Neato Mosquito: A series of portraits reimagining the Star Wars saga in the steampunk idiom.
Lord Vader is a master with the traditional weapon of Force champions, the Phlogisticated Aether Torch, more commonly referred to as the phlogisabre.
For those just joining us: yes, this is nifty, but is it as nifty as Star Wars, the singing cowboy radio serial?
[Edit: Recently Boing Boinged and probably linked to on every other blog you read by now.] [Edit Edit: Please see also: Baroque Star Wars, Mars Attacked!, my buddy Chris’ Steampunk Star Wars RPG, and/or this collection of Star Wars related posts.] [Edit Edit Edit: The great webcomic Nobody Scores asks, “Does steampunk make everything cool?” You decide.]
4 responses so far ↓
1 O! That cad! // Mar 2, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Oh man. That is pretty fantastic.
2 Jeremy // Mar 2, 2007 at 10:36 pm
Heh, I was gonna email this to you. But like you I found it through Boing Boing, so I figured you’d see it there too.
I’m wondering now how all the characters in Star Wars would look as steampunk.
Actually, I think the Transformers would be pretty cool in steampunk. And everyone who works at CHNM.
3 The Constructivist // Mar 5, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Or as good as Keith Martin’s reexamination of the original in light of the preview? (I’m linking to my linking to it via Kung Fu Monkey, just to see if Mostly Harmless gets as many hits from your comments as your updates!)
4 If It Ain’t Baroque… // Dec 5, 2007 at 2:39 pm
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