Galactic Gallery

Galactic Gallery was a feature on Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club that showed sketches and renditions from concept artists.
Galactic Gallery began on June 1, 2005 with the image "Danger is Afoot". 
==StarWars.com summary==
Before our favorite Star Wars icons came to be, they underwent initial explorations in the work of amazing concept artists. These visionaries helped translate George Lucas's imagination into reality. Here is a showcase of their wondrous work.
==List of Galactic Gallery entries==
Date 	Title 	Description 	Link
June 1, 2005 	Danger is Afoot 	Elite Imperial troops prepare at the foot of their massive assault vehicles in this early concept art by Joe Johnston for The Empire Strikes Back.Star Wars Insider 84 	
June 3, 2005 	The Grass Planet 	These organic mound-like structures dominated the grassland planet of Sicemon, a world that appeared in early story drafts of Return of the Jedi. 	
June 6, 2005 	Hutt Hotties 	Among Jabba the Hutt's decorative baubles are beautiful aliens of exotic background as illustrated in this piece by Terryl Whitlatch for the arena box sequence in Episode I. 	
June 8, 2005 	Coruscant Underbelly 	 	
June 10, 2005 	General Grievous' Wild Ride 	 	
June 13, 2005 	A Small Moon 	 	
June 15, 2005 	Markers Are Placed 	Though unseen in the finished film, Norman Reynolds developed a design for the spidery sentry markers that denote the outer perimeter of the Rebel's Echo Base on Hoth. 	
June 17, 2005 	Grinning Fortuna 	 	
June 20, 2005 	Naboo Rapids 	 	
June 22, 2005 	Cheap Seats 	 	
June 24, 2005 	Portrait of Padmé 	San Jung Lee explores a sleek headdress design for Padmé Amidala to wear in Revenge of the Sith. 	
June 27, 2005 	Got It Where It Counts 	 	
June 29, 2005 	Rogue Squadron Research 	 	
July 1, 2005 	Rebel Alliance Warships 	 	
July 6, 2005 	The Sacred Place 	 	
July 8, 2005 	Back by Popular Demand 	 	
July 11, 2005 	Paddlewheel Cruiser 	Erik Tiemens' design for a "rotor ship" cruiser made it as far as a preliminary model, but it did not appear in the finished space-battle sequence of Episode III. 	
July 13, 2005 	Aquatic Air Breather 	 	
July 15, 2005 	Ice Palace 	 	
July 18, 2005 	Hot Seat 	In the early story treatments of Return of the Jedi, the Emperor ruled the planet from a throne room sunken deep within the capital world, overlooking a lake of lava. 	
July 20, 2005 	Fiery Secret 	 	
July 22, 2005 	Robo-Chauffeur 	 	
July 25, 2005 	In a Pinch 	 	
July 27, 2005 	Alley Rat 	 	
July 29, 2005 	Picking Soldiers 	 	
August 1, 2005 	The Danger Within 	 	
August 3, 2005 	Gungan Cavalry 	 	
August 5, 2005 	Inspection Tour 	In this storyboard illustration by Ed Natividad, Obi-Wan Kenobi finds the Kaminoan cloning procedure very impressive.Star Wars Insider 85 	
August 8, 2005 	Big Wheel 	 	
August 10, 2005 	Imposing Persuader 	 	
August 12, 2005 	Domain of Evil 	 	
August 15, 2005 	Baroque Barge 	 	
August 17, 2005 	EG-9 Concept 	When the Republic Cruiser landed in the Trade Federation battleship hangar, a brief scene was going to show two droids chatting about the new arrival. Doug Chiang and Jay Shuster tagteamed on this design for EG-9. 	
August 19, 2005 	Dark Assistant 	 	
August 22, 2005 	Wookiee Elder 	Sang Jun Lee illustrated the ornate walking stick of this Wookiee elder, which was rendered as a practical prop for Episode III. 	
