Suvudu Universe

I just didn’t make the connection between the helmet McQuarrie drew and the Inquisitor’s helmet we saw at Toy Fair this year. But there it is! I believe the first rendition of this art appeared in The Art of Star Wars back in the late 1970s. If memory serves correct, it was just a tiny little picture on the bottom right of the page, in the corner, near the stuff showing early Princess Leia drawings.

A thread at TFN has poster “Dark Lord Tarkas” having an exchange with Paul Bateman of Rebel Force Radio in which he confirms the piece is a McQuarrie in essence:

Yep it’s by Ralph, it’s the genuine article. I believe it has seen print before, but not globally.

Ralph was extremely prolific and only a portion of his work has ever been published. He drew a whole bunch of Star Wars material that has never been seen publicly so don’t be surprised if much more shows up. Hope that clarifies things

Thanks for your continued interest in his work, Ralph was a wonderful person.

All the best…

That’s pretty cool! That means not only are we getting a proto Artoo via Chopper, a proto Chewbacca via Zeb, we are also getting a proto Vader via The Inquisitor!

Thanks to our buddy Alex @FinderofWords for the heads up to the post at The Jedi Council Forums. Also thank you to “Mr. Tarkas” for doing the legwork and figuring this out!