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A Star Wars Story AN’S JOURNEY IN SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY WHY WE LOVE THE T HE OFFICII EWOKS FROM SCARIF TOYAVIN The Psychology of Galactic War! Model Behavior Crafting concept models for Solo: A Star Wars Story Under the Hood Tracing the origins of the iconic Millennium Falcon Canto Bight What The Last Jedi ’s casino city reveals + about Star Wars! WIN! HOT WHEELS® ELITE STAR WARS VEHICLES! INTERVIEW: SCULPTOR AND ARTIST LAWRENCE NOBLE ON HIS STAR WARS CAREER! A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR ™ SEPT/OCT 2018 TITAN EDITORIAL Editor / Chris Cooper Senior Editor / Martin Eden WELCOME... Copy Editor / Simon Hugo Assistant Editors / Tolly Maggs, Jake Devine Art Editor / I think about Star Wars too much. In part, that comes Andrew Leung with the territory—by some twist of fate it’s become my LUCASFILM day job, so it’s largely spent worrying about deadlines— Senior Editor / Brett Rector Art Director / Troy Alders but I’ve been asking myself questions about the Star Creative Director / Michael Siglain Wars universe ever since I saw the original movie (a long Asset Management / Tim Mapp, time ago); What were the Clone Wars? What does Darth Erik Sanchez, Bryce Pinkos, Nicole LaCoursiere, Shahana Alam Vader look like under that helmet? Will Leia choose Luke Story Group / Pablo Hidalgo, Leland Chee, or Han… or does Chewie stand a chance? Matt Martin I can remember the exact conversation I had with a CONTRIBUTORS similarly obsessed fan during the early 1990s, when we Tricia Barr, Megan Crouse, James Floyd, Michael suddenly realized that Obi-Wan Kenobi must have spent Kogge, Darren Scott, Jay Stobie, Mark Wright, Dan Wallace years hanging about in the Tatooine desert, waiting. What did he do to fill the time, we wondered?! SPECIAL THANKS TO Recently I’ve found myself asking, “What is Star Wars Lucy Goldsmith, Erich Schoeneweiss at Random House, Holly McIntosh, Joseph all about?” Conflicts in distant space, obviously, but what Taraborrelli, Andrea Towers and Jim Nausedas else? Is it a celestial soap opera about an extremely at Marvel Comics, Lizzy Draeger, Tracy Cannobbio and Chris Argyropoulos dysfunctional family unit, or a deep exploration of the at Lucasfi lm consequences of choice? A meditation on the nature of good and evil, or just a thrilling cinematic roller coaster? TITAN MAGAZINES Production Controller / Peter James It all depends on your point of view. Production Supervisor / Maria Pearson Like Luke Skywalker strapping on his utility belt Senior Production Controller / Jackie Flook before entering the cave on Dagobah, we carry our daily Art Director / Oz Browne Senior Sales Manager / Steve Tothill lives, our dreams, our opinions, and our beliefs into the Circulation Executive / Frankie Hallam cinema with us. This means our take on Star Wars is as Direct Sales & Marketing Manager / Ricky Claydon personal to each of us as our fingerprints are, and yet our Subscriptions Executive / Tony Ho shared love for this galaxy far, far away has the power to Commercial Manager / Michelle Fairlamb bind us together. That bond is something to cherish. Advertising & Marketing Assistant / Bella Hoy U.S. Advertising Manager / Jeni Smith May the Force be with you! Publishing Manager / Darryl Tothill Publishing Director / Chris Teather Operations Director / Leigh Baulch Executive Director / Vivian Cheung Publisher / Nick Landau DISTRIBUTION US Newsstand / Total Publisher Services, Inc. John Dziewiatkowski 630-851-7683 US Newsstand Distribution / Curtis Circulation Company Christopher Cooper US Bookstore Distribution / The News Group US Direct Sales / Editor Diamond Comic Distributors SUBSCRIPTIONS U.S. subscriptions / 1-800-261-6502, email: [email protected] Canada subscriptions / 818-487-4575 MEET THE CONTRIBUTORS... U.K. subscriptions / 01778 392085 email: [email protected] For more info on advertising contact [email protected] STAR WARS INSIDER SEPT/OCT 2018 (USPS 003-027) (ISSN 1041-5122) Star Wars Insider is published eight times per year (January/ February, March/April, May, June/July, August, September, October/November, Michael Kogge Megan Crouse Mark Wright Darren Scott Tricia Barr Dan Wallace December) by Titan Magazines, @michaelkogge @blogfullofwords @mwrightwriter @darren_scott @fangirlcantina @danwall88 a division of Titan Publishing Group Limited, 144 Southwark Street, London SE1 0UP. Michael is the Megan enjoys Mark co-authored Growing up loving Tricia is the Dan has written Contents © 2018 Lucasfi lm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved, author of the watching Doctor Who: all things science co-author of many Star Wars Titan Authorized User. 