Joe Corroney

Joe Corroney is an illustrator who has provided Lucasfilm Ltd. with official Star Wars artwork for related books, games, trading cards and magazines since 1996. He also penciled Star Wars: Empire for Dark Horse Comics.

Other comic books he has illustrated include Crimson Dynamo for Marvel Comics, Green Lantern for DC Comics, Parts Unknown for Image, and Blood and Roses for Blue Line Pro. Along with developing his creator-owned comic-book series, Death Avenger, Corroney recently illustrated Spike Vs. Dracula for IDW Publishing. Currently, he is creating new Star Wars artwork for Lucasfilm and Star Wars Insider.

Corroney is the creator of the Star Wars characters Kai Justiss and Ur-Sema Du, who are based on his fellow artists Justin Chung and Jan Duursema, respectively.

Corroney later illustrated Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy and Star Wars: The Rebel Files, released in 2016 and 2017 respectively.

In 2019, 3D artist Ansel Hsiao, known for his work in The Essential Guide to Warfare, complained that some of the artworks published on his website were reused without his consent by Joe Corroney in the 2014 reference book Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide.