Spectators instantly understand the vehicle's function.
George Lucas: "I'm a visual filmmaker as opposed to a literary filmmaker, so the movie doesn't rest in the dialogue. It rest in the visuals."
The Prequels had to present the past of Star Wars, a world that hadn't yet fallen under the weight of fascism.
Chiang: "In Episode one, we established a very Art Nouveau, very fluid form, and Episode four had a sort of very industrial engineered angular shape."
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