I see it this way: The original three set LG was a misconception from the start. It was sufficient for the half set that was constructed for ANH. When they rebuilt the Falcon set for TESB and made it complete, it was apparent that three landing struts were unable to sustain the weight of the ship, so they added two more. Had they constructed a full Falcon set for ANH they might have been aware of the problem in the first place and have switched to a five strut config right away then. So IMO the Falcon was always supposed to have five LG boxes.Looks like they are breaking continuity with the falcon. It has five sets of landing gear legs in it's 'New' configuration and then loses two for ANH then back to five for ESB. Doesn't really make sense.
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I see it this way: The original three set LG was a misconception from the start. It was sufficient for the half set that was constructed for ANH. When they rebuilt the Falcon set for TESB and made it complete, it was apparent that three landing struts were unable to sustain the weight of the ship, so they added two more. Had they constructed a full Falcon set for ANH they might have been aware of the problem in the first place and have switched to a five strut config right away then. So IMO the Falcon was always supposed to have five LG boxes.
In addition, the ANH budget was very tight and they had to save money were they could, and omitting two LG boxes at a place no-one would look at anyway was a logical option. Who would have thought that the set would have been needed for another movie again?
The original three set LG was a misconception from the start. It was sufficient for the half set that was constructed for ANH.
I don't see the landing gear as a problem, you can see as she appears in the Solo image, she has no lower maintenance pits,....take the 2 landing gear bays away & thats where the pits will be.....the part in between & in front of the mandibles is removable......there is something similar in the canon Haynes manual....
Now a way that the Falcon could be the Stellar Envoy could be that Lando bought, won or stole the Stellar Envoy which was already a ship with history,...but when he had his hands on her, he pimped her up,....adding the storage block between the mandibles & a new paint job.....
J
I don't get how it fits into the canon of the Falcon either if in ROTS it is supposedly confirmed that the Falcon or Stellar Envoy flies across the screen with 2 mandibles.
It makes sense, but how do explain the spacing of the tips of the mandibles?
Really hope we get to see Bandai release a 1/144 of the Solo Falcon. I’m loving the gapless mandibles.
edit: trailer looks good but that obviously means nothing. Love a bit of Woody Harrelson though.
The mandibles look longer,...so either they move forward or thats an end valance,....or he crashes her
The mandibles are meant to be pincers to close & lock onto cargo containers
J
That's a little bit of a "stretch" don't you think?
Sorry Jaitea, just messing around. It was just a bad pun. Not really trying to argue either way.No, not really,...theres loads of stuff different on her in the new film,....Han has removed added, probably crashed that ship....who knows....not everything needs to be explained
J