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Concept and Development Art

Original concept art for a bonus strip: Wands & Warts strip #17.

I assure you, our brocade is perfectly regal.

The first panel from strip #301. This is about twice as tall as a single frame from the movie; we stitched it together from a vertical pan.

The first panel from strip #305. This is taller than a single frame from the movie; we stitched it together from a slight vertical pan. Available in the following resolutions, although the larger two have been upscaled from the original 1024 pixels wide, so are not as sharp as the original.

The first panel from strip #306. This is about six times as tall as a single frame from the movie; we stitched it together from a huge vertical pan.

Concept art for the Yoda-Dooku fight sequence in #402. This concept art was done in October, 2007, when we were only up to strip #11! This set the concept for the angular, broken panel structure we now use in all laser sword fight scenes.

A script variant for strip #176. We were tossing up between this script and the one we eventually used right up until the last minute. In the end we went with the one we did because this version made it look as if Jim was taking the game far too seriously. And that not only is he an expert on geophysics, but also ballet.

The observation room of the Invisible Hand. This is a vertical pan stitch to make a frame taller than a single frame from the film. We also removed Count Dookû from the shot. This frame will not appear in a strip exactly like this.

An early joke idea for the introduction of the colour of Mace Windu's laser sword, which we didn't end up using. The laser sword appears in strip #370, which is well before this joke makes any sense, in continuity.

An alternative joke idea for strip #371. We really wanted to use this, but it interrupted the flow of the dialogue too much to be squeezed in.

Another image stitched together from a vertical pan. This one shows R2-D2 wandering the canyons of Tatooine. Look out, R2!

A stitched horizontal pan of the Mos Eisley cantina.

Ponda Baba makes a threat.

An early development version of strip #816. This was the first version created, and went through half a dozen dialogue tweaks before settling on the version we eventually published. Compare it to the published version to see the changes.

This was our original preferred layout for strip #892, but we had to rearrange it to fit our standard layout.

The stitched vertical pan from strip #1391. This is about four times as tall as a single frame from the movie.

This is our original concept art sketch for strip #774.

A tribute to Kenny Baker and Carrie Fisher.

A stitched image from Rogue One, used for strip #1534.

A stitched image from Rogue One, used for strip #1563.

A stitched image from Rogue One, used for strip #1584.

A stitched image from Rogue One, used for strip #1589.

A stitched image from Rogue One, used for strip #1596.

A stitched image from Rogue One, used for strip #1610.

A stitched image from Rogue One, used for strip #1620.

A stitched image from Rogue One, used for strip #1657.


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