Global meets Intergalactic: A Star Wars/World War II Mashup

Built for Rebellug's Vignweek Day 6: Star Wars+Theme.

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I completed a large portion of this MOC before the deadline a few weeks ago (see older post) but wasn't able to finish in time. I decided I couldn't not finish a build I had gotten so excited about, so here is the final properly photographed and edited product only a few weeks late!

 

The challenge was to combine Star Wars with another theme as organically as possible, and since I enjoy military builds and have a lot of neat minifigure parts for it, I decided to combine Star Wars with World War II. Specifically, I mashed an urban conflict between Imperials and Rebels with the siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in the final days of WWII fought between Americans and Germans.

 

The minifigures are all combinations of parts from Star Wars and military, but the two buildings represent the two themes independently; Art Nouveau-ish architecture on the left with a cobblestone road common to Europe and generic Star Wars-y architecture on the left using more bold colors and with a more futuristic road as well as communication equipment and crates on the roof.

 

It was fun to try and organically blend the two styles together into an aesthetically pleasing build that doesn't look too jarring but yet still highlights the fact that two unique themes are present. Hopefully, that is the way that it looks to you ;)

 

Thanks for checking this build out!

 

 

Maranatha!

Done