Q: The original Star Wars
™
Sandcrawler
™
as a prop went
through many different designs, by at least three different
people. How many sketches can a model go through before
you’re ready to start creating it with LEGO
®
bricks?
A: Actually, it’s not that necessary in the Star Wars
™
team,
because we have all the reference material we need from
Lucasfilm and the movies to support us. I do build a lot of
sketch models and pieces, though. Every little detail has
been worked through over and over again.
Q: The original designers of the Star Wars Sandcrawler were
inspired in part by the slow, treaded movement of NASA’s
crawler-transporter for the space shuttle. Do you take
inspiration from real vehicles or buildings when creating
LEGO models?
A: Yes I do, when it’s possible, but the Star Wars universe is
very different from how things look and work here on this
planet.
Q: What challenges did you face in designing the LEGO model
to look like the real Star Wars Sandcrawler?
A: I was really scared of all the unusual angles, and it was a
big challenge to figure out how everything could fit together
and still look good all over the model.
Q: You’ve designed LEGO Star Wars models before, how was
the LEGO Sandcrawler similar to or different from the other
models you’ve designed?
A: I think the LEGO
®
Sandcrawler is a unique and outstanding
play set. It was a big job to figure out what the play set
should be, and what would make sense. We had a lot of
brainstorming sessions about that, and eventually ended up
with this model, and I’m pretty proud of that.
Q: There are so many LEGO Star Wars models, what do you
think sets the LEGO Sandcrawler apart from the others?
A: It has no compromises. We’ve done our absolute best to
make a real evergreen out of this set.
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