“I was watching some Ponies some hours after seeing Solo on the big screen, when the thought approached me: “With her classic sense of style and social grace, Rarity would be a good Qi’ra”. And then I ended up assigning most of the cast and loving all the ideas so much I doodled them on paper and then began drawing them digitally! I really had a ball with this one. First major MLP-related project in a while and it turned out great! The shading could’ve been more detailed, maybe, but I decided not to worry so much about it that I’d burn myself out. As for the reasons behind my casting decisions… I wanted a pilot-like pone for Han, and Soarin’ not only made sense, but it fit the title perfectly. I figured pretty early on that Fluttershy’s bear Harry should be Chewbacca, for obvious reasons. I wanted an older, slightly-scoundrely character for Beckett, and decided Wind Rider would work well (and he might be my favorite drawing in the whole piece). Limestone Pie’s grumpy disposition suited L3-37 well. I almost cast Discord as Lando, but then I remembered there’s nopony quite as smooth and sophisticated than Zephyr Breeze! Finally, Spitfire got to be Val on account of their shared no-nonsense-ness. I do have some other casting ideas, but I’ll save that for another drawing. Anyway I really had so so much fun with this, There’s something irresistible to me about ponies cosplaying Star Wars charries! Probably why I also did Trixie as General Grievous, Twilight as Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Zecora as Captain Phasma…
 
Soarin, Rarity, Harry, Wind Rider, Limestone Pie, Zephyr Breeze, and Spitfire belong to Hasbro. Elements of Star Wars belong to Lucasfilm/Disney. The drawing and the parody concepts here belong to me. Please keep the comments kind and free of spoilers!”