The Ridiculous Inspiration For Iconic Star Wars Ship

This information comes to us courtesy of a Reddit AMA with Cantwell where he was gracious enough to disclose many wild secrets about the making of Star Wars. For example, he said that the Death Star only had its iconic trench because the two halves of the model had shrunk; he didn’t want to fix it, so he proposed making it into a trench, an idea that George Lucas loved.

However, fans who grew up playing with far too many Star Wars toy ships (yes, that’s us) were far more interested in what the late, great designer had to say about the design of X-Wings and TIE Fighters.