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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Sun Mar 4, 2012, 03:27 AM Mar 2012

R.I.P. Ralph McQuarrie, the man who designed Darth Vader

It's a sad day for the concept art world. Ralph McQuarrie, the artist who created concept designs for the first Star Wars trilogy, the original Battlestar Galactica television show, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., and other science fiction classics, has passed away at age 82.

He set our minds on fire and made so many of us fall in love with science fiction. He'll be missed.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=33315

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R.I.P. Ralph McQuarrie, the man who designed Darth Vader (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Mar 2012 OP

RIP Ralph. AllenVanAllen Mar 2012 #1

There wouldn't have been a Star Wars without him thelordofhell Mar 2012 #2

AllenVanAllen

(3,134 posts)

1. RIP Ralph.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Sun Mar 4, 2012, 04:00 AM

Mar 2012

Here's a great video of his contributions to Star Wars.

thelordofhell

(4,569 posts)

2. There wouldn't have been a Star Wars without him

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Sun Mar 4, 2012, 04:03 AM

Mar 2012

George Lucas was laughed out of every pitch session he went to for Star Wars, then he got Ralph McQuarrie to do some pictures of his concept and at the very next pitch, 20th Century Fox, picked it up immediately.

R.I.P. Ralph........you deserved it

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