Blog #32 - Coruscant as envisioned by Ralph McQuarrie

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"I can still remember all the glittering lights of Coruscant. Very pretty. Can we go back there, Master?"

- HK-47, Knights of the Old Republic

Ralph Angus McQuarrie (June 13, 1929 – March 3, 2012) was an American conceptual designer and illustrator. His career included work on the original Star Wars trilogy, the original Battlestar Galactica TV series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Cocoon, for which he won an Academy Award. These are the concept paintings that he did for Coruscant.

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Shuttle approaches Imperial City, Coruscant

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Imperial City Skyline, Coruscant

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Imperial City Hangar Bay, Coruscant (Note the layout of this painting - it's very close to what they used for the shot of the Qui-Gon's and Obi-Wan's Republic Cruiser at the beginning of The Phantom Menace.)

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Imperial City Underground, Coruscant

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Imperial City Shuttle Port, Coruscant

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Imperial City Streetscene, Coruscant

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Imperial City, Coruscant

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Imperial City, Walkways, Coruscant

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Monument Plaza, Coruscant (Does this angle remind anyone a little bit of the Geonosis Arena in Attack of the Clones or is it just me?)

 

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Imperial Palace [interior], Coruscant

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Imperial Palace, Coruscant

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Imperial City, Entertainment District, Coruscant (A version of this was used in Season 2 of Star Wars: Clone Wars)

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Polar Caps Waterworks, Coruscant

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Especially this piece of Tatooine concept art below.

 

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Don't recognize it? The Millennium Falcon crashed into it just before Rey and Finn fought the Tie Fighters on Jakku.

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