Luger in Rogue ! Star Wars Story

Malamute · 07-19-2017, 11:10 PM

Finally saw the recent film Rogue 1, Star Wars Story, and was pleasantly amused to see the main character Jyn Erso had a heavily modified Luger for her personal pistol. Was fun to see it still up on the screen, even in sci-fi.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Stories

4 Scale · 07-20-2017, 11:31 AM

Great to see the timeless design of the Parabellum in a new role, literally. Han Solo's blaster in the original was based on a C96.

Existing machines suggest intricate design/realism and it is often easier for the art department to modify an existing machine than create a new one from scratch. Many other Star Wars weapons are based on existing firearms.

In the iconic Sci-Fi Film Aliens, H&K VP70s pistols were used unaltered. Also in Aliens, when the Colonial Marines awaken from hyper sleep, the machines in the scene background are surplus helicopter engines. The colony interior was an abandoned UK power plant.

DonVoigt · 07-20-2017, 02:14 PM

I guess they ran out of Broomhandles to modify!

BogeyB · 07-20-2017, 08:28 PM

Cool Bill! I like the modified Lewis gun!

Mike

Eugen · 07-21-2017, 06:38 AM

That modified (with somebody's toliet plunger) C96 looks more like a prop from a Buck Rogers sci-fi movie.

07-19-2017, 11:10 PM	#1
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07-20-2017, 11:31 AM	#2
4 Scale User Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 544 Thanks: 194 Thanked 490 Times in 251 Posts	Great to see the timeless design of the Parabellum in a new role, literally. Han Solo's blaster in the original was based on a C96. Existing machines suggest intricate design/realism and it is often easier for the art department to modify an existing machine than create a new one from scratch. Many other Star Wars weapons are based on existing firearms. In the iconic Sci-Fi Film Aliens, H&K VP70s pistols were used unaltered. Also in Aliens, when the Colonial Marines awaken from hyper sleep, the machines in the scene background are surplus helicopter engines. The colony interior was an abandoned UK power plant. Attached Images

07-20-2017, 02:14 PM	#3
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,354 Times in 2,041 Posts	I guess they ran out of Broomhandles to modify! __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

07-20-2017, 08:28 PM	#4
BogeyB Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mc Donough, GA. Posts: 422 Thanks: 0 Thanked 227 Times in 99 Posts	Cool Bill! I like the modified Lewis gun! Mike __________________ MAGA Always!! NRA Benifactor, GCA

07-21-2017, 06:38 AM	#5
Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 793 Thanks: 400 Thanked 634 Times in 336 Posts	That modified (with somebody's toliet plunger) C96 looks more like a prop from a Buck Rogers sci-fi movie. __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain