Unused Star Wars Battlefront Concepts

So, Star Wars Battlefront 3 wasn't even finished (let alone cancelled) when we tried to get number 4 off the ground at the now defunct Free Radical Design (now Crytek UK)

So here a few pages of concepts produced for a game that never saw the light of day:

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Environment concepts -
chiefly based around
an infiltration of a
Kaminoan Cloning Facility.

Also, we were working on some crazy Alternative Star Wars Timeline ideas - where the good guys were the bad guys and vice versa:

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The good guys were the bad guys,
and the bad guys were the good guys.
WHO'S CRAZY IDEA WAS THAT?

Well, that's a brief snapshot into the brief life of a cancelled game ;)

'Til next time, everyone!

First Ever Midnight Release Party at D-Street for Star Wars Vinylmation Series

A Recap and Photographs from the Midnight Release Party in Florida:

"A big thank you to the MANY fans who braved the cold weather to join us for the first ever midnight release party at D-Street. Wow! We were so excited to see many of you at the event. At least there wasn't any snow or attacks from Imperial Stormtroopers. There were fans from all over the world who attended this party - England, Philadelphia, Arizona, Jacksonville, Clermont and many other places. Thank you for making this party such a huge success. And now, some photographs!"

- Disney Parks

The sign advertising the special release party and meet and greet with Mike Sullivan. 

The decorated outside of D-Street. 

The Cast Members of D-Street ready to greet Vinylmation fans! 

Special lighted balloons were made to look like planets. 

Lots of trays. 

The New Arrivals display at the entrance to D-Street. 

There were three giant cutout figures using the artwork from the series. These were found at D-Street and by the deejay station. 

Guests were quick to open boxes. 

Obi-Wan Kenobi. 

The "Super Chaser" which is definitely more rare than the normal mystery chaser. 

A photo of D-Street taken from across the street. The line of the far left is to meet Mike Sullivan.

Mike autographing a figure for a guest. 

Mike with his favorite figure, Boba Fett. 

Recently autographed figures by Mike Sullivan.

The infamous "I Was There" Vinylmation where guests covered the 9" figure with tons of autographs.

Mission Space Cargo Bay Store at Epcot

Star Wars: convergence theory

Just saw this lovely image for the brand new 'Star Wars:Force Unleashed 2' game:

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Starkiller at the crossroads.
TM Lucasarts, 2010

Can't help but looking a little familiar:

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Luke Skywalker at the crossroads.
Neil Roberts portfolio piece, 2009.

Obviously I don't have copyright on a pose, Lucasfilm IP and certainly no right to point out that the two bear a striking resemblance to each other, but still...

The Times They Are a-Changin' / Luke Skywalker

Well, I've been offline a few days whilst my family and I make the move from busy Nottingham to rural Lincolnshire. This should mean more help in looking after our two children, as both sets of Grandparents live up the road from our new Georgian townhouse (complete with its own study, from which I'm writing this blog - cool, huh!).

So, ideally, I should be able to spend more time working, woohoo!

Anyways, I digress - enough of my yakking and more pics:


"Luke Skywalker" was a portfolio piece to try my hand at likenesses. As an image I wanted to have a brooding Luke poised between the Light and Dark side, at the moment of choosing from the two paths. The intense contrast in lighting is quite illustrative and probably something I'd like to develop further.

"Luke Skywalker" Detail

He was fun to work on as, at the time, I was working at Free Radical Design on the Star Wars Battlefront 3 FPS project before it was moved over to another developer. He was made with 3DSMax, Maya, ZBrush and Photoshop. The bulk of the image was painted as I find it's easier to really get some character into an image if it's been hand finished.

Also, notice how I tend to add a low opacity CMYK noise 'grain' to the image to knock back the cleanliness of the finished render.

Trivia: The reference photos of me holding two wrapping paper rolls does not look anywhere as moody as the final piece ;)

Star Wars Nerds Rule!

The robe worn by Obi Wan Kenobi in the original 'Star Wars' flicks, just sold for a whopping $107,109 at the Angels Star Collection of Film & TV Costumes. More than 400 film and TV outfits were up for grabs, including James Bond's dinner jacket from 'Thunderball', a huge collection from 'Dr. Who', and costumes from 'Titanic', 'Braveheart', 'Indiana Jones', and 'Superman'.

You can peruse the items that were auctioned and see how much they sold for (in British Pounds) here. The listings include which actor wore the outfit in what movie or TV show, and includes the year worn. The list reads like a who's who of Hollywood royalty with names like Roger Moore, Catherine Zeta Jones, Harrison Ford, Ralph Fiennes, George C. Scott, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Duvall, Anthony Hopkins, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, and Gene Hackman. It was interesting to look through and see if I remembered the actors wearing particular outfits in the movies.