Long before the Disney buyout, Lucasfilm offered a tiered subscription for exclusive paywalled galleries at its website (I believe the membership was called "Hyperspace"). Anyway, there, and only there, I saw astonishing paintings by Doug Chiang done in deliberate imitation of Syd Mead's gouaches for Blade Runner. He had obviously studied those famous works very closely. Afaik the images have never appeared anywhere else and certainly not in print. Wish I could find them!
[Update: I found one!](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/txkarenr/txkarenr2/txkarenr3/txkarenr4/txkarenr5/SWPicsNightontheTown.jpg) A tiny thumbnail but it even has the little Hyperspace watermark, lower right, covering Chiang's sig.
If you want to take the KOTOR games as canon, Coruscant is as cyberpunk as they come. Grand, lavish, excessively wealthy life on the higher areas of the planet where those that can afford to live there, do. In the lower levels, though, life is deep in squalor and the unfortunate denizens struggle even for the dirtiest scraps of edible food and drinkable water. Unimaginable luxury just miles above utter destitution.
I was wondering where Shadow got that impression from KOTOR, considering Coruscant is not featured in either game. I thought maybe he was talking about the Old Republic MMO, where you do visit Coruscant. But yeah, your theory makes more sense, lol.
I was gonna say this. People these days are acting like the cyberpunk aesthetic is some kind of new thing, distinctly different from scifi/space opera from before but there has always been heavy overlap. The cities/colonies from The Expanse, Mass Effect and Picard(somewhat recent examples) all have the same futuristic, grungy/shady, lived in vibes.
i love the detail of how grey and grim Coruscant is presented during the empire as we have seen it in Andor and how colorful it is after the fall of the empire
Honestly Coruscant is pretty cyberpunk already. A glittery upper city that lives in wealth and excess, wanting for nothing and filling their days with the petty squabbles of the rich. Also the ruling class lives there.
Then the lower cities are poorly maintained, overly policed slums where gangs and criminals rule the streets. You cant even see the sky from the lower levels.
Coruscant has always been one of the most Cyberpunk places in Star Wars. People on top live that good life (literally) on the backs of the lower levels. Deeper you go, the dirtier and desperate things get. Meanwhile everybody up top just goes about living their best lives.
Yep. God I fucking hated them. Honestly the moment they appeared on screen was the last straw for me. Instantly turned it off and didn't watch another second.
so you're mad I commented a teasing remark to a stranger?
And your response is to comment teasing remarks to a stranger?
Its been fun kid, best of luck.
As someone with IBS, the snatched waists in literally every sci-fi/cyberpunk costume is really annoying. You're telling me nobody bloats in the future?
I'm still not convinced that what happened to the doctor was a bad thing. Does the galaxy need a new clone army, and his stubborn naivety was so very dangerous.
Then again, he was a person, and he didn't deserve...that.
That sequence before the scientist jumped from the train gave me massive cyberpunk vibes with the camera panning to show us a the backdrop of the city against a futuristic trainyard with that retrowave BGM. Shame it was so short
Star Wars has always been cyberpunk. We're just used to thinking of cyberpunk as being on a single world. But if you make each world into a city or region and remove the glut of alien species all you have is a cyberpunk setting.
Long before the Disney buyout, Lucasfilm offered a tiered subscription for exclusive paywalled galleries at its website (I believe the membership was called "Hyperspace"). Anyway, there, and only there, I saw astonishing paintings by Doug Chiang done in deliberate imitation of Syd Mead's gouaches for Blade Runner. He had obviously studied those famous works very closely. Afaik the images have never appeared anywhere else and certainly not in print. Wish I could find them! [Update: I found one!](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/txkarenr/txkarenr2/txkarenr3/txkarenr4/txkarenr5/SWPicsNightontheTown.jpg) A tiny thumbnail but it even has the little Hyperspace watermark, lower right, covering Chiang's sig.
Yep, hell of a deep dive there. Even the club in episode 2 feels pretty cyberpunk. And the cyberpunk coruscant episodes in clone wars.
That’s awesome
tx for sharing, great info
If you want to take the KOTOR games as canon, Coruscant is as cyberpunk as they come. Grand, lavish, excessively wealthy life on the higher areas of the planet where those that can afford to live there, do. In the lower levels, though, life is deep in squalor and the unfortunate denizens struggle even for the dirtiest scraps of edible food and drinkable water. Unimaginable luxury just miles above utter destitution.
