Artist Imagines a Shadows of the Empire Movie With the Greatest Cast 1996 Had to Offer

[LordOfLore]

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In 1996, Lucasfilm ventured on bold step for the then-fledgling world of the Star Wars Expanded Universe: Shadows of the Empire, a transmedia crossover event that covered games, comics, books, merchandise... basically everything buta movie. But what if they'd gone all the way? Artist Brandon Bird tried to imagine it, and then also added Nic Cage.

Bird, whose incredible pop culture art we've featured many, many times before, whipped up a Drew-Struzan-esque poster that imagines what a 1996 Shadows of the Empire movie could've looked like. Alongside the heroes we all know and love like Luke, Leia, Lando and Chewie—who is seen wearing an eye patch because a) at the time he was in disguise as a bounty hunter named Snoova and because b) it was the '90—there are some familiar faces in Shadows' new characters.

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I always thought of Dash as more of a Kevin Costner guy.

 

[erlim]

I always thought of Dash as Kurt Russell, but that's not nearly as kitsch as Nic Cage.

 

[ElementaryDerision]

Agreed. Kurt Russel would have been both topical and a better choice coming off of Stargate. And they neglected to mention who would play IG-88.

 

[Mr_Derp]

I did enjoy the book and game very much. Nic Cage as Dash... no