Concept Art For “The Jedi” By Brian Matyas.

The amazing concept art for Star Wars: Rogue One

The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

C-3PO design sketches by Ralph McQuarrie. For Star Wars (1977), of course.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order by Bruno Werneck

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Ralph McQuarrie concept art for Star Wars

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.

Sandcrawler concept art by Joe Johnston

Ralph McQuarrie; Return of the Jedi

Concept art for Solo: A Star Wars Story reveals what could have been.

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Jake Lunt Davies - STAR WARS - Solo

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Art by Ralph McQuarrie for (what became) Coruscant.

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