[Thread] Star Wars: The High Republic (2021): The ships.

I've been waiting for Lucasfilm to communicate on these ships for a while. Because the The High Republic represents what I expect the most from this license (less fan service, more unknown territories), because they...
...they processed and prepared the visual charter and the narrative arcs upstream. With talented concept artists. As for a TV or cinema project. Ambitious.
Because the first chapters of Light of the Jedi, the novel written by @CharlesSoule that opens this new era, fascinated me.
And Charles has already been able to give these ships a personality. I already know the Jedi Vector, the Republic Longbeam, the Z-24 Buzzbug, the Legacy Run freight transport, and the Emissary-class Third Horizon. I wanted to know more.

As I said: https://twitter.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1327820141204221954
By the way, you can read the 1st 8 "Light of the Jedi" chapters right now: https://twitter.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1326952695048114182
And we already knew the Starlight Bacon - more than a space station, a lighthouse in the galaxy. I love this concept 🤗 https://twitter.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1232248883755069440
Thanks to a @starwars article by @dan_brooks , we finally know more.

Pablo Hidalgo : "The Starlight Beacon is a good example, I think, of a design telling a story.“

There is a real logic behind these architectural choices, to read here:
https://www.starwars.com/news/inside-star-wars-the-high-republic-meet-the-ships-and-vehicles
I think this cool artwork was made by @GGriffinart but I'm not sure.
But I'm sure this one was created by @pascalblanche 🙌 https://twitter.com/pascalblanche/status/1232320366967697409
After Ralph McQuarrie's designs which were re-cycled for Disney SW productions, Lucasfilm once again drew on its past, and all preproduction work sidelined, to feed the graphic universe of The High Republic.

And that's partly why I keep every unused artwork too 😅
After Ralph McQuarrie's designs which were re-cycled for Disney SW productions, Lucasfilm once again drew on its past, and all preproduction work sidelined, to feed the graphic universe of The High Republic. And that's partly why I keep every unused artwork too
After Ralph McQuarrie's designs which were re-cycled for Disney SW productions, Lucasfilm once again drew on its past, and all preproduction work sidelined, to feed the graphic universe of The High Republic. And that's partly why I keep every unused artwork too
@PhilSzostak (The Art of the Mandalorian) : "Due to the sheer volume of unused concepts I was selecting from, I used George Lucas and Doug Chiang’s ‘three second rule’ to choose candidates that clearly and quickly read as potentially appropriate to each High Republic need".
For the Jedi Vector, it's a Republic clone fighter design by @warrenjfu for Revenge of the Sith (2005).

Warren Fu, who became director since then. You know, Get Lucky? 🎶

Phil Szostak : "I’m so glad that it’s finally found a place in Star Wars canon as our Jedi Vector”.
Ryan Church finally designed the ARC-170 starfighter.
Ryan Church finally designed the ARC-170 starfighter.
Ryan Church finally designed the ARC-170 starfighter.
But Warren Fu's talent has also left its mark on Revenge of the Sith ...
Another ship design by Warren Fu for Episode III.
Pablo Hidalgo: “Even heading into Episode III, there were Clone Wars designs that had a foot in the past and a foot in the future, and from there we found a great contender for the Jedi Vector. It looks very insectile — slim and delicate but with a definite sting.”
For the Republic Longbeam, it's an unused James Clyne ship design for the Resistance bombers in The Last Jedi.

I'm not going to lie: I've loved this design ever since I discovered it in The Art of SW8. It is really racy, streamlined, and yes, Prequels-like.
James Clyne then deepened the "T-Wing" (yes, it was named like that on one artwork) idea to get a vertical B-52 close to the B-wing.
James Clyne then deepened the "T-Wing" (yes, it was named like that on one artwork) idea to get a vertical B-52 close to the B-wing.
James Clyne then deepened the "T-Wing" (yes, it was named like that on one artwork) idea to get a vertical B-52 close to the B-wing.
James Clyne then deepened the "T-Wing" (yes, it was named like that on one artwork) idea to get a vertical B-52 close to the B-wing.
James Clyne then deepened the "T-Wing" (yes, it was named like that on one artwork) idea to get a vertical B-52 close to the B-wing.
Phil Szostak: "James did a series of beautiful early concepts for that vessel, some of which you can see in The Art of The Last Jedi, before he turned the whole idea of a bomber on its head with a vertical bomb clip.”

(below: art by Luis Guggenberger too) https://twitter.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1081182702127276032
A little more of James Clyne.
A little more of James Clyne.
A little more of James Clyne.
A little more of James Clyne.
A little more of James Clyne.
Despite itself, the Legacy Run is at the origin of the events of the High Republic. A design by @ThomTenery

Pablo Hidalgo: “The Legacy Run was derived from an unused design for Han Solo’s freighter in The Force Awakens that I always liked.”
In The Force Awakens, the final design is my good old NES <3 https://twitter.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1186435588947369984
Sadly, nothing about the Z-24 Buzzbug and the Emissary-class Third Horizon.

But the villains, the Nihils, obviously have their own ships!
Pablo hidalgo: "Their look derived from art developed specifically for The High Republic initiative. There were some pieces from The Force Awakens and the current Star Wars movies that explored pirates, scavengers, and basically Star Wars survivalists."

Artist unknown (by me):
“That pointed in the direction of a patchwork force that was uniform in its non-uniformity. The Nihil have a design language with a big vocabulary.”
This one, I'm sure (see: 1995), is an old artwork by the talented John Bell for the podracers early design in The Phantom Menace (1999).
Other John Bell artworks for The Phantom Menace.
Other John Bell artworks for The Phantom Menace.
Other John Bell artworks for The Phantom Menace.
Other John Bell artworks for The Phantom Menace.
Other John Bell artworks for The Phantom Menace.
I love the art of John Bell. In fact, I have been working for some time on a long feature about his career. Coming in 2021. https://twitter.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1332957470998761473
And that's all for today. While waiting to discover more about the other ships: https://www.starwars.com/news/inside-star-wars-the-high-republic-meet-the-ships-and-vehicles
Inside Star Wars: The High Republic: Meet the Ships and Vehicles | StarWars.com

Lucasfilm’s Pablo Hidalgo and Phil Szostak discuss new Jedi fighters and more arriving in the upcoming mega-event.

https://www.starwars.com/news/inside-star-wars-the-high-republic-meet-the-ships-and-vehicles
And knowing that The Acolyte TV series will offer us the last ships of The High Republic, in a few years. Maybe we'll talk about it on this same thread, who knows. https://twitter.com/Disney/status/1337176133352247296
It's a ship design by Erik Tiemens for Revenge of the Sith.

Thanks @lwoodesign ! https://twitter.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1337541194201620482
For eternity, Pascal Blanché will be the spirit of Starlight Beacon. :)

Pablo Hidalgo; “The top of the station is a deliberate echo of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, and imagined to be this iridescent monument that shines in the dark." https://twitter.com/pascalblanche/status/1337573273350135809
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