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'Guri does Xizor's dirty work,' Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Trading Card #30 (1996)

Location: Star Wars
Artists: Greg Hildebrandt (Painter) ,  Tim Hildebrandt (Painter)

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Location: Star Wars
Title: 'Guri does Xizor's dirty work,' Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Trading Card #30 (1996)
Artist:  Greg Hildebrandt (Painter) ,  Tim Hildebrandt (Painter)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Trading Card Art
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 1142
Likes on CAF: 3
Comments: 4
Added to Site: 4/13/2023

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'Her beauty was of a different order. She had long and silky blonde hair, pale and clear blue eyes, an exquisite figure. Normal human males would find her attractive. There were no flaws in Guri's face or form, but there was a coolness about her, and that was easily explained if you knew the reason: Guri was an HRD, a human replica droid, and unique. She could visually pass for a woman anywhere in the galaxy, could eat, drink, and perform all the more personal functions of a woman without anybody the wiser. And she was the only one of her kind programmed to be an assassin. She could kill without raising her ersatz heartbeat, never a qualm of conscience. She'd cost him seven million credits.'

The 1996 Star Wars novel 'Shadows of The Empire' by Steve Perry was set between the 'Empire' and 'Jedi' films. It put Luke Skywalker up against mob boss Xizor and various threats including the super-strong replicant Guri. She appeared in several related products immediately, including video games, card games, comic books, another novel, and three entries in the Topps trading card set dedicated to the story. This card shows her playing her role as Xizor's enforcer against a rival gang called, ahem, 'Ororo.' As the book recounts:

'When she moved, it was incredibly fast. She hopped up onto the table, threw a forward somersault and landed behind Tuyay, spun, and picked him up, chair and all. Then she threw him at the two Gamorrean guards before either could clear his blaster. The impact knocked both of the piglike aliens flat.'

The art has been fixed to a double layer of foam board and surrounded by a nice matte, as seen in the additional image.

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Jeffrey Wedding Member Since 2009
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Posted On 4/13/2023

Great card art of Guri kicking butt. Guri was a non-subtle Star Wars in-universe nod to Blade Runner and the Nexus-7 replicants. Congrats!

R Berman Member Since 2018
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Posted On 4/13/2023

Jeffrey Wedding wrote:
"  Great card art of Guri kicking butt. Guri was a non-subtle Star Wars in-universe nod to Blade Runner and the Nexus-7 replicants. Congrats!
 "

Yes, and calling her an "HRD" must surely refer to Nick Fury and his Life Model Decoys (LMDs).

Keith Veronese Member Since 2005
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Posted On 4/13/2023

I enjoyed Shadows immensely and this set was great. Excellent piece!

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
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Posted On 4/14/2023

This lift is like Vader tossing Palpatine in ROTJ.  The painting is in line with their classic Star Wars work in that it has so much dramatic lighting and power to the characters.