August 24, 2005 	Birthday Bot 	 	
August 26, 2005 	Into the Storm 	 	
August 29, 2005 	Critter Assortment 	 	
August 31, 2005 	Wan's Duds 	All of the Podracers had racing wardrobe specifically designed for them, even if it went unseen in the finished film. Here are concepts for Wan Sandage's high-speed gear. 	
September 2, 2005 	Gunship Down 	Geonosian fliers atop aiwhas hound a doomed Republic gunship in this concept illustration by Doug Chiang. 	
September 7, 2005 	Ravaged Mygeeto 	Stephan Martiniere captures a dramatically despoiled Mygeeto landscape in this early concept piece, illustrated in 2002 when Mygeeto was known simply as "Crystal Planet" 	
September 9, 2005 	Obsolete Boarding Ramp 	 	
September 12, 2005	Hangar Study 	 	
September 14, 2005	Under Pressure 	The Creature Department developed so many aliens under such a tight deadline for Return of the Jedi that such pressure often manifested itself in strange ways.Star Wars Insider 88 	
September 19, 2005	Vital Technology 	 	
September 21, 2005	Dooku's Exit 	 	
September 23, 2005	Jedi Embarkation Platform 	 	
September 26, 2005	Dome Droid 	 	
September 28, 2005	Grim, But Could Be Grimmer 	 	
September 30, 2005	Retro Rocket 	The early Ralph McQuarrie concepts for the speeder bikes were more delicate, stream-lined, and fanciful than the finished design.Star Wars Insider 86 	
October 3, 2005 	Pit Crew Bruiser 	 	
October 5, 2005 	Walker-Buster 	Ryan Church's painting captures the final moments of an AT-TE walker during the Battle of Geonosis. 	
October 7, 2005 	Dark Mustafarian 	Derek Thompson's concept illustration of a Mustafarian incorporates design elements from Darth Vader's suit. 	
October 10, 2005 	Rebel Rangers 	 	
October 12, 2005 	Cloud Rider 	In early story development, the planet Bespin was to be home to a native species that rode flying whales through the skies. This illustration of one of them is by Ralph McQuarrie. 	
October 14, 2005 	With These Hands 	These Norman Reynolds illustrations show that the major damage to Luke's mechanical hand was originally going to be on his palm. 	
October 17, 2005 	Droid Flying Wing 	 	
October 19, 2005 	Core Couture 	A moody Coruscant ensemble developed by Iain McCaig for Episode II. 	
October 21, 2005 	Communications Ship 	 	
October 24, 2005 	Stay On Target 	 	
October 26, 2005 	Walker Cabin 	This concept sketch of an AT-AT walker's cockpit by Nilo Rodis Jamero includes a very different looking AT-AT pilot. 	
October 28, 2005 	Hooked Up Hutt 	This concept illustration by Ken Ralston appears to have Jabba hooked up to a wide variety of strange appliances. 	
October 31, 2005 	Legendary Hero 	This study of Obi-Wan Kenobi by Iain McCaig -- done before Ewan McGregor had been cast in the role or Kenobi's age in Episode I had been defined -- uses the image of a young Alec Guinness as a foundation. 	
November 2, 2005 	Hats into the Ring 	Jay Shuster illustrates an assortment of Coruscant headgear. 	
November 4, 2005 	Powerful Drive 	 	
November 7, 2005 	Power Point Presentation 	 	
November 9, 2005 	Darth's Chamber 	Norman Reynolds defines the look and feel of Darth Vader's meditation chamber. 	
November 11, 2005 	Spice Extractor 	 	
November 14, 2005 	Gungan Beauty 	There she is, Miss Otoh Gunga... a female Gungan illustration by Terryl Whitlatch. 	
November 16, 2005 	Dino Terror 	Dermot Power's exploration of the Geonosian execution arena beasts includes what he describes as a "traditional dinosaur creature." 	
November 18, 2005 	Something Familiar About This Place...	Ryan Church brings Dagobah back to life in his concept painting for Yoda's arrival, a scene cut from Episode III but available on the DVD release. 	
