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The Official Star Wars Site has a great article about the artists that will be working on Episode III. When a young George Lucas was pitching his space opera movie to studios in the early 1970s, it was the paintings of Ralph McQuarrie that explained Lucas' vision to Fox executives and earned a green light. Those paintings were the first visual representations of the galaxy far, far away imagined in the pages of Lucas' screenplay. Now famous, those illustrations provided a look for the set builders, the costume designers, and the fledgling visual effects unit to follow.
The Star Wars tradition of creating and utilizing concept art throughout the screenwriting process continues with the final chapter as the Episode III art department has been working on new imaginings for nearly a year.
Whether to inspire George Lucas' writing, Gavin Bocquet's set design and construction, Trisha Biggar's costumes, Nick Gillard's stunt planning, John Knoll's visual effects or Rob Coleman's team of animators, the Star Wars tradition of creating and utilizing concept art as the film's inception continues with Episode III. For the rest of this great article, go here!
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