Jabba slugs it out for £20,000

An artist who stages live shows featuring Star Wars baddie Jabba the Hutt has been shortlisted for Britain's richest art award.

London-based Lali Chetwynd is one of six artists up for the Beck's Futures prize.

Ryan Gander, who recreated an office corridor, is also in the running to win £20,000. His work has been compared to hit TV comedy The Office.

Fellow nominee Donald Urquhart featured Judy Garland, George Best and Elizabeth Taylor in his ink drawings. Glasgow's Luke Fowler makes films that 'examine secret pasts'.

US-born Daria Martin makes 'lyrical and seductive films'. Oxford-born Christina Mackie crushed Styrofoam cups and looks at 'the way we inhabit space'. The winner will be named in April.