So as not to hijack this thread, I'll offer my two cent on the Solo Falcon. I'm not crazy about it, but I'm ready to have some fun with it. I just wish they'd get a little more detail oriented. It seems every theory that can explain it's outer appearance doesn't fully fit. If you look at the "coverings" for example, it seems that the core geometry of the ship doesn't exactly fit in there. Also, the jaw angle and height has clearly been altered in order to create an intersecting line with the extended mandibles. It is clear, however, from the model that that thing comes off. Hopefully that happens by the end of the movie.
I’ll admit up front, having seen essentially nothing but a couple pics, that I like the OT falcon much better - for now. Seeing the new movie may well matter.
I live in a 100+ year old townhouse. It was once a long, long time ago, shiny and new. It got renovated in the ‘70s, lost a few internal structures, and looked a different kind of new, then. It changed purposes from a home, to a multi rental unit, then back to a single family home again. Some nearby houses changed from homes to small stores and back to homes again.
Then I bought her and spent a few decades running her into the ground. About 5 years ago it looked pretty much like the Falcon did in ANH. And I had to keep banging on things and using multiple applications of gorilla glue in places while telling her to hold together just a little while longer till I could afford to retire and patch her up properly.
I gave up on that idea and mortgaged my soul to have her renovated again. She lost even more internal structure; but actually gained some external structure. She is shiny again (most of her, anyway) - but only for a while.
The next owner may well look at her and think, “what the heck was that guy thinking?” He/she may elect to refit some of the structure I tossed, and maybe even lose some of the structure I had added in.
That’s what happens over the years to something that’s actually built to last.
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