This panel celebrated Ralph McQuarrie’s Star Wars concept art and its foundational role in defining the saga’s visual language. The discussion centered on how McQuarrie’s paintings helped sell the original film, guide production design and establish the look of Darth Vader, droids, starships, planets and key scenes before they existed on screen. At Celebration IV, the panel also connected to renewed collector interest in McQuarrie’s artwork and publications devoted to his career. The session treated McQuarrie’s art as both design work and storytelling, showing how his images shaped the emotional tone of Star Wars.