Star Wars is awesome because it has cool space stuff. The original trilogy may very have the look that it does thanks to the concept art created by a man named Ralph McQuarrie.  As you scroll through them you will notice that they look an awful lot like the movies.  Or rather, the movies look an awful lot like his concept art. I hear he is somewhat of an inspiration to many of the great concept artists out there, and looking at these it’s not hard to see why.

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