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#SWConceptArt today connects the “new” (Palpatine’s escape shuttle from the Zillo Beast Strikes episode) to the old. The sketch is from Joe Johnston’s RotJ Sketchbook, showing concepts for the Imperial Shuttle bearing similar designs to that used in CW.
April 28, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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The Book of Boba Fett #SWConceptArt by Christian Alzmann
April 26, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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#SWConceptArt Something green today because I’m happy the trees are alive and the earth is bright, despite the onslaught of bad news in the world. Christian Alzmann for The Mandalorian season one.
Grogu holds up a one-eyed frog beside a campfire
April 23, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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After reading @kershed.bsky.social’s post about the Nightsister yesterday, I went into a deep dive of The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance game to find #SWConceptArt. These come from the game guide book and feature designs for the three antagonist nightsisters and all kinds of other goodies. #StarWars
April 20, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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#SWConceptArt Episode IX Jon McCoy art. Kylo on a ruined Coruscant is story idea I still love.
Under the light of a First Order shuttle, Kylo Ren walks the dusty ruined streets of Coruscant. In the gloomy distance, lit by faint light, is the Jedi Temple from the prequels. Everything is dark and somber. Rey speaks to an alien with a snout amid the sands of Tattooine. Twins suns burn, leaning towards the horizon, and a sand crawler provides a focal point for a scavenger camp.
April 19, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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#SWConceptArt Sort-of concept art today, this is ILM Senior Concept Artist Stephen Zavala’s portrait of Satine Kryze for The Clone Wars
A regal woman with fair, soft features looks towards the viewer in a headpiece that holds back her hair. Two curving forms, like thick antlers rise from the dip of her neck by the sides of her head. Hollow cones peek out from her hair in four groups of three. The portrait is black and white
April 18, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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#SWConceptArt Kylo’s Shuttle Interior by Fernández Castro and Stableboys Group Shot by Zonjić for #StarWars TLJ.

Sorry I’ve been missing this past week. I bought the two sequel books I didn’t have and the OG concept books are on the way. Love the look of this shuttle pilot compared to the film’s.
April 17, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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#SWConceptArt by Lucasfilm artist Lee of Neimoidian designs.
Three neimoidian designs: from left to write the rendered aliens appear in robes, grey-green skin, with large orange eyes and no nose. Although an upside down v forms a ridge that looks like a nose. The left figure wears rust a rust colored gown over a green pleated dress. The center figure a purple robe, and the right an orange shawl with a rust colored under shirt with long sleeves. Each wears a curved headdress in the shapes of shells or squids
April 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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#SWConceptArt Jedi: Fallen Order Art led by team at Respan under Jordan Lemarre-Wan
April 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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With all the talk of Darth Talon, here are some concepts of the Sith for #SWConceptArt. While we’ve gotten away from the 2000’s: women must be dressed “sexy”, this is from TFA’s idea phase by Ian McCaig. That’s not to say characters CAN’T be risqué but ya know, it’s a tightrope. Thumbnails: Février
A red skinned twilek woman known as Darth Talon stands with two lightsabers drawn and ignited red. A black corset covers her torso with a tabard hanging down to cover her waist. Her thighs are exposed, revealing portions of black tattoos that cover her body. Black boots and arm wrappings make up the rest of her outfit. A shadowed blue creature wraps its arms around her shoulders A Jedi in tunic and robe talks to a twilek in similar clothing. The image is of sketchy nature with angled background elements forming a room, distant triumphal arch, and hints of a city and mountain beyond The twilek woman with tattooed cradles a man’s head as they embrace in an intimate moment laying down. The colors are blue and dark greyscale markers, red highlight on her two head tails
April 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Ralph McQuarrie Tattooine for today’s #SWConceptArt
Shadowed Jawas walks in the foreground of a rock desert landscape. Behind them, a white and tan town can be seen with perimeter walls and towers. Lights glow yellow from interiors An assortment of creatures; a green skinned woman with a snout and red hair wears a yellow dress, pale green men in nothing but brown skirts, droids, and humans. They all stand in various degrees of casual day life, in a hallways of tan with orange and brown accented walls, like exotic hieroglyphs. Diamond shaped lamps hand from the walls, separating bazar insets A Jawa sandcrawler moves through the desert landscape. Two droids, a small cylinder one and a man-like golden one, stand before the behemoth, brown angled crawler. The vehicle moves of multiple treads arranged underneath its bulk.
