Star Wars Fans Plan Full-Size Millennium Falcon Replica 129
An anonymous reader writes "The BBC reports on a fan-run project to build a full-scale replica of Han Solo's Millennium Falcon. The ship, 31 feet tall, 114 feet long, and 81.5 feet wide at its widest point, will be built on a plot of land in Tennessee. Since this project is obviously too big for any one fan, or even a small group, they're going to crowdsource some of the construction. Their website has continual updates about various parts of the build, with many, many pictures. For example, here are a couple shots of the Quad guns and cockpit console. Project leader Chris Lee says he bought the land in Tennessee, 88 acres, for this purpose. He says he'd like to 'develop it into more of a creative retreat, like a Maker camp ... where a school could send kids.' The Force is strong with this one!"
Not sure but... (Score:3, Funny)
don't remember seeing PVC pipe on the millenium falcon
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even better it can't be to scale as the one used in the movies couldn't fit human's inside from the exterior shots, So straight up they will have to alter plans somewhere.
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Seems likely they'd be working from some kind of technical manual/specs (either fan made or licensed extended universe stuff) rather than just going by visible movie props.
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LOL - this topic should see some interesting commentary. :)
Wasn't there are full-sized prop used in making any of the SW movies? I thought the one in Empire was fairly complete, as they did a couple walk arounds it. No doubt it was mostly just a styrofoam shell, but that's to be expected.
Now, a full-sized replica of the Death Star - now THAT would be slightly more interesting & impressive news! >8^D
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Now, a full-sized replica of the Death Star - now THAT would be slightly more interesting & impressive news!
Darth Vader: That's no Death Star! It's a...
An Imperial General: It's only a model.
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Alternately, I think there's a mass market for Ewok & Gungan pinatas.
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+1 metahumor ;-)
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Looks like fun, but... (Score:1, Troll)
Project leader Chris Lee says he bought the land in Tennessee, 88 acres, for this purpose. He says he'd like to 'develop it into more of a creative retreat, like a Maker camp ... where a school could send kids.' The Force is strong with this one!"
Yes, well, schools are about learning. What does a full scale toy from a motion picture franchise bring to the table? I mean, I can see maybe a bed and breakfast situation, but come on â" a âoemaker campâ for making full scale nerd toys is educational how? Perhaps if the children want to go into the business of building Hollywood props or aspire to work for the Mythbuster guys. But reallyâ¦
By the way, Iâ(TM)m dying to know if this guy is marriedâ¦
Re:Looks like fun, but... (Score:5, Insightful)
Right. The kids playing pokemon and Angry Birds are much better off than those doing a hands on project, likely learning about electronics and construction in the process.
(My fully functional R2-D2 is sitting right behind me as I type this. I learned a lot about wiring things properly, painting, and a little about wheels and mechanics in the process. But hey, I guess I'm biased.)
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Fully functional? It can Fly?! (Score:2)
So.. your fully functional R2D2 can fly, right ? Like it did in the movies ? ...that ability to fly would have come in handy in a lot of situations.. but somehow r2d2 forgot how..
R2D2 never flew (Score:5, Funny)
The little astro-droid did no such thing. He rode around in spaceships and a party barge but nothing else. I can assure you sir, for I have seen all three movies many times, that R2D2 never flew.
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My fully functional R2-D2 is sitting right behind me as I type this
How did you get the holograms to work??
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Technically, that's a "visual effect" if it wasn't done on-set with gadgetry...
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Absolutely! Just provide a working Death Star and X-wing and he'll demonstrate that his device is fully compatible with both.
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No, but you can get a slim 5'1" or smaller stripper to pop out of it at parties!
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I was going to say that the thrusters/x-wing functionality were next on the list... But YOURS is next on the upgrade list!!!
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Correction: they probably are perverts, just not of the kiddie-diddling variety. Unless you're one of those that thinks watching 5 years of combined porn turns you into a paedo. Ahem.
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Correction: they probably are perverts, just not of the kiddie-diddling variety. Unless you're one of those that thinks watching 5 years of combined porn turns you into a paedo. Ahem.
Watching a lot of child abuse imagery and getting sexually excited by it doesn't turn you into a paedo: it means you were one to start with.
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Who said anything about watching child porn FFS!? Oh, yeah, you just did.
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By the way, Iâ(TM)m dying to know if this guy is marriedâ¦
It looks like it to me.
