The late Star Wars movie is upon us , which means so is a cavalcade of books about the process of bring the domain of a immature Han Solo to lifespan . To fete , we ’ve got an exclusive aspect at the gorgeous concept artistic creation behind Solo , good manners of Phil Stozak ’s late Star Wars art book .
The Art of Solo : A Star Wars Story , published by Abrams Books , offers unprecedented insight into the Lucasfilm art department ’s concept work over the path of Solo ’s yield — providing insight from artist , decorator , and other members of the crew about how the movie came to be , as well as a veritable treasure treasure trove of never - before - seen concept art that shows how the characters and world of the movie came to be as they are on the handsome screen .
io9 is proud to debut just a few sampling of some of the art you ’ll find in the book below — and do n’t concern if you ’ve not see the movie yet . There ’s nothing too spoiler - atomic number 39 !
There ’s a closed book to Lando ’s scarf here . From artist Glyn Dillon :
“ The pattern on his scarf is an Easter egg : I take a still from A New Hope where Luke is swinging across the chasm with Princess Leia and adjusted the spirit level so it was dark and the pull lights on the Death Star were hard white . Donald Glover really have sex how to wear this form of getup . It ’s Lando on his means up , is n’t it ? His costume is still a minute rock ‘ n ’ whorl and young , but you could tell that he has a pride in the way he looks . We all know where he ’s steer . ”
Artist Neil Lamont on the intake for the mountainous environs seen above :
The Southern Alps widen into other countries , but the Dolomites are in Northern Italy , our area centered around Cortina . The Austro - Hungarians and the Italians fought over the area during World War I. You go there , and could very well be in Austria . They ’ve got all of these incredible , extremely decorate gingerbread chalet , German gothic writing , even on the signpost . It ’s bizarre . And they mouth this incredible hybrid German / Austrian / Italian .
We are actually using some of these World War I trench up on this place call Montepiano . We ’ve got to be 6,000 feet up , maybe more . They ’ve delve trenches , what they call the via feratta , ledge cut into the mountainside with a very rudimentary iron handrail , on what feel like a pinnacle . It ’s just incredible . The body of work and winters they must have suffer …
The Art of Solo : A Star Wars Story is available now .
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