
I think we’ve done that legacy justice and delivered beyond expectations with our Razor Crest. I looked to that vehicle and its level of detail for a lot of guidance and inspiration. Mark Boudreaux and the team certainly set the bar pretty high for us with Jabba’s Sail Barge that was an intimidating project to follow. We knew we had to create the Razor Crest and doing it as a HasLab project let us work toward the large and detailed Vintage Collection piece we all wanted. How did you land on the Razor Crest as your second foray in Star Wars through the crowdfunding campaign this year?Ĭhris Reiff: Like the rest of the world, we all fell in love with the world of The Mandalorian upon seeing that first episode. : Fans turned up to #BacktheBarge in 2018 with your first HasLab project, Jabba’s Sail Barge. With just a few more days to go before the end of the campaign, sat down with Reiff to talk about his favorite details on the ship, his hopes for capturing the Mudhorn egg, and more.

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Then came the added incentives, including a special scaled version of The Child and a row of carbonite-encased quarries as glimpsed in the series premiere episode of The Mandalorian. In just over a day, it was fully backed into production. The Vintage Collection Razor Crest, inspired by the title character’s starship from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, was introduced earlier this year as the next HasLab exclusive, a crowdfunding program that previously brought Jabba’s Sail Barge floating onto our toy shelves. The series has been penned completely by Favreau who is already busy writing a treatment for season two.Chris Reiff’s craft is all about the details.Īs an associate principal product designer for Hasbro, Reiff is following in the footsteps of the legendary toy designer Mark Boudreaux, who probably made the Millennium Falcon you coveted or crash landed as a kid, to bring the latest Hasbro vehicle to life. The series itself represents the first time that Filoni has directed from a script that he hasn’t written.

So that was a great honour and responsibility.” I was very flattered that he was willing even to have me direct the pilot. The visionary storyteller behind The Clone Wars, Rebels and Resistance has directed two episodes from the first season, the first being the pilot episode set to premiere on November 12th.įiloni said: “I really appreciate that he brought me into this process and that he values my point of view because I’ve been with Star Wars so long, but I really wanted to accomplish the story that he set out to make. RELATED: The Mandalorian Trailer | Our VerdictĮnsuring our delight is Lucasfilm legend Dave Filoni. However, with the same “game engine” CGI technology used on both The Jungle Book and The Lion King being applied to polish every scene, the fans are set for a wonderfully immersive visual treat from our beloved galaxy far, far away. Yes, the Razor Crest is a real vehicle and she has been filmed for the show using the same techniques used back in the original trilogy. Back at the Star Wars Celebration reveal, the visionary filmmaker revealed some juicy behind the scenes images of him filming the Razor Crest in action and fans were immediately blown away but the surprising use of practical effects over CGI.

The only person privy to all the answers is series creator Jon Favreau. The dual control sticks hint at the second console serving as a co-pilot position, but of course, that is all still conjecture. The craft has been heavily modified and reconfigured with a wider cockpit for full-on Mandalorian awesomeness. The vehicle is a relic of a bygone era, a modified Low Altitude Assault Transport troop carrier which once carried Clone Troopers across the galaxy during the days of The Clone Wars. But as we near its premiere on Disney’s new streaming service, outlets like Entertainment Weekly and IGN have been granted exclusive access to the show and have revealed a few juicy images for us to revel in.Ĭase in point, over the weekend IGN unleashed a wonderful new image which features our first look inside The Mandalorian‘s repurposed Republic Gunship aptly named the Razor Crest. The first EVER live-action Star Wars television series – a concept first planned by George Lucas way back when. With Force Friday fast approaching and the launch of The Mandalorian heading to Disney+ on November 12th, new information is finally emerging about Jon Favreau’s landmark live-action Star Wars series. IGN offers us our first look inside the cockpit of The Mandalorian’s repurposed Republic Gunship
