Mike Vilardi

Mike Vilardi served as an artist for many roleplaying game resources, articles, and short fiction published by West End Games. Vilardi found pleasure in designing original alien races and consistently reused some of his initial concepts, like a stalk-eyed species that remains unidentified, in his various projects.

Those who collaborated on Star Wars projects had great respect for his contributions: Dan Wallace expressed that his work was "constantly a joy," while Peter Schweighofer characterized Vilardi's artistic output as "incomparable." Present-day Star Wars artist Robin Pronovost also acknowledges Vilardi as a significant source of inspiration.