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Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie

Ralph McQuarrie, Brandon Alinger, Wade Lageose and David Mandel; foreword by George Lucas

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Summary

This two-volume collection presents Ralph McQuarrie’s Star Wars artwork with interviews and recollections from colleagues. It documents the visual language he developed with George Lucas through concept paintings, costume designs, storyboards and other images. Brandon Alinger, Wade Lageose and David Mandel compile and contextualize the work. George Lucas contributes the foreword. The checked Abrams set was published in 2016.

  • SourceStar Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie — source record · Full byline; description: McQuarrie working hand in hand with Lucas, concept art, unpublished interviews and colleague recollections; 27 September 2016 two-volume set; ISBN.

Why read it Our view

Use the artwork and working accounts to examine how a shared visual direction develops across characters, costumes and scenes. It is useful for creative founders who need to communicate an imagined product to artists and production staff.

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  • George LucasCreative collaborator; foreword contributor
    McQuarrie developed Star Wars’s visual aesthetic with Lucas. Lucas wrote the foreword; the artists and compilers retain their credits.
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