Over the past 5 months, young builder Nicholas Hendrickson (starry_knight_br1cks) has been paying tribute to each Star Wars film in chronological order with a LEGO vignette. Nicholas’ rules are simple: 1.) Try to find a scene that isn’t redone a lot 2.) Don’t repeat planets 3.) Try to keep them is the similar size range. The variety and dynamism of the series is an impressive feat – a testament to the films’ diverse settings and the builder’s remarkable talent for terrain and composition. Where better to start than at the start of the saga? This little bongo looks great amongst Naboo’s waterscapes.
Let’s take a chronological look at this amazing project from a talented new builder!
We go from one water world to another for Episode II, but the builds couldn’t be more different. Off-grid rocks and mottled colours make way for the clean lines and surfaces of Tipoca City.
Even familiar locations feel fresh under Nicholas’ hand – like the innovative lava detailing on Mustafar. Details like the rubber bands and minifigure arms prevent the magma from feeling flat. Nice DLC-13 droid, too!
It’s time for a short break from the mainline saga as we dip into the so-called anthology films. First, we have the trenches of Mimban from Solo: a Star Wars Story. This is a scene that would look right at home in the Factions LEGO Star Wars RPG.
Then it’s on to my personal favourite Star Wars film, Rogue One. I love the texture of the dirty ground here, as well as the decision to accentuate it using direct sunlight.
As a series of dioramas, the focus is understandably on locations, but Nicholas still manages to squeeze a few spaceships in! Can’t have a Star War without an X-wing, right?
For Episode V, we’re on Dagobah – but not Yoda’s hut, so often represented in LEGO form. We’re in the dark side cave, where Luke has his first ‘duel’ with Darth Vader.
Nicholas is adept at moving from man-made to natural settings, and on Endor, the two are combined with a fallen AT-ST.
Having eschewed the snows of Hoth earlier, a snowy landscape does await us in this scene from the climax of Episode VII. I like the pipes sticking out the right-hand end of the diorama, reminding us that we are on a planet-turned-planet-killer that’s about to blow!
A lot of our dioramas so far have featured moments of relative calm, but that’s certainly not the case with our penultimate scene! Finn rides a fathier (or more precisely in this case, half a fathier) through the casino world of Canto Bight, leaving chaos in his wake.
Finally, we end with The Rise of Skywalker – which did at least deliver some memorable (if rather nonsensical) lines. They fly now!
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