Ralph McQuarrie, the visual mastermind behind almost everything we see in any Star Wars movie or game, has become one with the Force.
Amazing how some of the most popular film characters and scenes got their start in his head, including images from Battlestar Galactica, ET and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Everyone do yourself a favor and fire up a Google image search of this guy. Absolutely amazing.
RIP Ralph McQuarrie