MINECRAFT ARTISTS CREATE 53 NEW CHARACTER DESIGNS FOR THE STAR WARS SEQUEL SKIN PACK

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If you love Minecraft and think it could use more Rey, Kylo Ren, and Unkar Plutt, you’re in luck — Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi skins have arrived. The Star Wars Sequel Skin Pack, available for $2.99, was released last week and features both popular and obscure characters from the two latest films in the Star Wars saga. The pack includes two free skins, General Armitage Hux and Tallie Lintra, and a total of 53 (!) new character designs, making for a Starkiller Base-sized influx from a galaxy far, far away. (Now all you have to do is channel your inner galactic architect and start building your own Star Wars worlds.) StarWars.com caught up over e-mail with some of the talented folks behind these Star Wars skins — lead artist Michael Hansen and artist Christopher Reeves of developer 4J Studios — about translating our favorite good guys and bad guys into Minecraft‘s charmingly blocky look, the challenges in doing so, and some tips on building Star Wars settings.

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