Full size A-wing prop for Episode VIII

[newmagrathea]

Saw this, and got excited for reference purposes.

http://www.today.com/news/force-them-princes-william-harry-duel-star-wars-set-t87161

 

[Jaitea]

Re: Full size A-wing prop for Rogue One

Are you sure it's not for Episode 8,.....Mark Hamill is there & isn't filming done for Rogue One

J

 

[newmagrathea]

Re: Full size A-wing prop for Rogue One

Are you sure it's not for Episode 8,.....Mark Hamill is there & isn't filming done for Rogue One

J

I suppose it could be, I just figured that they wouldn't be the OT version of the A-wing in episode 8.

 

[newmagrathea]

Re: Full size A-wing prop for Rogue One

Just spit-balling a couple ideas/thoughts.

If it's from episode 8 then maybe Luke took an A-wing into isolation. He doesn't have R2-D2 with him, so plausible.

If it's from Rogue One they are just props that they are storing and it safer than showing new episode 8 stuff, since the A-wing is a known OT ship.

Thoughts?

 

[modelcitizen]

Re: Full size A-wing prop for Rogue One

that's a partial set. it could be they are old pictures from back when they were filming.

 

[Joosh]

Re: Full size A-wing prop for Rogue One

According to Mark Hamill's tweets it was April 18 and multiple articles say it is the Ep. 8 set.

 

[Jaitea]

Re: Full size A-wing prop for Rogue One

that's a partial set. it could be they are old pictures from back when they were filming.

It was on BBC news today...& its from production of Episode 8

J

 

[newmagrathea]

TItle changed

 

[modelcitizen]

i see....

 

[Zombie_61]

Is it me, or is Prince Harry starting to look like the love child of Seth Rogen and Art Garfunkel?

 

[Mpashuk]

Yep thats prince harry. And it looks like an a-wing

 

[minifig]

...It's a new ship/version of the A-wing as it has no hull behind the cockpit...

 

[SofaKing01]

Wow wow wow!!!!

 

[darth_daniel]

...It's a new ship/version of the A-wing as it has no hull behind the cockpit...

And a McQuarrie-inspired canopy. I wonder which other parts of the McQuarrie-A-Wing they used (not that it is a bad thing).

 

[Archive&Future]

Re: Full size A-wing prop for Rogue One

Just spit-balling a couple ideas/thoughts.

If it's from episode 8 then maybe Luke took an A-wing into isolation. He doesn't have R2-D2 with him, so plausible.

If it's from Rogue One they are just props that they are storing and it safer than showing new episode 8 stuff, since the A-wing is a known OT ship.

Thoughts?

In the Daily Mail article Hamill said that it 'isn't a ship he'll be piloting'

 

[JeffBond]

There's another angle that shows the side of the prop--definitely flatter in profile than the original A-wing and shaped more like the McQuarrie version...

 

[SofaKing01]

There's another angle that shows the side of the prop--definitely flatter in profile than the original A-wing and shaped more like the McQuarrie version...

I am so thrilled with with the amount of homage and respect they are paying to RMQ!

 

[astroboy]

Look at all that green screen......

 

[Jaitea]

As it says in the 'Kitbashed' The Complete Conceptual History of The Millennium Falcon

"Ralph McQuarrie’s sketches in particular were something of a revelation for me; I’d forgotten that he had done those early Pirate Ship sketches, and I’d never even considered the very first sketches he did as portraying the Pirate Ship (nor has anyone else as far as I can tell).

It’s also just a pleasure to revisit McQuarrie’s Star Wars, which is quite a bit different from what ended up on the screen. As much as I love the used-universe of the final film, I also appreciate why Lucas would have found the film to be somewhat disappointing when compared to what McQuarrie had put in his head. His use of color, light, shapes and space is unparalleled. Even his sketches brim with life and potential."

Now......after all these years.....it is Ralph's work & designs that Lucasfilm now understands is the true vision of the Star Wars universe

J

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...It's a new ship/version of the A-wing as it has no hull behind the cockpit...

Well.....no physical hull anyway....who knows

J

 

[JediMichael]

I'd love to see a B-wing as well.