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MediaGuy
03-05-2012, 09:52 PM
Born in 1929, Died Today, 2012...


Ralph MacQuarrie illustrated the imaginations of millions when he brought George Lucas's to life:

The true father of the Vader we know has died (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ralph-mcquarrie-artist-who-drewdarth-vader-c-3po-dies-at-82/2012/03/04/gIQAY2AYrR_story.html):

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3283/2292091359_b8d6954a9b.jpg (http://tk3220.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/ralph-mcquarrie-made-honorary-member/)

And, because of his small part in The Empire Strikes Back, he became the only conceptual artist in history to have an action figure made after his likeness (and not bad at that, unlike others):

http://www.rebelscum.com/TAC/TAC40McQuarrieHF.jpg (http://www.rebelscum.com/TAC40mcquarrie.asp)

RIP, or as Vader would say: "NOOooooo..."

plugin
03-07-2012, 06:28 AM
RIP. I didn't know he was behind these great things.

Evil Chris
03-13-2012, 02:25 PM
One of the behind the scenes major contributors. RIP.

TheLegacy
03-17-2012, 01:31 PM
Amazing - didn't know about him and thankful for his creativity