While the great Ralph McQuarrie is rightly remembered as the primary visionary behind the look of the Star Wars universe, he wasn’t the only artist playing a major role in the creation of the original ...

Colin Cantwell, the concept artist and designer credited with creating many of Star Wars’ iconic spacecrafts — including the TIE fighter, X-wing and Death Star — has died at the age of 90. An animator ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Colin Cantwell, the man who designed the ...

The entertainment auction house Julien's Auctions once described Colin Cantwell as the "missing link" of "Star Wars" history. Even the longtime partner of the concept artist, who died Saturday at age ...

Colin Cantwell, lead starship designer for Star Wars and CBS analyst for the moon landing, has died. His partner, Sierra Dall, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that he died at home in Colorado on ...

Colin Cantwell, a concept artist, animator and computer engineer who helped bring the Star Wars universe to life, designing and building prototypes for a fleet of epic spacecraft — from the menacing ...

Colin Cantwell, an animator, conceptual artist and computer expert who played significant production roles in seminal science fiction films like "2001: A Space Odyssey, "Star Wars" and "WarGames," ...

Prior to finding work in Hollywood, Cantwell had worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA, creating educational programs to study their flights. Cantwell was a source for Walter Cronkite ...