In an homage to a legacy of richly illustrated movie posters, the 2017 Royal Mail Star Wars stamps, illustrated by British artists Malcolm Tween, are tiny works of art filled with hidden treasures and intricate details.
Yet when artist Malcolm Tween started the top secret project digitally painting the postage-stamp portraits of eight characters, including a few from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, more than a year ago, he knew very little about some of the new characters. “So when the porg turned up, that was quite a surprise,” he says.
Recently, Tween sat down with StarWars.com from his studio in Bournemouth, on the south coast of the United Kingdom, to talk about his favorite Tatooine scrappers, the challenges of keeping his work under wraps, and having his stamp collection approved by the Queen.
Read the full interview here, and buy the stamps now at the Royal Mail.
