Room 105 Thursday, April 21 1:00 PM -- 8:00 PM Friday & Saturday, April 21-24 10:00 AM -- 6:00 PM Sunday, April 24 10:00 AM -- 4:00 PM

The Star Wars universe is a visually dazzling place, with characters, planets, and amazing creatures that lend themselves to memorable artwork.

Art fans will have the opportunity to purchase such memorable pieces from noted Star Wars artists -- artwork created exclusively for Celebration III, and available in very limited quantities. Many of the artists at the show will also be available to create custom, one-of-a-kind works for fans by request.

Here is the extremely talented line-up of artists who will be exhibiting at Celebration III, and who each have created a piece specifically for the event.

Steve Anderson has been creating Star Wars art for over 10 years, his first projects being puzzles and calendars for Hallmark. Since then, as a freelance illustrator, Anderson has created artwork for the Lucas Licensing Style Guides for Episodes I, II, and III, filled with illustrations that were used on domestic and international Star Wars merchandise. Anderson has also created numerous covers for Random House books including the novelization for Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, the Clone Wars novel series, Labyrinth of Evil, several e-books, and the New Essential Guide series. The artist lives in Portland, Oregon.

For over a decade, Matt Busch has been creating illustrations for Star Wars products around the globe. Beginning with the Star Wars Roleplaying Game from West End Games, Busch soon found himself working with many of Lucasfilm's licensees, including producing cover art for Bantam Books. More recently, Busch has illustrated nearly 3,000 Sketch Cards for Topps' Heritage and Revenge of the Sith trading card series, as well as producing a limited edition print, exclusive for Celebration III. Visit www.MattBusch.com.

	Jeffrey Chandler

A freelance illustrator for the past 15 years, Jeffrey Chandler has worked with some of the biggest names in children's education and entertainment. These include a series of Arthur story books for Little, Brown, numerous school programs for Scholastic Books and Weekly Reader, as well as package designs for a new line of Lost in Space collectibles. Chandler's sketch cards for the Topps Revenge of the Sith trading card series may mark his first professional debut in the Star Wars universe, but to him, this is just the beginning of a whole new adventure in that galaxy far, far away! Visit www.artgeckostudios.com for more information.

Joe Corroney has been providing Lucasfilm with Star Wars artwork for books, games, trading cards and magazines since 1997, including his recently penciled Star Wars: Empire for Dark Horse Comics. Other comic book publishers Corroney has worked for include Marvel and DC. The artist created the artwork for the Celebration III souvenir program cover and the official convention "Epic" poster. To view all of his Star Wars artwork visit his site at www.JoeCorroney.com.

	Cynthia Cummens

Chicago-based illustrator Cynthia Cummens got her first gig in the galaxy far, far away when she created sketch cards for Topps Heritage series. "While working on the Heritage cards, I developed a fondness for drawing prequel characters like Rune Haako, Sebulba, and Watto," says Cummens. "The colors and textures of their clothing are so rich and varied." Visit her site at www.cynthiacummensart.com. Also, click here for a profile on Cummens.

Dave Dorman's commercial focus was nurtured within the comics industry, creating unique paintings for covers of popular books featuring Batman, Aliens, and Indiana Jones. Dorman created over 100 paintings for Lucasfilm and its Licensees, some of which were assembled in a coffee table art collection, Star Wars: The Art of Dave Dorman, which was a top-seller for Random House in 1996. His Star Wars work continues, with Dorman producing the art for Dark Horse Comics' adaptation of Episode III Revenge of the Sith. See more of Dave Dorman's work at www.davedorman.com.

Jan Duursema has been a Star Wars fan since the first time she saw A New Hope. She has been happily penciling various Star Wars projects for Dark Horse Comics since 1999, shortly after seeing The Phantom Menace. Since that time she has done many works for Dark Horse, including the graphic novel adaptation of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones; Darth Maul; and Star Wars: Jedi. Duursema describes her most amazing Star Wars moment as seeing the Twi'lek Jedi character Aayla Secura, whom she and John Ostrander helped create for the Dark Horse Republic series Twilight, step out of the comic book and come to life on the big screen in Attack of the Clones.

