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Quoted from Habeboo:

Sorry I didn't post an update earlier but I was just informed that a few people had this same question. I had revised the prototype art a while ago and sent it to some people who had the same question but never posted it on this ad. When I assembled the protype, the original Leia image was the only image that worked compositionally. I needed the back images to be looking forward while being able to flow in an upward arch around the front image. Many times achieving a good balance to the design becomes a matter of "creative problem solving". The "smirk" on Leia's face was gnawing at me as well but I was later able to locate an image that worked much better and have since made the update.
On the other hand, Darth Vader does not fit at all with the this topper design. First, unlike the Emperor, Vader is already extremely prominent on the machine's artwork. Secondly, without making Vader the center of design, it seemed wrong to just try and cram a small image of him in the background behind the Emperor. It would just be another redundant image of Vader already abundantly represented on the machine. It would also just muddle the background with more images. This is the same reason I didn't use R2D2, C3P0, Jabba, Lando or Kenobi either. Sometimes less is better. Basically my choice became to make Darth Vader the main focus of the topper design or not use him at all.
Thanks again to everyone for taking the time to view and comment on my work. I really appreciate the support I continue to get from the great Pinside community!

OP

Quoted from Habeboo:

Sorry I didn't post an update earlier but I was just informed that a few people had this same question. I had revised the prototype art a while ago and sent it to some people who had the same question but never posted it on this ad. When I assembled the protype, the original Leia image was the only image that worked compositionally. I needed the back images to be looking forward while being able to flow in an upward arch around the front image. Many times achieving a good balance to the design becomes a matter of "creative problem solving". The "smirk" on Leia's face was gnawing at me as well but I was later able to locate an image that worked much better and have since made the update.
On the other hand, Darth Vader does not fit at all with the this topper design. First, unlike the Emperor, Vader is already extremely prominent on the machine's artwork. Secondly, without making Vader the center of design, it seemed wrong to just try and cram a small image of him in the background behind the Emperor. It would just be another redundant image of Vader already abundantly represented on the machine. It would also just muddle the background with more images. This is the same reason I didn't use R2D2, C3P0, Jabba, Lando or Kenobi either. Sometimes less is better. Basically my choice became to make Darth Vader the main focus of the topper design or not use him at all.
Thanks again to everyone for taking the time to view and comment on my work. I really appreciate the support I continue to get from the great Pinside community!