Star Wars concept artists Joe Johnson says they literally lifted the famous Walker designs directly from Syd Mead's US Steel "futurism" portfolio - http://www.c

Star Wars concept artists Joe Johnson says they literally lifted the famous Walker designs directly from Syd Mead's US Steel "futurism" portfolio - http://www.carstyling.ru/en/entry/Sid_Mid_Syd_Mead_Retro_Future/images/3595/ http://www.carstyling.ru/en/entry/Sid_Mid_Syd_Mead_Retro_Fut... (1) And the imperial probe drone is a nearly analog copy of one of Jean Giraud (Moebius) sketches in his "Long Tomorrow" work(2) The Star Wars team unabashedly stole, scraped, and inspired their way into the most vivid and impactful scifi universe created - as good artists do! (1) https://www.starwars.com/news/empire-at-40-battle-of-hoth-oral-history https://www.starwars.com/news/empire-at-40-battle-of-hoth-or... (2) https://kitbashed.com/blog/moebius https://kitbashed.com/blog/moebius