Entering the busy and vibrant atmosphere of Coruscant, the Naboo Cruiser now touches down on one of the many sky platforms littered across the vast and unending city landscape, in this great 1996/7 Production Art by Doug Chiang that clearly has a lot of visual tribute referencing to the comic imaginings of Flash Gordon, and, most importantly, Fritz Lang's landmark 1927 sci-fi epic, Metropolis. The imagery would also build on earlier designs/ideas conceived by Ralph McQuarrie for Imperial City back during 1981 conceptual work for Return of the Jedi.
"I opted for a sleek, modern vision, incorporating more steel, glass, and weird plastic materials. The forms also became a little cleaner and more streamlined."
Doug Chiang - The Making of EPISODE I book - 1999
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