Ralph McQuarrie

Ralph Angus McQuarrie was an American conceptual designer and illustrator, who worked on the concept and design for the original Star Wars trilogy, the original Battlestar Galactica TV series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Cocoon, for which he won an Academy Award.
Several of his unused designs from the original trilogy were utilized for the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, including the characters Garazeb Orrelios and Chopper, based on his original designs for Chewbacca and R2-D2, respectively.
McQuarrie died at the age of 82 on March 3, 2012, in his Berkeley, California home, from complications of Parkinson's disease.
==Artwork==
X-Wing-TIE Fighter Concept.jpg|TIE Fighter and X-Wing concept
Early Concept Art of the Millennium Falcon.jpg|Early Millennium Falcon concept
Concept Art of the Millennium Falcon.jpg|Mos Eisley Spaceport concept
Return of the Jedi Concept.jpg|Death Star II core concept
Millennium Falcon TESB concept.jpg|Echo Base concept
X-Wing Concept.png|Death Star trench run concept
Snow Speeder Concept 2.jpg|Battle of Hoth concept
Hoth Battle concept.jpg|Snowspeeder and AT-AT concept
Darth Vader Concept.jpg|Darth Vader VS Luke Skywalker concept
Early Stormtrooper concept 1.jpg|Early concept of the Stormtroopers
Y-Wing Concept 1.png
Y-Wing Concept 2.png
Y-Wing Concept 3.jpg|Death Star concept
Super Star Destroyer 4.jpg|Super Star Destroyer command bridge concept
Early Stormtrooper concept 2.jpg
Darth Vader Concept 3.jpg|Emperor Palpatine's throne room concept
Darth Vader Concept 2.jpg|Cloud City control room concept
Darth Vader Concept 1.jpg|Imperial Star Destroyer command bridge concept
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B-Wing concept.jpg|B-Wing fighter concept
Ralph McQuarrie AT-AT Concept Art.jpg
Original Ralph McQuarrie Artwork.jpg|A-Wing fighter concept
Leia's 1976 concept.jpg|Leia Organa's costume concept
Ralph McQuarrie Dagobah Spider concept.jpg|Dagobah concept
Return of the Jedi Concept 1.png|Palpatine concept
Sandcrawler Concept.png|Sandcrawler concept
Boba-Fett-Ralph-McQuarrie-Painting-02.jpg|Cloud City dining room concept
McQuarrie_Concept_Art_2.jpg|Carbon Freezing Chamber concept
Ralph McQuarrie Bespin.jpg|Cloud City shaft concept
Ralph McQuarrie Luke VS Vader.jpg|Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader Lightsaber Duel concept
RMQ-YodasHut.jpg|Yoda's hut concept
23-hansolomc.jpg|Han Solo concept
Boba-Fett-Ralph-McQuarrie-Concept-Art-0132.jpg|Early concept artwork of Boba Fett
Sand_peoples_by_McQuarrie.jpg|Tusken Raiders concept art by Ralph McQuarrie
R2-D2 & C-3PO Concept Art Ralph McQuarrie.jpg
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