Mark Hamill , who played Luke Skywalker in the original space adventure trilogy, called the London-born Mollo “brilliant” and said he figured prominently in the look of “Star Wars” (1977) and its sequel, “The Empire Strikes Back” (1980). John Mollo, the Oscar-winning costume designer of “Star Wars,” died on Wednesday at age 86, several outlets report. Sad to say goodbye to the brilliant John Mollo- He kindly let me pore through his designs-artwork & books-Crucial man in look of #SW & #ESB ! pic.twitter.com/pvyXbcK0PcMollo adapted designer Ralph McQuarrie’s concept art to bring the iconic looks of Han Solo, Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader and others to life. “The characters look as fresh today as they did 40 years ago, which sounds incredibly conceited, but I rather think that that is true,” Mollo told Entertainment Weekly in 2015.

Source: Huffington Post October 30, 2017 14:46 UTC