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The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Leia Organa designs, art by Robert Rowley, Jock, and Tonči Zonjić.

“I wanted Carrie to look fabulous again. So let’s do dramatic lines. Let’s do gorgeous coats. One of the few specific visual ideas I gave was that big Blade Runner-like coat with the huge collar that blocked the bottom half of her face. I didn’t want her to have to be buttoned-down and practical. I wanted her to look badass.” - Rian Johnson.

Star Wars Concept Art | the Jedi bow before the queen by Paul Topolos

v-150 Planet Defenders were large ion cannon emplacements designed for defense against starship assault. The cannons were powerful enough to shut down large vessels, but as they were completely immobile, they were vulnerable to ground assault.

Source: The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (1995)

First Appearance: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Lothal Temple atrium interior illustration by Andre Kirk

from the star wars costumes book

Bad Batch, concept art

The Mandalorian S1 - concept art by John Park 

The Mandalorian S1 - concept art by John Park 

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Concept Art | Princess Leia

Ralph McQuarrie’s Star Wars concepts

Every now and then (I fall apart) I like to briefly spotlight a Star Wars background character. Garindan—Long-Snoot—the Imperial spy—was played by stunt woman Sadie Eden and, judging by John Mollo’s sketch, originally designed to be much shorter (image 3, top row, second character from left). (In Alan Dean Foster’s novelization the character is described as a small creature, like a scurrying rat.) The costume is so, well, cheap really, so makeshift: so wonderfully vintage Star Wars.

The art, from the Mos Eisley Cantina Pop-up Book, is by Ralph McQuarrie.

Luke Skywalker’s adventures on Dagobah: Star Wars concept art by the brilliant Ralph McQuarrie.

Ralph McQuarrie

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.

Ralph McQuarrie, “Hoth Shield Generator”

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

Ralph McQuarrie art and designs for the Emperor’s throne room and guards. Return of the Jedi (1983).

Ralph McQuarrie

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

ILM artist John Dykstra with a Darth Vader costume concept circa 1975, plus some design sketches by Ralph McQuarrie.

Ralph McQuarrie

Concept art for various aliens from Jabba’s palace. Return of the Jedi (1983).

Art by Nilo Rodis-Jamero.

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

Ralph McQuarrie’s designs for Darth Vader’s castle. 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.

Art by Ralph McQuarrie for Docking Bay 94. STAR WARS (1977).

Art by Ralph McQuarrie for Wookiee planet, Kashyyyk.

Ralph McQuarrie concept art for Star Wars

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)

Ralph McQuarrie’s design sketches for the duel between Luke and Darth Vader on Bespin: second painting.

See the first one HERE.