November 21, 2005 	Falcon's Foot 	This Joe Johnston illustration is an early attempt to design the Millennium Falcon's landing gear. 	
November 23, 2005 	Defender Droids 	 	
November 28, 2005 	Rebel Bombardment 	In an unattributed storyboard of a shot cut from Return of the Jedi, Mon Calamari star cruisers bombard the surface of the second Death Star. 	
November 30, 2005 	Quickdraw Jedi 	Concept artist Kun Chang designed this Jedi utility belt to have a holstered lightsaber. 	
December 2, 2005 	Blender Bot 	Marc Gabbana illustrates a whimsical design for a mixer droid for Dex's Diner. 	
December 5, 2005 	Padmé at Sunset 	This painting by Erik Tiemens studies the qualities of a Coruscant sunset on Padmé Amidala. 	
December 7, 2005 	It's All Relative 	According to these comparative sketches by Joe Johnston, an X-wing is 12.5 meters long, the Millennium Falcon is about 30 meters, the Rebel blockade runner about 48.5 meters, and the Star Destroyer is about 575 meters. Luke's landspeeder is whited out of the diagram. 	
December 9, 2005 	Fungal Valley 	Ralph McQuarrie's illustrations of Yoda's home includes a garden of bulbous fungal growths. 	
December 12, 2005 	Not Bad, For a Furball 	A collection of Yuzzum concepts illustrated by Nilo Rodis Jamero - originally, Endor was to be inhabited by both Ewoks and Yuzzums. Note the "summer cut" fur design to help the Yuzzums cool off in the hot months.Star Wars Insider 87 	
December 14, 2005 	Senators 5 & 6 	Terryl Whitlatch illustrates concepts for Senators 5 & 6 -- who will eventually be realized as practical creature effects to become Orn Free Taa and Passel Argente. Note Bib Fortuna, who at this point was to be Orn Free Taa's aide. 	
December 16, 2005 	Guide to Knowledge 	Dermot Power's costume illustration that helped define Madame Jocasta Nu. 	
December 19, 2005 	Fuel Generator Room 	An overflowing fuel tank and charged pylons do not make a good mixture, as a seen cut from Episode III would demonstrate. Ryan Church illustrates the environment in this piece. 	
December 21, 2005 	Not Quite Themselves 	A very early storyboard, not attributed to any artist, depicts the crew of the Falcon --- Han, Luke and Chewie --- in a very different form. 	
December 23, 2005 	Fated Duel 	An early production sketch by Ralph McQuarrie blocks out the Cloud City duel between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. 	
January 4, 2006 	On the Barbie 	 	
January 6, 2006 	Disk Fighters 	 	
January 9, 2006 	Retro Rocket 	 	
January 11, 2006 	Box Seats 	 	
January 13, 2006 	Galactic Dregs 	 	
January 16, 2006 	Probot Pod 	 	
January 18, 2006 	On a Wing 	 	
January 20, 2006 	Neimoidian Cage Bird 	Terryl Whitlatch illustrates a Neimoidian bird that was originally going to appear in the negotiations conference room aboard the Trade Federation ship. The bird's death was to alert the Jedi of the impending dioxis gas attack. 	
January 23, 2006 	Parade Ground Inspection 	 	
January 25, 2006 	Dramatic Cliffs 	A worm's-eye view of the enormous black cliffs of Mustafar cut through with searing cataracts of plunging lava is envisioned in a dramatic painting by Erik Tiemens. 	
January 27, 2006 	Inside Artoo 	A schematic illustration of the R2-D2 costume that Kenny Baker wore in Star Wars. The fairings that hold his legs (noted as "A" in the first drawing) completely disappear in the noncostume tripod configuration. An annotation here suggests that we "may assume it retracts."	
January 30, 2006 	Air Whales 	An air whale, ridden by a Whatnot - both denizens of Bespin undergoing development by Ralph McQuarrie. 	
February 1, 2006 	Alliance Command 	This complex illustration by Joe Johnston is an early attempt to establish a busy look for a Rebel Alliance command center. 	
