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!
