$4,800
One of eight pieces of original pre-production 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. This full-color mixed media (predominantly colored pencil) illustration features a sleek, silver starship with a narrow nose section that sweeps back with arching wings and a multi-window control center in the back section, flanked by two tail fins. It appears to be flying over what might be a desert planet, like Tatooine. Though it is almost certainly coincidental, since this artwork is only being shown publicly for the first time with this auction this year, this particular illustration closely (coincidentally) resembles the Naboo Royal Starship (a.k.a. J-Type 327 Nubian Royal Starship) heavily featured in Star Wars : Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999). 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-term obligation at that time. Cantwell's most notable contribution was working closely with Lucas on the spaceship designs for Star Wars : A New Hope (now known as Episode IV). Cantwell was provided with “Copy #4” of the screenplay, then titled “Adventures of The Starkiller (episode one); The Star Wars.” Cantwell is known as the creator of the first and original prototype models and designs of the X-Wing,
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2014-12-05
