Dave Filoni Confirms That Ahsoka Season 2 Is In Development With A Sketch Of Ahsoka And Sabine On Peridea,

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.

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

Different pieces of concept art used for s3e13 of The Clone Wars titled “Monster,” featuring people of Dathomir.

Happy Halloween!

Concept art for a “gruff, opinionated Trandoshan” Jedi Master named Sskeer, from Marvel’s upcoming The High Republic comics.

Star Wars: The High Republic Concept Art | via Clayton_Sandell

Beautiful concept art of Padme by Iain McCaig

Darth Maul concept art by Iain McCaig for THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999), a film that was apparently aimed at children.

Not many people realize Darth Maul actually has his own musical motif in the film: it’s not “Duel of the Fates”, but this eerie lone wolf howl you hear in “The Droid Invasion And The Appearance of Darth Maul” on the soundtrack at 3:20. A splendid little bit that you might not have noticed—but your brain did (as that review goes). I always feel THE PHANTOM MENACE could have been as good as any Star Wars film if only Lucas had collaborated more. It’s a first draft brimming with potential.

Luke Skywalker costume concept art for Return of the Jedi by Nilo Rodis-Jamero (1981)

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Concept Art | by Aaron McBride

ILM artist John Dykstra with a Darth Vader costume concept circa 1975, plus some design sketches by Ralph McQuarrie.