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Fictional warlords: stories to listen to | HearLore
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Fictional warlords
Darth VaderGeorge Lucas hired concept artist Ralph McQuarrie during pre-production of the original Star Wars film in 1975. Lucas asked McQuarrie to depict a very tall…
Kylo RenIn March 2014, the production team for Star Wars: The Force Awakens knew their main antagonist only as Jedi Killer. That name hid a character who had gone…
Grand Admiral ThrawnTimothy Zahn introduced Grand Admiral Thrawn in the 1991 novel Heir to the Empire. This book marked the first appearance of an alien military leader within…
Darth MaulGeorge Lucas first imagined Darth Maul as a masked figure, something that could rival the iconic Darth Vader. Early concept art by Iain McCaig showed…
John Carter of MarsEdgar Rice Burroughs wrote the first John Carter novel between July and the 28th of September 1911. The story appeared as a serial titled Under the Moons of…