Preproduction Art Gallery

A player character is more than his or her stats -- much more. So, early in the year, while the game designers were creating character classes and various species statistics, the graphic designers were hard at work creating a look for the characters that we would meet -- and play -- in the new game. Art Director Sean Glenn leads us through the creative process of "casting" these newest residents of the Star Wars universe.

"When the work began on the Star Wars Invasion of Theed Adventure Game," said Sean, "the[managers] and I came together and decided to establish iconic characters for the Star Wars line, much the way that D&D had established their iconic characters This gives the illustrators a bit less work to do (they don't have to create a new Scoundrel every time a new illustration comes across their desk) and also gives viewers the feeling that they are following the adventures of this group of characters."

"I contacted Adam Hughes, probably best known for his work on Wonder Woman, because he had the most experience with the art nouveau style we were trying to capture for the Star Wars: Episode I look and feel. Little did I know, but Adam is a huge Star Wars fan as well (and a keen lightsaber collector). So, we talked and hashed out how we wanted to approach the creation of these characters."

"Early on it was decided that the characters in the Adventure Game would be young, and then we would age them in the core rulebook and subsequent products. Our first hurdle was the creation of a young Wookiee, named Rorworr."

Now check out our Production Art Gallery, and see how these characters have evolved!