Ralph Angus McQuarrie (/məˈkwɒriː/; June 13, 1929 – March 3, 2012) was a conceptual designer and futurist responsible for many of the designs and aesthetics featured in the original trilogy. He also provided concept illustrations fort he original Battlestar Galactica and the illustration of the Ark of the Covenant seen in a Bible near the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark. He often went by the initials "RMQ," which he used as his signature. McQuarrie was tuckerized via a cameo in The Empire Strikes Back as General Pharl McQuarrie.

KNOWN FOR

Star Trek: Discovery
2017
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Return of the Jedi
1983
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986
Cocoon
1985
Nightbreed
1990
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001
The Characters of Star Wars
2004
VD Questions and VD Answers
1972

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
7
Art
5
Visual Effects
4
2022
LIGHT & MAGIC
as Self (archive footage)
2022
LIGHT & MAGIC
as Self - Art Department (archive footage)
2004
The Characters of Star Wars
as Self
2002
Ralph McQuarrie: Illustrator
as Self
2001
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
as Self
1996
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
as Self
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
as General McQuarrie (uncredited)