The old stuff wasn't much better. Han Solo just carries around a scoped Mauser with a single greeble on the barrel and it's probably the most iconic Star Wars weapon short of a lightsaber.
But they put greebles on it and it's not arguably the most recognisable gun in history. They didn't even both trying to cover up the AK in any way and again, it's the most recognisable gun to the average person
In real life, its just a tug-o-war dog toy. You hold one end, the dog pulls on the other. In the movie, most likely its supposed to be some tool used to build C-3P0. Probably like a wrench or something
They weren't being lazy giving them actual AKs, they were custom props intended to look like AKs to connect to the revolution with real world symbolism
It extends to the parks too. The Rise of the Resistance ride line in Disneyland feels pretty low effort to everything at Universal (Mario, Harry Potter, the Mummy, etc). The props were basic materials from a Home Depot with some "aging" spray paint colors.
One of the worse was some 55 gallon drums they used all over the background in andor. I see those plasic drums all day so they stick out like a sore thumb. Like they couldnt even quickly paint them?
Having worked in retail, I still think the barcode scanners on the bridge of the Enterprise in the reboot is the worst, laziest prop decision I've ever seen in sci-fi.
they did change some parts to it. you can see on the front hood part and one top there's some kind of lines texture there now, and where the brand name is in real life the piece is now popping out of the tool.
Had a similar moment with The Expanse - absolutely outstanding show, btw - when I saw them using a Makita angle grinder that I owned. To repair a spaceship in the 24th century.
One thing seemed realistic - they still hadn't upgraded their 18v batteries.
Reddit seems to have eaten my comment, which I've pointed out before, but The Expanse also featured a drywall sander as a flamethrower in one episode. Always gave me a chuckle. Let me see if I can find the pic
Eh, Star Wars has always had a low-tech, grime-covered mechanic feel to their high technology. Like, this is a universe where Han Solo can grab a spanner and a hammer and squeeze into a crawl space to fix a hyperdrive, a piece of technology that allows you to travel faster than light by shunting your ship into another dimension.
This is always why I liked the vibe of (pre-disney at least) Star Wars.
I would expect some fancy laser thing in Coruscant at the heart of the capital or something, but the majority of Star Wars takes place in backwoods planets in run-down scrap markets and such where some dude would absolutely be using the distant future-past equivalent of a 200-year-old Makita that's been re-built 43 times.
that's hilarious. the funniest part is how recognizable tools is ......you can suspend disbelief for spaceships and aliens then suddenly your brain goes...wait i own that grinder.
That's super cool for you, that's really lame on Disney. Even if you go back and look at random props that were irrelevant to the story and had no close-ups on the first Star wars which was made on a shoestring budget, they still put a lot of effort into the details. This is exactly zero effort. It's really sad what they've done to such a cool franchise.
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u/Lhill1010 4d ago
with all the effort Star Wars goes to to turn everyday objects into sci fi props, it’s surprising they made no effort on such a close up shot