Art of Revenge

The Art of Revenge was a weekly feature on Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club that showed artist sketches and renditions of possible scenes, characters, or objects that may have appeared in Revenge of the Sith. Not every idea shown ended up in the final film. Artists whose work was featured include Erik Tiemens, T.J. Frame, and Ryan Church.
==List of Art of Revenge entries==
Note that the feature had a one-week exclusivity period on Hyperspace before becoming more widely available to everyone, the dates in the table below reflect the dates of the original Hyperspace releases, not the free ones.
Date 	Title 	Description 	Link
August 16, 2004 	ARC 170, Standing By 	Further bridging the designs of the prequel and original trilogy is the Republic's mighty ARC 170 starfighter, with splayed S-foils that should trigger powerful memories in long-time Star Wars fans. This particular illustration was completed by Ryan Church in August of 2002, only a few months after Episode II was released.	
August 23, 2004 	Sky Trooper In Flight 	The many worlds of the Republic need specialized soldiers to defend them, including this elite unit of aerial clone trooper. This design by Warren Fu strongly alludes to the Fett heritage coursing through the clone's veins. 	
August 30, 2004 	Zero-Gee Rescue 	An early painting by Ryan Church, completed on Halloween 2002, shows intrepid Jedi Knights and clones working their way through a collapsing enemy ship. 	
September 6, 2004 	Concealing Yet Revealing 	Padmé Amidala's wardrobe had to be carefully designed as to hide her impending motherhood to be. This costume design by Warren Fu was approved, but not for the Senator from Naboo. The design was given to one of Bail Organa's assistants instead. 	
September 13, 2004	What's The Buzz? 	The Confederacy releases a new type of anti-starfighter weapon against the Jedi - these spheres unfold into nasty buzz droids. This storyboard-style illustration by Ryan Church helps capture the speed and aggressive doggedness of the spherical pests. 	
September 20, 2004	Local Help 	When on an alien world, Obi-Wan Kenobi asks the natives for help. This sketch from San Jung Lee from March of '03 helps determine the look and feel of a helpful local worker. 	
September 27, 2004	Just When You Thought It Was Safe 	Erik Tiemens' painting reveals that super battle droids may be even more of a menace when submerged. This dark and moody image was ultimately cut from the film. 	
October 4, 2004 	Juggernaut Unleashed 	The Episode III Art Department turned to many unused and abandoned concepts from the original trilogy, including these wheeled tanks first sketched by Joe Johnston. In this Erik Tiemens painting, the so-called "turbo tank" (also known as a Juggernaut) forms the armored backbone of a clone trooper force. 	
October 11, 2004 	High Culture From The Depths 	With the prequel trilogy lacking in elaborate musical numbers, Aaron McBride and the rest of the Art Department were given the task to create visuals for a new spectacular in Episode III. 	
October 18, 2004 	New Office Space 	In Episode III, some of the meetings that take place in Chancellor Palpatine's office are considerably less civil than in previous films. With greater screen time, extensions were required like this anteroom designed by Warren Fu. 	
October 25, 2004 	In The Hot Seat 	This species concept was originally envisioned by artist Sang Jun Lee as living on a very hot, very inhospitable world. Later on in the creative process, Director George Lucas decided to place the species in a more lush environment. 	
November 1, 2004 	Red Lightsaber District 	Before the script to Episode III had been fleshed out, artist Erik Tiemens envisioned a Jedi and a Sith Master in personal duel while Coruscant burned in the background. 	
November 8, 2004 	Fiery Doom 	In February 2003, Erik Tiemens proposed that after Episode III's opening crawl, the camera pan down to this look at gloomy destruction high above the city-planet of Coruscant. 	
November 15, 2004 	Signal Difficulties 	In this Art Department concept composite, Obi-Wan Kenobi must make a technical adjustment to some transmission equipment as the regular Jedi Temple IT team is unavailable to assist. 	
November 22, 2004 	Chrome Curves 	Artist Alex Jaeger develops the look of a luxury attendant droid -- playfully nicknamed the "Bettie Droid" -- for scenes in Coruscant's upper echelons. 	
November 29, 2004 	Nemoidian Foyer 	In October 2002, Episode III was to open with quick glimpses of many battles on many different planets to show the galactic scope of the Clone Wars. Here, Ryan Church conceptualized a world then called Cato Neimoidia, a home of the opulent and decadent Neimoidian species. 	
December 6, 2004 	What Came First, The Chicken Walker Or...?	This precursor to the Imperial scout walker will allow the clones to survey the battlefield with style and firepower. Concept art by TJ Frame. 	
