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Friday September 7, 2001
Homing Beacon #43!
The latest Homing Beacon has arrived! Artist Jan Duursema is now penciling issue #2 of the Attack of the Clones comics adaptation, which features Obi-Wan Kenobi embarking on an important mission to unravel a crucial mystery.
"I've really always wanted to work with Obi-Wan, and this project's giving me the chance to do that," says Duursema. "I've always wanted to draw him in action. He has a lot more depth than I originally thought he did."
Duursema has drawn several Star Wars titles for Dark Horse Comics, including the "Twilight" and "Darkness" story-arcs in the ongoing Star Wars series, and the Darth Maul four-part limited series.
"When I draw a character like Quinlan Vos, it's very easy to understand him, since he's coming out of my head, and [writer] John Ostrander's head. With someone like Anakin Skywalker, he has to look and act like Hayden Christensen. He's a character that's evolving throughout the whole story. You saw him as a little boy in Episode I, and he had a sweetness to him along with a determination. He still has that determination, and he's pretty stubborn; he knows what he wants, and he goes after it."
To properly capture the likenesses and elements from Episode II, Lucasfilm provides Duursema with as much reference as possible -- these include stills directly from the movie and reference studio photographs of the subject from all angles. "There's not as much reference as I would like to have, but I know it's difficult to get certain things. The CGI stuff is not available, so a lot of the stuff I have to make up, as far as the backgrounds on Coruscant or Theed go. Those are things I have to figure out."
Duursema points to many things in Episode II that she's excited to work on. "I think going back to Tatooine is really exciting, because I've always wanted to go there. That, and the new bounty hunters -- you just can't see enough of them. I love Zam Wesell and I love Jango Fett. He is extremely cool. They picked someone who has a great look - a battle-scarred angry brooding kind of guy. You really believe he's a bounty hunter. He's nasty."
Dark Horse Comics' adaptation of Episode II will be available around the time of the film's release next year.