Compilado de arte conceptual

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Las obras de culto en la ficción audiovisual se caracterizan, entre otras cosas, porque sus seguidores fieles se interesan tanto en la obra ya culminada, la forma final disponible para el gran público, como en las formas iniciales, en las fases de génesis de la misma: las ideas, las influencias, los eventos y las circunstancias que formaron parte del proceso creativo. En el caso de Star Wars esto es, quizá, mucho más notable aún: pocos amantes de la saga desconocerán que, por ejemplo, el apellido original de Luke Skywalker era Starkiller; tampoco dejarán de resaltar que Han Solo, en sus inicios, estaba destinado a ser un alienígena no humanoide. 

Conocer la evolución del desarrollo y nacimiento de la saga es, qué duda cabe, uno de los aspectos más atractivos de la experiencia Star Wars. Es por ello que incluimos, acá, un conjunto de entradas, tomadas de diversas páginas, dedicadas al arte conceptual de las seis películas y del universo extendido; incluye personajes, escenarios, vehículos, e infinidad de cosas más. 

• 100+ amazing pieces of Star Wars concept art (un artículo del 2010, de io9.com)
• Star Wars Concept Art (de tumblr) 
• Star Wars Movies Concept Art (de pinterest)
• Y, como bonus, un vistazo al arte conceptual del Episodio VII

¡Disfruten!

Ricardo Cárdenas

@kidentropia 

KAMINO

Kamino was in a system of 13 planets orbiting an aging star south of the Rishi Maze, a dwarf satellite galaxy in a decaying orbit in a loose sector of unnamed grouping of stars between the Rishi Maze and the main galaxy. The stormy waterworld of Kamino was located in Wild Space region beyond the Outer Rim. It was the fifth of the thirteen planets in the system. The planet orbited an aging star called Kamino and had three moons that orbited the planet itself, including Korasa.

Being somewhat secluded from the rest of the galaxy, little is known about the origin of the Kaminoans (possibly a cloning experiment by unknown individuals from off-world gone bad). There were many peculiarities about the particulars of Kaminoan physiology: their digitigrade stance, once adapted for firm seabeds, eventually only saw use in the hallways of their science facilities, while only male Kaminoans exhibited fin ridges along the rear of their small, bulbous skulls. The almond-shaped eyes were able to see color only in the ultraviolet spectrum. Therefore, what appeared as white dwellings were actually colored with shades that Humans and other humanoid species couldn't see.
Kaminoans rode flying cetaceans called aiwhas. Indigenous to the planet Naboo, these aiwhas were probably created using cloning technology.

The Kaminoans created saberdarts, similar to the older kyber dart. These deadly weapons were favored by bounty hunter Jango Fett. The Kaminoans created clone miners to toil on Subterrel. While on Subterrel prospecting, Dexter Jettster became familiar with the Kaminoan cloners, and even found a saberdart.

In 32 BBY, Sifo-Dyas placed an order with the Kaminoans for a Clone Army without the knowledge or approval of the Jedi Council. Darth Tyranus, at the bidding of Darth Sidious, murdered Sifo-Dyas to keep the creation of this army secret from the Jedi and the Republic. Tyranus then recruited Jango Fett to serve as Prime clone. Fett agreed on the condition that the Kaminoans create him an unaltered clone, his son Boba Fett.^[11] Jango raised Boba on Kamino for the next ten years.
Obi-Wan Kenobi was directed there^[8] in 22 BBY^[11] to follow a lead on the whereabouts of Senator Padmé Amidala's would-be assassin through a single saberdart. The saberdart had been used by Jango Fett to murder Zam Wesell before she could be interrogated by Kenobi. Kenobi had the dart identified by Dexter Jettster. Jettster directed him to Kamino, and Obi-Wan and Yoda were disturbed that Kamino had apparently been erased from the Jedi Archives. During Obi-Wan's stay on Kamino at Tipoca City, he discovered the source of the Clone Army's genome, Jango Fett, and his "son," Boba Fett. Once he was discovered, Jango and Boba narrowly escaped the planet with Obi-Wan close behind.

Grand Master Yoda later went to the planet to receive a desperately needed contingent of clone troopers to assist in the rescue of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala, and the Jedi Knights in the Battle of Geonosis, which began the infamous Clone Wars.^[1] When the Separatists discovered the source of the clones, Commander Merai launched an attack on Kamino at the bidding of Passel Argente, but the First Battle of Kamino, 22 BBY, was won by the Republic.

By the end of the clone wars, although Kamino would continue to grow more stormtroopers for the Empire, a small group of Kaminoans grew resentful of the Empire's treatment of Kamino as a virtual military police state. In response to the Imperial presence on their world, the Kaminoans launched a covert rebellion against the Empire by discreetly breeding a new army of clones, all based on the genetic template of Jango Fett. Unlike the first Clone army that had been bred for the Republic, the newest generation of clones were engineered with absolute loyalty to Kamino.

In the year 1 BBY, shortly after the start of the Galactic Civil War, the Sith Lord Darth Vader secretly brought the deceased body of his fallen apprentice, Galen Marek, to Kamino. With Marek's corpse preserved as a source of genetic material, Vader utilized an experimental version of Kaminoan cloning technology, known as the Accelerated Cloning Process, in an attempt to create a far more powerful version of his former disciple.

After the Battle of Endor, the collapse of the Empire triggered an economic collapse of Kamino and the production of clones eventually ended. The planet continued to survive on smaller contracts, often for warlords and criminal organizations.

"Star Wars: Where Science meets Imagination" The Exhibition

"Star Wars: Where Science meets Imagination" es la única exhibición oficial de Star Wars en USA con prototipos, modelos a escala, vestuario y utilería originales utilizados en las dos trilogías existentes hasta ahora de la Saga. La exhibición, que compara elementos de ciencia ficción de las películas con los de la vida real en base a los avances de la tecnología y la ciencia, se mueve regularmente por varias ciudades del país en las que permanece abierta por períodos menores a 6 meses. Si alguna vez viajas a la ciudad o a otra cercana a donde se encuentre la exhibición, y en verdad te gusta Star Wars, es definitivamente un "must see". Sólo luego de ver en persona el detalle de un modelo como el del Millenium Falcon se entiende la genialidad, la dedicación y la magia detrás de la mejor historia de todos los tiempos. 

A continuación comparto algunas de mis fotografías de mi visita, si bien nunca es lo mismo que disfrutarlo en vivo. Absolutamente todo lo que allí ven hizo aparición en al menos una de las 6 películas hasta la fecha (EI-EVI). ¡Que las disfruten!