STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Early Concept Art Reveals A Different Take On The Returning Luke Skywalker

Lucasfilm concept artist Christian Alzmann has shared some of his work from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, revealing a very different take on Mark Hamill's returning Luke Skywalker. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Jul 06, 2020 10:07 AM EST

Filed Under: Star Wars

The portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars trilogy continues to be a major point of contention for fans of the franchise, and while J.J. Abrams attempted to do some damage control in The Rise of Skywalker, those scenes mostly landed with a thud. Mark Hamill certainly hasn't shied away from sharing his disappointment, and it's interesting to think about what might have been.

Something which should help with that is this newly revealed piece of concept art by Christian Alzmann. Shared on his Instagram account, it reveals a piece created in 2013 when The Force Awakens was still in the very early stages of development at the Disney-owned Lucasfilm.

"Luke was being described as a Col. Kurtz type hiding from the world in a cave," he explains.

Ultimately, Luke would have only a single scene in The Force Awakens, and no dialogue, a decision many have criticised a sit robbed fans of the chance to see him, Han, and Leia reunited at last.

Check out the concept art below:

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My first image I made for #starwars: #theforceawakens wakens. This was January of 2013. Luke was being described as a Col. Kurtz type hiding from the world in a cave. In the Art of Star Wars The Force Awakens by @philszostaksf. #conceptart #digitalart #lukeskywalker #jedi

A post shared by Christian Alzmann (@calzmann) on Jul 5, 2020 at 9:02am PDT

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A concept for Luke, maybe a dream, maybe a nightmare for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In the Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens by @philszostaksf #starwars #theforceawakens #lukeskywalker #badday #conceptart #digitalart

A post shared by Christian Alzmann (@calzmann) on Jun 21, 2020 at 9:00am PDT

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38 Comments

dracula - 7/6/2020, 10:55 AM

On Another Topic Star Girl is moving to CW exclusively for season 2
https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/tv-shows-cancelled-2020/
I knew it
Great that it happened, although kind of sucks that this didn't happen before Crisis, like since Supergirl started on CW they had to put it on a new earth, now they have everything on 1 earth and they get another show that started somewhere else.

Nightwing1015 - 7/6/2020, 10:59 AM

Well I prefer his classic jedi robes. Always like them better than those white ones.

ElJefe - 7/6/2020, 11:04 AM

Why did the force need awakening again? I can’t remember.

ElJefe - 7/6/2020, 11:07 AM

@TheJustinHammer - That explains The Rise of Skywalker

Nightwing1015 - 7/6/2020, 11:08 AM

@ElJefe - Because Disney needed to make the 4 billion back somehow.

CurlyBill - 7/6/2020, 11:07 AM

There were so many great avenues that they could have taken Luke's story in the sequel trilogy. On paper what they did with in TLJ isn't a bad idea, but it was just executed horribly. They should have given more of a reason for him trying to kill Ben, then that he felt darkness in him. Would it have been so hard to maybe add some dialogue about Snoke killing Luke's wife (possibly mara jade) and that was why he had his moment of weakness and tried to kill Ben.

THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 7/6/2020, 11:19 AM

Ew.

SuperCat - 7/6/2020, 11:31 AM

GhostDog - 7/6/2020, 11:33 AM

So he would’ve been a DOUCHEBAG

IcePyke - 7/6/2020, 11:46 AM

Sand?!?!?

Kyos - 7/6/2020, 12:28 PM

Pretty much anything would've been better than what we got. Not talking about the look, though.

L0RDbuckethead - 7/6/2020, 1:52 PM

Diggin the man-bun.

Very Samurai-like.

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Early Concept Art Reveals A Different Take On The Returning Luke Skywalker

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