A peek inside Star Wars robots

[Scott Graham]

I found this article on the net today and did a quick search for the website on here to see if it had been posted before. It seems not. Sorry if it's a repost.

It's a pdf of an article showing the inside of R2, the Death Star RC car based droid, and a couple of others.

I hope it might help anyone building one.

http://cyberneticzoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/star_wars_Electronics-today-international-dec-1977.pdf

 

[jcoffman99]

:eek

Thanks for posting that. I snagged a pic from the actual droid manual they used during filming from an ebay auction a year or so back, but this is much more awesome.

 

[Clutch]

Very cool. Thanks for that!

 

[jme3]

It's always fascinating to find vintage articles about SW. No matter how old they are, they never get old! Very interesting; thanks for posting this up.

 

[asemblyrequired]

yes great article , I found one several years ago on ebay as well.


-James

 

[jun]

Thanks for posting, that's awesome!

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

I've seen that posted occasionally, but always forgot to save it. Thanks!

Has anyone done a replica Treadwell or the domed droid? I always liked those two.

 

[Scott Graham]

Here's more info from the same site. Another classic article. More reading here, less visual.

http://cyberneticzoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/star_wars_Interface-Age-April-1978.pdf

 

[Cut Snake]

Plenty more to see if you change the directory of the web address.

 

[robn1]

Very cool find :thumbsup