2024’s Skeleton Crew was an absolute treat, a fun, vibrant, engaging adventure with four brilliant kids and a villain who steadfastly refused to come good at the end. Central to the show was the lead ship the Onyx Cinder, and Adam Savage looks into the creation of this pirate classic with modelmakers John Goodson and Dan Patrascu, looking at how this beauty was built without the use of 3D printing.
For Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, ILM enlisted modelmakers John Goodson and Dan Patrascu to build a filming miniature of the Onyx Cinder, complete with dynamic lighting and motorized engines. Adam Savage visited the miniatures stage set up at Lucasfilm during the production to check out the model and chat with John and Dan about how they built the ship–a gorgeous model with no 3D-printed parts.
“Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” now streaming on Disney+
