Jake Lunt Davies is a self-employed concept designer who has worked on Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, Andor, and The Acolyte, as well as at least one of the upcoming films.
Biography[]
For The Force Awakens he designed the Bobbajo, Roodown, B-U4D, Luggabeast, Happabore, Rey's speeder, PZ-4CO, the Steelpecker, Rathtars, multiple Abednedos, BB-8[1] and Zuvio.[2] For The Last Jedi he designed the Porgs,[3] the Caretakers,[4] the Thala-siren,[5] 2BB-2,[6] BB-9E,[6][7] and Dobbu Scay.[8] For Solo he designed AL1-L3[9] and HT-IN-4,[10] For The Rise of Skywalker he designed Efrem LX[11] and D-O.[12]
On November 15, 2018, Lunt Davies revealed on his Instagram account that his contract for Episode IX had finished marking five years of work on five Star Wars movies.[13] In Episode IX, he also made a cameo at the Festival of the Ancestors as a Snivvian, a species that first appeared during the cantina sequence of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.[14]
Davis returned for the 2022 TV series Andor for which he designed B2EM0.[15]
He also illustrated the cover images for the The High Republic: Tales from the Occlusion Zone short story series featured in Star Wars Insider between 2023 and 2024.[16]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Jake Lunt Davies (@jakeluntdavies) on Instagram: Concept art from The Force Awakens (December 18, 2023) (backup link)
- ↑
Designing Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Part 1: How Porgs Were Hatched on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Designing Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Part 2: Creating the Caretakers on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑
Jake Lunt Davies on Instagram: Thala-siren concept arts (February 1, 2018): "Rian had picked up on a long droopy nosed form I’d sketched" (backup link)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- ↑ Designing Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Part 3: Developing BB-9E, a Droid Fit for the First Order on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Jake Lunt Davies (@JakeLuntDavies) on Twitter (March 13, 2022): "Design for Dobbu Scay, the little alien gambler confusedly thinking BB8 was a slot machine in The Last Jedi. Cameo performance by @hamillhimself" (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
- ↑ "Inside the Astromech" — Star Wars Insider 202
- ↑ Jake Lunt Davies on Instagram: Efrem LX concept art (July 22, 2020): "Continuing with the protocol droid theme, though no alien influences on this one. This guy is a some kind of military combat SWAT version of a protocol droid. If that can be a thing. Briefly glimpsed hanging out in the bar on Kijimi in The Rise of Skywalker." (backup link)
- ↑ Jake Lunt Davies (@jakeluntdavies) on Instagram: D-O concepts featured in Art of The Rise of Skywalker. So many elements of this design had to go through multiple approval stages and there were lots of options along the way - the shape and quantity of eyes, the colourways, the details on the hub, the rim and the tread or what the end of his nose might be. These two pics were part of a study for the wheel hub design and the 2nd pic is pretty much it. Pic 1 has a slightly different detail instead of that green circle. The colour hadn’t been locked down at this stage but the feeling was generally favouring that route. The tread pattern was still based on an early working prototype that the animatronic department had built and would subsequently be explored further down the line. His nose was still completely undecided and left blank at this stage. (April 25, 2020) (backup link)
- ↑ Jake Lunt Davies (@jakeluntdavies) on Instagram: Jake's Departure from the SW Universe (November 15, 2018): "So this week my contract ended on Star Wars EpIX….which kind of means after 5 years and 5 movies, I've finally finished on Star Wars. As a kid this was my childhood ambition and I still can't believe that I've now actually had this opportunity to be part of and contribute to the legacy of the Star Wars galaxy. Above are a few of the things I designed for TFA, Rogue 1, TLJ and Solo. However as much as I and my concept colleagues @lukedfisher @martin_rezard and Ivan Manzella get to dream up all these characters and ideas, none of it would happen or become reality without the brilliant team we work with under Neal Scanlan's leadership - the sculptors; the mould makers, foam shop and seamers; the fabrication team; the model makers; the mechies, animatronic designers and electronics guys; the hair team; the painters and make-up artists; and the performers that finally bring these creatures to life. Thank you Neal for asking me to be part of the team. Beyond the CFX department I'd also thank Costume Designers Michael Kaplan, @glyn_dillon and Dave Crossman plus the CG artists at @ilmvfx for adding their magic to our work. And thanks to JJ, @riancjohnson, Gareth Edwards, @realronhoward, Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Kathleen Kennedy for going with my designs for your movies. #starwars #theforceawakens #tfa #episodevii #rogueone #thelastjedi #episodeviii #tlj #solo #soloastarwarsstory #episodeix #bb8 #porg #porgs #reysspeeder #luggabeast #conceptdesign #creaturedesign #creaturefx #animatronic #ilmvfx #ambitionfulfilled" (backup link)
- ↑ Jake Lunt Davies on Instagram: Jake Lunt Davies (January 4, 2020): "Finally spotted my appearance in Rise of Skywalker. Very deep background! I'm a legacy Cantina alien from A New Hope visiting the Aki-Aki festival on Pasaana. First one to spot and name the OT space tourist gets a virtual Star Wars high five. 🤚#StarWars #theriseofskywalker #starwarsaliens #starwarscantina" (backup link)
- ↑ Jake Lunt Davies (@JakeLuntDavies) on Twitter (July 22, 2022): "Very. The final design was a result of working very closely with animatronic designer Josh Lee throughout so there were never any unforeseen surprises. The final design is a complete product of my aesthetic and Josh's technical inputs." (backup link)
- ↑ NYCC 2024: All the Star Wars News and Reveals from New York Comic-Con on StarWars.com (backup link)
External links[]
- Official website (backup link)
- Jake Lunt Davies (@jakeluntdavies) on Instagram
- Jake Lunt Davies at the Internet Movie Database
