Star Wars: Rogue One Concept Art

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order by Bruno Werneck

Part3

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?

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.

Concept art for Padme’s funeral on Naboo from Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith by Iain McCaig

A “winterized lizard”. Tauntaun art by Ralph McQuarrie.

Ralph McQuarrie’s Star Wars concepts

The ol’ Wookiee Prisoner Ruse. Works every time!

(Star Wars Art by the great Ralph McQuarrie)

NOT concept art of NOT Seatos from Ahsoka.

Catching brief glimpses of Rhinog Fach as the cloud lifted. Eryri National Park

Art by Ralph McQuarrie for the second Death Star. RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983).

Originally, the Rebel attack that’s the climax of the film was going to be on Had Abbadon, capital of the Empire. Hence those McQuarrie paintings of Coruscant I posted yesterday. If you read the story conferences for ROTJ, you can see it was a close call actually—the plan to use Had Abbadon comes back almost as often as it’s discarded—but eventually, to the others’ dismay, Lucas chose to go with a second Death Star. One of those What Ifs.

ROTJ was the first Star Wars film I saw, so for me it wasn’t a second Death Star: it was a rather eerie zombie construction that looked like the ghost of a dead moon. I thought it was a fascinating sight anyway.