Star Wars Box Project Concept Development Stage

Research

Lots of research went into this project that are in my journal that can be downloaded to look in depth as this website only shows a tiny fraction of it. These included:

Shotdec and Google searches for images

Trips into town to visit stores related to:

• Star Wars
• Harry Potter
• Lord of the Rings
• Merchandising
• Harry Potter
• Comic stors such as Forbiden Planet
• Science Fiction
• Star Wars Jedi
• Star Wars Conventions
• Star Was Prop, Space Ship and Costume Museum
• Fantasy
• Role Play
• War Hammer
• Cyberdog
• Antique Shops
• The Jedi Robe Shop

Books related to Star Wars that included the:

• Vehicles
• Spacecraft
• Bases
• Weapons
• Props
• Tools
• Driods
• Characters

Viewed and studied:

All the Star Wars Films and several of the TV shows and animated series including:

• Andor
• Mandalorian
• The Book of Boba Fett
• Obi-Wan Kenobi 
• Star Wars Rebels

Features to Look at Included:

• Surface and Tech Set Decorated
• Dirty Surfaces
• Control Interfaces
• Robotics
• Internal Tech

Other sources included Shotdec

Shopping Research and Purchases

Shopping for potential kit bash and component parts was also a key part of the making purchases before I even started.

Spare or repair damaged:

• Dyson’s cyclone generating motors were one of the first things I was purchasing as space ship engines or droid thrusters.  
• Nerf Guns to be chopped up for panel parts.
• Camera Lends for droid eyes.
• War Toys
• Warhammer
• Lego Technic/Mindstorm mechanical components for gadgets like rack and pinions
• A smoke machine
• Circuit boards for kit bash parts
• Light up Electroluminescent t-shirt panels

Shops looked at included:

• Ebay
• Amazon
• Charity Shops
• Light Up T-Shirt Shops in Camden in London UK
• Cyberdog in Camden Market London UK
• Antique and Second Hand Shops
• Movie memorbilla shops
• Electronics Supplies Shops
• Tool supply shops like Screwfix Direct
• Jewson in Pinewood Studios
• Forbidden Planet