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.
Imperial Guard concept art by Ralph McQuarrie - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Lothal Temple atrium interior illustration by Andre Kirk
Ralph McQuarrie
Cloud City - The Empire Strikes Back concept art by Ralph McQuarrie (1978)
☠︎︎ 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
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith | Padme’s funeral on Naboo | Concept Art vs Screen
Huge solemn crowds line Palace Plaza in Theed, the capital of Naboo, as six beautiful white gualaars draw a flower-draped open casket bearing the remains of a beloved Senator through the Triumphal Arch, her fingers finally and forever clasping a snippet of japor, one that had been carved long ago by the hand of a nine-year-old boy from an obscure desert planet in the far Outer Rim… (Revenge of the Sith, Matthew Stover)
Ralph McQuarrie; Return of the Jedi
Imperial Guard concept art by Ralph McQuarrie - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Concept art for Watto by Doug Chiang. THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999).
Doug Chiang’s design for C-3PO. THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999). Doug Chiang was a worthy successor to Ralph McQuarrie.
Concept art spanning the universe of Star Wars.Not associated with Lucasfilm.Avi: Jama JurabaevPersonal: noneofusareverno
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