{"id":32088,"date":"2013-01-05T22:36:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T05:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/05\/the-visual-genesis-of-star-wars.html"},"modified":"2014-11-06T07:51:44","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T14:51:44","slug":"the-visual-genesis-of-star-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/05\/the-visual-genesis-of-star-wars.html","title":{"rendered":"The visual genesis of &quot;Star Wars&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Complete with C3PMaria and crazy Muppet-arm-waving R2D2.<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100401176323766452547\" class=\"proflink\" oid=\"100401176323766452547\">Zachary Cook<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/108514047690420664042'>Star Wars<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On this day in 1976, Star Wars concept artist Ralph McQuarrie completed the first painting &#8212; The Droids in the Desert &#8212; to help sell the look of George Lucas&#39; faraway galaxy to studio executives at Twentieth Century Fox.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/108514047690420664042\/albums\/5830051761370241585\/5830051768897277810?authkey=CPPBxeGVruyhIA'><img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-p9gxeJTdV-Y\/UOiBMeNCj3I\/AAAAAAAAPlY\/7-Pg20wpD0U\/SWfirstpainting.jpg' style='max-width:97.5%;clear:both;' border='0' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/gTabHhV93ht' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complete with C3PMaria and crazy Muppet-arm-waving R2D2. (h\/t +Zachary Cook) Reshared post from +Star Wars On this day in 1976, Star Wars concept artist Ralph McQuarrie completed the first painting &#8212; The Droids in the Desert &#8212; to help sell the look of George Lucas&#39; faraway galaxy to studio executives at Twentieth Century Fox. 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