Star Wars artist behind X-Wing and Death Star passed away

On May 23, Star Wars concept artist Colin Cantwell passed away. He was 90 years old.

Cantwell was born in San Francisco in 1932. During the Space Race, he worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA. In 1969, Cantwell took part in the broadcast of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon.

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Space Odyssey was his first film work. Cantwell is best known for Star Wars: it was he who drew the X-Wing and TIE Fighter fighters, the Star Destroyer cruiser and the Death Star.

Star Wars artist behind X-Wing and Death Star passed away

According to the artist’s wife Sierra Dall (Sierra Dall), he died at his home in Colorado. In the last years of his life, Cantwell suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. 🐭 Interracial sex is the main highlight of the new movie “Chip and Dale”

Source: VG Times

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