John Knoll's death star hobby project
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LorduDesign
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One word - incredible.
JediMichael
Master Member
For a second, I thought he had died because I saw the word, death after his name. But yeah, very cool project.
Darth Lars
Master Member
I would not be surprised if the hangar interior was used for something or other in Rogue One.
I saw the panel at Celebration. Why wouldn't the owners of the original prop want to lend it to Lucasfilm? Or did Knoll not even ask?
I saw the panel at Celebration. Why wouldn't the owners of the original prop want to lend it to Lucasfilm? Or did Knoll not even ask?
Willie you scared the besesus out of me, and made my heart skip a beat! :lol
So very cool
Would love it if we could experience this virtual environment in VR.
So very cool
Would love it if we could experience this virtual environment in VR.
robn1
Master Member
So he gave you the willies?
So very cool
Would love it if we could experience this virtual environment in VR.
Exactly what I was thinking. It needs to be released as VR. It's an incredible recreation. I'd love to walk around the Death Star.
Ben
Galactican
Sr Member
I thought the same. How come that they were unable to find it when they were searching the web for it? I mean, they just had to ask one of therpf to find out.
Vacformedhero
Sr Member
I loved the greebles layed on in a plane , I wonder would John share his 3D model parts with RPF
More John Knoll:
Just incredible stuff.
Seeing the miniatures of Theed makes me want to visit the city. Amazingly beautiful creation.
Seeing people like John Gaeta talking about this stuff makes me want to jump ahead maybe 10 years into the future
You could say that
Just incredible stuff.
Seeing the miniatures of Theed makes me want to visit the city. Amazingly beautiful creation.
Exactly what I was thinking. It needs to be released as VR. It's an incredible recreation. I'd love to walk around the Death Star.
Ben
Seeing people like John Gaeta talking about this stuff makes me want to jump ahead maybe 10 years into the future
You could say that
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robn1
Master Member
Well he got some of his research from the RPF, seems only fair.
PHArchivist
Master Member
Willie you scared the besesus out of me, and made my heart skip a beat! :lol
So very cool
Would love it if we could experience this virtual environment in VR.
You mean you saw "John Knoll's Death.." (only) too and gulped?
PHArchivist
Master Member
I thought the same. How come that they were unable to find it when they were searching the web for it? I mean, they just had to ask one of therpf to find out.
Have faith pretty much anyone who is anyone involved in the production of Rogue One knows quite well of the original model's disposition. Hard to say if they considered consulting (or did consult) Lopez. Gus is seemingly fairly open about sharing. Maybe they did pay him a visit...(?) The model itself though is not a great candidate for moving around (though it has traveled from Gus's house to the museum at the Space Needle, but that is just across town).
Also the upper hemisphere today is virtually useless as reference for the lines. All the primary city blocks remain, but the actual lines (hundreds) drawn on are 98% gone from the upper dome due to exposure. Makes me wonder where and how Knoll got his info. I did it, (and did so pretty damn accurately) based on published material, but it was at times excruciating. I really don't think a plethora of additional unpublished images of the model exists, but I could be wrong (and quite possibly am).
If I can recreate it off of published materials, and if Knoll had access to some better images than I had that were not published, then he'd have a relatively easy go of it.
But my personal hubris leaves me wondering what he knows of my model, and if he took a gander at my images...! If he's at ComicCon, someone better ask for me!
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Galactican
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I just re-read the paragraph concerning the Death Star. I may have misread it the first time; I thought they had no idea where the original was. Instead, it was stated, ILM no longer had it. So, that's true in any case.
Indeed. I would honestly much rather meet John Knoll than for example Mark Hamill
I watched this panel over the weekend and thought that John Knoll must have the best job in the entire world.
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