Best of Etsy Star Wars posters

On Wonderland, Alice has had a deep trawl through the world of Etsy Star Wars posters and rounded up a collection of top choices, including the Space Cowboy by CONCEPCIONSTUDIOS (top) and Vintage Pop Art set from Posterinspired (right).

Beautiful Etsy Star Wars posters

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And how many of those Etsy-dwellers are now going to get C&D’s? Something tells me they may not have appropriate licensing in place w/ Disney/Lucasfilm…
- johnyaya
  
  I often wondered what the legality of this type of work is. I assume they have no express permission/license but they are original compositions/remixes/mashups…whatever you want to call them.
  
  Are they just too small to go after and therefore tolerated? Now that Disney’s lawyers are combined with Lucas’ lawyers to form the ultimate dark force will the rebels be crushed?
  - http://celesteagnes.blogspot.com/ Sekino
    
    Are they just too small to go after and therefore tolerated?
    
    No, if Disney decides to tell Etsy to go on the offensive, they will. They’ve done it before as well as Sanrio (owners of Hello Kitty). Even small sellers got shut down. However, there are so many sellers featuring licensed material that it’s simply impossible for them to get everyone.
- Boundegar
  
  Exactly my first thought, too. I’m not even sure if these fall under Fair Use – are they recontextualizing Han Solo, or just cashing in on him?
  - http://www.madziabryll.com Cefeida
    
    Cashing in, IMHO. People want pretty posters of Han Solo, specifically, because he’s Han Solo, less because the posters are pretty. And since ‘pretty’ is subjective, the only constant here is the presence of Han Solo.
http://twitter.com/scotartt scot mcphee

I just want to point out that “Space Cowboy” at the top is also “Vintage Pop Art” as it’s in the style of Andy Warhol’s “Double Elvis”
- Boundegar
  
  Except the Elvis isn’t valuable because of Elvis, but because of Warhol. But Han Solo is more famous than CONCEPCIONSTUDIOS.
Fef

And when not aping the style of Warhol, they ape the style of Olly Moss.
noah rodenbeek

remember when Olly Moss already did this http://ollymoss.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy
- http://www.theblacklaser.net/ Joe The Wizard
  
  And it was way way better? Yeah, that was pretty cool.
dpamac

I’m a fan of Geekleetist’s Star Wars inspired art. Especially Fonz Solo, which I proudly display in my office. http://www.etsy.com/listing/67073689/fonz-solo?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=653869113 Roel Siebrand

Forget about the stupid Star Wars posters (every SW item is a drag) but what a great sofa! Marvellous.
Kenmrph

Han Shot Andy Warhol First