Obi-Wan Disables the Tractor Beam: A LEGO® creation by Roy T Cook : MOCpages.com

Obi-Wan Disables the Tractor Beam

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Ben Kenobi disabling the Death Star Tractor Beam

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This is a vignette created for the Star Wars Vig contest on FBTB. Basically, it shows the classic scene from ANH where Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi disables the tractor beam on the Death Star, so that Han, Luke, Leia, Chewie, and the droids can escape.

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Here is a nice shot showing (most of) the vig in all its glory. The minute I read the rules for the contest, which stated that the vig could overlap to 10 * 10 at the most, but had no height restriction, this scene just jumped to mind as one where I could really make use of a tall, narrow 'building canvas'

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Here is the other side of the controls. I tried to make the tractor beam controls as much like those in the film as possible. Thus, Ben is here pulling down a lever, and in the previous picture you can see the wierd knobs that he will turn next.

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Stormie: Whoa... We are REALLY high up.
Ben: Tell me about it. Why would someone place the controls to a crucial piece of equipment above a bottomless pit, with the only access to those controls involving a six-inch wide ledge?
Stormie: Oh, I don't know... Maybe to discourage people like you from messing with it?
Ben: Yeah... well... uh, I like your silver tipped blaster, by the way.
Stormie: They got sick of hearing us complain about how cool your chrome-plated lightsaber handles were.
Ben: Righteous!... Well, I have to go now. [Waving his hand. Theme music cues up here] You never saw me.
Stormie: I never saw you.
Ben: [Still waving hand] The tractor beam is fully functional.
Stormie: The tractor beam is fully functional.
Ben: [Still waving hand] You will miss when you shoot at rebels.
Stormie: I will miss when I shoot at... hey, wait a minute, I do that already.
Ben: Oh... OK... Bye!

Note: In the background of this photo you can see two cool things. First, my solution to how to organize 3000 printed tiles - to stick them on large baseplates and essentially wallpaper the room with them. Second, at the top left you can see a framed certificate - I got it for participating in the Build-the-Trust competition at Brickfest last year. Interesting fact: My PhD is still packed away somewhere, as of yet unframed, yet this hangs with pride on the wall. Tells you something about me, doesn't it?