April 1, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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The Mandalorian Chapter 20 #SWConceptArt by Ryan Church and Brett Northcutt
Three Jedi in brown and tan attire + robes, stand in defense of young Grigio who sits in a hover carrier. Clone troopers fire red blaster bolts from the end of the hallway and lightsabers ignite blue to deflect. To the right of the frame are windows looking out on the nighttime city of Coruscant. A silver Naboo personal cruiser dashes past a republic Venator above Coruscant, with V-Wing fighters in hot pursuit and firing. Jedi Kelleran Beq races through Coruscant sky ways on a speeder. Attached to the speeder’s side is a sidecar, where Grogu leans out. Republic gunshots fly behind, attempting to catch the rogue Jedi with Order 66. Blaster bolts fly through the air.
March 31, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars series always held a special allure to little me. A Blockbuster knockoff was in my town, and I remember seeing the show on shelves to rent. For me at that time, it was an unknown Star Wars, like a newfound chapter of a book you’ve read over and over. #SWConceptArt
March 29, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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#SWConceptArt “New” artist alert: Jod Na Nawood by Oskana Nedavniaya and longtime SW artist Aaron McBride’s Teek and alien for Skeleton Crew
March 28, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Soldiers and citizens of Utupau for today’s #SWConceptArt
(Artists Aaron McBride and Jun)
March 28, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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Dave Filoni and Brian Matyas Plo Koon art #SWConceptArt
March 27, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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#SWConceptArt Christian Alzmann and Jama Jurabaev are the spotlight artists for their work on The Mandalorian episode 4 “The Sanctuary”
A man stands in shadow with a small green creature to his side. A hut is nearby with a peaked wooden roof over a round body. The setting is a forest with more huts in the distance and village people walking The Mandalorian stands in front of his ship’s boarding ramp after it has descended. The small creature Grogu walks down from the ship’s back. An At-St attacks a krill village at night. Flames can be seen burning behind it as the walker fires, village people running from blaster bolts. The silhouette of tall pine trees can be seen on the dark horizon Pointed huts stand in sunlight close to krill pools
March 25, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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#SWConceptArt Nilo Rodis-Jamero continued. First two: Luke Skywalker in Jedi Outfit post RotJ and Atha Prime (Imperial Guard design and later used as the Imperial leader in Kenner’s The Epic Continues lost figure line). The next concept is from RotJ, showing Vader and Palpatine on Had Abbadon.
Luke Skywalker in bulky orange armor, fit over a white shorts and tan pants. Matching boots complete the look. He holds a purple lightsaber with his black gloved left hand. A guard in a pale pink cloak holds a pole-ax staff. White chest armor set atop and red tunic and skirt. The helmet has chainmail beneath it, with antenna sticking out from either side and a Mohawk metal piece as a crescent above. Two white eyes stare from a shadow obscured face. Vader stands with his back to the viewer as he speaks to a pale, bald man in red robes seated on a flat square throne. A column stands to their left and glass otherwise behind, opening on a city vista at sunset- much like Palpatine’s office in the prequel films. Artist Nilo Rodis-Jamero tinkers with a large pine tree model in front of a blue screen. A model at at and landing base stands to the left of the tree on a flat table. This seen would become Darth Vader landing on Endor in RotJ. Nilo wears a white shirt, black pants, and has close cropped black hair.
March 24, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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A great thing about trying to find #SWConceptArt not seen as often is finding new (old) artists! These are ideas from 1981 for Return (Revenge) of the Jedi by Nilo Rodis-Jamero. One might recognize his art that would become Atha Prime, from Kenner’s “The Epic Continues” toy line.