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U.K. +44 (0) 1778 392085 CONTENTS ISSUE 183 / SEPT-OCT 2018 18 Becoming Han Solo What did Solo: A Star Wars Story teach us about the scruffy-looking nerf-herder? 4 / STAR WARS INSIDER NEWSSTAND COMIC STORE SUBS EDITION EXCLUSIVE EXCLUSIVE SubscribeS too Star Wars Insider Pa e 50 06 32 58 Launchpad “Evacuate...?!” May the Furs be with You Insider’s regular update on happenings Exploring how the events of Rogue One: With sticks, stones, and heroic deeds they within the Star Wars galaxy, including the A Star Wars Story impacted upon both took on an Empire and won! Insider latest merchandise, books, and comics. sides in the climactic Battle of Yavin. explains why you should never underestimate an Ewok. 18 40 An Unconventional Hero Lawrence Noble 64 From street kid to aspiring pilot, to The sculptor of the iconic Yoda statue Canto Bight scoundrel who won’t believe he’s the which welcomes visitors to Lucasa lm’s How the casino city of Star Wars: good guy. We track Han’s heroic HQ discusses his artistic career and long The Last Jedi reveals the fractured soul journey in Solo: A Star Wars Story. association with Star Wars. of a galaxy far, far away. 26 52 76 Model Behavior Under the Hood The Invisible Hand We speak to the concept model-makers The service history of the Millennium Jennifer Heddle, executive editor at who help visualize the vehicles for Falcon, from early concepts to Lando’s Lucasa lm publishing, explains the role the latest Star Wars movies. slick rea t and the classic Kenner toy. of a Star Wars book editor. INCOMING TRANSMISSIONS 39 48 72 80 Competition! Jedi Master’s Quiz Worldwide Image Archive A b eet of three Hot Wheels Test your knowledge of Bagpipes, Queen Amidala, and art Resting extras prove it can be a Elite Star Wars vehicles. Solo: A Star Wars Story. by fans inspired by Star Wars. hard life in the Imperial war machine. STAR WARS INSIDER / 5 LAUNCHPAD NEWS / BOOKS /COMICS / TOYS / GAMES /FASHION Submit to Win! Star Wars Fan Awards 2018 deadline approaches! s we reported in our last issue, and the closing date of September 17 Choice Award in each of the main the Star Wars Fan Film Awards with a host of new categories, including sections will be voted for by fans via A are coming back, only this fan fi lms, art, photography and cosplay, starwars.com this November. year they’re part of something among others. That means you’ve still The Star Wars Fan Awards are open to much bigger, celebrating the myriad of got time to create and submit your very legal residents of the U.S.A., Canada creative ways in which fans express their own Star Wars masterpiece, which could (excluding Quebec), Japan, Australia, love for Star Wars. win you a special prize pack consisting New Zealand, and Puerto Rico, aged 13 At the start of July, Lucasfi lm and of incredible Star Wars merchandise and and over at time of entry, and limited to starwars.com announced the launch of a unique trophy. one submission per genre per person. the Star Wars Fan Awards 2018, with A panel of Lucasfi lm judges will select For full rules and entry guidelines visit submissions welcomed between July 18 the winners, while a special Audience starwarsfanawards.com. 6 / STAR WARS INSIDER LAUNCHPAD Blu-Ray Rebellion Star Wars Rebels Season Four on Blu-ray he epic tale of orphan Ezra Bridger, the Lothal T street thief who became a rebel hero and a Jedi, may have come to an end, but fans can now relive the thrilling fi nal season of Star Wars Rebels on DVD and Blu-ray. Released on July 31, the complete fourth season box set contains all 15 episodes of the series, along with a collection of newly produced featurettes and six fascinating audio commentaries from Lucasfilm Animation’s Dave Filoni.
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