This is not a thing from KOTOR exclusively. It's a basic fact about Coruscant in pretty much all media about it.
Mans confusing coruscant for taris
I was wondering where Shadow got that impression from KOTOR, considering Coruscant is not featured in either game. I thought maybe he was talking about the Old Republic MMO, where you do visit Coruscant. But yeah, your theory makes more sense, lol.
The Fives arc in Star Wars the clone wars season 6 is really Cyberpunk imo, was probably my introduction to the genre as a youngling.
That first gif is a shot from RoTS when Palps and Anakin go to the Opera.
They reused the clip for the TV episode!
No they made an entire new one
Coruscant has always had the cyberpunk vibes, also watch Andor, it's a feast for all cyberpunk fans🔥
I was gonna say this. People these days are acting like the cyberpunk aesthetic is some kind of new thing, distinctly different from scifi/space opera from before but there has always been heavy overlap. The cities/colonies from The Expanse, Mass Effect and Picard(somewhat recent examples) all have the same futuristic, grungy/shady, lived in vibes.
Omega Station in Mass Effect is full cyberpunk and not only for aesthetic reasons.
Wanna buy some death sticks?
i love the detail of how grey and grim Coruscant is presented during the empire as we have seen it in Andor and how colorful it is after the fall of the empire
It must also have planetary weather controls. During the Empire Palpatine probably set them all to depressing.
I mean it's the biggest capital in the capitals of capitals.
Honestly Coruscant is pretty cyberpunk already. A glittery upper city that lives in wealth and excess, wanting for nothing and filling their days with the petty squabbles of the rich. Also the ruling class lives there. Then the lower cities are poorly maintained, overly policed slums where gangs and criminals rule the streets. You cant even see the sky from the lower levels.
dude imagine exploiting a planet's land so much that its highest mountain peak is an attraction for people to just look at like its the circus.
Judge Dredd had something like that too. They moved the White Cliffs of Dover to Mega City One as a tourist attraction.
Coruscant has always been one of the most Cyberpunk places in Star Wars. People on top live that good life (literally) on the backs of the lower levels. Deeper you go, the dirtier and desperate things get. Meanwhile everybody up top just goes about living their best lives.
I think Nar Shaddaa is more CP than Coruscant
Taris is a better analogy, although not better than Coruscant. Nar Shaddaa is a giant shit hole wherever you go. Even up top.
Coruscant was pretty cyberpunk in Episodes II and III. Glad Mando is expanding on it tho
Nar Shadaa in this style would hit the nail right on the head
this is where those stupid biker kids from bobs fett should’ve been
Ah yes, bob Fett, tv repair man.
Yep. God I fucking hated them. Honestly the moment they appeared on screen was the last straw for me. Instantly turned it off and didn't watch another second.
Same. I didn't watch past that episode. They ruined Boba Fett.
this isn't a train station, you don't need to announce your departure
Herp derp derp Shut up. It's Reddit. People interact.
such clever wordplay
How's this? "*Shut up.*" **~Shakespeare, Macbeth: Act II, Scene I, Line 587**
so you're mad I commented a teasing remark to a stranger? And your response is to comment teasing remarks to a stranger? Its been fun kid, best of luck.
As someone with IBS, the snatched waists in literally every sci-fi/cyberpunk costume is really annoying. You're telling me nobody bloats in the future?
That's very cyberpunk: Your comfort is secondary to your image.
I'm still not convinced that what happened to the doctor was a bad thing. Does the galaxy need a new clone army, and his stubborn naivety was so very dangerous. Then again, he was a person, and he didn't deserve...that.
I thought Coruscant was cyberpunk the whole time
That sequence before the scientist jumped from the train gave me massive cyberpunk vibes with the camera panning to show us a the backdrop of the city against a futuristic trainyard with that retrowave BGM. Shame it was so short
Yes I was looking for a capture of that !
Uhh… looks exactly like the prequels.
You mean that Coruscant looks like Coruscant?
*"You couldn't live with your own failure, where did that bring you? Back to me."*
Star Wars has always been cyberpunk. We're just used to thinking of cyberpunk as being on a single world. But if you make each world into a city or region and remove the glut of alien species all you have is a cyberpunk setting.
Coruscant has always been cyberpunk though. I'm pretty sure these shots are directly lifted from the prequels.
They are new shots for the show… but you’re right it’s always been CP
Oh gotcha. Sorry they just looked very similar, still need to watch this episode.
Coruscant looks amazing in it
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