Architecture of Star Wars
Architecture in Star Wars includes the cities, buildings, ships, and other structures of the fictional
Comparing the urban and natural environments pictured in Star Wars, Mark Lamster wrote that the cities are places of danger and corruption, while the forces of good find sanctuary in the natural world.[2] He also describes the "retro-futurist" cities in the series as being in between those extremes and places of "great beauty but dubious moral character." He attributes the ambivalence towards urbanity to series creator George Lucas' own feelings about cities and urban environments.[2]
The settings of the movie have generally been praised, but one author took exception to the "anachronistic period architecture and statuary" of
Planet settings
Urban planning
In 1999, architecture and planning students noted that (The Phantom Menace) offered "a variety of urban development options".[4]
The "urban future" has also been depicted in
Jedi Temple
Ships
The
Real world buildings that mirror Star Wars
The
See also
- Jedi Academy
- TIE fighter
- Technology in Star Wars
References
- ^ a b c d James Pallister Top 10: The Architecture of Star Wars (pt II) 15 June 2009 Architects Journal (UK)
- ^ a b Mark Lamster "Evil foes build ever-more-elaborate urban monstrosities- machines not for living but killing, and killing on a grand scale" Architecture and film Star Wars and the City page 6
- ^ a b c d e f Mark Lamster Architecture and film Wretched Hives: George Lucas and the Ambivalent Architecture of Star Wars page 234
- ^ ProQuest 271652593.
Roger M. Showley "The latest "Star Wars" movie offers a variety of urban development options according to three architecture and planning students who previewed the film; from left, [Tim Belzman], San Diego State University; Bruce Fallown, Newschool of Architecture; and [David Sin], Woodbury University School of Architecture."
- ^ Simon Ings Falling star 21 April 2001 New Scientist
- ^ Joshua Glenn Architecture imitates art? April 25, 2007 Boston Globe
- ^ Philip Jodidio Architecture now!
- ^ [1] Archived December 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2] Archived January 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- Kippins, Jeffrey Star Wars III: The Battle at the Center of the Universe; Investigations in Architecture Eisenman Studios at the GSD 1983-1985 Ed. 1986
- "What Star Wars Owes to Soviet Architecture". Liana Stanstien. vogue.com.