Tara Phillips is an Australian artist[1] who provided the cover illustrations for the novels Queen's Shadow,[2] Queen's Peril,[3] and Queen's Hope.[4] She was commissioned by Del Rey and Lucasfilm to design the official concept art of Leia Organa's wedding dress for the[5] 2022[6] novel The Princess and the Scoundrel.[5] She also provided the cover illustrations for The High Republic Three-Book Paperback Box Set, which compiled The High Republic: Into the Dark, The High Republic: Out of the Shadows, and The High Republic: Midnight Horizon into a box set with new cover art.[7] Her cover art illustration of Vernestra Rwoh for Out of the Shadows was later reprinted in the 2025 reference book Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy: Updated and Expanded.[1] For Star Wars: The High Republic, Phillips also contributed the cover illustration for the anthology The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life.[8]
Works
Bibliography
| Year | Title | Format | Contribution(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Queen's Shadow | Novel | Cover illustration[2] |
| 2020 | Queen's Peril | Novel | Cover illustration[3] |
| 2022 | Queen's Hope | Novel | Cover illustration[4] |
| 2022 | The Princess and the Scoundrel | Novel | Leia Organa dress design concept art[5] |
| 2023 | The High Republic Three-Book Paperback Box Set | Novel | Cover illustration[7] |
| 2023 | The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life | Anthology | Cover illustration[8] |
| 2025 | Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy: Updated and Expanded | Reference book | Illustration[1] |
Sources
- Queen's Shadow
- Queen's Peril
- Queen's Hope
"An Indescribably Great Feeling": Author Kristin Baver On Writing The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic on StarWars.com (backup link)- This Week! in Star Wars Star Wars: The High Republic Box Set Reveal, Andor Props, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- The High Republic Three-Book Paperback Box Set
- The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life
- Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy: Updated and Expanded
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy: Updated and Expanded
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Queen's Shadow
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Queen's Peril
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Queen's Hope
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2
Leia Concept art: Del Rey & Lucasfilm on Tara Phillips (backup link archived on October 23, 2022)
- ↑ The Princess and the Scoundrel
- ↑ 7.0 7.1
This Week! in Star Wars Star Wars: The High Republic Box Set Reveal, Andor Props, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life on Tara Phillips (backup link archived on March 30, 2025)
External links
- TARA PHILLIPS on www.tara-phillips.com (backup link archived on March 24, 2025)
- Tara Phillips (@taraphillips.bsky.social) on Bluesky (backup link)
- Tara Phillips (@taraphillips) on Cara (backup link)
- Tara Phillips (@taraphillipsillustration) on Facebook (backup link)
- Tara Phillips (@taracphillips) on Instagram (backup link)
- Tara Phillips on Tumblr (backup link)
