But what about Hangar One at Moffett Field and Jabba the Hutt's sail barge?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Jabba the Hutt's Sail Barge And Moffett Field Hangar Connection?
George Lucas denied the connection between those big white cranes at the Port of Oakland and the AT-AT walkers. He also denied that the San Pablo/MacArthur trench exit inspired the surface of the Death Star.
But what about Hangar One at Moffett Field and Jabba the Hutt's sail barge?
But what about Hangar One at Moffett Field and Jabba the Hutt's sail barge?
Well, there is a canon history concerning the design for Jabba's sail barge.
ReplyDeleteIt started like a repulsorlift-enabled normal sailboat and had its bottom flattened in order to cut the similarity with normal earthlike sea ships.
After that, the initial design of a single deck vehicle evolved into a larger one, with three decks, one on top of the other.
The final design comes from the extrusion of the first deck with more rounded lines - that fit the rest of the Star Wars vehicle designs.
This story is quite coherent and there are samples of early sail barge designs on the net, so I personally believe that the similarity is only coincidental.