SW Pre-production Art - Continued - STAR WARS   Episode  I   The Phantom Menace

Star Wars Concept Art - Padme Amidala | Iain McCaig 

Ralph McQuarrie’s designs for Darth Vader’s castle. The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

the pre-production concept art of Ralph McQuarrie for 1983′s STAR WARS  Episode VI  RETURN OF THE JEDI  (dir. Richard Marquand; exec. prod. and c-screenwriter George Lucas)

This week’s theme: Masters and Apprentices!

Isn’t this a lovely picture of Luke and Rey (called Kira in the first drafts)? It’s by prequels artist (and DSWCP fave) Ian McCaig, and it was drawn during the preproduction of The Force Awakens, but published in The Last Jedi art book to avoid spoilers. (Funnily enough, the prequels art books didn’t care about spoilers; in fact, they would have the whole script in there!)

Concept art titled “Keyframe 001” by Ian McCaig, drawn sometime 2014-5 (I think), from The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, written by Phil Szostak. Published 2017.

“The Nihil are brutal, savage marauders, based in the Outer Rim,” says Charles Soule, the writer of Light of the Jedi, his upcoming novel. “They’re the stuff of nightmares, able to appear anywhere almost at will. They use bizarre, intimidating tactics — chemical weapons, poison — anything that might kill you, they’ll use.

“The Nihil are organized into three main divisions called Tempests, each with its own captain who wields total control,” Soule continues. “They are frightening in a way that feels great for Star Wars, in part because their ‘code,’ if you can call it that, is so simple: the Nihil take what they want. If you stand in their way, they will kill you and everyone you love. But even chaos agents can have goals…and the Nihil’s plans run directly through both the Republic and the Jedi Order.”

Sith Lightsaber Refined Concepts by Adam Burn

Concept art of Qimir/The Stranger’s Lightsaber for The Acolyte.

‪Iain McCaig concept art for a “Sith Lordess”. ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002).‬

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

Asajj Ventress Concept Art (originally Sith Villain from Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones)

Concept art for “The Jedi” by Brian Matyas.