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   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
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    YourName@YourISP.com (Your Name) wrote:   
      
   > It's being reported on many websites that Star Wars concept artist Ralph   
   > McQuarrie died on 3 March at the age of 82.  :-(   
      
   One of the best.   
      
   Doug Chiang, who were the principle concept artist (design director)   
   for the phantom menace and attack of the clones, were never as good as   
   McQuarrie. I had high hopes for him though, and the first principle   
   designs released (the droid tank for example) looked promising, but it   
   all fell apoart in the end. The Naboo fighter is stupid, as are the   
   droids. The only thing I think he did good was the republican warships   
   at the end of AotC, and they kind of look like the design concept from   
   someone else, doesn't they? :)   
      
   Most of the pod racers were ok, but Doug didn't visualize them alone.   
   He's a good designer and artist, his style just didn't seem to fit   
   Star Wars all that much. Can you imagine him designing the Falcon? :)   
      
      
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