- "Most of us artists out there who have been doing Star Wars art for years already had our bodies surgically altered with the 'Lucasfilm implant.' Right after I signed the contract for my very first Star Wars project about twelve years ago all I can remember are a couple of guys in stormtrooper armor showing up at my apartment and abducting me in the middle of the night and then waking up at Skywalker Ranch the next day wandering around Lake Ewok in my pajamas with some fresh stitches in the back of my head. The implant keeps us from talking about scripts, sharing photographs and exposing other top secret information about their movies before they are released for fear of our heads exploding."
- ―Joe Corroney
Joe Corroney is an illustrator who has provided Lucasfilm Ltd. with official Star Wars artwork for related books, games, trading cards and magazines since 1996. He also penciled Star Wars: Empire for Dark Horse Comics.
Other comic books he has illustrated include Crimson Dynamo for Marvel Comics, Green Lantern for DC Comics, Parts Unknown for Image, and Blood and Roses for Blue Line Pro. Along with developing his creator-owned comic-book series, Death Avenger, Corroney recently illustrated Spike Vs. Dracula for IDW Publishing. Currently, he is creating new Star Wars artwork for Lucasfilm and Star Wars Insider.
Corroney is the creator of the Star Wars characters Kai Justiss and Ur-Sema Du, who are based on his fellow artists Justin Chung and Jan Duursema, respectively.
Corroney later illustrated Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy and Star Wars: The Rebel Files,[2] released in 2016[3] and 2017 respectively.[4]
In 2019, 3D artist Ansel Hsiao, known for his work in The Essential Guide to Warfare, complained that some of the artworks published on his website were reused without his consent by Joe Corroney in the 2014 reference book Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide.[5][6]
Star Wars artwork[]
Star Wars Insider[]
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Comics[]
Roleplaying game[]
- Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy
- No Disintegrations
- Secrets of the Sisar Run
- Player's Guide to Tapani
- Platt's Smugglers Guide
- Alien Encounters
- The Far Orbit Project
- "Special Military Unit Intelligence Update" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 15
- Star Wars Adventure Journal 16
- Star Wars Adventure Journal 17
- The X-Wing: Rogue Squadron Sourcebook
- Power of the Jedi Sourcebook
- Rebellion Era Sourcebook
Trading cards[]
- 2004 Topps Star Wars: Clone Wars trading card series
- 2004 Topps Star Wars Heritage trading card series
- 2005 Topps Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith trading card series
Miscellaneous[]
- Vader: The Ultimate Guide
- HoloNet News
- Star Wars Kids (1997) 6
- Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination poster
- Star Wars toyline character art
- Celebration III poster and program cover
- Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide
- Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
Sources[]
- Star Wars Artist Series: Joe Corroney on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Drawing Boba Fett on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
- NYCC 2017: Artist Joe Corroney On The Upcoming Star Wars: Rebel Files Book on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 210
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Joe Corroney Interview by Mitchell Hallock on www.theraider.net (May 5, 2008) (archived from the original on December 28, 2019)
- ↑ NYCC 2017: Artist Joe Corroney On The Upcoming Star Wars: Rebel Files Book on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- ↑ Hey, Disney and Joe Corroney by Hsiao, Ansel on http: (February 16, 2019) (archived from the original on February 24, 2019)
- ↑ Turns out, desaturate in Photoshop is great. on Ansel Hsiao's profile on ArtStation (backup link)
External links[]
- JoeCorroney.com
- Joe Corroney's Official Message Board
- Die Jedi DIE!!! — Joe Corroney's StarWars.com Blog (backup link)
- Drawing in the Empire on MySpace - Joe's MySpace.com Profile
- The Official Joe Corroney Discussion Thread on the Jedi Council Forums (Literature board) (backup link)
- Joe Corroney on Memory Alpha