Creator of ‘Star Wars’ X-Wing and Death Star Dies at 90
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A Star Wars movie X-Wing fighter model, valued between $40,000 to $60,000, at the Paley Center for Media in Calabasas, Calif., on Dec. 6, 2018. (Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images)
Colin Cantwell, the man who designed the spacecraft in the “Star Wars” films, has died. He was 90.
The Hollywood Reporter reported Sunday that Sierra Dall, Cantwell’s partner, confirmed that he died at his home in Colorado on Saturday.
Cantwell designed the prototypes for the X-wing Starfighter, TIE fighter and Death Star.
He also worked on films including “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “WarGames.”
Cantwell was born in San Francisco in 1932. Before working on Hollywood films, Cantwell attended the Universit
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