Wow, this basically is a wet dream come true for every fan of the sci-fi franchise, contemporary art and graphic design alike: Star Warps - an online book of art inspired by Star Wars.

Here's an excerpt of DB Burkeman's highly interesting artist statement: “I was in my teens when the first movie came out and blew our minds. Immersed in the brand new London punk scene, I was also just beginning to experiment with hard drugs and basically having a great time. Then my life went to shit, and all the clichés about junkies became true for me.

While this internal fight of good and evil was raging, my Mom had started dating Irvin Kershner, director of The Empire Strikes Back. Each day, Kersh, as he liked to be called, would return from the set of Empire to our flat in north London. He knew my Mom was worried sick about me and would try to engage me by telling me little stories and tidbits of things that had happened on the set that day. One story I still remember was of the Millennium Falcon falling apart, and how they had spent the day busting up vacuum cleaners and hairdryers to glue bits onto the ship. I really did love hearing this stuff, and wished I could be drug free so I could direct Hollywood blockbusters, or at least do something a little more creative with my life. Sadly the pull of the dark side was too strong and by the time Empire came out I was much like Han Solo, frozen in the tibanna gas and encased in carbonite, basically alive but not living. It took until The Return of the Jedi for me to break free and return to some sense of sanity.“ 

Read the whole text over here and enjoy the great selection of art that follows after that.