skeleton team did not connect himself to the wider star wars universe through a splash cameo, but it took with it Very Of connection And Signal In lots of offhand notes and easter eggs to the rest of the galaxy far, far away. But a secret Easter egg apparently cuts even deeper than fans expected.
in the beginning skeleton team The audience and its young heroes alike are transported to the pirate bay of Port Borgo, surrounded by an entire fleet of exotic-looking star wars ship. But one in particular stood out: a slender, white ship briefly glimpsed Onyx Cinder Made our way into the port. Some fans described the design as a classic star wars Concept art: Colin Cantwell’s initial design for the pirate ship that eventually became Millennium FalconCantwell’s thin, narrow design would eventually be replicated and reused in Tantive IV Blockade Runner, but appears he could make his way back star wars continuity through skeleton teamjust like that How internal management and declared a saint As their early Star Destroyer design Cantwell-class arrester cruiser,
However, it turns out that the ship was not extremely Cantwell’s. Instead, it’s a mashup of that design with a similar-looking Eagle lander from the Gerry Anderson sci-fi classic Space: 1999Cantwell’s original design for the ship was actually taken away due to its perceived similarity to the Eagle, so the mashup is quite fitting – and the “Millennium Eagle” was brought to life by former ILM modeler and VFX supervisor Bill George, a series conceived of a fantasy show Celebrating life-size scale models of classic sci-fi ships and props.
“I’ve always liked the story of how the design of the pirate ship was changed because it was felt that it looked too much like the Eagle.” Space: 1999“George recently told colincantwell.comA site set up by friends and family of a recently deceased artist to celebrate his work. “My original concept was to do a mash-up of two ships. It was not difficult at all because their proportions are the same.”
George confirmed that it was his hybrid design that made it skeleton teamWhen former colleagues at ILM reached out to him and asked if they could scan the model for use in a galaxy far, far away. “Nobody ever told me who was behind the request,” George continued, “but when I was asked, I jumped at the chance!” I have no idea, but once someone becomes a model, they start appearing in other media. I’m just happy it came into the background as a ‘cameo’ appearance.”
The ship has not yet been directly identified star wars‘Universe, so time will tell whether millennium eagle It would receive a designation similar to its portmanteau title, or if like Arrestor Cruiser, it would be identified in some other way as a tribute to Cantwell and George. But at least a fun little twist star wars‘Design history has made its way far across the galaxy – one idea took almost 50 years to form.
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