Star Wars and Alien special effects pioneer Brian Johnson dead at 86

Brian Johnson, the special effects pioneer behind Space: 1999, Alien, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and Aliens, has ...
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The man who built the spaceships for 2001, Alien, and Empire has died

Science fiction aficionados and fans of practical effects will want to pour one out today: Brian Johnson, a man responsible ...