From Concept Art To Screen | Revenge Of The Sith 8/??

Merry Christmas, everyone!

‘Tis the season for Star Wars illustrations by Ralph McQuarrie.

SW pre-production art - continued - STAR WARS   Episode  I   The Phantom Menace

concept paintings by  Doug  Chiang

Concept Art by Terryl Whitlatch | Naboo & Tatooine

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.

Art by Doug Chiang for THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999).

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

Death Star Assault - Star Wars Concept art (detail) by Ralph McQuarrie (1975)

Concept Artists: Ryan Church, Nick Grindraux, John Park, and Doug Chiang The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian by Phil Szostak | Pages 6-7, 14-15, 94-95, 126-127

☠︎︎ 𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚓𝚓 𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝. 𝚕𝚎 ☠︎︎

♔ 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚒 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗, 𝚋𝚢 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚝, 𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚘𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚌𝚌𝚊𝚒𝚐 ♔

ꕥ 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚒𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢 𝚋𝚢 𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚙𝚑 𝚖𝚌𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎, 𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚒𝚕𝚘 𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚜-𝚓𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚘 ꕥ

𖨆 𝚓𝚢𝚗 𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚐𝚕𝚢𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚗 𖨆

Logo and poster designs for Star Wars (1977). By Ralph McQuarrie.