Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Rey Diving the Death Star (2018)

Early on in the development of the Soggy Death Star sequence, Rey was going to dive the wreck looking for the "McGuffin," (at the time one missing component of a device that could disable the entire fleet of Star Destroyers) so I did a series of quick photobash/paint sketches to show what those spaces might look like. As with most of the work from this project, we were working at a really fast pace, trying to keep up with the ideas that director J.J. Abrams and writer Chris Terrio were generating for the story, which would change on a daily basis.

Rey approaching some sort of device that might contain the needed component.

Rey approaching some sort of device that might contain the needed component.

I love the quality of massive sunken structures being overgrown by seaweed!

I love the quality of massive sunken structures being overgrown by seaweed!

This image is in the Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker book.

This image is in the Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker book.

Note the iconic Death Star elevator bank upside-down on the right of frame.

Note the iconic Death Star elevator bank upside-down on the right of frame.