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Perhaps there's a Tim the Toolman out there who can recreate a working pod racer, you know, the one with the electrodes Jar Jar stuck his face into, except with a couple million volts at 100+ amps this time...? <EG>
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You have the worst imagination of anyone I've talked to on Slashdot to date. It's not about "building nerdy toys". It's about inspiring kids to use their imagination to create and broaden their horizons on what's possible.
You're probably the same kind of guy who thinks any kind of hands on learning is pointless and we should just have our kids reading questions and answers out of a textbook 8 hours a day.
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You couldn't possibly know, neither from a short comment nor from a 5 page long one. But you can wish, can't you?
How does recreating something being creative and using your imagination? I guess this ties in with the above, huh. I agree that plenty of technical things can be learned here; but that also applies to stuff that is l
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How does recreating something being creative and using your imagination?
Recreating a fake spaceship which was not all there from a movie on a lower budget is not creative? What the hell else is it?
I hope you're not implying that the only creative things that people can do are literally spontaneous, and not built upon thousands of years of culture and knowledge.
Get over your non-inspired creative ethos quickly, please - it doesn't help.
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Designing and building a spaceship model, that's creative. Copying the Millenium Falcon is more creative than just watching Star Wars, sure, but less creative than, you know, creating something.
After all, we're not talking about creative in the sense that making a bread is "creative" because something gets "created" - the word imagination was slung about, too. Tellingly, you completely omitted that word from your response. I wonder why that is :P
Do you think you're being quite the musician when you copy an
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I actually would have preferred detailed answers instead of butthurt moderation which confirms my point - but oh well ^^
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You couldn't possibly know, neither from a short comment nor from a 5 page long one. But you can wish, can't you?
I'm pretty confident in my original assessment.
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Indeed, if that was the only thing that would ever exist at that site if it did go this route, you would be right. Fortunately, that would only be the start.
This is a job for Extreme Makeover Home Edition (Score:2, Interesting)
http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/what-hell-hath-disney-lucasfilm-wrought-star-wars-meets-extreme-home-makeover/ [deadline.com]
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Mod parent DOWN (Score:1)
The linked article is about a show shot a YEAR ago.
Strike one. It was done before Disney bought Lucas et al.
The actual story is about a bunch of members of the 501st (a fan-run group) helping to rebuild the home of a firefighter who was a huge Star Wars fan and lost his house and his collection to the wildfires.
Strike two. It was not even endorsed or sponsored by Lucas et al.
The interview actually mentions some really heartwarming interview clips from members of the 501st that paint Star Wars and its fans i
Great idea, but in Tennessee?????? (Score:2, Funny)
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I know stereotypes are fun and all... (Score:2)
There was actually a noticeable tech industry presence in the Tennessee Valley and northern Alabama last time I was in the area. Lots of incentives being offered to start a business.
Now Millville, NJ? Those are the rednecks you are looking for.
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Those padawans better learn quick how to build their own light sabers when the hillbilly fundamentalists mass at the gates with pitchforks in hand.
Yup. Having been born and raised in Nashville, I clicked on this link and immediately started scanning for the "urhyyuck, It's in Tennessee" comment. Didn't have to look too far. I suppose you call every state in the central and mountain time zones "flyover country" too.
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There's nothing so ironic as provincialism directed toward rural areas, especially when it comes from those who regard themselves as open minded and enlightened. I prefer to assume that those who make these quick and easy jokes only think they're having a little harmless fun. To this I say very well. I've taken a few cheap shots in my time too. I hope they were harmless even if in retrospect I realized they weren't very funny.
I am convinced, however, that there are others who both have such prejudices and t
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Quit being so defensive. That's part of the problem.
I live in a rural area now - the closest shop is about 10 miles away... that's not rural for the US, but it is for England. It's our prerogative to take the piss out of the box dwelling bourgeoisie talentless city drones just as much as it is theirs to take the piss out of mud trunching dimwitted uncultured dimwits.
Neither is necessarily accurate. Provincialism is natural, and fine IMO.
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I live in a rural area now - the closest shop is about 10 miles away... that's not rural for the US, but it is for England.
For England that is like being in the middle of nowhere. I've lived in various rural areas and never been more than a ten or fifteen minute walk from some sort of shop.
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N.b.: I was responding to someone who was irritated, agreeing with him that his irritation was directed at a real phenomenon, and at one point expressing the likelihood that it was a cheap joke. Indeed, I would only have replied to someone about something like this. Perhaps that's a little defensive, but I hope not too much.
