This document provides an overview of initial ideas for designing a set location for a collaborative Star Wars project. It discusses: - Potential inspiration from Star Wars locations like Crait and other sci-fi works. - Early concepts considered a Sith base, rebel base, or Jedi temple but these didn't fit the red crystal-like surroundings. - An initial structure idea with a visible top and bottom section connected by a spiral staircase in the caves. - Sketches of designs were tested but looked out of place or too symmetrical. - The design evolved to look more like a crystal building integrated into the mountainside with Star Wars features like landing platforms. - The final concept was

1. Unit 7 Collaborative Unit
Paired with Lizzie Earle

2. Initial Thoughts
Star Wars, The Witcher (Games) , Studio Ghibli, Dark Souls (Game), Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy,
Ori and the Blind Forest, Legend of Zelda, Hercules, Little Mermaid, Peter Pan

3. Star Wars: Crait• Small mineral planet covered in Salt Crystals, with deep red soil
• Salty seas, Canyons, Mountains, Salt Flats, Breathable Atmosphere, Mild Climate
• It’s in the Outer Rim Territories, a remote part of the Star Wars Galaxy, lots of natural looking and low populated planets
• Other than a Rebel base, the only other things on Crait are large mineral mines and the Vulptex
• The Vulptex used to look like normal foxes but evolved over the years and grew more crystals along with the planet. Can assume the planet used to be like any other planet

4. Set Design on Crait
• Used to house a rebel alliance outpost during the early rebellion against the galactic empire, it was abandoned and then revisited in The
Last Jedi and used as a base again by the Resistance
• The outpost was rough and didn’t have much in it. Mostly underground and had a massive metal door to protect from attacks, and lots
of trenches for the Battle of Crait (The last Jedi)

5. Other Set Design in Star Wars

6. Initial Ideas
Considered different options for the Story
Sith Base – Colours make sense but not for Sith to be there
Rebel Base – Colours seem too dark, red associated with Sith and ‘Dark Side’
Jedi Temple – Colours seem to dark, already a Jedi temple in Crystal caves (Ilum)
Initial Thoughts on the Structure
Having a structure that has a visible top section and bottom section, then a joining spiral
staircase in the caves. Would reflect how tall the mountains are and utilise that space

7. Bottom Section
Cave entrance with a big
spiral staircase going to the
Top section

8. Top Section
Experimenting with Star Wars symbols and whether they could be incorporated into
the floor plan of the top section
Eg. Rebel alliance, Jedi Order

9. Trying to figure out what it would look like on the outside – wasn’t really working, looked out of place, too much going on

10. Testing one of the designs - Felt out of place, too symmetrical, looked more like an ice palace, didn’t fit in with surroundings

11. Reflecting on previous Ideas
- Went back to initial drawing of a crystal, made it look a
bit more like a building
- Changed orientation and where on the mountain
- Then looked back at signature Star Wars features eg.
Landing platform, Walkway with Statues, Open platform
at the top

12. Old Jedi Temple
Rebels use it now as a watchtower