February 3, 2006 	Bongo Lessons 	 	
February 6, 2006 	Pieced Together 	This illustration by Doug Chiang defines the look of the robotic arms that assemble the battle droids in the Geonosian droid factory. 	
February 8, 2006 	Gun Guide 	 	
February 10, 2006 	Two Meters Wide 	 	
February 13, 2006 	Thanks, But No Tanks 	 	
February 15, 2006 	The Rack 	 	
February 17, 2006 	Racing Fan 	 	
February 22, 2006 	The New Queen 	 	
February 24, 2006 	Wookiee Water Garden 	 	
February 27, 2006 	Wuher's Necklace 	 	
March 1, 2006 	Wall Crawler 	 	
March 3, 2006 	No Match for Droidekas 	 	
March 6, 2006 	Phantom Phanta 	 	
March 8, 2006 	Ocean Creature 	 	
March 10, 2006 	Pilot's Eye View 	 	
March 13, 2006 	Trooper's End 	 	
March 15, 2006 	High Flying 	 	
March 17, 2006 	No Nonsense Ewok 	Before the Art Department "dared to be cute," the initial Ewok concepts, like this one from Joe Johnston, were more gruff and mean-looking. 	
March 20, 2006 	Spaceman, Oh Spaceman 	Doug Chiang illustrates a space suit concept to fill out the crowds of Mos Espa, a relatively late post-production addition to Episode I. 	
March 22, 2006 	Zam Study 	Michael Patrick Murnane crafted this detailed concept model of Zam Wesell, a rare example of a model done for a practical costume. 	
March 24, 2006 	Floating Head 	 	
March 27, 2006 	Deak Discovers Droids 	 	
March 29, 2006 	McQuarrie Mandalorian 	 	
March 31, 2006 	Uncomfortable Silence 	One could imagine the awkward silence between Skywalker and Vader in this environmental study of the interior of the Imperial shuttle, as illustrated by Norman Reynolds. 	
April 3, 2006 	Noble Statuary 	 	
April 5, 2006 	Fett's Ride 	Kurt Kaufman develops the interior of the Slave I for Attack of the Clones, based on what little we saw of it in The Empire Strikes Back. 	
April 7, 2006 	The Skies Ablaze 	The battle for Coruscant reaches into the skyline in this stunning painting by Ryan Church. 	
April 10, 2006 	Blasted Blockade Runner 	The Rebel blockade runner gets slammed hard by Imperial fire in this early storyboard attributed to Alex Tavoularis. 	
April 12, 2006 	Night Crew 	The busy production schedule for Empire required the ILM crew to work into the wee hours as illustrated here by Ken Ralston.Star Wars Insider 89 	
April 14, 2006 	Black Knight 	Ralph McQuarrie's illustration of an Imperial Royal Guard looks much more medieval than the finished form. 	
April 17, 2006 	Sebulba Talks 	Terryl Whitlatch illustrates a number of key lip sync positions for Sebulba in this series of illustrations. 	
April 19, 2006 	Geonosian Pottery 	 	
April 21, 2006 	Horse Creature 	Iain McCaig mixes classic fantasy imagery with Star Wars in this painting of the Naboo horse creature seen during Senator Amidala's funeral. 	
April 24, 2006 	Alderaanian Monster 	 	
April 26, 2006 	Alien Ice Creature 	In this early Joe Johnston illustration, the wampa ice creature appeared very alien compared to its more naturalistic final version. 	
April 28, 2006 	Stop Me If You've Heard This One... 	Ken Ralston illustrates these possible candidates for inclusion in Jabba's Palace. 	
May 1, 2006 	At The Wheel 	 	
May 3, 2006 	Archducal Viewing Box 	 	
May 5, 2006 	Faie's Features 	 	
May 8, 2006 	"I Have You Now..." 	 	
May 10, 2006 	A Different Empire 	 	
May 12, 2006 	Bring My Shuttle 	 	
May 15, 2006 	Nozzle-Nose 	Terryl Whitlatch studies the skeletal systems of an imaginary Naboo beast. 	
