From Concept Art To Screen | The Phantom Menace - Naboo

Imperial Guard concept art by Ralph McQuarrie - Return of the Jedi (1983)

          The   S T A R   W A R S   Concept Art   of   I A N   M c C A I G                                            t h e    c h a r a c t e r s

young Obi Wan Kenobi  (”Revenge of the Sith”)

Qui Gon  Jinn   (”The Phantom Menace”)

Anakin  Skywalker  (”Revenge of the Sith”)

Padme  Amadala  Naberrie  (”The Phantom Menace,”  “Revenge of the Sith”)

Jedi  Grand  Master  Yoda

10 year old  Han  Solo  and  (above him)  with childhood friends, Lando and Chewbacca the Wookiee   (”Revenge of the Sith” – concept, design, and early script draft appearance only)

Padme in sexy night gown  (”Attack of the Clones”)

Governor Moff Tarkin   (”Revenge of the Sith”)

Jar Jar  Binks   (”The Phantom Menace”)

Jedi Council Master  Ki Adi  Mundi   (Episodes I – I I I)

Sith Lord  Darth  Maul   (”The Phantom Menace”)

Rebel Leader and Princess of Alderaan,  Leia Organa enslaved by Jabba the Hut  (”Return of the Jedi”)

unnamed “Sith Witch”  (designed for “Menace” but replaced at design stage by male hunter-killer Maul;  image elements reused in “The Cones Wars”animated)

Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith                             Concept Art // by Ryan Church

Star Wars designs for Coruscant/Had Abaddon by Ralph McQuarrie.

Ralph McQuarrie’s Star Wars concepts

Cottagecore McQuarrie is back again! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate!

Star Wars ➞ Recycled Concept Art

Satine Kryze, Rig Nema, Queen Apailana, Tiplar, Mother Talzin

Ralph McQuarrie pencil art for the original Star Wars trilogy.

Planet/location concepts by Ralph McQuarrie for the original Star Wars trilogy (that were reused later).

Coruscant started out as Had Abaddon, capital of the empire, and was going to be featured in RETURN OF THE JEDI. It was very very close, but eventually Lucas decided to go with a second Death Star.

Alderaan. I used to wonder why McQuarrie had bothered designing Alderaan as it would only be seen from space anyway. But Alderaan wasn’t always Alderaan: in one draft, the planet was a giant gas planet, and the capital of the New Galactic Empire.

Sicemon, originally the site of Jabba’s palace in RETURN OF THE JEDI. It was then re-purposed as the home of the rebels, then abandoned.

An abandoned “ice castle” on Hoth where the rebels would have their base of operations (you can spot a tiny Han and Chewie).

These images show Vader’s castle, which I’ve featured before. (In fact I’ve featured several of these images before, but I just wanted to do this overview and didn’t want to exclude the more significant concepts.)

The sinkhole planet that would become Utapau. This one dates back to 1976 I believe.

Bonus: This one, by Doug Chiang, is a concept painting for Jakku, which was conceived as a junk planet. Should have used it! I mean THAT is a planet you’d want to escape from. Plus we had already seen a sand planet.

What are your thoughts/feelings on the High Republic era coming?

I’m cautiously optimistic!I think it’s far enough removed from my Jedi Order babes that I’m not so invested (unless they’re used to shit on my beloveds like, oh, see they’re GOOD Jedi unlike those awful, corrupt Jedi that follow the themes of Star Wars and literally express the Force in the exact way that George Lucas describes it, god, they’re definitely the worst) but they’re still Jedi babes and we’ll hopefully get consistent Force Lore (I swear to god if they try to say that Gray Jedi are a thing after the story group has made it clear that George Lucas said that’s not possible, that mortals cannot balance the light and the dark that way, I will RIOT, Force Lore is one of the few things I’m willing to get into an internet fight over–okay, not really, BUT I’D BE REAL MAD) that I’ll enjoy.Sure, any time you get into ANYTHING with the Jedi Order and the Force, there’s a chance they’ll mess up the themes that George Lucas set down.  And maybe they will mess it up and I’ll have to Quit Star Wars Forever or at least try really hard to ignore it.But right now, that is some GORGEOUS concept art, I’m really kind of FANTASTICALLY curious what Soule’s writing will be like on a SW novel instead of a comic, and it’s new enough that I’m very curious what they’ll do with being in this era that I don’t think has been explored much before.BUT SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THESE BABES:

IF NOTHING ELSE, THEY ARE SERVING UP SOME FUCKING LOOKS AND I AM  R E A D Y  FOR IT.I AM READY TO HAVE SOME STORIES ABOUT SOME JEDI BABES AGAIN, GIVE IT TO ME.