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Originally Posted by Martian
jetee,
I've been thoroughly enjoying this thread. Some of my favourite images are the pastiches depicting elements of Star Wars in real life -- I don't know why, but they tickle my fancy.
On page four you provided a link to a gallery of these images, which I gleefully followed. My pleasure was dampened, however, upon finding this image:
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because it was immediately apparent to me that it wasn't to scale. The AT-AT imperial walker stands at a height of 22.5 meters, meaning that either those freeways are unbelievably short or that is some sort of Hulked out super walker. Neither of these explanations seemed likely and I was forced to conclude that the author had failed basic rigor in not researching this information (which is, after all, readily available on Wookiepedia) and incorporating it into his art.
It was directly on the heels of this mental tangent that it occurred to me what a colossal nerd I am.
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I do very much appreciate the time and effort it is you took to address this. If I knew the context of the artist's mind, and how he went about conceiving these pieces, I;d ask him myself. Thing is, I don't redlliy recall who the original author of 'Start Wars' is, nor if he even speaks English, but have no fear: I'll be displaying more from this installation in the future. (I first found the gallery on that French site, and I've found yet another one detailing this work on a Polish site.)
Thank you, again, for at the very least, enjoying yourself with the high-quality posts I have been able to provide, and also, for letting me know that it did, indeed, find a way to make joy / get you thinking. That's the only two things I (implicitly) ask of anyone visiting, is to either smile, or ponder (but, if you'd like to drop a comment or two about which posts have been outstanding as well, I wouldn't mind it).
Also, thank you Cynthetiq for posting, and then posting again the above. I just finally finished reading it (eyes are not what they used to be). I'm not sure if I get it, though: could it be a "true story", and if so, it doesn't really pertain to Star Wars, other than a very random mention of Darth Vader, or is this just another take on how an AU Luke Skywalker would be thinking about, constantly, if he was a young lad right now? Rally confusing to someone like me who enjoys his context.