Concept Art For A “gruff, Opinionated Trandoshan” Jedi Master Named Sskeer, From Marvel’s Upcoming

Star Wars: The Cone Wars Concept Art

I don’t usually just talk on this blog, and I don’t plan on doing so, but I’m reading through the canon chronology and I’ve finally gotten to @ekjohnston’s Queen’s Trilogy. I must say that from the second it started, I’ve been constantly reminded that she is not long for this galaxy, but accomplishes a multiple-lifetimes worth of altruism in only 27 years. A loss most tragic.

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

Art by Ralph McQuarrie for Dagobah. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980).

According to early scripts, the original finale of “Return of the Jedi” would have been around the capital of the Empire, then named “Had Abbadon,” a planet that was one colossal city (an idea re-used in the prequels). The original threat was not one, but two death stars under construction in orbit around Had Abbadon, which also had a moon filled with life known as the Green Moon (which later on became Endor in the later drafts). Luke was taken by Vader to the Emperor’s palace and throne room on Had Abbadon, filled with lava. 

This was rewritten to streamline things and make the finale less ambitious, but Ralph McQuarrie did the art for the original concept.

The Phantom Menace Concept Art | Illustrated by Doug Chiang

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

Ralph McQuarrie’s art and sketches for Luke’s confrontation with the Rancor. Return of the Jedi (1983).

(Note: the images aren’t chronologically ordered.)

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order by Liam MacDonald

Star Wars designs for Coruscant/Had Abaddon by Ralph McQuarrie.