On the other hand, the antennas have completly been removed. Far from the Tie fighters but the idea of a carrier ship is already here. Note the aircraft carrier function with small fighters going out from the arrow base. The rostrum emerging from the large part of the arrow is interesting : it will be seen again on the Acclamator and Venator class destroyers ( see bellow). The rear of the ship is the head of the arrow. The arrow-shaped hull is still here but top to tail. in adition, the ship seems to be a lot smaller, stockier, not aggressive enough, even a little unwieldy.Īnother Cantwell’s concept seemed well on its way This concept seems to be inspired by the real aircraft carriers of ours. It’s not arranged in tiers as it is on the final version.
Much more massive, antennas everywhere, quite dissymetrical. However, the forecastle is very different from the one we know. The general structure is already there : the arrow-shaped hull, the main forecastle, the bottom hangar and the main thrusters (which are not seen here). Here is the very first imperial destroyer : It’s not Ralph McQuarrie who created the ship but Collin Cantwell. The imperial destroyer is not an exception of the rule. All you have to do is watching the Ralph McQuarrie concepts to be aware of that.
Conceptual evolutionĪs is so often the case with the vehicules created for the Star Wars movies, what we see on secreen is not the original concept. Two types of the project’s evolution that lead to the imperial destroyer as we know it can be distinguished : what I call the conceptual evolution, dated 1977, fruit of the work of the ILM model makers and illustrators and what I call an historical evolution that the prelogy and postlogy scriptwriters imagined from the original concept. I’ve already published an assembly review of the imperial destroyer here and in the Work In Progress posts. After finishing a model, I like to write an analysis of the ship’s design, when it’s possible.
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