May 17, 2006 	Forward Command Center 	 	
May 19, 2006 	Pulling My Leg 	 	
May 22, 2006 	Medium Shot. Princess & Wookiee 	An early storyboard depicting prototype versions of Princess Leia and Chewbacca aboard the Falcon.Star Wars Insider 90 	
May 24, 2006 	Fett Features 	 	
May 26, 2006 	Confrontation Site 	 	
May 31, 2006 	Parking for Sith Only 	 	
June 2, 2006 	Gateway to Democracy 	 	
June 5, 2006 	Lava Monster 	Iain McCaig illustrates this wicked looking serpentine monster thought to inhabit the fiery lands of Mustafar. 	
June 7, 2006 	To Your Stations 	This early Ralph McQuarrie painting captures the Colin Cantwell conceptual version of the Y-wing fighter, complete with a bubble-dome turret gun, which would be unfilmable using 1970s visual effects. 	
June 9, 2006 	Hoth Hiking 	Han Solo and Chewbacca hike across a very different looking Echo Base in this early production painting by Ralph McQuarrie. 	
June 12, 2006 	Engine of the Year 	This Joe Johnston sketch of a speeder bike calls out what is apparently a prize-winning engine. 	
June 14, 2006 	Red in the Face 	In this early color study of Jar Jar Binks by Terryl Whitlatch, the artist suggests a more dramatic coloration. 	
June 16, 2006 	Octuptarra Precursor 	A variation of this unused Episode II droid concept by Ryan Church would appear in Episode III as an octuptarra droid. 	
June 19, 2006 	That Hot Rod Touch 	This conceptual paint scheme for a Jedi starfighter by Alex Jaeger definitely has a hot rod touch. 	
June 21, 2006 	Concept Vessel 	 	
June 23, 2006 	Working Wampa 	These Joe Johnston illustrations represent some of the earliest explorations of what would become the wampa ice creature. 	
June 26, 2006 	Not Nunb 	 	
June 28, 2006 	Teemto's Ride 	 	
June 30, 2006 	Finhead 	Sculptors Robert E. Barnes and Michael Patrick Murnane embarked on a free-for-all sculpting jamming session to produce scores of Episode II alien concepts, including this fin-headed specimen. 	
July 10, 2006 	Darker Than Dark 	 	
July 12, 2006 	Captive on Alderaan 	 	
July 14, 2006 	Carbon Confrontation 	 	
July 17, 2006 	Speed is of the Essence 	 	
July 19, 2006 	What Do You Mean, 'Naked?' 	 	
July 24, 2006 	Concept Costume 	 	
July 26, 2006 	Clone Pod Fighter 	 	
July 31, 2006 	The Heroes Return 	 	
August 2, 2006 	Jeepers Creepers 	 	
August 4, 2006 	Hot Stuff 	 	
August 7, 2006 	Preliminary Podracers 	 	
August 9, 2006 	Dark Lady of the Sith 	 	
August 11, 2006 	Wookiee Water Craft 	A Wookiee flying catamaran comes in for a lake landing in this painting by Ryan Church.Star Wars Insider 91 	
August 14, 2006 	Montross 	 	
August 16, 2006 	Slugs on a Rock 	Some of the earlier sketches of the space slug had it appear more reptilian in nature, as seen in this piece by Joe Johnston. 	
August 18, 2006 	Wonderful and Unique 	 	
August 21, 2006 	The Other Side of Otoh Gunga 	 	
August 23, 2006 	Portrait of Padme 	Dermot Power's portrait of Padme Amidala combines both classic and contemporary elements. 	
August 25, 2006 	Crystal Spiders 	TJ Frame developed these crystal-carrying droids for Mygeeto. 	
August 30, 2006 	Obsolete Falcon 	 	
September 1, 2006 	Tank Styles 	 	
September 6, 2006 	Proton Torpedoes Away! 	 	
