The real father of starwars

Finally KZbin has given me something worth watching today!

Ralph and George are THE TWO PEOPLE that will always be my biggest heroes. Both are true geniuses!! I will love them both forever.

You can also see Ralph all over the Lego Star Wars and this is why they work so well 😊

Dave Felloni looks like an alcoholic Harry Potter in a cowboy hat.

Ralph did some artwork for the he man 1987 movie. They were never used but they are online. His vision of Castle Grayskull was truly nightmarish!!

An aged universe??? Try a fucking Western

I’d like to buy the rights to American Graffiti, and then fuck it all up, like Disney!

What a beautiful tribute to a beautiful human being!

Yup, McQuarrie was a genius. Full stop. So much of Star Wars is his aesthetic. I met him in person a couple of times and he was also a very nice person. Soft spoken, but passionate about design and clearly a one-of-a kind talent.

I bought two Funko Pops of Ralph's version of Vader and a stormtrooper. I love how they both have blue lightsabers. Thank you, Ralph

Imagine if we kept letting the best talent be in charge like this instead of forced diversity

This is the best one I’ve seen

Makes me wonder how they do that

The main problem I have with thre EU, is visually artist have a hard time capturing starwars. If you aren't studying McQaurrie's designs, then stay away from drawing or painting SW

The one and only genuine Star Wars concept artist for me. Any others don't even come close. I'm looking at you, Doug Chiang.

I always loved the Ralph McQuarrie designs better than the final SW designs. The Stormtroopers with Lightsabers with/without shields made them much cooler. Ralph, R.I.P. :<

Seeing his artwork on the old Topps ESB cards was such an inspiration to a young Star Wars fanatic

My favorite book when I was a kid was The Art of Return of the Jedi with all those beautiful pictures by RMcQuarrie

great tribute video and documentary on a true legend and artist

What medium did McQuarrie use? Gouache? Acrylics? Oil?

17:10 im guessing the design was for Rakko Hardeen... cool!

This Is Pretty Freaking Awesome!!! We sing this song in our College Show Choir!!

Ralph McQuarrie & John Williams are as much Star Wars as Lucas. Disney doesn't exist.

Thanks god for Star Wars Rebels. We get to see the art work and style in there

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Filoni Foul. WOKE'D.

I am so glad I saw this documentary. Amazing master.

Doug is such an amazing guy

Don't forget Colin Cantwell

And after 30 years, they're still using his unused concepts... the latest is the Sith throne...

22:35 Well, alot can be seen here why things went wrong after the artist that tried to follow in his footsteps went wrong: The characters in clone wars look redicules and very Disney like. It's so easy to see the mistakes they made. To many objects in one picture ,no axes, no dynamics in the lighting (look at the sunset light at the horizon not shifting as it does in McQuarries painting ), bows that give dynamics, just take a look at the arrangement of the figueres and their shadows. And then the faces. :/. R.M. characer faces look interesting the other ones do not. The copie charcters are all static looking. There is a REASON WHY C3-PO, Kenobi and Luke shift their weights slightly to one side, to one leg. That gives them a sense of departure and a sense of uncertainty that shows their vulnarabilaty but also their will to move on. This is touching me as the viewer! (Remember Luke, Han, Leia and Kenobi were always on the run.) Somebody who admires McQuarries work should be able to see this, but these episode 1-3 / clone wars guys didn't. If one don't know about the mechanics of a compostion better leave it. I wished they have taken Syd Mead (R.I.P. )for the prequals. He would have been adequate for that job. Its also a pitty that in this "Tribute" we only hear opinions (A little bit of ball lickin' is ok but that's to much) about a great artist but nothing about him. No facts, no research how he acheaved his work, nothing about his work for Boing, no comparison to styles or other artist he's been influences by. I am a big fan of R.M. and would like to see a good dokumention about his work and the human behind it.

His work reminds me of a steam punk version of Syd Mead's work. Two of my favorite artists.

Not long after movie came out, I bought Ralph McQuarrie portfolio. At some point, I lost track of it and no longer have it. Always kicked myself for that.

thats why the prequels and then the new trilogy sucks balls. because ralph isnt around anymore

George you're an inspiration, you picked the right damn guy to realize your dream

Ralph is Star Wars secret strength to it's true greatness.

I've visited his world my whole life. He's inspired me for over 40 years. ... I'm so grateful.

McQuarrie was the REAL Jedi Master of Star Wars universe ! . . . inspired *everyone*, high & low, to finish the story.

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Ralph McQuarrie paintings - truly magical!! I had a set of these as a kid when ANH was the only Star Wars we had. Being only 9, I tried my best to emulate his talent (and of course, I failed). But that is the magic! Inspiration ... imagination ... a child’s perseverance in the face of reality. Here’s the thing - if you see a PHOTO or still from ANH or ESB, you can quickly place that shot and you knew EXACTLY what came right before and what would follow. But you look at Ralph’s paintings ... there was definitely enough for you to make the connection between Ralph’s art and what finally came to life on the big screen. But, there was enough DIFFERENCE in the vehicles, in the characters, in the clothing / costumes, in the weapons ... I could go on and on. The point being -there was enough difference that your imagination could compose an alternate story for the vehicle or the world or the figures in the painting. Magic. Incredible talent. Thanks, George, for hiring Ralph. And Ralph - thanks :)

I’d give anything to meet him

great documentary!

If it's one thing you learn the older you get... no matter what you do in life . If you make folks rich off your actual product... and its continuous wealth gain.. people 'sweat' you till you die. Mess up the money flow.. they treat you like Tesla dude now... harsh/ sarcasm. IF IT DOESN'T MAKE MONEY YOU DON'T EXIST. And talking about money, all the young business savvy artist want to know did he become wealthy or was he just paid 1970's $50.00 per comcept art and treated like the McDonald's Brothers Zero percent off the movies. It's a mystery if he died having 1 million in his bamk account. Shhhh secrets of the industry. FAME NO MONEY?

Honor and glory master !

Today I learned that everything I loved about Star Wars was the work of Ralph McQuarrie; everything I hate was the work of Rian Johnson, JJ Abrams, and George Lucas.

You know I've read Ralph was a aerospace engineer. Not just a comic book artist. Those good ol' boys were a closed set. I'm worried now that a bunch of foreigners running Disney might forget about American ingenuity and try and take things a little too far. If they've grown to a huge Disney 'empire' growing at an alarming rate and the only ones holding out so far is DC and Warner is it possible that an evil empire is growing under our very footsteps like something out of a galaxy far, far away. That worries me very, very muchy. Humans are a peculiar lot. Too many factors to try and out think with animatronics.

Wow

People got it wrong. Lucas was not the genius, Ralph McQuarrie was.

Well, stop talking about Mr. McQuarrie, you weirdos and let the man speak for himself.