$3,750
One set of 11 pages of original pre-production sketch art created by Colin Cantwell for George Lucas in imagining the spaceships that might populate the Star Wars (20th Century, 1977) universe, circa 1974/1975. These sketch illustrations feature an early design of the Imperial Star Destroyer. The base of the vessel shares the basic shape and design of the final version of the ship, though the control tower is fixed on the opposite end. This version is also more complex, with a second section protruding from the front and short wings on the side, as well as three radar dish-like laser weapons affixed to the ends of those three pieces. The first of the 11 pages in this set closely resembles one of the larger full-color illustrations offered separately in this auction. It appears to be in space battling smaller ships, with explosions and a partially destroyed smaller ship floating. There are also smaller, separate illustrations of armaments. The reverse side shows additional illustrations of this ship. Of the remaining 10 pages, six are one-sided only, and the remaining four have illustrations on both sides of each page. All feature this early Star Destroyer design, both artistically and schematically with mathematical equations, presumably to aid in model building. From the collection of Cantwell, who was among the first approached by Lucas to work on the original Star Wars film back in 1974. Cantwell was asked to head up ILM, but he did not want to be tied down to a long-ter Read more…
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2014-12-05
