
Did language evolve as it moved eastward and devolve as it moved westward? Final battlefield as well as the first time the fronts meet: the 'Americas.'

Upon meeting his prime visualizer in 1974, Ralph McQuarrie, George Lucas sketched out three of his known quantities, showcasing that design and writing for his upcoming saga was simultaneous. Knowing these forms' shaping was elemental in describing their conflict in written form.

Local model of the area vaporized in first atomic blast. Only surviving building is green roofed structure upper right. Model is hyper-real (the water seems tropical, buildings lack aging) to offer dramatic contrast to the black-and-white images of the blasted remains.


A 100 meter wide dark hole was discovered by the HIRISE camera on the Martian orbiter. It appears to be a 'bottomless' pit, shielding its contents from the atmosphere's harsh radiation levels.



Frontspiece, Scaffold-house, Cradle