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Jake Lunt Davies

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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 contributed to D-O, the Aki-Aki, and the Eye of Webbish Bog.[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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  1. ↑ The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  2. ↑ Jake Lunt Davies (@jakeluntdavies) on Instagram (post on December 18, 2023) (backup link)
  3. ↑ StarWars.com Designing Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Part 1: How Porgs Were Hatched on StarWars.com (backup link)
  4. ↑ StarWars.com Designing Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Part 2: Creating the Caretakers on StarWars.com (backup link)
  5. ↑ Jake Lunt Davies (@jakeluntdavies) on Instagram (post on February 1, 2018): "Rian had picked up on a long droopy nosed form I’d sketched" (backup link)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  7. ↑ StarWars.com Designing Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Part 3: Developing BB-9E, a Droid Fit for the First Order on StarWars.com (backup link)
  8. ↑ Jake Lunt Davies (@JakeLuntDavies) on Twitter (post on 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" (original link is obsolete)
  9. ↑ The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
  10. ↑ "Inside the Astromech" — Star Wars Insider 202
  11. ↑ Jake Lunt Davies (@jakeluntdavies) on Instagram (post on 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)
  12. ↑ Jake Lunt Davies (@jakeluntdavies) on Instagram (post on December 20, 2022): "It’s been 3 years since the release of The Rise of Skywalker. Here are some of my contributions, including D-O, the AkiAki, Kylo’s repaired helmet (though original Kylo designer @glyn__dillon had also hit on the same idea!), Boolio and the Eye of Webbish Bog - filmed but cut from the movie 😢" (backup link)
  13. ↑ Jake Lunt Davies (@jakeluntdavies) on Instagram (post on 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)
  14. ↑ Jake Lunt Davies (@jakeluntdavies) on Instagram (post on 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)
  15. ↑ Jake Lunt Davies (@JakeLuntDavies) on Twitter (post on 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)
  16. ↑ StarWars.com NYCC 2024: All the Star Wars News and Reveals from New York Comic-Con on StarWars.com (backup link)

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