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from the Star Wars Incredible Cross Sections book. The original (Millenium Falcon in the cover) or this updated version.

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[–] FlashZordon@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Reminds me of all those cut aways my dad had posted up in his shot of medieval castles and ships. They always had one guy pooping somewhere. Instinctively looked for the guy pooping in this one.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Stephen Biesty?

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Hell yeah. I remember we had these books when we were kids. I loved to just look and see the inner workings of the machines and vehicles used in Star Wars.

I think we had three of them, one or two for the prequels, and one or two for the originals, but I don't remember for sure.

[–] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Incredibly inefficient design

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

But very cool!

[–] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

General Veers would like a word.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

f in chat for Davin Felth.

[–] FatAdama@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I remember this page from a book I had growing up. What’s neat is the UCS Lego set of this has the blue seats. I forgot about this cutaway so I was wondering why they chose blue. Now it makes sense.

[–] b00m@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Playing the pen and paper rpg in the 90s, we had a lot of those books. Weaponry, vehicles etc, they were soooo good

[–] VubDapple@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

The scale seems off. I remember these things being much larger compared to the height of a human.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Anybody got a version of this with some more pixels?

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sorry I know the resolution for the text isn’t great. If this was a book in my collection I’d had take a few close up shots. But the art was too good not to share.

[–] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Forgot to mention it walks like a goofy camel

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The toe actuators seem overbuilt and overcomplicated

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Check out all the other parts.

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

How exactly would the troopers be deployed on the battlefield?

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

Glad to see I'm not the only person who thought of the image

[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They rappel down.
Please don't ask how they get the speeder bikes out of the garage.

[–] Akagigahara@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That depends. In games, usually the Troops rappel down.

When it comes to the speeders, they either fly out and glide down or the AT-AT might be capable of "sitting down" like a horse/camel.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

What about all the skinny maintenance sections you crawl through in fallen order?

[–] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

Theres a dedicated fan called Adywan whose made his own special edition version of the trilogy tastefully adding more effects.

Here's a clip from his version of the Hoth battle where he incorporates the side panel revealing troops inside. (Yes I know the aspect ratio is wrong, not my clip. 😁)

[–] xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, this is awesome.

Anyone know the source? Are there different editions/prints to worry about if one were to go looking for the book(s) themselves?

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s from the Star Wars Incredible Cross Sections book. The original (Millenium Falcon in the cover) or this updated version.

I probably should have put that in the thread opening. I am realizing I’m quite bad at this internet threading.

[–] xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] guidothekillerpimp@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Where does the woodoo hide go?

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It’s donated to the Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center.

[–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I had the book with this illustration as a kid! It was one of my favorites along with the Death Star.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yes the cutaway style is great. I wish I had the full book because I know it has tons of different entries.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's too heavy for repulsor lifts? What do the spaceships use then? Why don't at-ats use that technology then?

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Whenever you notice something like that, a space wizard did it.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Or really shitty space engineers.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The jedi had nothing to do with this

[–] the_artic_one@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"A powerful reactor provides the raw energy to move this weighty battle machine"

7 trillion moving parts are suddenly the better solution?

How do they move these things from planet to planet?