55+ Easy Star Wars Painting Ideas & Crafts for Star Wars Day

Last Updated on November 19, 2023 by Masha Eretnova

Looking for ideas for your DIY projects to celebrate Star Wars month? Check these 55+ easy Star Wars painting ideas and crafts that will impress anyone following the Jedi’s path.

You can paint canvas, walls, mugs, rocks, phone cases, or even your T-shirt with your favorite characters, landscapes, and quotes. I’m in love with acrylics but these ideas will work with markers, pens, watercolor and gouache or oil if you wish!

I love Star Wars and watch all new TV shows coming out and the amount of worlds, stories and characters is immense for us painters!

Table of content:

• ALL 53 Easy Star Wars Painting Ideas Upfront [Full list]
• Easy Star Wars Painting Ideas
  • Easy Star Wars Characters Painting Ideas
  • Star Wars universe Art
  • Star Wars Ships & Droids
  • Planets
  • Palaces
• The Best order to watch all Star Wars Movies and TV shows (and get inspiration)

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ALL 50+ Easy Star Wars Painting Ideas Upfront

1. Death Star
2. Galaxy
3. Darth Vader
4. Darth Sidious
5. Darth Maul
6. Jedi Luke Skywalker
7. Qui-Gon Jinn,
8. Obi-Wan Kenobi
9. Princess Leia
10. Yoda
11. Baby Yoda Grogu
12. Stromtrooper Lightsabers bookmarks
13. Mandalorian Din Djarin
14. Boba Fett
15. Quotes
16. Star wars logo
17. Kylo Ren
18. Chewbacca 
19. Porg from Ahch-To 
20. Han Solo
21. Ahsoka Tano
22. Oola
23. Padmé Amidala
24. Revan
25. Enfys Nest
26. Chirrut Îmwe
27. Bastila Shan
28. Star wars landscapes (fanart)
29. War scenes 
30. Empire symbolic
31. The Emperor
32. Republic and other symbols
33. Replicate a poster of your favorite movie in the saga
34. C-3PO
35. IG88
36. R2-D2
37. BB8
38. AT AT
39. Star Destroyer ship,
40. TIE figthers
41. Landspeeders
42. Millennium Falcon
43. Star Wars classic art style
44. LEGO versions of some of the popular Star Wars characters 
45. Jawa 
46. Cute Star Wars Fun art
47. Murals: All characters on one huge mural or a scene
48. Planet Kamino,
49. Naboo
50. Bespin,
51. Cato Neimoidia
52. Kashyyyk
53. Coruscant,
54. Hoth,
55. Tatooine,
56. Batuu
57. Wheeta Palace on Nal Hutta,
58. Imperial palace, Tower of Reconciliation,
59. Darth Vader’s Palace, Emperor’s Retreat, Fountain Palace
60. Galactic city
61. Star Wars Pop Art

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Easy Star Wars Painting Ideas

I’ve found so many ideas and I’m happy to share them with you all. For your convenience I divided all painting and crafting ideas into groups:

• Characters
• Star Wars universe Art
• Ships & Droids
• Planets
• Palaces

You will find an idea for you 100%: I got everything from easy quotes to print or paint on a T-shirt to large-scale epic murals!

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STAR WARS CHARACTERS PAINTING IDEAS

#1 Darth Vader

One of the most popular characters and the most important ones is Darth Vader – one of the Sith Lords. His powerful persona is great for painting portraits and war scenes, and super fun for T-shirt designs and posters in your room. You don’t need any dark forces to paint it tho! Mmm, maybe a little bit 😉

It can also always be just a silhouette with a red lightsaber or just the head, so it will be more beginner-friendly:

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#2 Darth Sidious (Palpatine, The Emperor)

Talented strategist, guided by the dark force, Darth Sidious, or simply the Emperor of the Galactic Empire, he made both Republic and the Jedi order fall. His goals were always justifying his means, even when he killed his own master. I would say it is better to paint his face, as it was quite distinctive, or figure with oils or acrylics to show his power and deep darkness.

Painting Palpatine is tricky: on one side he is all covered by a mantle which is just black, but his face is wrinkled and it can be challenging to paint for beginners. You can make only a silhouette in the darkness with electric lights coming out of his hands to simplify the task.

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#3 Darth Maul

Amazing character to paint due to his face and body colors – he is Zabak – a gorgeous color combination of red and black, I would also add gold. Also incredible idea for face painting on Halloween!

