Gallery: The $200K Star Wars Painting No One Will Ever Buy

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    Robert Xavier Burden
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    Star-Wars-Full-Painting

    Burden's full *20th Century Space Opera* painting.
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    Robert Xavier Burden
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    Star-Wars---Bossk

    Detail of Bossk.
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    Star-Wars---Bottom-Center

    The bottom center of Burden's painting, featuring Jabba the Hutt, Slave Leia, R2-D2, C-3PO, the *Millennium Falcon* and other details.
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    Robert Xavier Burden
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    Star-Wars---Center

    The center of Burden's painting, featuring Boba Fett in a *Mona Lisa*-like landscape.
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    Robert Xavier Burden
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    Star-Wars---Empire

    A detail of the Empire from Burden's painting.
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    Robert Xavier Burden
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    Star-Wars---Hoth-Corner

    The Hoth corner of Burden's painting.
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    Robert Xavier Burden
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    Star-Wars---Joseph-Campbell

    The portrait of Joseph Campbell in Burden's painting.
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    Robert Xavier Burden
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    Star-Wars---Klaatu

    Detail of Klaatu.
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    Robert Xavier Burden
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    Star-Wars---Lando-Corner

    The Lando Calrissian corner.
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    Robert Xavier Burden
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    Star-Wars---LightSide

    The 'Light Side' of Burden's painting with Luke Skywalker at the center.
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    Robert Xavier Burden
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    Star-Wars---Phantom-Menace

    The section of Burden's painting featuring characters from *The Phantom Menace*.
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    Robert Xavier Burden
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    Star-Wars---Snaggletooth-Corner

    The Snaggletooth image in the top right corner of the painting is "kind of the self-portrait," Burden says.
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    Robert Xavier Burden
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    Star-Wars---Sy-Snootles

    Singer Sy Snootles lives near the top of Burden's painting.
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    Robert Xavier Burden
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    Star-Wars---Tatooine-corner

    The bottom left corner of Burden's painting features images from Tatooine.
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    Robert Xavier Burden
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    Star-Wars---Yoda

    Yoda. Naturally.
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    Star-Wars---Yul

    Burden's painting features an image of Yul Brynner from *The Magnificent Seven*, which was influenced by *Seven Samurai* and also influenced the *Star Wars* canon.
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    Star-Wars--DarkSide

    The "Dark Side" of Burden's painting.
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