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Is Galen Erso building another Death Star? Technically, yes….

Mark Newbold
By Mark Newbold
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How’s this for cool. Imagine, Mads Mikkelsen and brother Lars, the actors behind Galen Erso and Grand Admiral Thrawn no less, building a LEGO Death Star. That happened, and the Wall Street Journal talked to Mads about this galaxy shattering moment.

I grew up during the era when Legos were just colorful little squares and you had to use your imagination.

So the kits are new to me. My brother, though, built the enormous Lego Death Star. He was sitting one day struggling with it for hours, and then I told him, Hey, why don’t you just ask the guy who built it? I’m sitting right here. My “Rogue One” character designed the plans!

Given that he is all kinds of awesome we will forgive Mads for referring to them as ‘LEGOS’, and who wouldn’t want to see photos of Galen Erso and Grand Admiral Thrawn working on the ultimate power in the universe?

SourceWall Street Journal
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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How’s this for cool. Imagine, Mads Mikkelsen and brother Lars, the actors behind Galen Erso and Grand Admiral Thrawn no less, building a LEGO Death Star. That happened, and the Wall Street Journal talked to Mads about this galaxy shattering moment.

I grew up during the era when Legos were just colorful little squares and you had to use your imagination.

So the kits are new to me. My brother, though, built the enormous Lego Death Star. He was sitting one day struggling with it for hours, and then I told him, Hey, why don’t you just ask the guy who built it? I’m sitting right here. My “Rogue One” character designed the plans!

Given that he is all kinds of awesome we will forgive Mads for referring to them as ‘LEGOS’, and who wouldn’t want to see photos of Galen Erso and Grand Admiral Thrawn working on the ultimate power in the universe?

SourceWall Street Journal
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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