Dazzling Dan Zehr writing over at StarWars.com takes a look at a vehicle that is front and centre in the eyes of the Star Wars viewing public, the Naboo N-1 Starfighter, made famous once again by its return in chapter 5 of The Book of Boba Fett.
The Naboo N-1 starfighter made its in-universe debut in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, a new style of fighter that was very different than what had been seen in the saga up until that point. “The N-1 is one of my favorites,” Doug Chiang, vice president and executive creative director of Lucasfilm, who was a concept artist for The Phantom Menace, told StarWars.com on the film’s 20th anniversary. “That was a big risk for me because I knew that Naboo had a lot of water and, for some crazy reason, I thought, “Okay, maybe their ships should have an aquatic feel.” That’s why there is a boat-like hull bottom. I was originally thinking that the N-1 would actually land on water, and that’s why it has that. That’s why it doesn’t have landing gear.”
