5 BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS ABOUT BANDAI’S STAR WARS MODELS

Via Starwars.com:

THE BUILDING KITS, NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE, ARE MODELED AFTER THE SCREEN-USED PRACTICAL SHIPS AND VEHICLES USED IN STAR WARS.

Standing at just 1/144th the size of the lumbering AT-ATs that menaced the rebel forces on Hoth’s Echo Base, Bandai’s model kit makes a perfectly petite detailed replica down to removable side panels and movable joints that can send the walker crashing to the ground in defeat. The kit, complete with other intricate details like tiny control panels and screen-accurate cosmetic greeblies, is just one of many Star Wars models produced by Bandai Spirits Hobby. The company’s catalog of miniature craft spans the saga and its various factions — including Imperial and rebel, First Order and Resistance, tiny X-wing and massive Millennium Falcon.

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