Ralph McQuarrie (b. June 13 1929, Gary, Indiana) is a conceptual designer and futurist responsible for the look of "Star Wars" (all of the original trilogy), the original "Battlestar Galactica" (TV), "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and "Cocoon", for which he won an Academy Award. He is a contemporary of Syd Mead, another conceptual designer/futurist, with whom he attended school. "RMQ", as he is known to sign original works, … Wikipedia
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