Meet the man who designed and modeled some of the iconic ships from the first “Star Wars” movie — “A New Hope” — at Sucher and Sons Star Wars shop in Aberdeen on Friday.

Colin Cantwell is the original concept artist and modeler for all things that flew in the first Star Wars movie, including the X-Wing, TIE Fighter, Death Star, Star Destroyer, the original Millennium Falcon, Y-Wing and others.

Cantwell will give a free presentation featuring exclusive videos describing his interaction with George Lucas and his work on “Star Wars” starting at 2 p.m. Also featured will be an audience choice of videos showing some of his other iconic projects including his work on “2001, A Space Odyssey” and “War Games,” as well as him voicing the Hal 9000 Computer that fed Walter Cronkite the progress of the Apollo 11 moon landing as the newsman broadcasted on live TV in 1969. This will be followed by an opportunity for fans to meet Cantwell, ask questions and share stories from 3-6 p.m.

Autographs will be on sale for $25 and include a free 8×12 print of either his original 1974 “Star Wars” concept art or his 1975 photos of the first “Star Wars” models.

You can learn more about Cantwell on social media and at colincantwell.com.