Rogue Ane: A Star Wars Story has been a massive striking for the Star Wars franchise, not only because it saw box office success, bringing over $one billion internationally, but besides because it finer worked as the franchise's commencement spin-off moving-picture show, returning the serial to the era of the original trilogy to tell a new and heady story.

The familiar trappings Rogue One shared withA New Promise are certainly an element in the nostalgic appreciation fans take for the motion-picture show, but it wasn't all X-Wings, Death Stars, and the Yavin IV base of operations that made the movie not bad. New characters, ships, and locations are introduced in a manner that very much fits into that era ofStar Wars, smartly avoiding any violations of established continuity. At the forefront of many of these designs were the concept artists, who, like the famed Ralph McQuarrie before them, were tasked with designing the reality of Rogue 1.

In the weeks following the film'southward release, lead concept artist Matt Allsopp has been slowly releasing some of his amazing piece of work on from the film on his personal Instagram account, to promote the upcoming release of The Art of Rogue One book. While many of the scenes depicted in his art weren't fully realized on screen, seeing the early designs of certain sets or vehicles is quite informative to the artistic process behind the scenes, in some cases providing additional details the flesh out the globe. The biggest example being the AT-ACT loading bay. The AT-Deed in Rogue I is clearly slightly different from the AT-ATs fans recollect fromThe Empire Strikes Dorsum,but the difference in the film is only aesthetic. This concept fine art (as seen in the gallery above) helps give an idea of how the cargo walkers are put to use on the Scarif base.

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There are also other flourishes seen in some of the fine art, such equally an early on design for Vader's meeting with Krennic, whichStar WarsRebelsfans might retrieve looks a lot like the Sith temple on Malachor from the season two finale. It'due south consistencies like this that help make Star Wars feel like i of the well-nigh cohesive shared universes across multiple mediums.

Allsopp recently attended a Q&A with other Star Wars artists and costume designers at Gosh! Comics in London where they discussed the creative process that goes intoStar Wars in which a few interesting details were revealed. The very specific temper people love nearly Star Warsis often referred to dismissively as "Star Wars magic", but there are some specific practices that play into keeping thatStar Wars wait consequent.

I major influence ofStar Warshas e'er been real life military designs, especially for weapons and uniforms. In order to keep their designs rooted in realism, the Rogue One team had a massive archive of military machine surplus gear they would use for inspiration. The designers also avert 45 degree angles, constantly refer back to the work of Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston, rely on the utilize of real models as much every bit possible, and attempt to make a backstory and purpose for all background characters. The fact that many of them worked on The Strength Awakens and The Final Jedi and have continued to participate with the development of theHan Solo flick also helps proceed a consistent voice in the art and costume teams.

Source: Hyperdrive (h/t Comic Volume), Matt Allsopp

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