Brian Matyas is a senior concept artist within Lucasfilm Concept Design Department.
Biography[]

Matyas illustrated the loading screens for Star Wars: Uprising.
Brian Matyas' earliest contributions to the Star Wars universe were the creation of character designs and loading screen art for the mobile game Star Wars: Uprising.[3] He was later recruited by Doug Chiang to be part of Lucasfilm[4] Concept Design Department for the first season of the Disney+ show The Mandalorian,[5] and continued in this position for the second season,[6] as well as The Book of Boba Fett[7] and Obi-Wan Kenobi.[2] He also created concepts for characters for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser.[8]
Works[]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Series | Contribution |
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2023 | "Part One: Master and Apprentice" | Ahsoka | Concept Team[9] |
Bibliography[]
Year | Title | Contribution | Notes |
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2024 | Ahsoka 4 | Variant cover artist | Concept variant[10] |
Sources[]
"Chapter 3: The Sin" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
"Chapter 5: The Gunslinger" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
"Chapter 6: The Prisoner" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
"Chapter 7: The Reckoning" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
"Chapter 8: Redemption" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
"Chapter 9: The Marshal" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
Mando Download: "Chapter 9: The Marshal" on StarWars.com (backup link)
"Chapter 11: The Heiress" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
Mando Download: "Chapter 11: The Heiress" on StarWars.com (backup link)
"Chapter 13: The Jedi" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
"Chapter 15: The Believer" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
Mando Download: "Chapter 15: The Believer" on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian: Guide to Season One
The Book of Boba Fett Cargo Hold: "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land" on StarWars.com (backup link)
The Book of Boba Fett Cargo Hold: "Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm" on StarWars.com (backup link)
The Book of Boba Fett Cargo Hold: "Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian" on StarWars.com (backup link)
The Book of Boba Fett Cargo Hold: "Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor" on StarWars.com (backup link)
"The Anti-Hero's Journey" — Star Wars Insider 217
Notes and references[]
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Brian Matyas (Brian Matyas) on ArtStation (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I"
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Now This is How You Do Star Wars Art by Plunkett, Luke on Kotaku (June 4, 2015) (backup link archived on August 11, 2017)
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Interview with Brian Matyas, designer of the Heavy Infantry Mandalorian by István, Kádas on ziro.hu (November 27, 2019): "When Doug Chiang asked me to join the Lucasfilm art department to design characters for The Mandalorian, I couldn't have been more thrilled. It was also an incredible challenge to design them for an entire series of content (I'll have lots of character designs to post in the future). I also did many keyframe illustrations for the show. (…) More to come!" (original article now obsolete)
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian"
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 9: The Marshal"
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Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett — "Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land"
- ↑ The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
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Star Wars: Ahsoka — "Part One: Master and Apprentice"
- ↑ Ahsoka 4
External links[]
Brian Matyas (@bmatyas) on ArtStation (backup link)
Brian Matyas (@brianmatyas) on Instagram (backup link)
Brian Matyas on LinkedIn (backup link needs confirmation)
Brian Matyas (@brianmatyasart) on Twitter (backup link)
Brian Matyas at the Internet Movie Database
The art of Brian Matyas on Iamag (backup link archived on December 26, 2022)
Brian Matyas Concept Artist on Nuts Computer Graphics (backup link archived on November 27, 2020)
Creating iconic characters - Brian Matyas Interview on the Art Department Podcast YouTube channel (April 27, 2021) (backup link)
May the 4th Be With You with Brian Matyas on the Gnomon YouTube channel (May 4, 2022) (backup link)