Heritage Auctions—the identical outfit that simply offered an extremely rare “rocket-firing” Boba Fett toy for half a million bucks—is again with extra Star Wars treasures, this time providing over 100 items of idea artwork created by John Gallagher for Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic.
Final 12 months, io9 got a chance to ask Gallagher about his art work for the BioWare and LucasArts title, which has had a sturdy fanbase since its launch in 2003. He emphasised that his work was a part of a staff that helped create the sport collectively. “We acquired collectively—the design division and the artwork division—and began riffing on massive concepts. Star Wars doesn’t exhaust you with its designs, and it’s very a lot an elegantly easy universe when it comes to its shapes, type, language, and its palettes. It’s wealthy and deep and exquisite too, in fact,” he mentioned.
He additionally instructed io9 he hadn’t realized till a while after Knights of the Outdated Republic’s launch how beloved it was; nowadays, he’s nonetheless thrilled by the expertise he had engaged on it: “I used to be lucky sufficient to be on this inconceivable state of affairs [with a] staff dedicated to creating excellence.”
Try these 20 examples of heaps up for bid at Heritage Auctions; “The Idea Artwork of Star Wars: Knights of the Outdated Republic Video Video games Showcase Public sale” takes place July 18, and you can see all of the items as well as learn how to bid here.
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