Darth Maul survived some pretty bad injuries, including being cut by half – he is an incredibly tough, deadly, and powerful apprentice of Palpatine. The character, especially its tattoos, was inspired by indigenous Brazil tribes, as well as…Rorschach patterns!

There is a whole Darth Maul face painting tutorial by Ashlea Henson (which is perfect for Halloween!):

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#4 Jedi Luke Skywalker

Luke Skywalker is the legend Jedi from the Star Wars universe with a humble and mysterious story of fighting the Empire and changing the galaxy forever. Did you know that in some drafts Luke Skywalker was Luke Starkiller?

We can paint the battle scenes, the scenes with master Yoda, scenes from the Jedi’s life, travels, and fights, as well as picture him as a cartoon character (it is easier to paint). The most popular painting is Luke with his lightsaber in his hands, ready to get into a fight. You can draw both young and old Jedi.

There is a speed painting of Luke Skywalker by Daniel Schloss I found on Youtube, looks like it will work for beginners too!

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#5 Qui-Gon Jinn

Qui-Gon Jinn’s portraits with his lightsaber are very popular to paint, both with paint and digitally. Most of the art is based on the actor who was playing Qui-Gon Jinn – Liam Neeson. Jinn contributed a lot to Luke’s story and the Jedi’s path and was always following his beliefs “Feel, don’t think — use your instincts.”. He was also the mentor of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

It can be even a watercolor painting or just a drawing:

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#6 Obi-Wan Kenobi

Master Obi-Wan Kenobi takes a big and important place in the whole Star Wars story – he was the master of Luke Skywalker. A lot of portraits are here to make, and as well there are a few customized paintings, for ex., Kenobi as an old war general.

But those are quite complex ideas to paint! For beginners, I’d suggest acrylics, pencils, and markers for easy painting of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

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#7 Princess Leia

One of the absolute fan favorites – is princess Leia! Remarkable hairstyle, white mantle, fearless look – she represents the rebel itself and it can be one of the key Star Wars painting ideas.

For easy painting, you can choose to paint princess cartoon-style and JuneJenssen even created a Disney version of our Leia! If you struggle with painting faces, you can make a silhouette and fill it with a pattern or for ex., a galaxy, as Lezet did:

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#8 Yoda Painting Ideas

Another crowd favorite – wise Yoda – master of Jedi for more than 800 years. He was crucial to the Clone Wars and the saga, as he trained Luke Skywalker. Painting Yoda requires a few supplies, but as he is old, we will have to carefully paint all his wrinkles (giving him an extra wise look).

Full tutorial on How to paint Yoda with acrylics by TheArtSherpa:

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#10 Baby Yoda Grogu

Child of Yoda and Yaddlle – Grogu – melted the heart of everyone who ever saw him! He is an adorable, mischievous, cute, and great friend of another fan favorite – Mandalorian. Painting him is fun and easy – he is small, wears a robe, and is simply green! Easy star wars painting idea for adults and kids.

I found two tutorials for beginners and more advanced painters:

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#11 Stormtrooper

Most people paint the portraits of stormtroopers or their helmets. It is rare when I see a full-body stormtrooper painting yet it is absolutely possible! Again, you can paint it more realistic or cartoon-style – depending on your preferences and skills.

As usual, linking to talented people teaching you how to paint easy stormtroopers painting on Youtube:

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#12 Mandalorian Painting Ideas

Mandalorian has gained more fame and love with the release of the TV show and his friendship with baby Yoda. He is powerful, independent, intelligent and brave, and very loyal to his principles. A lot of fan art appeared online, so let’s eye shop for some Mandalorian painting ideas:

If you need a video tutorial, please consider watching this 2 hour live of Liesl painting Mandalorian:

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#13 Boba Fett

Simple painting with opaque bright colors you can do with gouache or poster paint, not only acrylics.

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#14 Kylo Ren

It is easy to recognize Kylo Ren by his mask, and it is quite easy to paint him as he is all covered by his mantle and his mask and has a red lightsaber. The easiest way to paint Kylo Ren is to make a portrait!

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#15 Wookie Chewbacca

Youtube tutorial for easy Star Wars painting ideas for Chewbacca:

 

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#16 Porg from Ahch-To 

Porgs and Chewie are often come together so Tracey Lawer had a great idea to paint (and sell) this amazing artwork:

If you want to paint just Porg, you can do it on canvas or even on some nice rocks using paints or markers.

