Once a ship is sketched up, it has to be built as an in-game asset, the team approaching the task much like you would the building of a real ship: the hull comes first, then once the outside is done, you model each room on the inside, one at a time. These droids act as advanced military assets. Here is a model of the RSD-02 Republic Sentinel Droid. “The first stage for all the player ships was a document from the design team that contained the gameplay goals for the ships and listed all the rooms and access points that each needed”, he says.įrom there, the artists could get to work, drawing on inspiration as diverse as James Bond’s Aston Martins to an SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance jet. NOTE I do not take credit for these models, they are from the Star Wars: The Old Republic game and are property of Bioware, EA Games, and Lucasarts. Imagine, then, how it must feel to be one of the lucky bastards at BioWare – working on the upcoming Old Republic MMO – who gets to design new ones for a living.īioWare artists Ryan Dening and Christopher Reeves have shed light on the surprisingly exhaustive process that goes into contributing to Star Wars’ expanded universe, revealing that when it comes to the ships in this game, the egg definitely comes before the chicken. From X-Wings to the Millennium Falcon, Star Destroyers to Tie Fighters, they’re some of the most iconic vehicles of a generation (or two!).

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