A Linch Pin Droid: New Alamo Drafthouse/Mondo Star Wars print by Kevin Tong

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This week, Alamo Drafthouse's Mondo shop releases a sweet new Star Wars poster: an exploded view of R2-D2 from artist Kevin Tong, titled "A Linch Pin Droid".

Kevin shares more on the inspiration and the creative process behind this piece on his blog with video and "making of" images.

The poster goes on sale on Friday, 11/26. Follow @MondoNews for the exact time on Friday. Print is 24" X 36"; 5 colors, GID and Metallic, edition of 400.

Kevin says, "For this print, I made certain that I stayed true to the original Trilogy and spent months watching and pausing it. Although this print is largely technical, I was hoping that by showing R2D2's individual tools and components all spread out, people can reflect on the moments in the Trilogy where he used those devices to save the day and the galaxy."

Feast your eyes on the larger size, below...

• [Donald Petersen]

  At least one dealer-installed option not shown.

• [mdh]

  it’s a lovely print, but i notice that it is almost totally limited to those parts of R2 that we see on screen. All the arms and tools etc…. I like this. No projecting onto the imagined original, no filling in the middle where our suspension of disbelief belongs, just documentation of what’s been seen. This is also how I know it is unlicensed. Lucas did not touch this, it’s not a recut. There’s no new material added unnecessarily. Good design!

  Excepting that central barber-pole which as shown is too long to fit inside the un-exploded unit, and has not been seen in the films, and which is also too eye-catching for me to ignore.

• [squidfood]

  Of course, the schematics are useless without understanding the Design Process.

• [Anonymous]

  You know what this makes me think of? A CAD file for a 3D printable R2-D2. That would be cool.

• [Jackasimov]

  I really like the Mondo people’s work but dammit their super-limited-quantity-server-straining-must-have-collectible thingy is fucking annoying.

• [monstrinho_do_biscoito]

  fake. There’s no midget in these schematics

• [Anonymous]

  Alamo Drafthouse FTW!

• [God45]

  I don’t see any jet thrusters, so it isn’t from the original trilogy.

• [toilet]

  It’s a great print. I wish they’d stop with the super expensive / limited run stuff however. I understand, but a part of me still thinks it’s 2010, it’s digital, just print some more and let people buy them.

  • [fantasygoat]

    The limited edition part handles two points.

    1) Since these are screenprinted, and that is a very expensive, laborious process, keeping them limited edition makes it easier and more desirable.

    2) Digital or offset print of thousands would likely result in Lucasfilm suing the pants off these guys. A few hundred prints flies under the radar.

    • [toilet]

      Yeah, I understand. I appreciate how much he puts into these too. A more accessible option would be welcome IMHO, even if it was a smaller digital print alongside the limited screens.