Ralph McQuarrie

===Other film and TV work===

===Other film and TV work===

McQuarrie designed the alien ships in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s films ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' (1977) and ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' (1982),<ref name=diego/> while his work as the conceptual artist on the 1985 film ''[[Cocoon (film)|Cocoon]]'' earned him the [[Academy Award for Visual Effects]].<ref name=bbc/><ref name=scifi>{{cite news|url=http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/the-real-incredibly-munda.php|title=The real, incredibly mundane reason Darth Vader wears a mask|date=2009-11-24|work=Sci Fi Wire|first=Ian|last=Spelling}}</ref> He also worked on the 1978 TV series ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'',<ref name=bbc/> and the films ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'' and ''[[Batteries Not Included]]''.<ref name=empireo/>

McQuarrie designed the alien ships in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s films ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' (1977) and ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' (1982),<ref name=diego/> while his work as the conceptual artist on the 1985 film ''[[Cocoon (film)|Cocoon]]'' earned him the [[Academy Award for Visual Effects]].<ref name=bbc/><ref name=scifi>{{cite news|url=http://scifiwire.com/2009/11/the-real-incredibly-munda.php|title=The real, incredibly mundane reason Darth Vader wears a mask|date=2009-11-24|work=Sci Fi Wire|first=Ian|last=Spelling}}</ref> He also worked on the 1978 TV series ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'',<ref name=bbc/> and the films ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'' and ''[[Batteries Not Included]]''.<ref name=empireo/>

===Other work===

In 1989, [[Isaac Asimov]] commissioned McQuarrie to create art for Asimov's collection of essays and short stories titled "[[Robot Visions]]." McQuarrie provided illustrations for both the cover and individual stories within Robot Visions. The book is a companion to Asimov's 1986 collection "[[Robot Dreams]]," for which McQuarrie also provided illustrations and cover art - in fact, the title story of "Robot Dreams" was inspired by McQuarrie's art, rather than the other way around.

==Retirement==

==Retirement==