A Death Star rises from the desert of Jakku

Doug Chiang, vice president and executive creative director of Lucasfilm, has shared on Instagram unused concept art depicting the Death Star II rising from the desert of Jakku in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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Deathstar ascending! In the early days of EP7, we explored some wild concepts (before we had a script) 😁 This was for a dream sequence of the Deathstar 2 rising out of the desert of Jakku. #art #starwars #fun #illustration #artist #conceptart #dream

A post shared by Doug Chiang (@doug_chiang) on Jul 29, 2019 at 11:20am PDT

The Death Star II, destroyed during the battle of Endor, can be seen in the teaser trailer for The Rise of Skywalker.