A student of the Art Center College of Design in California, Tommy Lee Edwards' illustration background ranges from licensing and editorial to books, comics, film, and animation. Some well-known projects in his portfolio include promotion and product art for Harry Potter, Men in Black, Batman Begins, Superman Returns, and Dinotopia. Edwards' Star Wars credits include Random House Children's Books Darth Maul's Revenge; Anakin: Apprentice; and Obi-Wan's Foe. He has supplied cover art for Star Wars RPG books, and illustrations for Star Wars Insider and Gamer magazines, Dark Horse comic covers, and a series of images for the Episode III style-guide. Visit www.TommyLeeEdwards.com for more, and click here for a profile on Edwards.

Tom Hodges has been on the Lucasfilm Star Wars artist list since July, 2004. Recently he drew nearly 5,000 sketch cards for the Star Wars: Heritage and Revenge of the Sith series. The Kids' Page at StarWars.com currently features one of Tom's illustrations in its site layout and he has also written and illustrated drawing tutorials for the younger fans. His most recent projects include the design of the Lucasfilm employee Celebration III t-shirts and an exclusive artist print available only at Celebration III. You can also check out Tom's daily web strip for Hyperspace, Reversal of Fortune. Go to www.tomhodges.com for more. Also, click here for a profile on Hodges.

Adam Hughes is best known as a "good girl" comic book artist. His Star Wars art credits include covers to the Dark Horse Comics re-release of the original Marvel film adaptations, and the artwork to the Star Wars: Invasion of Theed role playing game. Based in Atlanta Georgia, Hughes is a longtime fan of the Star Wars films, and looks forward to any opportunity to create any related artwork from them. Visit www.justsayah.com. For a look at some of Hughes' previous Star Wars work, click here.

	Randy Martinez

Randy Martinez's Star Wars career stretches from 1999 (Star Wars Kids), to present day, where he recently completed 3,000 individual, original sketch cards for Topps' Revenge of the Sith trading cards. The Hollywood, California artist is best known among Star Wars fans for his humorous caricatures and cartoons in Star Wars Insider magazine. From his gag cartoons, to his hilarious back page illustrations, no Star Wars character is safe from Randy's zany sense of humor. Other credits include: Cracked Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Amazing Stories, Dragon, Undefeated, & Guitar Center. To see more of Randy's work visit RandyMartinez.net. Also, click here for a profile on Martinez.

Clark D. Mitchell is the chief illustrator for 4g2 and one of the company's founders. Clark has worked with Universal Studios, Blockbuster, Radio Shack, Time Magazine, Hasbro, Sports Illustrated and Sports Illustrated for Kids, Pepsi, Frito Lay, Jolly Time, Planters, Kellogg's, Coors, and Budweiser. He received his BFA from Sam Houston State University in 1985 with a specialization in commercial art and attended the Portfolio Center in Atlanta following graduation. Clark's powerful Star Wars images revitalized Hasbro's Unleashed brand, helped create a successful new line of Galactic Heroes toys, and provided Hasbro's trade dress for Episode III packaging.

Monte Moore is dedicating his Celebration III art print, titled Empire of Vision, to Ralph McQuarrie, whom he describes as "the original Star Wars concept artist who brought so many of George's visions to life, and was a big inspiration to me personally."

Jason Palmer's work for the Celebration III Art Show is an acrylic painting celebrating The Empire Strikes Back for its 25th Anniversary.

Brian Rood is a professional illustrator who works in the entertainment, comic, and commercial art fields. He is best known for his photo-realistic paintings of Hollywood's stars and comic book characters. Brian has been a fan of Star Wars most of his life, literally. He was only two when the first film hit theatres. Brian has worked on Star Trek, The Crow, X-men, The Matrix Reloaded, Marvel characters: Spiderman, and more, but something was still missing... Star Wars! Then it finally happened - Rood got his first official Star Wars job creating sketch cards for Topps' Revenge of the Sith card set. Visit Brian's website at www.BrianRood.com.

	Tsuneo Sanda

Japanese artist Tsuneo Sanda set up his design studio, Creative House of Sanda Ltd., in 1993. He has produced work for Omni magazine, and worked with Paramount Pictures on Star Trek artwork. For the Star Wars galaxy Sanda has created original paintings and posters including the 20th Anniversary Star Wars art poster in 1995. He has also produced Star Wars work for Dark Horse Comics and the Episode II book series cover. His work for Celebration III is titled "Congratulations!" Visit his website at www.SandaWorld.com.

