2001 Discovery pod seen in SW-Ep1?

Bryancd · May 16, 2009

I don't know if anyone here gets Star Wars Insider, but this months issue is a celebration of the 10 year anniversary of Ep1. On page 30, top left, they have a picture of Liam Neeson and Watto walking out into the junkyard and a caption claims that a large, round piece of "junk" seen on their right is an actual pod from 2001: A Space Odyssey. I though all 2001 props were junked at Elstree way back when? Could this be accurate?

Contec · May 16, 2009

Bryancd said:
I don't know if anyone here gets Star Wars Insider, but this months issue is a celebration of the 10 year anniversary of Ep1. On page 30, top left, they have a picture of Liam Neeson and Watto walking out into the junkyard and a caption claims that a large, round piece of "junk" seen on their right is an actual pod from 2001: A Space Odyssey. I though all 2001 props were junked at Elstree way back when? Could this be accurate?

It could be from the 2010 movie.... Wait 1 year more and find out :lol

Bryancd · May 16, 2009

contec said:
It could be from the 2010 movie.... Wait 1 year more and find out :lol

True, but the caption does say 2001...of course I doubt they do a ton of fact checking at the Insider.

Contec · May 16, 2009

But do it say "actual prop from 2001" or "its from 2001" it can just mean that its from that movie. Like peoples Lightsabers are from starwars but that don't mean that its the actual screen used prop.

DivineHeresy · May 16, 2009

I'm gonna have to look out for this now, lol.
Thanks for the heads up.

agent5 · May 16, 2009

It could just be a replica and the caption is just wrong. That was my guess when I saw this several years ago.

James Kenobi 1138 · May 16, 2009

IIRC it was built for TPM, not an old pod, as more of an nod to 2001.

Chronos · May 16, 2009

I remember seeing that and thinking, "So that's where the Monolith dumped Dave's pod after it was done with him?!" :lol

Duck9000 · May 16, 2009

Chronos said:
I remember seeing that and thinking, "So that's where the Monolith dumped Dave's pod after it was done with him?!" :lol

Good one :lol

It also appears on John Knoll' book, "Star Wars 365 Days"

Replicant · May 16, 2009

James Kenobi 1138 said:
IIRC it was built for TPM, not an old pod, as more of an nod to 2001.

...a "nod pod" if you will.

nailuj · May 16, 2009

Love that !

artoo77 · May 16, 2009

It was built by the EP1 Art Department for the film and was not from any other films.

--Don Bies

James Kenobi 1138 · May 16, 2009

artoo77 said:
It was built by the EP1 Art Department for the film and was not from any other films.

--Don Bies

I love it when I remember something correctly ! Thanks Don !

Bryancd · May 16, 2009

artoo77 said:
It was built by the EP1 Art Department for the film and was not from any other films.

--Don Bies

Thanks Don. :thumbsup

Agent RayBans · May 16, 2009

I've read mutiple times that Robbie the Robot was also in there some where? Does anyone have any info on that?

00MrNotWrong00 · May 16, 2009

That sucks. I'm pissed off that that happened to that prop. That's a very cool item and it should be in a museum. Not set up as trash in a film I do not respect. :angry I feel bad for the guys that originally built this item, their work has been disrespected.

artoo77 · May 16, 2009

00MrNotWrong00 said:
That sucks. I'm pissed off that that happened to that prop. That's a very cool item and it should be in a museum. Not set up as trash in a film I do not respect. :angry I feel bad for the guys that originally built this item, their work has been disrespected.

To the best of my knowledge, all (or most) of the original 2001 props and models were ordered destroyed by Kubrick to prevent this very thing from happening...winding up in other films as modified props. So unfortunately, the wouldn't have been able to be displayed in a museum.

--Don

Son of Skywalker · May 16, 2009

artoo77 said:
It was built by the EP1 Art Department for the film and was not from any other films.

--Don Bies

Very interesting, thanks for posting. It's always cool to see filmmakers paying tribute.

What other prop tributes are in the prequels?

Serafino · May 16, 2009

00MrNotWrong00 said:
That sucks. I'm pissed off that that happened to that prop. That's a very cool item and it should be in a museum. Not set up as trash in a film I do not respect. :angry I feel bad for the guys that originally built this item, their work has been disrespected.

Oh relax, seriously. No one's work has been disrespected. At least, not in a meaningful way. 2001 can't be trashed in that way, it's made of teflon. No one who knows anything would possibly take this as any sort of reflection on the original.

In fact, what this does is elevate TPM significantly at no cost to 2001 :lol

Bryancd · May 17, 2009

artoo77 said:
To the best of my knowledge, all (or most) of the original 2001 props and models were ordered destroyed by Kubrick to prevent this very thing from happening...winding up in other films as modified props. So unfortunately, the wouldn't have been able to be displayed in a museum.

--Don

I have seen pics of the space station model sitting outside in a junkyard in the early '70's.

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