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The destroyer droids were very complex mechanically. How much of the 'interworkings' of the pieces were part of the concept phase?
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Answered by: Doug Chiang
Very much. One of the advantages of having a small model shop as part of the art department is that we can work out every design detail before we pass the model to ILM. John Goodson, the concept modeler who made the original model, very carefully worked out all the proportions of the limbs and figured out how they would actually fold. This was done with a paper model. Once we determined that the droid could actually fold without compromising the design, we proceeded to make the finished version. As a result, the final digital version that you see on screen works with very little cheating. I believe there was only one part that couldn't physically exist because it would have to occupy the space of another part -- but that's the beauty of CG.
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