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- Artists
- McQuarrie, Ralph
 - Edition Details
| Year: | 1978 | | Class: | Art Print | | Status: | Official | | Released: | 06/27/78 | | Technique: | Lithograph | | Paper: | 100 pound coated linen stock | | Size: | 25 X 19 |
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- Event
- The Designing of Star Wars - June 27 - August 19, 1978
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From "The Designing of Star Wars" - an exhibit held at Supersnipe Art Gallery on 252 E. 84th Street (Second Ave.) in New York City from June 27 - August 19, 1978.
This was the very first Star Wars original art exhibit. It included original production drawings and paintings from the film by both Joe Johnston and Ralph McQuarrie.
Edward Summer was the owner of the Supersnipe Art Gallery and George Lucas was known to be a silent partner.
A small number of these pieces were signed and numbered by the artist for sale at SuperSnipe. Many of the limited leftovers were damaged in a flood at Supersnipe and were discarded. Some were distributed unsigned as well; a very limited supply of unsigned pieces found in the Marketing archives at Skywalker Ranch that were sold by StarWarsShop.com in the early days of the site's existence.
These pieces are extremely rare - signed copies are nearly impossible to find (only a handful are known to exist). Anyone purchasing an unsigned copy from the StarWarsShop.com supply should require the dual signed COA by Jim Ward (Vice President of Marketing for Lucasfilm) and Howard Roffman (President of Lucas Licensing).
About the image (from the official site, StarWars.com):
"Perhaps the most popular of Ralph’s paintings to appear in the portfolio, the laser duel, as he referred to it, was completed in February of 1975. While the portfolio, and nearly everyone who has discussed this painting in the past 35 years, describes it as “Luke versus Vader,†at the time it was painted, the protagonist would have been Deak Starkiller from the second draft screenplay Ralph was working from.
It was because of this scene that Darth Vader came to have the look that he does. Ralph, concerned that Vader was jumping from ship to ship through the vacuum of space, felt that he would require some sort of breathing apparatus. George agreed, and the look of the masked villain was born.
As for the Blockade Runner hall, Ralph pointed out that it was “transferred to film as I had envisioned it, although I felt that in the film the interior was too white-too clean."
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| Six Month Average | $421.00 |
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| Average Price | $421.00 |
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| Collections | 2 |
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