Ralph McQuarrie was the MAN behind the whole Star Wars aesthetics. As a conceptual artist, he worked with George Lucas on the first Star Wars trilogy. He designed the famous Darth Wader character as well as Chewbacca, R2D2, C3PO. Among the artworks for Star Wars he’s also created visuals of legendary Battlestar Galactica or Back to the Future. Undoubtely his work influenced generations of scifi filmmakers or artists. He died yesterday aged 82.
“I just did my best to depict what I thought the film should look like, I really liked the idea. I didn’t think the film would ever get made. My impression was it was too expensive. There wouldn’t be enough of an audience. It’s just too complicated. But George knew a lot of things that I didn’t know.”
—McQuarrie on Star Wars
