![]() ![]() ![]() “Then something in theīack of my mind said, ‘I’ve seen that before.’ Sure enough, I wentīack to one of Ralph’s classic paintings, and he had done a version ![]() “When we were updating the X-wing we put two engines on either sideĪnd split them in the middle,” says Gilford. So this “new” X-wing design is what the original production designer back in the 1970s always wanted.īut the similarities between the new X-wings and those 1970s Johnston/McQuarrie ideas are seemingly coincidental as explained by The Force Awakens production designer Darren Gilford in this WIRED magazine article: Note that Joe Johnston is the one whose original sketches (left side of image below) were the basis of the production images Ralph McQuarrie (right side of image below) created of scenes and items such as the X-wing fighter. Abrams asked you to consult on any designs?Ī: None whatsoever, but I did notice that he’s gone back to the original twin-nacelle X-wing design, much sleeker and aeronautic than Q: Have you had any involvement in the new Star Wars? Has J.J. Out-of-universe development of the new X-wing fighter design.Īnd out-of-universe, Joe Johnston-the special effects guy who actually designed and built many of the Star Wars spacecraft-is quoted as saying the following in an interview with Yahoo! Movies bold emphasis is mine: The S-foil wings on the T-65B model don’t interlock they just fold down on top of each other. The S-foil wings on a T-70 model interlock.
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