Bringing a show to life that’s sat squarely between two trilogies requires a fair amount of research, running off what’s come before (the prequel trilogy) while casting ahead to what’s coming (the original trilogy). On Obi-Wan Kenobi that task fell to Propmaster Brad Elliott and he discussed the process with StarWars.com, giving us a look at the weapons of the Limited Series.
To prepare, Elliott rewatched all the movies that took place before Kenobi in the timeline to gain a deeper understanding of the aesthetic that the show would be evolving from. That helped to reframe Elliott’s interpretation of legacy props like Kenobi’s lightsaber. “We used the amazing resources that Pablo Hidalgo brought to the team, and I personally constantly referred to the works of Ralph McQuarrie for inspiration,” Elliott says. “I also relied heavily on the same techniques that the prop builders used in A New Hope. We found objects from vintage air pistols to old camera parts, and other pieces from the 1920s through the 1960s; using the same or similar building blocks helped to ensure that the props we made would feel like they belong in the Star Wars universe.”
Star Wars: The Book Of Boba Fett: Pendant Necklace: Boba Fett @ ForbiddenPlanet.com
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage 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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Bringing a show to life that’s sat squarely between two trilogies requires a fair amount of research, running off what’s come before (the prequel trilogy) while casting ahead to what’s coming (the original trilogy). On Obi-Wan Kenobi that task fell to Propmaster Brad Elliott and he discussed the process with StarWars.com, giving us a look at the weapons of the Limited Series.
To prepare, Elliott rewatched all the movies that took place before Kenobi in the timeline to gain a deeper understanding of the aesthetic that the show would be evolving from. That helped to reframe Elliott’s interpretation of legacy props like Kenobi’s lightsaber. “We used the amazing resources that Pablo Hidalgo brought to the team, and I personally constantly referred to the works of Ralph McQuarrie for inspiration,” Elliott says. “I also relied heavily on the same techniques that the prop builders used in A New Hope. We found objects from vintage air pistols to old camera parts, and other pieces from the 1920s through the 1960s; using the same or similar building blocks helped to ensure that the props we made would feel like they belong in the Star Wars universe.”
Star Wars: The Book Of Boba Fett: Pendant Necklace: Boba Fett @ ForbiddenPlanet.com
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage 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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