SilverWook said:
Was Lucas quietly revising the history of the film even then?If I’m not mistaken, he was having McQuarrie redo the paintings so they could all see how the shots would look with the new Falcon design.
Makes sense. I wish the originals had been included in the McQuarrie portfolio at the time. Thanks for the explanation! 😃
I think it’s covered in Rinzler’s Making Of