Star Wars #1 cover re-creation

Charles somehow convinced Howard Chaykin and Tom Palmer to re-create their cover for Star Wars #1 published in 1977. Here is an image of that cover:

and here is the original inked version before all the other stuff was added:

Here is Howard Chaykin’s new penciled version:

and Tom Palmer’s inked version:

and here’s my bit (click to enlarge):

This should be a link to a little video of the process:

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