- designers at porsche and lucasfilm collaborated on a taycan-inspired starfighter to promote the new ev and the upcoming film.
- the design process and collaboration can be seen in a documentary released by the companies.
- star wars: the rise of skywalker will reach theaters on december 20, and deliveries of the porsche taycan start late this year.
the product of the collaboration between porsche and lucasfilm has arrived: the taycan-inspired tri-wing s-91x pegasus starfighter. the fantasy vehicle has the iconic sloping roof of a porsche and the intakes seen on the 2020 taycan. it's a sports car for the sky.
from the lucasfilm side, the starfighter took inspiration from the x-wing, y-wing, and u-wing fighters. the six-week collaboration between the teams was documented in this 12-minute documentary detailing how each team offered up their design cues and experience to create the starfighter.
the designers were given parameters for the starfighter they were collaborating on: it had to have two front entries, a large rear cargo door, and room for two pilots and a maximum of five crew members. the porsche team said it opted for a wide, thin body as opposed to a tall and narrow one in order to not deviate from the design ethos of porsche.
