Colin Cantwell, Star Wars designer behind the X-Wing and Death Star, dies aged 90

Colin Cantwell, the concept designer behind many Star Wars spacecraft, pictured in 2017. Photograph: RJ Sangosti/Denver Post/Getty Images

Colin Cantwell, the man who designed the spacecraft in the Star Wars films, has died at the age of 90.

Sierra Dall, Cantwell’s partner of more than two decades, confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that he had died at his home in Colorado on Saturday.