https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/05/23/star-wars-designer-colin-cantwell-dead/
Colin Cantwell, a concept artist, animator and computer engineer who helped bring the Star Wars universe to life, designing and building prototypes for a fleet of epic spacecraft — from the menacing TIE fighter to the elegant, dart-shaped X-wing — and giving the Death Star its alien look and fatal flaw (a trench), died May 21 at his home in Colorado Springs. He was 90
Colin Cantwell, a concept artist, animator and computer engineer who helped bring the Star Wars universe to life, designing and building prototypes for a fleet of epic spacecraft — from the menacing TIE fighter to the elegant, dart-shaped X-wing — and giving the Death Star its alien look and fatal flaw (a trench), died May 21 at his home in Colorado Springs. He was 90
