Drew Struzan Says The Force Awakens is The Best Star Wars Movie

Drew Struzan, the legendary artist who designed the recently-released official Star Wars: The Force Awakens poster, has been involved with the epic sci-fi franchise since it began. Struzan has already seen half of the movie and read the whole script, so when he shared his thoughts about it, we know that his is going to be legit.

During a recent interview with Movie Weekly, Struzan said that The Force Awakens "is far and away probably going to be THE BEST Star Wars you've ever seen."

That's a huge statement coming from a great artist with good taste for movies. I have faith in his words; Although it's expected that a lot of fans of the original trilogy would say that nothing could beat those, I won't be surprised if Abrams created a masterpiece that we'd watch a plethora of times in theaters.

He also described the process of bringing the new The Force Awakens poster to life:

"It started about a year ago or more, a year and a half ago. I got a call from J.J. Abrams who I have never met, and he was in England shooting the film and he goes ‘Hi, I've always loved the work' and Blah, Blah, Blah, sounding like you, you know, like a fanboy (laughs) And we were talking along and he just goes ‘…Well, would you?' and I said ‘…If I was asked. ' And that was the conversation (laughs). By the end of it, there were no other words. So about a year later, we get together and meet and he says we're using all the original people – John Williams,Kasdan, Harrison Ford's in it, everybody's in it and everybody's writing and making the music and we have to have your art to make it the real thing. So, of course, I've got to do it for George and I've got to do it for Star Wars. I've never worked with J.J before and so we started working on it and he showed me like half the movie and it was just… a wonderful film and I know it's going to be grand. I got to read the script and subsequently I've seen half of it and I can tell you and the fans this, honest to god, it is far and away probably going to be THE BEST Star Wars you've ever seen. … Well it's beautifully made and it's a wonderful story."

The artist went on to say that he would return to illustrate posters for future Star Wars films. So what do you think about Struzan's statement about The Force Awakens?

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