Star Destroyer #3

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You know where I stand. This was one of the most obvious and disappointing changes made for ESB in my opinion. I always liked the way it appeared on screen in the first Star Wars film. The ship just looks more menacing that way.

One thing I have grown to dislike, however, is the fact the deflector "globes" (i.e. drawer knobs) are not oriented vertically but sit crooked. This is not really apparent on screen and I think I always assumed they were plumb (i.e. neatly vertical). When I saw it on the model in person, it jumped out to me as a shortcut and thus appeared (to me at least) to be the result of sloppy workmanship. That was one change made for ESB I thought was a good thing and I plan to make it this way on my replica.

I guess that means my eventual model will be more of a "hybrid" than a true recreation of the original. Then again, the original as filmed no longer exists anyway. Numerous changes were made to the model between the first and second films. Some details fell off (or were yanked off), they butchered the tractor array, they added all kinds of scribing on top that wasn't originally there, and the entire starboard side of the main superstructure was detailed with parts that were never on the original (such as railgun bits). It seems they didn't really try to match the details on the port side from what I can tell. So, it's almost like looking at two different models when you see the port side vs the starboard side.

All this is why I think I have no desire to recreate the ILM model as it appears today. Instead, I'll be going for more of an "idealized" version that mimics what I thought I was seeing on screen way back when I watched the first film. Heck, this might even include the color which was more of a light beige than a light grey.