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#17 Han Solo Star Wars Painting Ideas

It is not easy to paint a realistic Han Solo portrait, yet you can make it simpler by using the idea of Michelle Anelli: paint a silhouette and avoid details, use one or a few bright opaque colors.

Video tutorials to draw Han Solo for kids and adults:

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#18 Ahsoka Tano Painting

Amazingly beautiful former Jedi Ahsoka Tano is a great choice for a Star Wars painting. You can paint her more realistic, as a full portrait, or make it look more cartoon-ish and thus easier to paint. I haven’t seen a really good youtube tutorial that will suit beginners, unfortunately!

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#19 Oola

Oola had a challenging life and yet is a gorgeous Twilek female from Star Wars Universe. It is so hard to find many art ideas for Oola, it’s unbelievable, that upsets me but well, we just need to paint more and publish them online! Please do!

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#20 Padmé Amidala

Extraordinary gorgeous Padme Amidala will be a great challenging Star Wars painting idea – her splendid outfit has a lot of details that will take time to paint. The less detailed your painting is, the easier it will be for you to paint.

Absolutely fascinating tutorials are online on Youtube, I love this watercolor video:

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#21 Revan

Revan – a former Jedi Knight who became Dark Lord and was determined to defeat Mandalorians.

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#22 Enfys Nest

Enfys Nest is rarely painted with acrylics, mostly digital art or costume for parties. Yet, we can get inspiration from digital art and movies, and try to create something similar with paints:

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#23 Chirrut Îmwe

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#24 Bastila Shan

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#25 LEGO Star Wars Painting Ideas 

Pick your favorite Star Wars character and style it as Lego! Easy and so much fun! In fact, people are selling their acrylic and oil paintings of Star Wars Lego characters for hundreds of dollars, ex. Raymond Logan makes amazingly detailed and stunning art!

Some ideas for Star Wars paintings:

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#26 Jawa 

Jawa is quite easy to paint as you don’t have to worry about painting the face – it is hidden in the hood. Their Sandcrawler is also quite straightforward to paint – it is a huge geometrical and simple construction 🙂

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STAR WARS ART

#27 Death Star

An ultimate Emperial super laser weapon – Death Star – can easily destroy a whole planet. It looks majestic, mysterious, definitely terrifying, and is a great Star Wars painting idea for fans of the saga. It is also quite easy to paint either on canvas (you can even choose round canvas) or on a round rock – as it is simply round like a moon 🙂

Easy to draw with pencils, sketching, or painting. You can either paint just the Death Star in the dark void of space or add some landscapes or a planet it might destroy. Here are some ideas for painting Death Star:

Don’t think that you can’t do it! It’s absolutely beginner-friendly Star wars painting idea!

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#28 Lightsabers bookmarks

I love reading non-fiction books about how our brain or body works and I always need bookmarks! For Star Wars fans a lightsaber bookmark is just a must-have, lol. And it is super easy to paint. I would suggest you paint a few sabers first and then carefully cut them. Originally the idea came to Amanda and she has a full tutorial on how to make them!

Ultimately, it can be paper, cardboard, or even wooden sticks!

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#29 Star Wars Galaxy Painting Ideas

The immense galaxy of star wars counted more than 400 billion stars and had a huge black hole in its center. You can get creative and simply imagine, how the Galaxy could look like or get inspiration from Star Wars fan archives:

Basically, the Galaxy can be anything you like and imagine – it is pure creativity. Look at this lady and her beautiful galaxy:

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#30 Star Wars Quotes – Customize your clothes!

Some of my favorite quotes from Star Wars for painting ideas:

“May the Force be with you”

“Try not. Do or do not. There is no try” (Yoda)

“The fear of loss is a path to the dark side.” —Yoda

“Your focus determines your reality.” Qui-Gon Jinn

“I’m a Mandalorian. Weapons are part of my religion.” Mando

“This is the way.” —Mando (Did you respond to anything with this quote after watching Mandalorian or it is just me?!)

“I am one with the Force and the Force is with me.” —Chirrut

“Women always figure out the truth. Always.” —Han Solo

“Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.” —Kylo Ren

There are so many places to paint or write a quote from Star Wars or a caption: a T-shirt, a mug, a poster, a canvas – anything! It looks cool, especially if you create something like this poster from Amazon or Etsy:

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• How to Paint Fabric with Acrylic Paint Permanently: Full Guide
• Painting Leather with Acrylics: How to Paint and Seal Leather

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#31 Star wars logo

The obvious, right! Paint the logo, it is easy to recognize, you only need two colors (black and white or black and yellow), and easy to paint! You can make it on any surface: from canvas to your fav shoes (if you are using the right paint).

