Rudolph The Red-Nosed Tauntaun - Neatorama

This is what the Empire Strikes Back would have looked like if it was released by stop motion animation pioneers Rankin Bass. The only thing I don't like about this illustration is the thought of Rudolph the Tauntaun getting gutted by Hermey/Han Solo and used as a meat sleeping bag, but at least he comes with a built-in nightlight!

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Can we have an artist attribution here? It's only right if you're going to publish their stuff. And perhaps they have other items in the series?

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Luke's Tauntaun was never gutted via lightsaber. That was Han's. That being said, it was also Han that gutted said meat sleeping bag. Awesome picture though!

/\NERD/\

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corrected, thx!

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okay, none of the posts linked to had the artist's name anywhere, so I did a bit of digging and I'm 90% sure this piece was done by Matt Busch, who normally does some amazingly realistic Star Wars art.

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Zeon, that's often a problem with Tumblr sources. It's frustrating to encounter a great picture but find no information about it.

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What with the blatant copyright infringement, maybe the artist would prefer to remain unidentified.

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"And I thought this thing looked red on the outside"

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@TED--this isn't copyright infringement. It comes under fair use because it's a parody--though I'm sure a lawyer could still bring it to trail these days. Even Weird Al has to ask permission these days.

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Weird Al doesn't legally have to ask permission. He only asks to be courteous.

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