Luke Skywalker in a black jumpsuit, collar opening in a vertical slit to the chest- Darth Vader chest plate like ribbed fabric on either side. A brown waist belt holds a blaster in a holster on his right and a lightsaber on the left. Luke’s right hand is covered by a black glove because it is mechanical. Alien red garbed guards with rounded snouts and spartan like open faced helmets. All armor is red besides white torso armor. One sketch shows the guard holding a metallic staff. An imperial guard helmet and robe, organic curves and metallic gleam A stooped alien figure, reptile like, with clawed hands hanging down from a black robe lit with red light coming from frame right.
March 23, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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To celebrate the first day of filming Star Wars 77’ #SWConceptArt is Ralph McQuarrie imaginings of what droids, bounty hunters, Chewbacca, a protagonist, and Tusken Raiders may look like.
Marker sketches of a white armored bounty hunter, a squat domed droid with two short side legs, a skull like white droid with metallic arms and a smooth chest, and two enforcer droids looking menacing and shiny A furry creature wearing a bandolier across its chest, holding a blaster A man in a jumpsuit with a neck pad draped across his shoulders and chest, a tight fit top with pockets, a waist holster and shiny knee high boots Orange sketches of a person wearing billowing robes, carrying a long barreled rifle on their back, linen strip wrapped arms and a smooth helmet with crisscrossing fabric over the snout
March 22, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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#SWConceptArt Dave Filoni Clone Wars sketches
A marked sketch of Clone Wars era Star Wars characters in a poster layout. Darth Sidious, Count Dooku, Quinlan Vos, Plo, Aayla, Mace, and Mauldalorian troopers make an appearance. A brown wookiee kneels in front of a dark tree and peach colored leaves hang in boughs overtop him Dart Maul sketch in black robes
March 20, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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Ahsoka Tano #SWConceptArt because I’m mourning her long lekku. (1) Brian Matyas accompanied by Dave Filoni sketch), (2) Dave Filoni, (3) Brian Matyas
One fully rendered Ahsoka Tano concept next to a loose inked sketch. The rendered version shows Ahsoka with a purple and black shirt and pants, brown legs wrappings that form shoes, and a necklace of shells. Her blue and white lekku (head horns and tails) are tall. An alcohol marker concept of Ahsoka with long lekku and two white lightsabers crossing as an x. A purple blue robe covers her from head to toe with hints of a dark skirt. With lekku reaching her stomach, Ahsoka stands with a hand on her saber hilt, which is attacked to a wide leather belt on her waist. A tan and white Jedi tunic covers her chest without sleeves. Gauntlets sit over grey wrappings from forearm to bicep. Loose black pants billow out from waist to shin high charcoal boots. A leather head price covers the area separating her orange face from white lekku.
March 19, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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#SWConceptArt Dermot Power Sith Assassin art for Attack of the Clones. Slide two evolved into Jedi Master Luminara Unduli and her padawan Barriss Offee. Slide three is labeled as Kaminoan Civilian. Power is one of my Star Wars artist Greatest of All Time’s.
A neutrals sketch of a Sith woman with blue tinted skin, long flipper like sleeves, and a close fitting black top with skirt. Feathers extended in a Mohawk atop her head, a skull-like mask covers her face. A brown robed pair of aliens looking fierce. A purple skinned alien wears a robe and head wrap.
March 18, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Today’s #SWConceptArt focused on Jedi Starfighters. Dave Filoni sketch from the season 5 episode “Sabotage”, Ryan Church Rots sketch, and CW “Rise of Clovis” Anakin Starfighter toy model 2011.
Anakin Skywalker pilots a buzz droid covered starfighter as Ahsoka slashes them off atop his cockpit. The art is sketched with pen shadows. An isosceles triangle Jedi ship, cockpit in the back along the “flat edge”. A slice down the middle forms to wings. On each side two vertical wings can unfold, like an angled H shape. There is a slot in the left side for an astromech droid. A 3D model of Anakin’s Jedi Starfighter toy model
March 17, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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#SWConceptArt Erik Tiemen’s Jedha exploration piece from 2013
A glacial landscape of chilled water and ice is filled with crashed Star Destroyers, Tie Fighter bits, and a frozen walking At-At. Silhouetted against two moons is a spire of mangled ice. Atop a hill of Star Wars refuse is one lone figure.
March 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM