"Podracers are the most well-known concept design masterpieces from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, which complete the breathtaking racing sequence.
When I was a little kid, my father showed me the Podracing and told me how powerful jet engines are.
I got so fascinated to jet engines and Podracers. It made me drawn to concept design.
The most attractive points of Podracer designs must be the brutal and harsh race with unique structure and finest details, which stimulating our imagination.
To celebrate May 4th, with huge respects toward original designers and their ideas,
I assigned myself to design for the same request, which is ‘with 2 jet engines and 1 cockpit, and loose connection between them’ (Jonathan Bresman, The Art of Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace, 1999).
Here's my new Podracer design, with some new technologies from the aeronautical engineering.
Wouldn’t Podracers have been evolved like this, even after Anakin left Tatooine?
There was no other Podracing in the Star Wars series, but I believe the racers would still fighting in such a severe match." |