Automobile manufacturer Porsche usually concerns itself with designing terrestrial vehicles, but for this project it collaborated with Lucasfilm designers to create a new starfighter for the Star Wars universe.
While it does not exist in full-scale flyable form, the starfighter, called the Tri-Wing S-91x Pegasus, is being built out as a highly-detailed sub-scale model, which is five feet in length. It will be unveiled at the “Rise of Skywalker” premiere in LA this month.
Note that the S-91x won’t actually be in the movie — it’s more of a design exercise and promotional thing than something that is actually intended to feature in narrative Star Wars universe content. But the collaboration is interesting because it combines Porsche sensibilities and direct design inspiration from that company’s 911 and Taycan real-world vehicles, with authentic Lucasfilm touches like an astromech slot behind the cockpit and the somewhat “lived-in” detailed industrial look of Star Wars universe technology.
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Still a kind of design-fail... I would e.g. prefer a Starfury from Babylon 5 over any fighter design form the whole Star Wars series... I would really expect something more like the Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV) was a planned U.S. missile defense program....
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And of course, this project to create a star fighter which does not appear in any of the movies was launched with the intention of adding to the rich post modern mythos of Star Wars(tm). The thought of making money off gullible fans never crossed their minds.
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