Visual Concepts

One can write a compelling story but in Star Wars - in any movie - the visuals are equally important. From the ships, clothing, to alien characters, it all qualitatively impacts the story. I am wondering, how do you envision it all and how will it impact the telling of your story? Borrowing from xhonzi's excellent question format:

Yes!  Good points.  Did you see the "concept art" thread I started?  Sort of a place to post inspirational pics that would help define/create a unique visual style.

Which reminds me, maybe I need to post some new pics in there.

Mrebo said:

The characters

       How do Jedi dress?

I don't know! I'm giving serious consideration to the criticism that it's silly for Jedi to dress like Uncle Owen and everyone else on Tatooine. I sort of like the idea raised by someone in another thread of 'Vader armor' being Jedi armor (sans helmet). The outfit worn in the animated Clone Wars by Obi Wan is a decent idea. Maybe just a great variety of individualized outfits.

       How will your main characters dress?

They will change less frequently than Padme. Clothing will be simple, comparable to OT stylings.

       Will you have an alien main character?

            (This question is a big impetus in my making this thread. Star Wars was great because it had droids and a Wookiee as main characters. If the PT is only humans running around it seems lacking in such a diverse universe.)

      If you have an alien character, what does it look like?

I'm still thinking of a paunchy little alien, similar perhaps to an Ortolan.

      This is more story-related, but how do you resolve the fate of an alien main character with its non-mention/appearance in the OT?

Still working on this.

     Will you have droid main characters?

     If so, what droids?

I haven't seriously considered this but actually a smart idea. Be cool to have an R5 droid. But because of my lack of female characters, maybe a female droid?

Machines

    What inspires your vision of ships?

The OT. Stuff like this. The old V-35 landspeeder in Owen's garage. Core world ships will be more art deco.

    What will droids look like?

I'll resurrect old droids seen in OT: gonks, R1s, etc. C-3PO and R2-D2 will be fairly new types.

The Setting

    What sort of planets?

    What inspires your vision of architecture?

I may stick to the OT style of ~3 locations per movie.

I'm wanting Tatooine, Alderaan, and Coruscant in E1. Still working out the rest. I think a volcano planet is the necessary place for Anakin's demise? It seems burnt into our collective consciousness. Certainly not a bad idea.

Overall feel

    Color grading? Anything as radical as "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

Any other thoughts on how your prequels would look!

I am thinking of a more vintage feel in a nod to the fact that these are historical in comparison to the OT. Can't hide the fact that they look newer so might as well play with that factor (just a little).