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TeePublic</a>.

Poster boy Mark Raats on painting Star Wars, Indiana Jones and more

Australia-based Feature Presentation guest Mark Raats discusses his career as a movie poster artist. Originally from South Africa, Mark recalls early influences that inspired him to draw, his introduction to Star Wars on the big screen, and his longstanding collaboration with Lucasfilm. Breaking down the creative process for several of his standout Star Wars illustrations, Raats reinforces the importance of respecting traditions of the past while offering something different, culminating in his most recent piece for Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Australia-based Feature Presentation guest Mark Raats discusses his career as a movie poster artist. Originally from South Africa, Mark recalls early influences that inspired him to draw, his introduction to Star Wars on the big screen, and his longstanding collaboration with Lucasfilm. Breaking down the creative process for several of his standout Star Wars illustrations, Raats reinforces the importance of respecting traditions of the past while offering something different, culminating in his most recent piece for Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Ep 7: Symbolizing SOLO with Mark Raats

Mark Raats a local Perth Lucasfilm artist was recently commissioned by Lucasfilm in Australia to draw some artwork for Solo: A Star Wars Story which for those Australians who are listening can win the original if they purchase tickets at eventcinemas.com.au to the film. Marks first official project for Lucasfilm was done a little over 25 years ago and has since worked on poster art for Indiana Jones, the 30th Anniversary poster for Return of the Jedi, a 40th Anniversary poster for A New Hope and some of his original pieces have also been purchased by the man himself George Lucas for his private collection.. most recently Mark has also been commissioned to do pieces for Stan Lee. We sit down to have a chat with Mark about his early days as an artist before moving onto the Solo artwork and his process... take a listen.

Mark Raats a local Perth Lucasfilm artist was recently commissioned by Lucasfilm in Australia to draw some artwork for Solo: A Star Wars Story which for those Australians who are listening can win the original if they purchase tickets at <a href="http://eventcinemas.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eventcinemas.com.au</a> to the film. Marks first official project for Lucasfilm was done a little over 25 years ago and has since worked on poster art for Indiana Jones, the 30th Anniversary poster for Return of the Jedi, a 40th Anniversary poster for A New Hope and some of his original pieces have also been purchased by the man himself George Lucas for his private collection.. most recently Mark has also been commissioned to do pieces for Stan Lee. We sit down to have a chat with Mark about his early days as an artist before moving onto the Solo artwork and his process... take a listen.

Ep19 - Mark Raats - Solo: A Star Wars Story