Colin Cantwell -Star Wars

Wer kreirte eigentlich

die (zumindest damals)

sensationellen

Raumschiffe für "Star Wars"?
Lange Zeit schrieb man sie
allein Ralph McQuarrie zu,
doch Colin Cantrell kann ein
wesentlicher Anteil daran
gutgeschrieben werden.
Vor Star Wars waren die Raumschiffe 
meist raketenartig, die
"Enterprise" und auch das
"Raumschiff Orion" waren
erste Versuche davon
abzukommen.
Kubriks"Space Odyssey"
war der grosse Wendepunkt.
"Star Wars" setzte einen
weiteren Meilenstein.

Der heute weit
 über achtzig jährige

Colin Cantrell stellt
sich auf einem Forum

selber so vor.

Hello Reddit. I'm Colin Cantrell. 

Please be patient with 

me as I am 84 and this is 

my first time on Reddit. You may

 not have heard about me, 

as I like to keep out of the limelight, 

but I'm sure you've seen projects 

I've worked on. I'm looking forward 

to getting to know you and 

answering your questions!

A short list of my most favorite

 experiences are: 

* Being accepted 

to Frank Lloyd Wright's 

architectural school 

* Working with NASA to

 inform the public on the first

 unmanned space flights 

* Being Walter 

Cronkite's “Hal 9000” NASA

 connection during live broadcast

 of the first moon landing 

* Inventing the first real 

color monitor for Hewlett 

Packard 

* Writing my first book CoreFires

 - a labor of love 20 years in the making

I've worked on the following 

movies & shows: 

* Lead star ship 

designer for Star Wars - 

I drew the original designs for

 the X-Wing, A-Wing, Star Destroyer, 

TIE Fighter, & Rebel cruisers. 

I was also the one who designed 

and sculpted the Death Star and 

gave it it's trench 

* 2001, A Space Odyssey 

- I worked closely with 

Stanley Kubrick and persuaded 

him not to start the movie with

 a 20 minute conference table

 discussion 

* Buck Rogers in 

the 25th Century 

* Close Encounters of a Third Kind 

* War Games