The tribute to Ralph McQuarrie, the man behind the visual design and conceptual artwork for Star Wars, has its fourth installment released on the official YouTube channel and it’s definitely continuing to be an interesting work. The latest installment is one that definitely shows an area of how the film changed Hollywood as it introduced a lot of people to the actual job of concept artist and the level of importance that it could have. It’s a job that they do say has been around for years and years beforehand, but as the shift to more visual effects oriented films came into play, the role took greater importance in helping to shape the scope of the project. With the tribute here, we get to hear how his influence worked on so many kids from there on out and how what he did was essentially the turning point for Hollywood in a lot of ways.
