StarDestroyer.Net BBS

FBTB: How did the planning come about for your contribution to this year's celebration? Did you have an idea to build that particular model; was it decided by a group? Was there a proposal process?

EV: Because we already had the ISD building tournament planned and in place, there would not be the space to have another interactive event like the 10-foot tall Yoda model or a demonstration build like the Naboo Starfighter. Still we wanted to have a big model presence. It was decided a group of us; the SW Brand Managers, Project Managers, Exhibit Designers, the Public Relations group and me to replicate the space battle over Coruscant in the opening of Episode III by stringing up dozens of the ARC fighters, tri-fighters and Jedi starfighter/vulture droids sets among unique large scale models of the Republic Star Destroyer, the Trade Federation battleship and General Grievous' flagship, the Invisible Hand. Turns out that trying to build all of those at a scale of say 4 to 5 feet would blow our budget so we went instead for a single larger model.