Reddit user SovereignGFC posted a series of pictures of the Star Destroyer of his own design and while it isn’t perfect, it’s a really impressive build. This Star Destroyer model is two feet long.
And while the issue of scale has never really been solved, a maker and Star Wars fan on Reddit came one step closer by designing and 3D printing his own two foot long Star Destroyer replica. Granted, that’s a nerd problem, but it can still be a frustrating one for someone looking to display models or collectibles. The Star Destroyers were so massive in comparison to other ships that there was simply no way to mimic the scale differential at home. On screen it is an impressive visual that is still copied by other filmmakers even to this day, but for collectors of toys and models it was a harder visual to recreate. Using the Star Destroyer as a metaphor for a small rebellion taking on an all-powerful and oppressive government was a commonly recurring theme throughout the series of movies and comics that came after the first film.
It was an immediate sign that whoever the Empire was, they were almost overwhelmingly powerful and anyone in their way stood no chance against them. In the beginning of the film, the massive scale of the ship was used to dwarf what viewers had already assumed was a massive ship. Ever since the first Star Wars film debuted back in the summer of 1977 the massive Star Destroyer space ships used by the evil Empire have stood as an imposing picture of their power.
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