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The Rise of Skywalker and the double decker Star Destroyer

By Mark Newbold

July 17, 2020

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Double Deckers may well be trending in the UK today for a very different reason, but here in the GFFA we’re interested in double deckers for a very different reason. Posting on Instagram, Lucasfilm VP and Executive Creative Director Doug Chiang revealed a concept design for a double decker Star Destroyer that was on the table for The Rise of Skywalker, a beast of a ship that unlike its chocolate counterpart wasn’t going to be shrunk.

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SourceDoug Chiang

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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Double Deckers may well be trending in the UK today for a very different reason, but here in the GFFA we’re interested in double deckers for a very different reason. Posting on Instagram, Lucasfilm VP and Executive Creative Director Doug Chiang revealed a concept design for a double decker Star Destroyer that was on the table for The Rise of Skywalker, a beast of a ship that unlike its chocolate counterpart wasn’t going to be shrunk.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Doug Chiang (@doug_chiang)

Sale

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu

Hardcover Book
Horton, Cole (Author)
English (Publication Language)
144 Pages - 07/21/2020 (Publication Date) - becker&mayer! books (Publisher)

Tags
The Rise of Skywalker

SourceDoug Chiang

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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