Solo: A Star Wars Story To Resurrect Nixed A New Hope Star Destroyer Design

The idea of Star Wars recycling some original ideas is nothing new. Perhaps most notably, Luke Skywalker was originally set to be called Luke Starkiller in the film. However, creator George Lucas opted out of that name, and ultimately went with a name that sounded much less ominous.

However, with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lucasfilm went with Starkiller Base as the name for the new iteration of the Death Star. This is one of the numerous instances of them recycling ideas, and of course, there’s no way they’d let it stop there.

Several days ago, concept artist Colin Cantwell shared an image of an old Star Destroyer model, along with a few paragraphs chronicling the creation of the ship.

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As we know in Star Wars: A New Hope, they ended up with the much more triangular design, but in true Lucasfilm fashion, they’re not letting anything going to waste. At the New York Toy Fair, Mattel unveiled a bunch of new toys, and among them were a couple new ships…one of which may look familiar to some viewers.

That’s right. The original Star Destroyer is now the basis for what’s being called the Arrestor Cruiser in Solo: A Star Wars Story. It really goes to show how fluid the creative process is, and drives the point home that no ideas are ever wasted.

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SOURCE: Colin Cantwell, ShortSTormy

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