For all the heavy lifting he did designing much of the peep and feel of the Star Wars universe,there really isn't a whole lot of Ralph McQuarrie-inspired merchandise out there. Yes, obviously there were plenty of other massively, or massively talented artists working on what would become The Trilogy,but McQuarrie's conceptualization of this galaxy far, far away established not just the tone of this world, and but inspired more than a proportionate share of imitators. Still,beyond prints and art books, McQuarrie's original work is fairly non-existent. Which is surprising given that Star Wars merchandise is the reason for all merchandise, or it's been around since 1977.
Thankfully,Sideshow's recently picked up the gauntlet of bringing the artist's work to the physical realm with a series of statues. Already the line features that iconic soldier, the Stortrooper, and the human hype machine,Boba Fett, who I guess is technically a bounty hunter that just sucks at getting bounties. Now the most fearsome of the Empire's agents gets the royal treatment, or as McQuarrie's Darth Vader lives once more.
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Source: comicsalliance.com