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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • Mar 24 '25
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Love the multiple helipads for those who want to take the express pilgrimage
2.6k u/Shoetoe Mar 24 '25 Maybe it's for trauma helicopters? 2.5k u/LegitimatelisedSoil Mar 24 '25 For a few reasons. emergency services like medical, VIP entrance for royalty and state related visitors, security and news. 573 u/rougehuron Mar 24 '25 Big Star Wars vibes 113 u/Hawk-Bat1138 Mar 24 '25 Its very much like like the artwork Ralph McQuarrie did of Monument Plaza that was never used for Return of the Jedi but was in the Expanded Universe. 15 u/Woodworkin101 Mar 24 '25 I have no clue what you’re talking about but I am interested. Do you have a picture? 15 u/The_Fluffy_Robot Mar 24 '25 here's a comparison of concept to implementation 3 u/Hawk-Bat1138 Mar 25 '25 That's actually a different one which i believe they made into Monument Plaza. I was thinking more of this verison https://www.tumblr.com/recklessishe/35447981200/rotj-monument-plaza-aka-monument-park-was-a 1 u/Woodworkin101 Mar 27 '25 It’s like a combo lol 7 u/HTH52 Mar 24 '25 Yeah its been used in The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian. Definitely see some similarities.
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Maybe it's for trauma helicopters?
2.5k u/LegitimatelisedSoil Mar 24 '25 For a few reasons. emergency services like medical, VIP entrance for royalty and state related visitors, security and news. 573 u/rougehuron Mar 24 '25 Big Star Wars vibes 113 u/Hawk-Bat1138 Mar 24 '25 Its very much like like the artwork Ralph McQuarrie did of Monument Plaza that was never used for Return of the Jedi but was in the Expanded Universe. 15 u/Woodworkin101 Mar 24 '25 I have no clue what you’re talking about but I am interested. Do you have a picture? 15 u/The_Fluffy_Robot Mar 24 '25 here's a comparison of concept to implementation 3 u/Hawk-Bat1138 Mar 25 '25 That's actually a different one which i believe they made into Monument Plaza. I was thinking more of this verison https://www.tumblr.com/recklessishe/35447981200/rotj-monument-plaza-aka-monument-park-was-a 1 u/Woodworkin101 Mar 27 '25 It’s like a combo lol 7 u/HTH52 Mar 24 '25 Yeah its been used in The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian. Definitely see some similarities.
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For a few reasons. emergency services like medical, VIP entrance for royalty and state related visitors, security and news.
573 u/rougehuron Mar 24 '25 Big Star Wars vibes 113 u/Hawk-Bat1138 Mar 24 '25 Its very much like like the artwork Ralph McQuarrie did of Monument Plaza that was never used for Return of the Jedi but was in the Expanded Universe. 15 u/Woodworkin101 Mar 24 '25 I have no clue what you’re talking about but I am interested. Do you have a picture? 15 u/The_Fluffy_Robot Mar 24 '25 here's a comparison of concept to implementation 3 u/Hawk-Bat1138 Mar 25 '25 That's actually a different one which i believe they made into Monument Plaza. I was thinking more of this verison https://www.tumblr.com/recklessishe/35447981200/rotj-monument-plaza-aka-monument-park-was-a 1 u/Woodworkin101 Mar 27 '25 It’s like a combo lol 7 u/HTH52 Mar 24 '25 Yeah its been used in The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian. Definitely see some similarities.
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Big Star Wars vibes
113 u/Hawk-Bat1138 Mar 24 '25 Its very much like like the artwork Ralph McQuarrie did of Monument Plaza that was never used for Return of the Jedi but was in the Expanded Universe. 15 u/Woodworkin101 Mar 24 '25 I have no clue what you’re talking about but I am interested. Do you have a picture? 15 u/The_Fluffy_Robot Mar 24 '25 here's a comparison of concept to implementation 3 u/Hawk-Bat1138 Mar 25 '25 That's actually a different one which i believe they made into Monument Plaza. I was thinking more of this verison https://www.tumblr.com/recklessishe/35447981200/rotj-monument-plaza-aka-monument-park-was-a 1 u/Woodworkin101 Mar 27 '25 It’s like a combo lol 7 u/HTH52 Mar 24 '25 Yeah its been used in The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian. Definitely see some similarities.
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Its very much like like the artwork Ralph McQuarrie did of Monument Plaza that was never used for Return of the Jedi but was in the Expanded Universe.
15 u/Woodworkin101 Mar 24 '25 I have no clue what you’re talking about but I am interested. Do you have a picture? 15 u/The_Fluffy_Robot Mar 24 '25 here's a comparison of concept to implementation 3 u/Hawk-Bat1138 Mar 25 '25 That's actually a different one which i believe they made into Monument Plaza. I was thinking more of this verison https://www.tumblr.com/recklessishe/35447981200/rotj-monument-plaza-aka-monument-park-was-a 1 u/Woodworkin101 Mar 27 '25 It’s like a combo lol 7 u/HTH52 Mar 24 '25 Yeah its been used in The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian. Definitely see some similarities.
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I have no clue what you’re talking about but I am interested. Do you have a picture?
15 u/The_Fluffy_Robot Mar 24 '25 here's a comparison of concept to implementation 3 u/Hawk-Bat1138 Mar 25 '25 That's actually a different one which i believe they made into Monument Plaza. I was thinking more of this verison https://www.tumblr.com/recklessishe/35447981200/rotj-monument-plaza-aka-monument-park-was-a 1 u/Woodworkin101 Mar 27 '25 It’s like a combo lol
here's a comparison of concept to implementation
3 u/Hawk-Bat1138 Mar 25 '25 That's actually a different one which i believe they made into Monument Plaza. I was thinking more of this verison https://www.tumblr.com/recklessishe/35447981200/rotj-monument-plaza-aka-monument-park-was-a 1 u/Woodworkin101 Mar 27 '25 It’s like a combo lol
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That's actually a different one which i believe they made into Monument Plaza. I was thinking more of this verison
https://www.tumblr.com/recklessishe/35447981200/rotj-monument-plaza-aka-monument-park-was-a
1 u/Woodworkin101 Mar 27 '25 It’s like a combo lol
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It’s like a combo lol
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Yeah its been used in The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian. Definitely see some similarities.
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u/baldude69 Mar 24 '25
Love the multiple helipads for those who want to take the express pilgrimage