'Daughter of Ferrix' put a spotlight on a little-seen, but long-lived classic Star Wars ship design.
lass naming comes from the legendary artist behind that original concept art, Colin Cantwell. Cantwell eventually merged his designs for the wedge fighters and his early cruiser design to create the iconic triangular structure of the Imperial Star Destroyer.
, Cantwell’s work fundamentally shaped the basis of starship design in the galaxy far, far away for generations, giving us the X-Wing, Y-Wing, and TIE Fighter designs, as well as the Star Destroyer, the Death Star, the—and even land-based designs like the Jawa Sandcrawler and Luke’s landspeeder. The T-16 Skyhopper model Luke plays with in the movie is one of Cantwell’s own models, a ship designed for a cut racing scene on the desert planet.
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