When it comes to
character designs, Star Wars gets
criminals right.
For more proof of
this assertion, look no further than some concept art recently posted by Adam
Brockbank, a concept artist with an extensive body of Star Wars work. His most recent glimpse behind the scenes comes
from concept art showcasing prospective costumes for Enfys Nest’s gang from Solo: A Star Wars Story. These are great
designs, all layered and angular and messy.
Star Wars is at its best when designs look
cobbled together, built from spare parts and whatever junk the designers could
find—or, alternatively, whatever parts the characters in-universe could
salvage. All of Nest’s gang has that look going for them. These are junkyard
samurai, vaguely heroic even as they look incredibly dangerous. The helmet
designs, which Brockbank says are by artists Glyn Dillon, Tonči Zonjić, and
Calum Alexander Watt, are particularly fantastic.
Solo: A Star Wars Storyis destined, it seems,
to go down in history as a minor Star Wars release,
not unjustly so. But this concept art is a reminder of just how good the film’s
sense of visual style was. It looked like Star
Wars, and it did so with real aplomb.
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