There is another Star Wars movie that is coming out. This one is set before A New Hope. What I can gather from the trailer its the events of stealing the plans of the Death Star. It looks like its a action packed movie, impressive CGI, and adventure. Something missing from the prequels (sorry, gotta dig a bit on those.) But what I am getting at is that the need for narratives, for stories about hope and adventure, good vs. evil. Characters that people hold close to there hearts. It is very interesting that people will get so angry and passionate about the movies. You cannot really find that in the Art World, Art Museums. Generally Art Speak and the environment is didactic, lecturing, wanting to inform about relevance to historical developments and a little boring. When will you ever see people lining up outside a museum for hours to see something? Van Gogh, Da Vinci, yes, but few and far between. I predict that this new film, Rogue One will be successful and make serious money. Which leads me to this painting. Again, like the earlier Darth Babe pic its my twisting the iconic image into something strange or new. This time mixing a Disneyesque Snow White dress with the head mask of Vader. Disney owns the Star Wars world. The movies will be rolling out like clock work. Back stories of Boba Fett, Hans Solo, you name it. All sorts of stories will be coming out. Is this good or bad. I would say both. What made the first three movies so special was the reality that there were only those three films. They were like the standard text of that universe. To everyone it was those three points that directed debate, cultural references, and discussions. It was also limited to only that. Now with multiple stories, new characters, expanded plots of the same events, it allows for greater details and information for the fan. The expansive approach to the narratives opens it up to more people who may have not had much interest in the world of Star Wars. It also opens up narratives that were limited in the originals (meaning mainly white males, a few white females), now you can have different cultural and ethnic characters both male and female. Its opening up to the larger world we live in. Strange how something that could be called a big dumb movie with space wizards is more of a touch stone to deep psychological needs. Indeed, Jung's observation that under our supposed rational and mechanized (computerized) world there is the need for the mystical, magical, non-mechanistic. Why do people wait in line for hours to see a movie? Why do people do the same for music concerts? It touches on something that is vital. I hope that I can make art work that can share a little of that power.