Star Wars Artist Ralph McQuarrie RIP

It’s a sad morning. Star Wars concept artist Ralph McQuarrie, the man who gave George Lucas the tools he needed to take the Star Wars story from a mass of words to a series of fantastic paintings, has died. See both the McQuarrie website and this Empire Online post for the details. What’s most important, though, is that a great artist has died.

See the official McQuarrie gallery for his Star Wars work as well as lots of other fabulous works of art. And to see how McQuarrie’s concept work has been brought to life see my Boba Fett Concept Bust review and the Darth Vader Concept Bust review. Both are great works of art based on the art of a great artist.

And see the official McQuarrie shop for even more.

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