I have a special treat for y’all. #StarWars design legend Iain McCaig is allowing me to share pages from his early-2013 #TheForceAwakens meeting sketchbook! Pictured below are coordinator Nicole Letaw, co-production designer Rick Carter & designers @CAlzmann and Colin Fix.
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Early-2013 #TheForceAwakens art dept meeting sketches of Luke Skywalker and an Ewok by #StarWars designer Iain McCaig.
“The old samurai who puts his sword on one last time.”
“One of America’s strengths is that, even though we are the Empire, we identify with the Rebels.”
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#TheForceAwakens co-writer Lawrence Kasdan, co-production designer/ #StarWars guru Rick Carter, executive creative director Doug Chiang, and co-writer/director @jjabrams, from designer Iain McCaig’s early-2013 art department meeting sketchbook.
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#TheForceAwakens co-production designer Darren Gilford, co-writer @michaeldbarndt, co-production designer Rick Carter, director of development Rayne Roberts, and former VP of development Kiri Hart, from designer Iain McCaig’s early-2013 #StarWars sketchbook. More to come...
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Side note: one thing that struck me in these LFL art department meetings back in 2013 was that something as monumental as the next chapter in the Skywalker saga was being made by seven or so folks in a room. And we were just grinding our way through it, a day at a time.
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