Yeah, I really don’t see them bothering to recreate the ANH look at all, from this shot. It’s definitely going to be light mod of the TFA cockpit, no doubt. I wouldn’t think money comes into it, though. The cost of rebuilding a small set like the Falcon’s cockpit is insignificant compared to the cost of marketing.
I don’t mind changes that make narrative sense. It’s just the random changes that irritate me as they break any sense of story logic. For example, the extra pipes and crap festooning the TFA Falcon make a certain degree of sense. As does a new dish. It’s a crappy old ship, and has been patched up over the years. Fine. But then, why is the cockpit cleaner on the inside than the ESB version? Why are the engines and engine grilles, which would presumably be a really expensive thing to replace, different? That sort of stuff makes no narrative sense to me.
But as always, it’s just a space fantasy, so whatever.
- nkg