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#32 Star wars landscapes (Star Wars fan art)

The Galaxy is almost endless and you can create either a “real” landscape from movies or Wookieepedia or use your imagination. Amazon did a good job creating tons of epic scenes and landscapes for Star Wars fans.

And it is also absolutely possible to keep it simple to paint for all levels:

And this is a beautiful Youtube video for Star Wars Landscape painting:

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#33 Star Wars War Scenes Painting

It is not just any saga, it is a WAR saga. Star Wars epic war scenes may take time to paint but they are absolutely amazing painting ideas for all levels.  

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#34 Imperial Logo

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#35 Star Wars symbols Painting ideas

Each fraction and order has its own symbol and logo, you can easily paint them in black or any color you like. Here are all symbols for Star Wars painting ideas nicely gathered by Geektastic:

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#36 Replicate a poster of your favorite movie in the saga

All poster prints (and even some originals) are sold on Amazon or other marketplaces for private collections of true fans of Star Wars. If you feel confident and have some patience, you can try to replicate your favorite movie posters with acrylics – amazing Star Wars painting idea to decorate the wall or as a gift. Some of the episodes’ posters:

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#37 Star Wars Characters styled like classic art

Isn’t a cool idea?! Whoever got it first was genius – you can be completely creative and style Darth Vader as an old officer or even Mona Lisa, or Star Wars landscape as a Van Gogh painting, or paint a character with a Santa Murte traditional makeup, and so much more painting ideas! Here are some awesome paintings I found:

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#38 Easy Fan Art Star Wars Painting Ideas

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#39 Murals

It can be all characters on one huge mural or an impressive war scene or landscape from the Star Wars Universe. Up to your fantasy!

Karl Hewitt painted his child’s bedroom wall with an epic Star Wars mural like this, and he said it took him about 20+ hours:

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#40 Pop art Star Wars Painting Ideas

Pop art Star Wars paintings are easier to make as they don’t require many details and you can be free with colors! You need to be very clear on the silhouette and some characteristic traits of each character though!

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EASY STAR WARS TECH PAINTING IDEAS

#41 C-3PO Canvas Painting Ideas

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#42 IG88 Canvas Painting Ideas

IG 88 assassin droid is quite hard to paint if we want to make it look realistic as it has lots of details. To make it easier we can rely on some digital drawings or watercolor and keep it simple:

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#43 R2-D2 Canvas Painting Ideas

One of the fans’ favorites – the droid R2D2 is an excellent and easy Star Wars painting idea for beginners! Its shape is also perfect for rack painting!

And a super easy-to-copy the R2D2 tutorial by Betty:

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#44 BB8 Canvas Painting Ideas

Cutest BB-8 and porg painting tutorial by Jamana:

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#45 Imperial Walker, AT-AT Canvas Painting Ideas

To paint easy AT-AT painting, you can paint only its silhouette:

For a more realistic look you can paint a landscape or a war scene with AT-AT:

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#46 Star Destroyer Ship Canvas Painting Ideas

The base shape for this ship is a triangle, so it is pretty easy to paint, however, the details you add will depend on your painting skills. To make it an easy Star Wars painting add a Star Destroyer ship as a black silhouette in the background, and paint it simply with only the main details.

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#47 TIE Fighters Canvas Painting Ideas

As black silhouettes, TIE ships are super easy to paint and very recognizable! just check this:

As seen on Etsy, Pinterest and eBay here are some Tie fighter painting ideas:

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#48 Landspeeders Canvas Painting Ideas

There are almost no painted landspeeders for reference but I found these images we can use to paint landspeeders, as always the fewer details we paint, the easier it will be:

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#49 Millennium Falcon Canvas Painting Ideas

One of the most iconic Star Wars ships is Millennium Falcon! To paint it the main shape will be a circle and you will add lots of details to finish the painting.

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#50 More Star Wars Ships Painting Ideas

More Star Wars painting ideas that I found easy and interesting to copy:

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STAR WARS Planets PAINTING IDEAS

#51 Tatooine Painting Ideas

The best and easiest idea is to paint bright sunset on Tattoine like one of these:

And an amazing tutorial on how to paint Binary Sunset by Mkartisan:

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#52 Kamino Paintings

Kamino’s hi-tech cities are built above the ocean and it is a very characteristic landscape of the planet.

