Paul Duncan / Writer / Editor / Films / Books / Comics
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Stanley Kubrick: Eyewitness by Paul Duncan: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1077708629 Seven Scars: Noir Short Stories: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DBPVZXPS
July 29, 2004: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: 42 pages of shots were assembled for the August 2004 shoot. This page shows the execution of Order 66 including Darth Vader murdering Shaak Ti (filmed but not used). #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
I am happy to announce that THE STAR WARS COMICS LIBRARY VOL 1 is now available to BUY in the EU, and PRE-ORDER in the US (out Sept). It reprints the first 23 issues of STAR WARS, all digitally remastered. 680 pages incl an intro by Peter Sanderson www.taschen.com/en/books/com...
July 22, 1997: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: This Naboo air force concept art took Doug Chiang 1.5 days to complete. #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
July 21, 1976: Star Wars: Howard Chaykin drew this poster, based on Ralph McQuarrie’s designs, in time for the San Diego Comic Convention #OTD. #StarWarsArchives19771983 youtu.be/fgKQaRMBuVs
July 16–18, 1978: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: Ralph McQuarrie painted “Cloud City” and explained that the spectacular vista is meant to represent an earlier, more enlightened age: “A place for people to marvel at things.” #StarWarsArchives19771983 youtu.be/fgKQaRMBuVs
July 14, 2003: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: #OTD George Lucas shot the scene where Anakin finds out that Palpatine is the Sith Lord the Jedi have been seeking... and does not kill him. youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
July 13, 2002: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: After seeing Al Williamson's stormtrooper riding a lizard for an unpublished Star Wars newspaper strip, George Lucas asked for a lizard for Anakin to ride. Robert Barnes delivered this, which became the Boga lizard ridden by Obi-Wan.
July 12, 1995: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: Doug Chiang’s sketch concepts for droid attack tanks. Chiang gave himself a target of creating five designs each day. #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
July 1974: The Star Wars: The first page of George Lucas's first draft script. The first scenes show that the value of education and the tragedy of a family in extreme peril were key themes from the very beginning. #StarWarsArchives19771983 youtu.be/fgKQaRMBuVs
July 10, 2002: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: Erik Tiemens’s Alphonse Mucha/Gustav Klimt-inspired concept for the lemurs—the original occupants of Utapau. #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
July 8, 2002: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: @rchurchdesign.bsky.social ’s concept for a transport hangar as starfighters join the battle has the dynamism of an aircraft carrier deck. #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
July 7, 1995: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: Terryl Whitlatch imagined a landing platform for “avibats (bat birds)” on Tatooine. Whitlatch: “The animals need to have lives of their own to be believable.” #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
July 6, 2004: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: In Ryan Church’s art for the seaweed/coral environment of Felucia the concept was that it was an underwater planet without water. Note the scale of the vehicles and creatures in the foreground, which are tiny compared with the flora and fauna.
July 2, 1997: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: Ralph McQuarrie created designs for Coruscant during preproduction of Return of the Jedi (1983) and these inspired the cityscapes in the prequels, including this Doug Chiang concept. #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
July 1, 1997: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: Filming Chancellor Valorum’s (Terence Stamp's) central elevated box inside the Senate Chamber. From: #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: Script from Cut scene. Padmé: "What is happening here is not government that has been bought out by business ... It's business becoming government!" (Note to self: Star Wars is not political...) #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
I think the true value of the interviews I did with George Lucas was to help make explicit that Star Wars is about choosing compassion over selfishness. This is from #StarWarsArchives19771983 youtu.be/fgKQaRMBuVs
When I sat down with George Lucas he explained his personal philosophy—to take responsibility for your actions—which informed his work on Star Wars. This is from: #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
The Making of @stanleykubrick.bsky.social 's '2001: A Space Odyssey'. 45th Ed. (i.e. the smaller, cheaper version of the book) will be published end of Aug in Europe. You can pre-order it (or register interest in the US) here: www.taschen.com/en/books/fil...
June 22, 1999: Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: One of Doug Chiang’s earliest concepts for the clone trooper helmet, trying to reverse engineer from the stormtrooper helmet. #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
June 18, 2003: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: Derek Thompson’s storyboards depicting the murder of Jedi Master Shaak Ti by General Grievous—a scene shot and deleted. #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
June 17, 2002: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: Erik Tiemens’s iconic dramatic concept for a Republic assault ship attacking the volcano planet Mustafar during the Clone Wars, before any details of events on Mustafar had been fleshed out. #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
June 16, 2000: Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: @Jay Shuster’s concept for the Coruscant spaceport transportation hub, and the final frame. #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
Happy to report that THE STAR WARS COMIC LIBRARY VOL 1 1977-1979 is is now at the printer. If you want to be notified when it is available to order follow this link: www.taschen.com/en/waiting-l...
Star Wars: Poster concept by legendary French artist Philippe Druillet, co-founder with Moebius and J-P Dionnet of Métal hurlant. #StarWarsArchives19771983 youtu.be/fgKQaRMBuVs @metalhurlantoff.bsky.social
June 9, 1999: Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: Yet another Sith idea by Iain McCaig. Look at those nails/claws! #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
June 8, 1999: Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: This Sith idea by Iain McCaig earned him a much-coveted FABULOUSO from George Lucas. #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
June 7, 2001: Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: Ryan Church’s concept art shows Senator Amidala’s cruiser landing on the Coruscant platform. George Lucas: "It’s getting progressively darker because we know where we’re headed: the rise of the Empire." #StarWarsArchives19992005 youtu.be/Ocm__ZQTZVk
June 5, 1997: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: Here is a rare digital painting of Watto by Doug Chiang. @halhickel.bsky.social: “Watto’s like an ugly little cherub. If you get your slide rules out, you’ll say that he’s too old, too short, and too fat — he could never fly.” #StarWarsArchives19992005