Howard M. Shum is a filmmaker, artist, and writer. He has a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Purdue University and has studied film at New York University. Star Wars comics he has inked include Star Wars: Episode I Obi-Wan Kenobi; Star Wars: Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan - The Aurorient Express #1 and #2; Star Wars: Tag and Bink are Dead #1 and #2, and Star Wars Tales. Shum is also the creator-writer-inker of Gazillion, Intrigue, and Gun Fu. You can see his work at www.HowardShum.com.

Cat Staggs became an official Star Wars artist in December of 2004, sketching Revenge of the Sith sketch cards for Topps. Of her 131 detailed portrait-style illustrations, Obi Wan was among her most favorite characters. Many of her cards were recently featured in an article on the official site, www.starwars.com. Her latest Star Wars project is her limited edition Celebration III print, available exclusively at this event! Primarily an airbrush artist, Cat's illustrations often blur the line between drawing and painting. Other projects include a movie poster for the independent film Dead Texas and a featured vehicle in Lowrider magazine. Contact Cat through www.airbrushcat.com.

	Ken Steacy

Ken Steacy decided at age eleven to become a comic book author and illustrator, and has since written and drawn the adventures of many cool characters, including Astro Boy, Harry Potter, and Spider-man. He has illustrated Star Wars adventures for Lucasfilm for two decades on comics, storybooks, and covers. Steacy has also created his own intellectual property, the graphic novel Tempus Fugitive. Visit www.modprods.com for more information.

As a freelance illustrator Chris Trevas has worked on Star Wars projects since 1995, starting with the original Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game by West End Games. Since then he has done artwork for Star Wars Insider, Star Wars Galaxy and was the primary illustrator on Star Wars Kids magazine. Star Wars: Meltdown on Hoth was his first children's book, which was followed by Star Wars: Episode I Anakin to the Rescue. His involvement with the games continues as a designer of the Star Wars miniatures. Recently Trevas created sketch cards for Topps Star Wars: Heritage and Revenge of the Sith. Trevas is also the writer and illustrator of the ongoing article "Set Piece" in Star Wars Insider. Visit www.ChrisTrevas.com for more information. Also, click here for a profile on Trevas.

When Star Wars first came out, Jerry Vanderstelt was nine years old. "It was magic!" he says. "Although I saw the movie on a crusty drive-in-movie screen through old AM radio speakers of my parents' Buick, it had a wonder about it that has had me hooked ever since." The artist also credits Tolkien and C.S. Lewis with inspiring his work. His current client list includes: Ace, Roc, Pocket and Scholastic books. He has also worked with Lucasfilm Ltd., the Franklin Mint, The Bradford Exchange, Vivendi/Universal Games, and Hasbro, as well as New Line Cinema on various Lord of the Rings projects. For more on Vanderstelt visit www.VandersteltStudio.com.

Although his original career goals included both becoming bionic and joining the Rebellion against the Empire, Russell Walks eventually decided that his destiny lay along another path, and chose art school over adventure. Since beginning his career as a professional illustrator, Walks has created art based on licensed properties for clients including Lucasfilm, Paramount and Warner Brothers, while his award-winning children's-themed work has appeared in a variety of books and magazines. Currently living in Montana, Walks spends his days drawing, painting and counting himself lucky that he actually gets paid for doing what he loves.

	Sarah Wilkinson

Sarah Wilkinson is a recent addition to the Star Wars artist universe. She most recently completed over 500 sketch cards for Topps' Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith trading cards. Wilkinson will have a limited-edition print for sale exclusively at Celebration III. Other credits include illustration for an upcoming book collecting the selected works of Edgar Allen Poe, The Perfect Victim comic book, a Leona graphic novel, and design work for an independent movie, Conjure. Visit www.SarahWilkinson.net.

Brent Woodside's first official Star Wars project was the Topps Revenge of the Sith sketch cards. Of the 206 cards he drew, his favorite cards were the clone troopers. Often working under the penname Nihm, he has collaborated on many projects with Chelsea Gallion, his girlfriend and colorist. Their most recent project is the limited edition print available only at Celebration III. Woodside is a freelance artist and has self-published two comic books, Warmonger Alpha and Terra. Contact him at nihm16@hotmail.com.