Star Wars Episode I. - Incredible Cross-Sections [antikvár]

IntroductionThe vehicles of Star Wars: Episode I reveal a time very different from the later day when spacecraft of Empire and Rebels alike will bear the harsh lines and mechanical looks of factory-produced constructions. In this era, the Old Republic still rules the galaxy, and craftsmen still rule the world of design - although in both cases that rule is beginning to unravel. Market förces have only begun to undermine the ancient traditions of craftsmanship, and as a result we see individuality, elegant curves, and true art in many of Episodes I's vehicles. Looming over these creations is the specter of the Trade Federation, with its utilitarian cargo vessels converted into armed war freighters, its greedy practices ready to wipe out the mark of the individual craftsman in the heartless pursuit of profit. For now, however, the galaxy remains filled with extraordinary vessels, testaments -like all things a culture builds - to the unique identity of their age.GunganQuietly conducting their civilization hidden within the swamps and lakes of Naboo, the Gungans create organic artworks and vessels that express their closeness to the rhythms of life. The twin bases of their distinctive designs are the hydrostatic fields, which form bubbles of ait in their buildings and submarines, and the organically grown shells they create as the skeletons of their constructions, both produced in a secret manner deep within their underwater cities.Trade Federation Droid StarfighterNaboo ^'Queen in elaborate finery, building magnificent palacesand cities, and constructing royal ^^^^^^^space vessels of breathtaking design.Lacking major factories, the Naboo import high-precision components like hyperdrives and sublight enginesfi-om major galactic manufacturers on industrialized worlds, but theycreate beautiful spaceframes and ecologically safe modifications inaccordance with e Naboo philosophy of life.Trade FederationThe strange society of the Neimoidian traders makes use of a variety of vessels, bearing both the mark of the past and the wave of the future. Their bizarre ground armor is crafted into fearful, vaguely animal-like forms. Their droid starfighters are the high-precision products of a religious culture that will be oveirun by the coming of the marketplace. But their war fteighters aie pure utility, with only traces of the old tradition in their odd configuration. In this harsh texture of armor plate and exposed machinery is the vision of the coming age.Republic Cruiser^giU The RepublicE^ * Formerly a glorious govenmient of free peoples uniting a te^ vast galaxy in harmony and liberty, the Old Republic has fallen on harder times and has begun cutting back in its expenses. As its sky-scraping architecture becomes barren and soulless, so too do its spaceships begin to bear the mark of the factory more than the artist-engineer. Harsh lines and mechanical design distinguish the Republic Cruiser, while many vessels on Coruscant, like the air taxi, still exhibit the older sense of style.