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Ralston was responsible for placing the tennis shoe and potato easter eggs in the original trilogy. Ralston is one of the signers of the limited edition release of the upcoming limited edition hardcover The Art of Ralph McQuarrie. He has also appeared with interviews in Lucasfilm Magazine 41 and Star Wars Insider 67, along with providing interior artwork for Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas. Additionally, Ralston visual effects work has won him a total of five Academy Awards and five British Academy Awards.

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  • Ken Ralston
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  • Ralston was responsible for placing the tennis shoe and potato easter eggs in the original trilogy. Ralston is one of the signers of the limited edition release of the upcoming limited edition hardcover The Art of Ralph McQuarrie. He has also appeared with interviews in Lucasfilm Magazine 41 and Star Wars Insider 67, along with providing interior artwork for Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas. Additionally, Ralston visual effects work has won him a total of five Academy Awards and five British Academy Awards.
  • Dr. Ken Ralston is a surgeon.
  • Ken Ralston is a visual effects artist, currently the Visual Effect Supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston begun his career at the seminal commercial animation and visual effects company, Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. In 1976, he was one of the founders of Industrial Light & Magic, bought by Dennis Muren to help George Lucas create the effects for Star Wars. He remained in ILM for 20 years before joining Sony Pictures Imageworks as president. Ralston is best known for his work in the films of Robert Zemeckis.
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  • Paul Keeley
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  • Alive
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  • Visual Effects
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  • Ken Ralston
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  • Bantha Tracks #21
  • Classic Moments: Funny Rebels
  • Flat Fleet
  • Galactic Gallery: Critter Assortment
  • Galactic Gallery: Hooked Up Hutt
  • Galactic Gallery: Night Crew
  • Galactic Gallery: Stop Me If You've Heard This One…
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  • Surgeon
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  • 7(xsd:integer)
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  • hyperspace/member/photoreceptor/2007/02/photoreceptor20070215.html
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  • hyperspace/member/galactic/2005/08/galactic20050829.html
  • episode-vi/explore/classic/2002/12/classic20021202.html
  • hyperspace/member/galactic/2005/10/galactic20051028.html
  • hyperspace/member/banthatracks/bt21/index.html
  • hyperspace/member/galactic/2006/04/galactic20060428.html
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  • Male
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  • Ralston was responsible for placing the tennis shoe and potato easter eggs in the original trilogy. Ralston is one of the signers of the limited edition release of the upcoming limited edition hardcover The Art of Ralph McQuarrie. He has also appeared with interviews in Lucasfilm Magazine 41 and Star Wars Insider 67, along with providing interior artwork for Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas. Additionally, Ralston visual effects work has won him a total of five Academy Awards and five British Academy Awards.
  • Dr. Ken Ralston is a surgeon.
  • Ken Ralston is a visual effects artist, currently the Visual Effect Supervisor and Creative Head at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Ralston begun his career at the seminal commercial animation and visual effects company, Cascade Pictures in Hollywood, where he worked on over 150 advertising campaigns in the early 1970s. In 1976, he was one of the founders of Industrial Light & Magic, bought by Dennis Muren to help George Lucas create the effects for Star Wars. He remained in ILM for 20 years before joining Sony Pictures Imageworks as president. Ralston is best known for his work in the films of Robert Zemeckis.
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