Trench Run

Tuskens

Cantina Scene by Ralph McQuarrie

“You are part of the Rebel Alliance, and a traitor! Take her away!”

The Original Star Wars poster

Binary Sunset-One of the best scenes in Star Wars

Another iconic painting from McQuarrie, his concept art of C-3PO and his faithful companion, R2-D2. C-3PO’s design is heavily influenced from Maschinenmensch (aka Maria) from the classic 1927 sci-fi film, Metropolis.

Ralph McQuarrie’s rendering (and dare I say, more badass?) of the battle between Darth Vader and Deak Starkiller (later, Obi-Wan Kenobi would take part in this iconic battle). A character never introduced in the films, however in the original drafts, he was the ten-year-old brother of Annikan Starkiller, Deak would become Luke Skywalker.

Originally, the Stormtroopers in the Star Wars franchise were to have lightsabers as their primary weapons as Lucas originally envisioned that they would be commonplace. However, he revised his original vision and limited the weapons to force-sensitive Jedi.

Here, Ralph McQuarrie rendered what is now considered an iconic scene in cinema, the boarding of the Tantive IV