December 13, 2004 	That 70s Planet 	These sleek skin-tight designs of Alderaanian culture have a retro-feel to them, helping join the generation-spanning styles of the prequel and original trilogy. Designs by Sang Jun Lee. 	
December 27, 2004 	That Sinkhole Feeling 	This sinkhole on Utapau erupts into a massive battle in a concept painting by Erik Tiemens. 	
January 3, 2005 	On The Right Track 	The Confederacy of Independent Systems adds this new hybrid of walker and tank droid technology to its ranks during the Clone Wars. Ryan Church sketched this design in June of 2002. 	
January 10, 2005 	Droid Hell 	In early explorations of the planet Mustafar, it was once proposed to be the planet where "droids go to die," as C-3PO realizes in these storyboards by Iain McCaig. 	
January 17, 2005 	Clone Mover 	Artist Feng Zhu studies the design of this Utapaun interior environment -- a personal high speed elevator meant to traverse the depths of the sink hole environment. At the time of this piece, Utapau was known only as "sink world." 	
January 24, 2005 	Splitting The Enemy 	From aboard a Separatist cruiser, Anakin Skywalker witnesses a neighboring Republic ship split in two from the stresses of the space battle in this drawing by Alex Jaeger. 	
January 31, 2005 	Head Of The Separatists 	This early exploration of General Grievous by artist Iain McCaig imagined the leader of the Separatist army as a disembodied alien head, trailing a number of prehensile tentacles. 	
February 7, 2005 	Crystal Worms 	Thin ice is not the only danger on the crystalline world of Mygeeto, as this poor Jedi can testify in a painting by Sang Jun Lee. 	
February 14, 2005 	Lagoon Trooper 	Artist Warren Fu equips the Republic clone troopers for combat in a murky lagoon in this development sketch from November of 2002. 	
February 21, 2005 	Bridging The Gap 	The cities of Cato-Neimoidia sit atop massive bridges that span immense gaps, as detailed here by Ryan Church. 	
February 28, 2005 	Hammer Time 	Artist Derek Thompson explored the warriors of the galaxy by illustrating familiar alien cultures during wartime. Here, the Ithorians -- or Hammerheads -- are ready to defend their homeworld and colonies. 	
March 7, 2005 	Ashen Skies 	Ryan Church's painting of Mygeeto sees it as an ash-covered planet, as the Jedi lead their clone forces against the relentless Separatist tri-droids. 	
March 14, 2005 	Likeable Lizard 	Mike Murnane studies possible coloration and scale patterns in this piece depicting a female lizard native to Utapau. 	
March 21, 2005 	Tantive Touchdown 	TJ Frame rendered this rare view of the classic Alderaan star cruiser -- the Rebel blockade runner -- with landing gear and boarding lift extended. General Grievous' starfighter provides a sense of scale. 	
March 28, 2005 	Taking It To The Top 	This painting by Ryan Church establishes the Supreme Chancellor's holding office, located underneath the massive Senate rotunda. Palpatine's commanding podium extends upwards from the center of this chamber. 	
April 4, 2005 	Submerged Super Threat 	Tenacious super battle droids tread volatile starship fuel in this moody painting by Erik Tiemens. 	
April 11, 2005 	Dragon Pen 	A cluttered pen for varactyls and dactillions, the most common reptilian mounts on Utapau, bustles with activity in this painting by Ryan Church. 	
April 18, 2005 	Slippery Slope 	Erik Tiemens develops a possible set design for a dangerous slope on the fiery world of Mustafar. 	
April 25, 2005 	Mustafar Must-Reads 	These studies by Erik Tiemens depict a number of vital display screens seen in the Mustafar Control Room. 	
May 2, 2005 	Mustafar Collection Plant 	Concept artist TJ Frame rendered this bird's-eye view of the enormous Mustafar collection facility. Views such as these were instrumental in planning out the action of the film's epic lightsaber duel. 	
May 9, 2005 	Long-Legged Walkers 	This exploration of the crystalline Mygeeto environment by Ryan Church includes a new generation of AT-TE walkers -- these ones features longer legs, like their AT-AT cousins. 	
May 16, 2005 	The Look Of Lizards 	These color studies by artist Robert Barnes push just how colorful Obi-Wan's loyal lizard mount, Boga, can be. 	
May 23, 2005 	Rystáll's Return 	Rystáll, a backup singer and dancer original seen in the Special Edition of Return of the Jedi, returns to Episode III in a cameo appearance in the Opera House. This wardrobe was designed by Sang Jun Lee. 	
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