Adorable 'Star Wars' illustrations cast characters in whole new light

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LONDON -- There's a very sweet illustration doing the rounds this week, of Princess Leia from Star Wars affectionately kissing Carl Fredricksen from Up.

Carrie Fisher, who plays Leia in the movies, retweeted the image Tuesday, instantly winning it thousands of retweets and likes.

@carrieffisher pic.twitter.com/nWAdsViYcj— Hannah K Abrams (@AbramsHannah) January 12, 2016

The drawing is the work of Florida-based British artist James Hance, who has been creating beautiful artworks based on the Star Wars realm for some time.

He created a whole host of illustrations portraying Star Wars characters in Winnie The Pooh's universe for a watercolor series entitled Wookie the Chew - which he's been selling on his Etsy page - with other artworks on his website. He's just released an audio book of the characters' adventures too.

Here's a selection of the finest:

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Hance has also been sharing his creative process on Twitter this week, revealing how he created a recent image of Han Solo and Chewbacca in a series of tweets posted Monday.

Basic sketch and a little toothbrush work down, about to crank up the airbrush... x pic.twitter.com/mAApwwPwmK— James Hance (@JimJeroo) January 11, 2016

Dancing fingers x pic.twitter.com/T7VUoHtnkG— James Hance (@JimJeroo) January 11, 2016

Progress... x pic.twitter.com/nTxdVB4ywj— James Hance (@JimJeroo) January 11, 2016

The soundtrack is always purely intentional ;) x pic.twitter.com/6HqHsN8vcS— James Hance (@JimJeroo) January 11, 2016

Brush work... x pic.twitter.com/oEdw2WTqgC— James Hance (@JimJeroo) January 11, 2016

Almost there... x pic.twitter.com/taVeBNcluX— James Hance (@JimJeroo) January 11, 2016

This brotherhood. Co-pilots, forever. Thank you for your kindness, as always... x https://t.co/2GXvsyjoXl pic.twitter.com/f7HhbV6r5E— James Hance (@JimJeroo) January 11, 2016

He also tweeted this touching picture:

Brushwork - Final stage... x pic.twitter.com/JdY4jp25cy— James Hance (@JimJeroo) January 12, 2016

Follow James Hance on Twitter for more.

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