A little Falconry for the weekend?
Because a heap of junk can look graceful in two supercut videos, one of the Millennium Falcon from the Star Wars trilogy, and one from The Force Awakens.
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She’s got it where it counts
Your exploration of the internet today will not be complete until you have enjoyed the artwork, the archaeology, and the accuracy, of Michael Heilemann’s look at the evolution of the Millennium Falcon. From George Lucas’s napkin sketch to the Objet D’art we all know today: The Falcon’s conceptual development has always intrigued me exactly because certain creative decisions don’t seem to easily fit together. I’ve researched this subject extensively over the course of years, and it’s only now I can finally start to eek out some sort of sensible process. With that in mind, this then is The Complete History of
How the Millennium Falcon decided the height of every Star Wars figure
The Logbook looks at the design issues Kenner faced with the first Star Wars toys: Kenner’s designers had to come up with the Falcon first for a very simple reason: the scale of the vehicle would determine the scale of the figures. Prior to Star Wars, it was generally accepted that action character toys aimed for boys were along the lines of the foot-tall G.I. Joe toys. Obviously, a Millennium Falcon scaled for that kind of figure would have been less an action vehicle and more of a piece of furniture. With a certain price point in mind for the