You might be right, but I do not think it the better part. I'd suggest that the better part of the problem is that those in a position
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I don't think any offence toward rural folks are intended. I, myself, have great love for the hobbits of middle earth. But seriously, how *would* fanatics of mesopotamian bronze age fairytales regard a bunch of space age idolaters? I mean, this is not about prejudice towards one's perceived inferiors, this is about a clash of cultural beliefs and lifestyles.
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You have to read between the lines a little. It is no more dismissive than calling the other group "a bunch of space age idolaters". Incidentally, I happen to identify with that later group a whole lot as we share the stigma of being dismissively labeled by mainstream society as a "geek" or "nerd". But both groups have in common that outsiders often feels they are out of touch with reality. Where as one looks to the past, though, the other tends to look toward the future. I feel *that* to be central to
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It is good that you weren't trying to start a flamewar, since it would have been a poor one. Most of the commenters have been civil. You'll notice above, when I'd initially responded to roninmagus, I recognized the possibility that it was intended as a harmless joke. Even so, I thought I would sympathize with roninmagus' complaint, since genuine
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humor much?
MPAA and/or Disney (Score:4, Funny)
will probably require that they take it down.
Re:MPAA and/or Disney (Score:4, Funny)
better, sue for damages and set the price to "one millenium falcon"
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Lazars? Light Amplification by Zoological Amplification of Radiation?
Oh shit... SHARKS!
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What will they think of next? (Score:5, Funny)
Let me know when they build a full-scale replica of the TARDIS.
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That Magnetic Globe is neat! Even down to the lighting. Really neat.
Flick through to page 7.
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I'd rather witness the firepower of a full-size replica of the Death Star, even the partially-completed but fully armed and operational battle station from Episode 6.
FTFY
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Let me know when they build a full-scale replica of the TARDIS.
Which side?
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Let me know when they build a full-scale replica of the TARDIS.
Which side?
The inside, obviously.
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I think that a full sized, blow-up replica of Leia from start of ROTJ would have attracted far more attention and sales. Just sayin...
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Weeeeeell, if we're gonna compare schwartz sizes by trawling the SW spank-bank universe...I'll take Femi Taylor for 100. >;-)
Actually, it's funny how in the 1st movie (ANH) there are exactly TWO female cast members with roles more than just props, while there are 50+ males who are credited & have lines in the movie. And Empire isn't much better. Hmmm...interesting - maybe Tony Abbott is our #1 SW fan, apparently being our #1 misogynist down under lol!
nobody posted this yet? (Score:2)
Maybe when they're done, they can sell it to Disney for use at Disneyland.
They're forgot one thing (Score:2)
If you went through all the film and mapped out what the inside of the ship looks like, I doubt it will fit inside what the outside looks like.
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So maybe Han Solo is from Gallifrey.
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as we don't have technology to make hyperdrive yet (or maybe if someone from Zone 51 can leak the needed information...)
that would be area 51. you may turn in your tinfoil at the door.
lasers (Score:2)
SWTOR (Score:1)
Anyone know for sure if the buyout has any bearing on the Bioware mmo that's owned by EA? I'm hoping that got sold as well, because there's a slim chance/hope in hell that Disney would fuck up the game just a little tiny bit less than EA. Just a tad.
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PM me & we orgynise to meet somewhere ;)
He's chosen a poor interior layout (Score:3, Informative)
His choice of interior layout is a massive disappointment: redundant corridors, the ring corridor not staying concentric, etc. Epic fail.
There's no-one who knows more about the Falcon than Robert Brown, the only logical layout is his: http://web.archive.org/web/20010426005359/http://www.synicon.com.au/sw/mf/mfplan.htm [archive.org]
http://deckplans.00sf.com/Old_Ships/Old_Gallery.html [00sf.com]
Wood (Score:2)
Wow (Score:2)
And when they are done (Score:1)
... they can take their dates on board. hahahahahaha!
in before the inevitable lawsuit (Score:2)
come on.
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Yoda's Reaction: (Score:1)
I don't even like SW (Score:1)
Gravity is a problem (Score:2)
How will he make gravity rotate 90 degrees when going from the access tube to the gunner pods?
Why does he need 88 acres to display it? (Score:2)
114 * 81.5 = 9291 square feet, or 1032 square yards. An acre is 4900 square yards. This will be less than a quarter of an acre in area. What are the other 87 3/4 acres for? All the shops selling models of the Millenium Falcon?
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I'd forgotten about this SW nerd-o-phile tidbit he he. It's already been solved:
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=65614 [eurobricks.com]
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