Monday 10 May 2021

AN 'EMPIRE' AT 40: THE OTHER FLYERS OF BESPIN!


Originally, it wasn't just the Twin Pod Cloud Cars that enjoyed the colourful skies of Bespin. There were also to have been pilot-ridden Air Whales too, as seen in these early thumbnail sketches by Ralph McQuarrie. Though abandoned for Empire (and later for Jedi, as another form of flying transport), the creatures would finally make it to the screen in adapted form, used by the spindly alien Kaminoans in atmospheric establishing shots during EPISODE II.


The flying whale beasts of Kamino, as seen in EPISODE II.

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