Some mind-blowing concept art from Star Wars Battlefront 4 has resurfaced (via SFFGazette.com), and it offers a vastly different take on the characters from a certain Galaxy Far, Far Away.
This wasn't set to be part of the EA series of games, though, and was actually what Free Radical Design had planned for the original Battlefront franchise back in the mid-2000s. This game was ultimately cancelled, but had been set to tell a "What If...?" style story that presented the Star Wars franchise in a very different light.
For example, in the gallery of concept art which you can check out HERE, there are hundreds of designs with familiar faces looking anything but. Obi-Wan Kenobi, for example, has turned to the Dark Side, as have characters like Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. There's even a Chewbacca who never escaped being enslaved.
We also get to see General Grievous without his robotic body, Count Dooku as a Jedi, and a Darth Maul who went down a heroic path.
To put it another way, everyone who was good is now evil and vice versa!
There are some insanely cool designs, though, including a couple you can see below featuring a Darth Vader who has been redeemed and returned to the Light. The other Vader, however, clearly overthrew Palpatine and became the new Emperor (a look that suits him nicely).
Whether it's in an animated series or video game, this idea is one Lucasfilm should definitely consider revisiting at some point. After all, it would allow the studio to bring back some iconic characters, albeit in ways that fans would never anticipate. With that, they'd be able to tell a lot of unexpected stories.
Which of these alternate Star Wars designs is your favourite? Don't forget, you can see the full gallery here.