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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.

Ralph McQuarrie cover art for “Splinter of the Mind’s Eye” by Alan Dean Foster, 1978, via @humanoidhistory

Ralph McQuarrie concept art for Return of the Jedi (1983)

Ralph McQuarrie; Return of the Jedi

Ralph McQuarrie concept art for The Empire Strikes Back, 1980

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 Abaddon, 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 Abaddon 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.

Older Ahsoka Tano concept art sketches Art by Dave Filoni

Star Wars: The Cone Wars Concept Art

Doug Chiang’s concept art for The Phantom Menace (1999) remains one of my favorite things about it. It shows what could have been: a black-clad Obi-Wan, going at it alone, and Geonosians in the place of Neimoidians.

Character Design: Finding the Look of Ahsoka Tano

Ahsoka first appeared in a 2005 sketch by Dave Filoni. In that pencil sketch, she was just a shy Togruta girl peeking out from beneath her oversized Jedi hood.

Audiences wouldn’t meet the character for another THREE YEARS, and over that time she tried on different costumes and facial markings and had her named changed from Ashla, before the team arrived at the version that made it to Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie.

Believe it or not, her final look was greatly influenced by San in Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke.

An early maquette had more angular features, but George Lucas voiced some concerns over her larger alien head, suggesting softening her features to make her more relatable. This gave us the final – and much loved – Ahsoka Tano!

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

Ralph McQuarrie

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

Very early (1974/1975) concept art by Colin Cantwell for STAR WARS (1977).

The Art Of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith  [NABOO]

Star Wars Concept Art - Padme Amidala | Iain McCaig 

The amazing concept art of Ralph McQuarrie for Star Wars

Artbook: Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie

Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith                             Concept Art // by Ryan Church

Star Wars: The Art of The Force Awakens Concept Art

Ralph McQuarrie’s Star Wars concepts

The amazing concept art for Star Wars: Rogue One

The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

ART OF THE LAST JEDI:  Luke Skywalker & Rey concept art

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

concept paintings by  Doug  Chiang

‪Darth Vader’s bizarre visions. Mysterious Ralph McQuarrie concept art for The Empire Strikes Back.

The ol’ Wookiee Prisoner Ruse. Works every time!

(Star Wars Art by the great Ralph McQuarrie)

Star Wars Concept Art | by Ralph McQuarrie

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

The Star Wars: Concept Trailer Original Concept Art by Ralph McQuarrie Animation by The DAVE School

Star Wars ➞ Recycled Concept Art

Satine Kryze, Rig Nema, Queen Apailana, Tiplar, Mother Talzin