Ralph McQuarrie, R. I. P.

R.I.P. Ralph McQuarrie, the man who designed Darth Vader: It's a sad day for the concept art world. Ralph McQuarrie, the artist who created concept designs for the first Star Wars trilogy, the original Battlestar Galactica television show, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., and other science fiction classics, has passed away at age 82.