Ralph McQuarrie’s Original Unused 1981 Sketches For Emperor Palpatine’s Throne Room Which Is Now

          The   S T A R   W A R S   Concept Art   of   I A N   M c C A I G                                            t h e    c h a r a c t e r s

young Obi Wan Kenobi  (”Revenge of the Sith”)

Qui Gon  Jinn   (”The Phantom Menace”)

Anakin  Skywalker  (”Revenge of the Sith”)

Padme  Amadala  Naberrie  (”The Phantom Menace,”  “Revenge of the Sith”)

Jedi  Grand  Master  Yoda

10 year old  Han  Solo  and  (above him)  with childhood friends, Lando and Chewbacca the Wookiee   (”Revenge of the Sith” – concept, design, and early script draft appearance only)

Padme in sexy night gown  (”Attack of the Clones”)

Governor Moff Tarkin   (”Revenge of the Sith”)

Jar Jar  Binks   (”The Phantom Menace”)

Jedi Council Master  Ki Adi  Mundi   (Episodes I – I I I)

Sith Lord  Darth  Maul   (”The Phantom Menace”)

Rebel Leader and Princess of Alderaan,  Leia Organa enslaved by Jabba the Hut  (”Return of the Jedi”)

unnamed “Sith Witch”  (designed for “Menace” but replaced at design stage by male hunter-killer Maul;  image elements reused in “The Cones Wars”animated)

The Phantom Menace Concept Art | Illustrated by Doug Chiang

Star Wars: Rogue One Concept Art

Ralph McQuarrie concept art for Dagobah.

We see, among other things, a “Dark Side tree” (image 6); the eye of a Dragonsnake (image 3); an early, quite bare version of Dagobah (with Yoda), last images; and gnarltrees, gnarltrees everywhere.

Concept art for a “gruff, opinionated Trandoshan” Jedi Master named Sskeer, from Marvel’s upcoming The High Republic comics.

Battle of Hoth - The Empire Strikes Back concept art by Ralph McQuarrie (1978)

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

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

Remembering legendary concept designer, Ron Cobb.

Cantina alien designs by Ron Cobb for STAR WARS (1977).

Two more later on.

Concept art for Yoda, from the upcoming Star Wars: High Republic.