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"Stuart Freeborn, the make-up and effects artist who helped to create Star Wars characters such as Yoda, Chewbacca, Jabba the Hutt and the Ewoks, has died at the age of 98. Freeborn&amp;#039;s granddaughter Michelle confirmed that her father passed away in London on Tuesday (February 5).   &amp;quot;Stuart was already a make-up legend when he started on Star Wars,&amp;quot; said George Lucas in a statement. &amp;quot;He brought with him not only decades of experience, but boundless creative energy. His artistry and craftsmanship will live on forever in the characters he created.  &amp;quot;His Star Wars creatures may be reinterpreted in new forms by new generations, but at their heart, they continue to be what Stuart created for the original films.&amp;quot; In addition to helping establish the look of many key figures in the Star Wars universe, Freeborn was also instrumental in designing the background characters in the Mos Eisley Cantina bar scenes.       Freeborn is said to have based Yoda&amp;#039;s facial features on a combination of his own and those of Albert Einstein. During a career which spanned six decades, Freeborn also worked closely with Peter Sellers on Doctor Strangelove, and designed the ape-like creatures which appear during the &amp;#039;Dawn of Man&amp;#039; segment in Stanley Kubrick&amp;#039;s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Michelle Freeborn told The AP of her grandfather: &amp;quot;He was a really fun and imaginative individual. He gave you the feeling that if you wanted to achieve something, you should just get on and do it, and don&amp;#039;t ever use excuses. He enjoyed life and the amazing world we live in.&amp;quot; Freeborn is survived by seven grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. Star Wars series in pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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