During production of The Empire Strikes Back, designer Joe Johnston conceived a ship that combined the body of an X-wing and the cockpit of the Y-wing.
However, this design was scrapped for the T-47, which featured no
elements from previous craft. Johnston's designs for the Snowspeeders
have influenced later Star Wars designers, such as Tommy Lee Edwards.
The
models were built in three different scales by Steve Gawley, Charlie
Bailey, and Mike Fulmer of ILM, with the smallest (20 inches) used for
motion control photography, and the largest (2½ feet) for hero and
pyrotechnic shots. All
models included motor-controlled flaps to imply maneuverability, and
the largest version also possessed motor-articulated crew. Several full-scale props were built in London for the hangar, cockpit, and speeder crash scenes.
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