The Mandalorian - Chapter 13 Concept Art

Battle of Hoth - The Empire Strikes Back concept art by Ralph McQuarrie (1978)

The Mandalorian | Chapter 19 - “The Foundling” | Concept Art

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

Ralph McQuarrie cover art for “Splinter of the Mind’s Eye” by Alan Dean Foster, 1978, via @humanoidhistory

Concept Art of Darth Maul for Solo: A Star Wars Story by Jake Lunt Davies

Ralph McQuarrie’s Star Wars concepts

According to early scripts, the original finale of “Return of the Jedi” would have been around the capital of the Empire, then named “Had Abbadon,” a planet that was one colossal city (an idea re-used in the prequels). The original threat was not one, but two death stars under construction in orbit around Had Abbadon, which also had a moon filled with life known as the Green Moon (which later on became Endor in the later drafts). Luke was taken by Vader to the Emperor’s palace and throne room on Had Abbadon, filled with lava. 

This was rewritten to streamline things and make the finale less ambitious, but Ralph McQuarrie did the art for the original concept.

“Light of the Jedi” by Charles Soule, the first book in the High Republic Series is out!

Concept art for Yoda, from the upcoming Star Wars: High Republic.

The amazing concept art of Ralph McQuarrie for Star Wars

Artbook: Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie

Probe droid designs by Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston, for THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. How many ultra-brief background characters can claim to be in such a beautiful painting?