Zach King Masterfully Recreates Star Wars Using Cardboard
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A galaxy far, far away... built entirely from cardboard.
YouTube creator Zach King, a lifelong Star Wars devotee, has recreated the entire 1977 original film using little more than cardboard sheets and glue, assembled in a single warehouse over just five days of filming.
The production brought in a surprisingly star-studded cast of creators and actors, including Randall Park as Red Leader, with King himself playing Luke Skywalker. Sets like the Death Star hallways and Mos Eisley Cantina were built from painted crates and cardboard panels. Miniature X-wings and TIE fighters, some small enough to hold in one hand, were constructed using motion control rigs similar to those George Lucas originally used.
Every iconic scene made the cut, from Luke meeting Obi-Wan to the final Death Star trench run. Even the sound design and music were created from scratch.
The result is a love letter to a film that clearly never left King's imagination.
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