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#53 Bespin Paintings

Bespin – the Cloud city of Star Wars Universe. Very beautiful painting idea for fans. Popular among digital artists as well!

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#54 Cato Neimoidia

Cato Neimoidia is an absolute luxury and natural beauty and it is pity artists don’t honor it! Here are some concept art to inspire you to paint this Star Wars painting:

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#55 Kashyyyk

Lush and amazingly breathtaking Kashyyyk planet is hot to Wookies! If you love detailed landscapes, try to replicate an art created based on the story.

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#56 Coruscant

The center of the galaxy – Coruscant – is practically a megapolis with skyscrapers, money, and crime. The upper levels look magnificent though!

There is an easy tutorial to paint this Star Wars painting idea made by Perception Paints:

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#57 Naboo

One of the most beautiful, popular, and satisfying to paint Star Wars paintings – is this Naboo planet! Lots of green, blue and earth colors. Very good painting idea for beginners to practice landscapes.

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#58 Hoth

Beautifully white, cold and inhabited by snow monsters – isolated Hoth planet can be a good Star Wars painting idea if you like both winter and the Star Wars series! Get white and blue colors, as you will add shades to snow with light blue. Add some mountains, AT-AT or stormtroopers to complete the painting.

Did you know that Hoth may be a real planet? A cold super-Earth was nicknamed Hoth and that’s minus 364 degrees F.

Here is a beautiful acrylic pouring idea for Hoth (I use these pour paints):

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#59 Mustafar Painting Ideas

Red volcanic planet – Mustafar requires a lot of red and black paint! But he landscape or planet itself is quite easy to paint or do acrylic pouring.

STAR WARS Palaces PAINTING IDEAS

#60 Star Wars Palaces Paintings

If you love architecture more than landscapes you can paint one of the magnificent Star Wars palaces on canvas. Here are some painting ideas:

• Wheeta Palace on Nal Hutta
• Imperial palace
• Theed Palace on Naboo – the most popular for art
• Darth Vader’s Palace
• Sith Citadel
• Jabba’s Palace

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#61 Star Wars cities Painting Ideas

Apart from Coruscant there are so many amazing cities in the Galaxy you can paint! For example, Otoh Gunga, Mos Eisely, Ahto and so many more – they are great to paint as they are all different!

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The Best order to watch all Star Wars Movies and TV shows

In case you got some nostalgia and want to rewatch the whole saga! Believe me it will get you tons of Star Wars painting ideas to have fun or decorate your house with your fav saga characters.

1. Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
2. Rogue One (2016)
3. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
4. Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
5. Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
6. Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
7. Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
8. Solo (2018)
9. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
10. The Mandalorian (2019 to 2022 on Disney+)
11. The Book of Boba Fett (2021 on Disney+)
12. Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
13. Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
14. Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Star Wars chronological order:

• Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
• Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
• Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
• Solo (2018)
• Rogue One (2016)
• Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
• Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi (1983)
• Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
• Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
• Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
• The Mandalorian (2019-2020)
• The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022 on Disney+ – not yet available)

Star Wars All special series Included:

• Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
• Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
• Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles (2013 to 2014)
• Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace (2011)
• The Clone Wars (2008 to 2014)
• Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021 to Present)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
• Solo (2018)
• Star Wars Rebels (2014 to 2018)
• Rogue One (2016)
• Star Wars: Droids (1985 to 1986)
• Episode IV: A New Hope
• Star Wars: Holiday Special (1978)
• Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out (2012)
• Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi (1983)
• Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures (2016 to 2017)
• Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales (2015)
• Ewoks (1985 to 1986)
• The Mandalorian (2019)
• The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
• Star Wars: Resistance (2018 to Present)
• Lego Star Wars: The Resistance Rises (2016)
• Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2016)
• Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)
• Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

• Star Wars: Forces of Destiny (2017 to Present)

I’ve spend two weeks researching all Star Wars painting ideas and I still feel like I can add more! Definitely some fans will think of more and I’m sure in my article you have everything to get your imagination working! My plan would be: read my article (hehe), watch some movies or TV shows, and start painting!

PS. If your loved one is Star Wars fan you can combine couple date night with his passion and make it a sip and paint date where you paint cute Grogu or epic landscapes.

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