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ganafagol · 2020-09-08 07:17:08

Anybody else thinking of the walkers from star wars when reading the headline? I was a bit disappointed seeing the size as it promises "giant" which does not really live up to star wars size expectations..

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Walker

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greedo | karma 5954 | avg karma 1.58 · | 2020-06-15 14:57:48

Jedi don't scale...

aresant | karma 23340 | avg karma 10.29 · | 2020-07-03 21:03:38+00:00

Star Wars concept artists Joe Johnson says they literally lifted the famous Walker designs directly from Syd Mead's US Steel "futurism" portfolio - http://www.carstyling.ru/en/entry/Sid_Mid_Syd_Mead_Retro_Fut... (1)

And the imperial probe drone is a nearly analog copy of one of Jean Giraud (Moebius) sketches in his "Long Tomorrow" work(2)

The Star Wars team unabashedly stole, scraped, and inspired their way into the most vivid and impactful scifi universe created - as good artists do!

(1) https://www.starwars.com/news/empire-at-40-battle-of-hoth-or...

(2) https://kitbashed.com/blog/moebius

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Terr_ | karma 13722 | avg karma 2.85 · | 2016-03-17 10:51:49

>They kind of look like ewoks.

No, that's just an idea from one of the characters. (Re-used in a "what-if thought bubble.")

Nobody really knows.

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bostonpete | karma 2330 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2012-10-17 19:05:40+00:00

Isn't he a little short for a storm trooper?

yusml | karma -4 | avg karma -0.57 · | 2024-02-14 13:56:09

If they had made the death star bigger, they could have done this tbh.

lifeisstillgood | karma 22022 | avg karma 2.49 · | 2013-09-03 22:30:56

Oh yes ... but I now have this irresistible vision of Vader and the Emperor walking through the Death Star landing bay, with a 12 foot long haired Bantha tiptoeing behind the massed ranks of Stormtroopers trying to look inconspicuous in a red cloak and disguise

Maybe it's just me

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cwyers | karma 12109 | avg karma 4.27 · | 2015-10-13 14:41:48+00:00

A Star Wars character?

masonic | karma 2252 | avg karma 0.53 · | 2020-05-08 04:56:20

"Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?"

c420 | karma 2227 | avg karma 5.49 · | 2023-10-21 05:43:17

Still waiting for the Bigger Luke cut.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/oct/27/the-bigger-l...

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Bud | karma 9252 | avg karma 2.94 · | 2012-10-17 13:56:43

Sorry, but I have to call bullshit on the headline. There is, in fact, only ONE Stormtrooper pictured. Not plural "Stormtroopers". ;)

Vader must have made budget cuts.

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13of40 | karma 5916 | avg karma 3.27 · | 2016-03-29 02:28:10

I just got this image of a classic Star Wars scene:

"These aren't the 'droids you're looking for. Seriously. Hell, the stubby one isn't even a 'droid. Look it up."

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pmdulaney | karma 450 | avg karma 0.42 · | 2018-03-09 20:04:10+00:00

"These aren't the droids you're looking for."

eps | karma 9397 | avg karma 3.26 · | 2014-03-12 23:01:55

There's also Gen. Grievous and his throphy lightsabers.

2OEH8eoCRo0 | karma 10664 | avg karma 1.95 · | 2023-10-18 18:50:28

You mean a camtono?

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Camtono

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dylan604 | karma 28008 | avg karma 1.81 · | 2023-10-05 11:54:00

There's a paragraph and photo of this very thing in the TFA

noonespecial | karma 34063 | avg karma 6.29 · | 2014-02-26 09:25:07+00:00

Every time I see something like this, I become more sure: The empire will have stormtroopers.

falcor84 | karma 4535 | avg karma 2.33 · | 2024-06-19 23:24:21

>Just watching robots trundle around as though it's normal is an interesting slow creep towards what seemed so futuristic in Star Wars in the 70s and 80s.

My nostalgic reference for this is R.A.L.F. from Flight of the Navigator - https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/R.A.L.F.

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climb_stealth | karma 825 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2022-12-31 19:12:14

You missed the [2] url :)

I'm curious what the droids look like!

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Eric_WVGG | karma 7023 | avg karma 4.11 · | 2024-02-11 20:32:09

yeah, he was originally designed to look more like something out of Lord of the Rings https://www.starwars.com/news/5-early-star-wars-character-co...

I love these looks at drafts and revisions… I even collect a few, I've got Eliot's The Waste Lands and just found an edition of J.G. Ballard's Crash, all with the typewriter scratches and penciled in notes. Would definitely grab one of these if it got formally published someday.

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