ANH, ESB costume designer John Mollo dies

Costume designer John Mollo, who won an Oscar for A New Hope, has died at age 86. He also worked on The Empire Strikes Back, Alien, and co-won a second Oscar for Gandhi.

For a closer look at his work on the original trilogy, check out the book Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy. There’s an interview with Mollo by author Brandon Alinger on StarWars.com.

And as @TomSpinaDesigns will tell you, our obsession with the Mos Eisley cantina wouldn't be what it is without this Mollo sketch. pic.twitter.com/A1J9KvEmCD

— Diablo Hellalgo (@pablohidalgo) October 28, 2017

Just heard about John Mollo passing. The day we met him and showed him round the workshops was one of the best days I had working on Star Wars. It was great to hear his stories from the start of it all. Condolences to his family and friends at this sad time.

A post shared by Glyn Dillon (@glyn__dillon) on Oct 28, 2017 at 1:11am PDT