Unused Concept Art For STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Used in STAR WARS REBELS
As most of you already know, a lot of the designs for Star Wars Rebels came from a lot of unused concept art from the original trilogy created by Ralph McQuarrie. The talent behind the animated series is also looking at new unused concept art that was done for Star Wars: The Force Awakens for inspiration on developing certain characters for Rebels.
A recent episode of Star Wars Rebels featured a character that was actually based on a character that originally designed for J.J. Abrams’ upcoming movie. Today we have a piece of concept art of that character that was created by Industrial Light & Magic senior art director Christian Alzmann, who also helped design BB-8.
The character goes by the name of the Fifth Brother, who was one of the Inquisitors sent out by the Emperor and Darth Vader to help stop the rebellion against the Empire before the events of A New Hope. Wookieepedia adds that the character is "content to kill any Jedi he found rather than use them for information or traps against the wider rebellion." The character on the show is voiced by actor Philip Anthony-Rodriguez.
There's no information on how the character would have been used in The Force Awakens, but it's not hard to think that he may have been a part of the Knights of Ren. The concept art above comes from Star Wars Rebels' Facebook page (via /Film).