September 8, 2006 	Sitting in Style 	This early layout for a production painting by Doug Chiang features Nute Gunray sitting atop his walking mechno-chair. 	
September 11, 2006	Shifty Passerby 	 	
September 13, 2006	Lemur Concept #8 	Artist Sang Jun Lee illustrates one of many "Lemur people" concepts, a design direction for Episode III that was ultimately abandoned. 	
September 15, 2006	An Early Corvette 	An unattributed sketch, possibly by Joe Johnston, shows design directions that would ultimately appear in the Corellian corvette. 	
September 18, 2006	Inside the Falcon 	 	
September 20, 2006	Dare to be Cute 	Joe Johnston illustrates an adorable Ewok feeding a pet bordok. 	
September 22, 2006	Just Call Him Shaggy 	The Podracer pilot Boles Roor was first known as Shaggy, for reasons made obvious in this illustration by Terryl Whitlatch. 	
September 25, 2006	Night on the Town 	 	
September 27, 2006	Early Mustafarian 	Even before the world of Mustafar had been given its final name, Episode II concept artist Dermot Power was asked to think ahead and imagine its inhabitants. 	
September 29, 2006	Yavin Sentry 	Ralph McQuarrie illustrates a memorable, iconic image from Star Wars, the lone Rebel sentry on Yavin 4. 	
October 2, 2006 	Cloud City Woman 	 	
October 4, 2006 	The Beast from Below 	A Joe Johnston illustration depicting a rancor with very humanoid proportions -- consistent with an early abandoned approach to depict the creature with a man in a suit.Star Wars Insider 92 	
October 6, 2006 	Toy Dampner 	This unused Podracer pilot design by Terryl Whitlatch became the basis of Toy Dampner, a racing champ seen in Expanded Universe video games. 	
October 9, 2006 	Dread Lobster 	Ed Natividad's concept illustration of the acklay arena monster, which at one point was described as a cross between a dinosaur and a lobster. 	
October 11, 2006 	Dueling in Chaos 	Amid the hellish landscape of Mustafar, lightsabers clash. 	
October 13, 2006 	Lollipop, Lollipop? 	 	
October 16, 2006 	Swamp Monsters 	 	
October 18, 2006 	Into the Superstructure 	 	
October 20, 2006 	Naboo Mounts 	 	
October 23, 2006 	Death of the Cruiser 	A series of storyboards chronicles the demise of the Republic cruiser within the Trade Federation battleship's hangar bay. 	
October 25, 2006 	Beautiful Danger 	Iain McCaig's early illustrations exploring a possible female Sith warrior for Attack of the Clones. 	
October 27, 2006 	Now, About That Loan... 	The Banking Clan would like to have a word with you... as established in this whimsical illustration by Iain McCaig. 	
October 30, 2006 	Sleek Y 	 	
November 1, 2006 	Eyes Have It 	A curious creature development sketch, unsigned, from The Empire Strikes Back. 	
November 3, 2006 	Early Coruscant 	 	
November 6, 2006 	Baron Droid 	An unused Doug Chiang design for a "baron droid," an elite form of battle droid belonging to the Trade Federation. 	
November 8, 2006 	Miss Fisto? 	Dermot Power's explorations of alien life forms in Episode II would eventually develop into the Jedi Master Kit Fisto, among others. 	
November 13, 2006 	IG-86 	 	
November 16, 2006 	Aquillian Artwork 	 	
November 20, 2006 	Cloud City Guard 	John Mollo's original costume sketch for the Bespin Wing Guards was considerably more elaborate than what ended up in the finished film. 	
November 27, 2006 	Shields to Sector 12 	These storyboards from Return of the Jedi have an additional moment of Imperial hubris as Executor officers doubt the ability of Rebel fighters to penetrate their shields. 	
November 30, 2006 	A Royal Procession 	A very early illustration of Naboo royalty by Terryl Whitlatch -- which describes the scene as a "Royal Procession in Utapau." 	
December 4, 2006 	Prototype Gunship 	 	
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