Porsche Origins for Slave I

"If I had to pick a model I enjoyed doing the most it would have to be Boba Fett's ship. Slave I was designed for Empire by Nilo Rodis-Jamero. What inspired his design of the ship were the light pods that hang in the street * ... When I was building it we found a Porsche model kit, a monstrous 16-inch model, which just happened to be a model of a car I have, and had a lot of parts we could use on the prototype. The rear end of Slave I has the big fender parts and the Porsche's hatches and doors all incorporated into it. It tickled me to do that ship." – Lorne Peterson

* Slave I designer Nilo Rodis-Jamero says otherwise.

Source: Bantha Tracks #22 (November 1983)

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