This stunning one of a kind POTF A-Wing Pilot original artwork was created by Kenner's packaging vendor in 1984, and would appear on all blister cards for the character during 1984 and 1985.
The art appeared on Kenner's POTF blister card, and then also on the European Tri-Logo 70 backs, and as indicated in notes on the art board around the image, it was 'flopped' for all blister card iterations.
Kenner's Star Wars packaging art was illustrated and painted by hand using the photoart process, which was the industry standard prior to the arrival of digitization. It offers a view into old world design, and was assembled and re-touched by hand long before the Graphic Design world moved to Photoshop.
The artwork features an entirely airbrushed 'starfield' background, heavy details on the vehicle's thrusters and guns, along with other more subtle additions. It also features the original crop marks, percentage ratio, and character name. Hand crafted pieces such as this are scarce in number, primarily because all are one of a kind items, and not every character from Kenner's 93 action figure line escaped the dumpster.
99 percent of all surviving packaging artwork examples trace back to a single find from former Kenner Marketing Executive Tom Neiheisel. He was fortunate to rescue the majority of vintage Star Wars character packaging artwork from the trash when Kenner 'cleaned house' in the early 1990s.