Kate Conlon
DL-44: IN PURSUIT OF THE PERFECT REPLICA
DL-44: In Pursuit of the Perfect Replica is a non-fiction account that follows an international community of enthusiasts as they endeavor to create the first fully screen-accurate replica of the DL-44 Blaster, the weapon wielded by Han Solo in the 1977 film, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
The screen-used prop, a frankenstein of antique weaponry components and plastic miscellany, has been lost to time. Evidence of the object’s construction, contours, and dimensions exists only in rare on-set snapshots, film stills, and industry lore. For a group of Star Wars enthusiasts, the quest to recreate the DL-44 prop has amounted to a multi-decade forensic-style investigation. It is a story characterized by obsession and dogged persistence and punctuated with moments of euphoric revelation.
Published May 2018 by Third Object, Chicago, IL.
Design by Hour Studio with illustrations by Richard Blackwell.
109 pages
8.5" x 11"
Clip bound with hand embossed cover
First edition of 100
Kate Conlon
DL-44:
IN PURSUIT OF THE PERFECT REPLICA
DL-44: In Pursuit of the Perfect Replica is a non-fiction account that follows an international community of enthusiasts as they endeavor to create the first fully screen-accurate replica of the DL-44 Blaster, the weapon wielded by Han Solo in the 1977 film, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
The screen-used prop, a frankenstein of antique weaponry components and plastic miscellany, has been lost to time. Evidence of the object’s construction, contours, and dimensions exists only in rare on-set snapshots, film stills, and industry lore. For a group of Star Wars enthusiasts, the quest to recreate the DL-44 prop has amounted to a multi-decade forensic-style investigation. It is a story characterized by obsession and dogged persistence and punctuated with moments of euphoric revelation.
The book is published by Third Object in a first edition of 100. It is designed by Hour Studio and includes illustrations by Richard Blackwell. Laserprinted with hand-embossed foil cover.
KATE CONLON
Published May 2018 by Third Object, Chicago, IL.
Design by Hour Studio with illustrations by Richard Blackwell.
109 pages
8.5" x 11"
Clip bound with hand embossed cover
First edition of 100
DL-44: In Pursuit of the Perfect Replica is a non-fiction account that follows an international community of enthusiasts as they endeavor to create the first fully screen-accurate replica of the DL-44 Blaster, the weapon wielded by Han Solo in the 1977 film, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
The screen-used prop, a frankenstein of antique weaponry components and plastic miscellany, has been lost to time. Evidence of the object’s construction, contours, and dimensions exists only in rare on-set snapshots, film stills, and industry lore. For a group of Star Wars enthusiasts, the quest to recreate the DL-44 prop has amounted to a multi-decade forensic-style investigation. It is a story characterized by obsession and dogged persistence and punctuated with moments of euphoric revelation.