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[Thread] The Spaceshipper's Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 1: The Pirate Ship (early Falcon design) - Star Wars (1977)
In a previous version of the script, the ship landed in the Imperial City of Alderaan (the design of which will be retrieved for Cloud City)
![[Thread] The Spaceshipper's Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.Dec 1: The Pirate Ship (early Falcon design) - Star Wars (1977) In a previous version of the script, the ship landed in the Imperial City of Alderaan (the design of which will be retrieved for Cloud City)](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EoKLZwkVQAErYYX.jpg "[Thread] The Spaceshipper's Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.Dec 1: The Pirate Ship (early Falcon design) - Star Wars (1977) In a previous version of the script, the ship landed in the Imperial City of Alderaan (the design of which will be retrieved for Cloud City)")
Dec 1: The Pirate Ship (early Falcon design) - Star Wars (1977)
In a previous version of the script, the ship landed in the Imperial City of Alderaan (the design of which will be retrieved for Cloud City)
Reminder: 2019 Advent calendar. https://twitter.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1201147950874988546
Why make it simple when you can make it complicated? My other 2020 advent calendar: https://twitter.com/Spaceshipsporn/status/1333780690035380224
The Spaceshipper's Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 2: Landing Bay, Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979)
Dec 2: Landing Bay, Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979)
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 3: Thunderfighter - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979-1981)
Dec 3: Thunderfighter - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979-1981)
Dec 3 bonus: the Thunderfighter ship thread: https://twitter.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1105513787606663168
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 4: (spoiler) Boba Fett escapes! - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Slave 1 here is round because for his first sketches, Nilo Rodis-Jamero was initially inspired by a radar dish.
(Ship thread next week.)
Dec 4: (spoiler) Boba Fett escapes! - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Slave 1 here is round because for his first sketches, Nilo Rodis-Jamero was initially inspired by a radar dish.
(Ship thread next week.)
Dec 4 bonus: I recommend the very expensive The Art of Ralph McQuarrie. This is how everyone will understand that even a genius like McQuarrie doesn't improvise. Each artwork is the result of intense research, a lot of work.
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 5: USS Enterprise - Star Trek: Planet of the Titans (movie project, canceled in 1977)
4 decades later, this design will inspire the USS Discovery.
Dec 5: USS Enterprise - Star Trek: Planet of the Titans (movie project, canceled in 1977)
4 decades later, this design will inspire the USS Discovery.
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 6: The Mothership - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Dec 6: The Mothership - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 7: Fix-It - *batteries not included (1987)
Dec 7: Fix-It - *batteries not included (1987)
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 8: C-3PO, very early design - Star Wars (1977)
George Lucas has proposed to build on Maria from Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927), but to make it a boy with Art Deco aesthetic.
Dec 8: C-3PO, very early design - Star Wars (1977)
George Lucas has proposed to build on Maria from Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927), but to make it a boy with Art Deco aesthetic.
Dec 8 bonus: This drawing fed into one of the famous works of the first series of Star Wars production illustrations.
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 9: Viper launch - Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979)
Dec 9: Viper launch - Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979)
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 10: Knobby white spider - The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (1995)
This concept inspired the Krykna from Rebels (2014-2018) and the Ice Spiders seen recently in #TheMandalorian
Dec 10: Knobby white spider - The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (1995)
This concept inspired the Krykna from Rebels (2014-2018) and the Ice Spiders seen recently in #TheMandalorian
Dec 10 bonus: This drawing was an adaptation of a sketch made in February 1979 for The Empire Strikes Back.
After 10 days of this calendar, I remind you that I also publish another Advent Calendar dedicated to some of the best space sequences.
You will find in particular the battles of Coruscant, New Caprica, Yavin, Belt, Scarif, or the USS Enterprise. https://twitter.com/Spaceshipsporn/status/1333780690035380224
You will find in particular the battles of Coruscant, New Caprica, Yavin, Belt, Scarif, or the USS Enterprise. https://twitter.com/Spaceshipsporn/status/1333780690035380224
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 11: George Lucas was thinking about making Luke a woman, in the spring of 1975 - Star Wars (1977)
Dec 11: George Lucas was thinking about making Luke a woman, in the spring of 1975 - Star Wars (1977)
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 12: The Falcon has just landed in Cloud City (mattepainting) - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Dec 12: The Falcon has just landed in Cloud City (mattepainting) - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 13: The Mothership - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Dec 13: The Mothership - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 14: Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979)
Dec 14: Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979)
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 15: Imperial city of Alderaan (feb 1975) - Star Wars (1977)
From an earlier version of the SW script. As you know, it will later become Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Nothing is ever lost.
Dec 15: Imperial city of Alderaan (feb 1975) - Star Wars (1977)
From an earlier version of the SW script. As you know, it will later become Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Nothing is ever lost.
Dec 15 bonus: Colin Cantwell's TIE Fighters <3
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 16: Colonial Viper - Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979)
Dec 16: Colonial Viper - Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979)
Advent Calendar: The Art of Ralph McQuarrie.
Dec 17: Darth Vader - Star Wars (1977)
Dec 17: Darth Vader - Star Wars (1977)
