Never Tell Me the Odds

Andrew and I watched Star Wars Episode I the other night, continuing our complete Star Wars saga viewing.  Watching it made me miss the latter (but made earlier) three, and all of it's developed scenes and cultures.  Episode I has some cool things going on in it, but it just doesn't compare.  Take a look at some of this incredible concept art by Ralph Mcquarrie.  George Lucas commissioned him to illustrate several scenes from the script, in turn designing several of the characters and the overall graphic theme of the film.  The finished pieces helped convince 20th Century Fox to get on board.  I mean, who wouldn't want to make a movie of these images?

(photos collected from googleimages)