Ralph McQuarrie created the universe of "Star Wars" Bashny.Net

Captions are always in the end of the film, as very few people interested in the names of artists, assistant director, casting managers and other staff who worked on the movie. Meanwhile, among those unknown to the general public too, the people are the real stars, fans which, without knowing it, is a big part of moviegoers. Faktrum opens a series of articles on "invisible heroes" of world cinema.

Ralph McQuarrie (Ralph McQuarrie), production-illyustrator.

Production illustrator - a man who paints pictures of the future of the film to the director was able to interest them producers. It also gives the director the opportunity to visualize the scenes of the future movie.

Works McQuarrie for "Star Wars" actually created a world in which the characters live and unfolding events. See illustrations of Ralph, a feeling that this is footage from the film! But they were drawn when George Lucas himself had no idea of ​​what will be his future universe.













































The famous mask of Darth Vader was also invented McQuarrie. In the book, Lucas, on which he made his film was given only a general description of the hero, "the tall man in a long dark clothes." Upon reflection, Ralph came to the conclusion that a person traveling the vacuum of space, must have some kind of device for breathing. So there were a helmet and mask.





McQuarrie worked on the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "ET" Spielberg and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" Lucas. Ralph lived a long and fruitful life and has received numerous awards, including the Academy Awards. Died March 3, 2012 at the age of 82 years.












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