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© Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. The Sandcrawler

is a lumbering, mechanical hulk used by Tatooine’s Jawas

to travel the desert wastes in search of lost droids, crashed starships, and other treasures. Sandcrawlers can house several hundred Jawas, who live in a maze of discarded machinery, minimally functional droids, and other assorted junk. Originally brought to Tatooine by early miners, the sandcrawlers are outdated and require continual repairs, but they provide Jawas with protection from sandstorms, the desert heat, krayt dragons, Tusken Raiders, and other dangers. The sandcrawlers, now used almost exclusively by Jawas, utilize large steam-powered nuclear fusion engines and giant treads to move across the Dune Sea and other wastelands on the desert world. Initially intended to haul ore, the sandcrawlers were abandoned when the mining venture on Tatooine completely failed. Almost immediately, the scavenging Jawas took control of the sandcrawlers, modifying and repairing the vehicles to suit their needs.Within each sandcrawler, the Jawas

have created a vast labyrinth of alcoves, where the small humanoids eat, sleep, and store machinery, spare parts, and captured droids. Almost everything Jawas find in the desert can be loaded into the sandcrawler through an extendable magnetic suction tube originally used for loading ore, or via a retractable front loading hatch. Because the sandcrawler has a dense, steel hull and is virtually unstoppable, the Jawas are completely protected from their natural enemies, the Tusken Raiders, and other dangers. However, attacks by Imperial Stormtroopers have shown that the sandcrawlers cannot withstand precise laser blasts from handheld weapons. Aside from the Jawas themselves, no one is certain exactly how many sandcrawlers still remain in working order. The vehicles are rarely seen traveling together, although they do convene once a year at a secret location in the Dune Sea. At this gathering, the Jawas open their sandcrawlers and trade their finds with one another. © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved.Sandcrawler

Facts Technical Specifications Manufacturer Corellia Mining Corporation Model Digger crawler Class Wheeled Cost 150,000 credits (new) 60,000 credits (used) Length 120.8 feet (36.8 meters) Height/depth 65.6 feet (20 meters) Maximum speed 18.6 mph (30 km/h) Engine unit(s) Girodyne Ka/La steam-powered nuclear fusion engines Crew 50 Jawas

Passengers 1,500 droids Cargo capacity 55 tons (50 metric tons) Modelmaker Lorne Peterson © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Concept Art © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved.About the LEGO

started in 1999, and we have made new models for the product line every year since then. The LEGO Star Wars design team consists of six to eight model designers, and three graphic designers. The team is a mix of new designers with fresh ideas, and experienced LEGO Star Wars designers with many models under their belts. This is an ideal team for creating new, innovative LEGO Star Wars models, as well as revising and improving previous LEGO versions of classic and iconic Star Wars ships. The focus of our main LEGO Star Wars product line is to make cool, fun, and inspiring LEGO Star Wars models for kids. For LEGO Direct, we have the opportunity to make even bigger, more challenging models with special attention to accuracy and details. These models are fun and exciting to develop, but also a huge challenge! We always do our very best, and hope that you will enjoy the building experience. Happy building! Jens Kronvold Frederiksen Design Director LEGO Star WarsMeet the Model Designer Q: How long have you been a LEGO

model designer? A: I started in September 1987 as a LEGO

Technic designer. After 12 years I changed to LEGO Systems, and designed LEGO Sports, Creator, and other LEGO licensed lines. I’ve been a Star Wars

Designer for the last 9 years. Q: How was designing the LEGO Sandcrawler

different from your work on other LEGO Star Wars models? A: The size, as well as combining all the unusual angles to make a functional model with stable driving was a big challenge. Q: What are elements in the design that improve the LEGO Sandcrawler’s stability? A: Inside the model I used Technic Elements to build up a solid structure. This, together with the right combination of LEGO bricks, gives the model a very stable base and structure. Q: The image of a sandcrawler slowly rumbling across the sands of Tatooine is an iconic Star Wars scene, how did you first approach creating the model? Did you rely on the scenes from the movie, or concept art? A: Of course I rely on the scenes from the movie, but we also ordered extra reference material directly from Lucasfilm, so I had detailed photographs taken from all sides of the model. Model Designer Olav Krøigaard Olav KrøigaardQ: The original Star Wars

as a prop went through many different designs, by at least three different people. How many sketches can a model go through before you’re ready to start creating it with LEGO

bricks? A: Actually, it’s not that necessary in the Star Wars

team, because we have all the reference material we need from Lucasfilm and the movies to support us. I do build a lot of sketch models and pieces, though. Every little detail has been worked through over and over again. Q: The original designers of the Star Wars Sandcrawler were inspired in part by the slow, treaded movement of NASA’s crawler-transporter for the space shuttle. Do you take inspiration from real vehicles or buildings when creating LEGO models? A: Yes I do, when it’s possible, but the Star Wars universe is very different from how things look and work here on this planet. Q: What challenges did you face in designing the LEGO model to look like the real Star Wars Sandcrawler? A: I was really scared of all the unusual angles, and it was a big challenge to figure out how everything could fit together and still look good all over the model. Q: You’ve designed LEGO Star Wars models before, how was the LEGO Sandcrawler similar to or different from the other models you’ve designed? A: I think the LEGO

Sandcrawler is a unique and outstanding play set. It was a big job to figure out what the play set should be, and what would make sense. We had a lot of brainstorming sessions about that, and eventually ended up with this model, and I’m pretty proud of that. Q: There are so many LEGO Star Wars models, what do you think sets the LEGO Sandcrawler apart from the others? A: It has no compromises. We’ve done our absolute best to make a real evergreen out of this set. © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved.À propos du Sandcrawler

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