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.
