Iain McCaig (born March 19, 1957) is an American artist, writer, and
filmmaker. He was involved in the Star Wars franchise and many other
iconic film and book projects, including an album cover for Jethro
Tull's Broadsword and the Beast.McCaig was born in Santa Monica,
California, but spent most of his younger years in Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada. He later moved to Great Britain and attended the
Glasgow School of Art., but returned one summer to California work at
Korty Films, where he contributed to Sesame Street cartoons and a
trailer for the 1983 animated film Twice Upon a Time.Returning to the
UK, he began a career as a freelance illustrator; his work there
includes the cover for Jethro Tull's (The Broadsword and the Beast)
and cover and interior illustrations for Ian Livingstone's 'Fighting
Fantasy' books. In 1990, he returned to California to work for
Industrial Light and Magic and later for Lucasfilm. During that time,
he directed his first professional film, a 1998 short called The Face,
which won multiple awards, including the Year 2000 Notable Video from
the American Library Association.In film, McCaig is best known for
designing the Star Wars characters Padmé Amidala and Darth Maul and
has contributed key designs to many of the films in the Star Wars
franchise, including Episodes I, II, III, and VII. At a 2016 speaking
engagement at Academy of Art University, McCaig revealed that the
original plan for Padmé's character was for her to almost kill Anakin
Skywalker to start a galactic revolution. This part of the script was
changed by the film's writer, George Lucas.
filmmaker. He was involved in the Star Wars franchise and many other
iconic film and book projects, including an album cover for Jethro
Tull's Broadsword and the Beast.McCaig was born in Santa Monica,
California, but spent most of his younger years in Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada. He later moved to Great Britain and attended the
Glasgow School of Art., but returned one summer to California work at
Korty Films, where he contributed to Sesame Street cartoons and a
trailer for the 1983 animated film Twice Upon a Time.Returning to the
UK, he began a career as a freelance illustrator; his work there
includes the cover for Jethro Tull's (The Broadsword and the Beast)
and cover and interior illustrations for Ian Livingstone's 'Fighting
Fantasy' books. In 1990, he returned to California to work for
Industrial Light and Magic and later for Lucasfilm. During that time,
he directed his first professional film, a 1998 short called The Face,
which won multiple awards, including the Year 2000 Notable Video from
the American Library Association.In film, McCaig is best known for
designing the Star Wars characters Padmé Amidala and Darth Maul and
has contributed key designs to many of the films in the Star Wars
franchise, including Episodes I, II, III, and VII. At a 2016 speaking
engagement at Academy of Art University, McCaig revealed that the
original plan for Padmé's character was for her to almost kill Anakin
Skywalker to start a galactic revolution. This part of the script was
changed by the film's writer, George Lucas.
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