Leah Mangue


Leah Battle, previously known as Leah Mangue, is an artist specializing in illustration who has produced officially licensed artwork for Lucasfilm. She is also the person who started the fan website known as Nerf-Herders-Anonymous.

Back in 2005 during the month of December, her Star Wars Blog was recognized and showcased on StarWars.com. Her illustrated depiction of the veractyl Boga was published within the Bantha Tracks section of Star Wars Insider 90. Furthermore, her commemorative artwork for the Star Wars 30th Anniversary was featured in the Bantha Tracks section of Star Wars Insider 97. She was selected to be an artist for Star Wars Celebration V, where she presented her print titled "Have Rifle Will Travel."

In May of 2007, she participated as one of the sketch card artists for the 2007 Topps Star Wars 30th Anniversary set of collectible cards. Following that, she contributed to other Topps collector card sets, including 2008 Topps Star Wars: The Clone Wars, 2009 Topps Star Wars: The Clone Wars Widevision, 2009 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 4, 2010 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 5, 2011 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 6, 2012 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 7, and 2012 Topps Star Wars Galactic Files Series 1.

The appearance of Guri in Underworld: A Galaxy of Scum and Villainy as illustrated by Joe Corroney was based upon her likeness.

Notes and references

  • Nerf-Herders Anonymous
  • Life, the Star Wars Universe and Everything — Leah Mangue's StarWars.com Blog (content now obsolete; backup link)
  • Featured Blog: Life, the Star Wars Universe and Everything on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)

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