STAR WARS' Tim Hildebrant passes away

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Tim Hildebrandt, an influential part of STAR WARS, passed away on June 11 due to complications from diabetes. Our thoughts go out to his brother Greg and everyone in the Hildebrandt family.

Greg and Tim Hildebrandt are internationally known illustrators. They are best known for painting Fantasy art and Sci-Fi art. They have painted the 1977,'78,'79 JRR Tolkien Lord of the Rings Calendars, as well as the original Star Wars movie posters. They worked in many other fields as well including Comic Books, doing various trading card sets and comic covers. The still work doing book covers, commercial art, advertising art and private commissions.

You can view their website here.