"Solo - A Star Wars Story": Neue Retro-Schiffe & ganz viel Spaß

Fragt euch doch selbst mal: Welches ist der spaßigste Star Wars-Film? Egal, wie eure Entscheidung ausfällt, ab dem 24. Mai kann die Antwort nur noch Solo - A Star Wars Story lauten. Zumindest, wenn es nach Lando-Darsteller Donald Glover geht.

Danach gefragt, worin sich der Film von den anderen abhebt, sagte er, Solo - A Star Wars Story mache einfach viel mehr Spaß. Zwar machen alle Star Wars-Filme Spaß, räumt Glover ein, aber bei diesem wissen wir schon ungefähr, was passieren wird. Zum Beispiel, dass die Hauptfiguren nicht sterben werden, womit Solo im krassen Gegensatz zu Rogue One - A Star Wars Story steht. Der springende Punkt ist für ihn, dass wir nicht wissen, wie die Charaktere dorthin gelangen, wo wir sie in der Original-Trilogie antreffen. Sie dürfen viel mehr Spaß haben, meint Glover, da sie sich nicht mit Abstammungen und dergleichen herumschlagen müssen. Solo - A Star Wars Story sei einfach ein spaßiger, cooler Sommerfilm.

Cool ist auch folgende Entdeckung: Zwei neue Raumschiffe aus dem Film sind aufgetaucht, wie so oft zuerst als Spielzeuge - der "Arrestor Cruiser" und der "Imperial Hauler". Welche Rolle sie in Solo - A Star Wars Story spielen, bleibt noch abzuwarten, aber der Arrestor Cruiser basiert gut erkennbar auf Designs von Colin Cantwell, dem Mann, der den Todesstern, den X-Wing, den TIE-Jäger und andere Schiffe aus dem Star Wars-Universum entworfen hat. Nicht nur das, sogar sein originales Konzept für den Sternzerstörer von 1974 wurde hier verwertet, weshalb Cantwell ganz aus dem Häuschen ist. Er kann es kaum erwarten, das Schiff auf der Kinoleinwand zu sehen, und hilft uns auch bei der Visualisierung, indem er beide Modelle - das alte und das neue - nebeneinanderlegt.

2 NEW ships from the Solo movie! The "Arrestor Cruiser" and the "Imperial Hauler" pic.twitter.com/nljJ7lDMpc

— short Stormtrooper (@shortStormy) 20. Februar 2018

 

The creation of the #Stardestroyer - I asked George about the scenes. We had a few words in which he described the scenes. I then asked "Is it bigger than Burbank?" to determine the size of the Imperial Cruiser and the opening scenes of the movie. The hatch concept was developed in terms of the need of actual scenes later in the movie. In the opeing I was describing something WWII-ish of a concept with a gunner in the fuscelage. The ship was designed with a lot of thought on what the viewer would experience related to the massiveness of the ship. This involved thinking of things and creating relationships between all of the ships and their interactions with each other. George and I also discussed several other topics in which I asked qualifying questions. This gave me enough information to start designing the ships. It also gave him the information to continue with his work. I was separate from George for most of that time and worked on the final products alone. I started by creating what had to be in the middle and things were added on and so forth. I basically designed this ship and other ships around the function and the impact of the ship on the viewer. The sequence of function and the emotion and it had to feel like it was already there. When starting on a ship, I never did know what it would look like by the end. PS - those fighters in the concept illustration were the original imperial attack ships. I didn't create the #TIE until much later. See the other concepts at www.cantwellcollection.com

Ein Beitrag geteilt von Colin Cantwell (@colin_cantwell) am Feb 13, 2018 um 3:58 PST

 

Very exciting! #solo will feature my original concept for the #stardestroyer. I absolutely can not wait to see her on the silver screen. See this 1974 concept and others at www.cantwellcollection.com and even purchase autographed copies (if there are any left). #royaltiesplease #arrestorcruiser #starwars #colincantwell Questions I've heard so far - What are the radar dishes for? Originally anti-ship / space-to-land lasers, now likely tractor beams. Did I know ahead of time? Nope. News to me Am I getting a payday? Very unlikely unless you all buy prints on my website Why did I make such an ugly ship? Can't please everyone. The ships talk to me and mostly design themselves. I did help redesign her later on, but this concept still holds a special place in my mind

Ein Beitrag geteilt von Colin Cantwell (@colin_cantwell) am Feb 19, 2018 um 10:26 PST