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About the Sandcrawler™
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The Sandcrawler™is a lumbering, mechanical hulk used by
Tatooine’s Jawas™to travel the desert wastes in search of
lost droids, crashed starships, and other treasures.
Sandcrawlers can house several hundred Jawas, who live
in a maze of discarded machinery, minimally functional
droids, and other assorted junk. Originally brought to
Tatooine by early miners, the sandcrawlers are outdated
and require continual repairs, but they provide Jawas with
protection from sandstorms, the desert heat, krayt
dragons, Tusken Raiders, and other dangers.
The sandcrawlers, now used almost exclusively by Jawas,
utilize large steam-powered nuclear fusion engines and
giant treads to move across the Dune Sea and other
wastelands on the desert world. Initially intended to haul
ore, the sandcrawlers were abandoned when the mining
venture on Tatooine completely failed. Almost immediately,
the scavenging Jawas took control of the sandcrawlers,
modifying and repairing the vehicles to suit their needs.

Within each sandcrawler, the Jawas™have created a
vast labyrinth of alcoves, where the small humanoids eat,
sleep, and store machinery, spare parts, and captured
droids. Almost everything Jawas find in the desert can be
loaded into the sandcrawler through an extendable
magnetic suction tube originally used for loading ore, or
via a retractable front loading hatch.
Because the sandcrawler has a dense, steel hull and is
virtually unstoppable, the Jawas are completely protected
from their natural enemies, the Tusken Raiders, and other
dangers. However, attacks by Imperial Stormtroopers
have shown that the sandcrawlers cannot withstand
precise laser blasts from handheld weapons.
Aside from the Jawas themselves, no one is certain
exactly how many sandcrawlers still remain in working
order. The vehicles are rarely seen traveling together,
although they do convene once a year at a secret
location in the Dune Sea. At this gathering, the Jawas
open their sandcrawlers and trade their finds with one
another.
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Sandcrawler™Facts
Technical Specifications
Manufacturer Corellia Mining Corporation
Model Digger crawler
Class Wheeled
Cost 150,000 credits (new)
60,000 credits (used)
Length 120.8 feet (36.8 meters)
Height/depth 65.6 feet (20 meters)
Maximum speed 18.6 mph (30 km/h)
Engine unit(s) Girodyne Ka/La steam-powered
nuclear fusion engines
Crew 50 Jawas™
Passengers 1,500 droids
Cargo capacity 55 tons (50 metric tons)
Modelmaker Lorne Peterson © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved.
Concept Art
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About the LEGO®Star Wars™Design Team
LEGO®Star Wars™started in 1999, and we have made new models for the product line every year since then. The LEGO Star Wars
design team consists of six to eight model designers, and three graphic designers. The team is a mix of new designers
with fresh ideas, and experienced LEGO Star Wars designers with many models under their belts.
This is an ideal team for creating new, innovative LEGO Star Wars models, as well as revising and
improving previous LEGO versions of classic and iconic Star Wars ships. The focus of our main
LEGO Star Wars product line is to make cool, fun, and inspiring LEGO Star Wars models
for kids.
For LEGO Direct, we have the opportunity to make even bigger,
more challenging models with special attention to accuracy
and details. These models are fun and exciting to develop,
but also a huge challenge! We always do our very best,
and hope that you will enjoy the building experience.
Happy building!
Jens Kronvold Frederiksen
Design Director
LEGO Star Wars

Meet the Model Designer
Q: How long have you been a LEGO®model designer?
A: I started in September 1987 as a LEGO®Technic designer.
After 12 years I changed to LEGO Systems, and designed
LEGO Sports, Creator, and other LEGO licensed lines. I’ve
been a Star Wars™Designer for the last 9 years.
Q: How was designing the LEGO Sandcrawler™different from
your work on other LEGO Star Wars models?
A: The size, as well as combining all the unusual angles to
make a functional model with stable driving was a big
challenge.
Q: What are elements in the design that improve the LEGO
Sandcrawler’s stability?
A: Inside the model I used Technic Elements to build up a
solid structure. This, together with the right combination of
LEGO bricks, gives the model a very stable base and
structure.
Q: The image of a sandcrawler slowly rumbling across the
sands of Tatooine is an iconic Star Wars scene, how did
you first approach creating the model? Did you rely on the
scenes from the movie, or concept art?
A: Of course I rely on the scenes from the movie, but we also
ordered extra reference material directly from Lucasfilm, so I
had detailed photographs taken from all sides of the model.
Model Designer Olav Krøigaard
Olav Krøigaard

Q: The original Star Wars™Sandcrawler™as a prop went
through many different designs, by at least three different
people. How many sketches can a model go through before
you’re ready to start creating it with LEGO®bricks?
A: Actually, it’s not that necessary in the Star Wars™team,
because we have all the reference material we need from
Lucasfilm and the movies to support us. I do build a lot of
sketch models and pieces, though. Every little detail has
been worked through over and over again.
Q: The original designers of the Star Wars Sandcrawler were
inspired in part by the slow, treaded movement of NASA’s
crawler-transporter for the space shuttle. Do you take
inspiration from real vehicles or buildings when creating
LEGO models?
A: Yes I do, when it’s possible, but the Star Wars universe is
very different from how things look and work here on this
planet.
Q: What challenges did you face in designing the LEGO model
to look like the real Star Wars Sandcrawler?
A: I was really scared of all the unusual angles, and it was a
big challenge to figure out how everything could fit together
and still look good all over the model.
Q: You’ve designed LEGO Star Wars models before, how was
the LEGO Sandcrawler similar to or different from the other
models you’ve designed?
A: I think the LEGO®Sandcrawler is a unique and outstanding
play set. It was a big job to figure out what the play set
should be, and what would make sense. We had a lot of
brainstorming sessions about that, and eventually ended up
with this model, and I’m pretty proud of that.
Q: There are so many LEGO Star Wars models, what do you
think sets the LEGO Sandcrawler apart from the others?
A: It has no compromises. We’ve done our absolute best to
make a real evergreen out of this set.
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À propos du Sandcrawler™
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Le Sandcrawler™est un char des sables mécanique roulant
lentement, utilisé par les Jawas™de Tatooine pour voyager
dans le désert à la recherche de droïdes perdus, de
vaisseaux accidentés et d’autres trésors. Les Sandcrawlers
peuvent accueillir plusieurs centaines de Jawas, qui vivent
dans un labyrinthe de machines au rebut, de droïdes
minimalement fonctionnels et d’autres détritus. Apportés à
l’origine sur Tatooine par les premiers miniers, les
Sandcrawlers sont obsolètes et exigent des réparations
continuelles, mais ils fournissent aux Jawas une protection
contre les tempêtes de sable, la chaleur du désert,
les dragons Krayt, les Tuskens et autres dangers.
Les Sandcrawlers, dont se servent maintenant presque
exclusivement les Jawas, utilisent de grands générateurs
à fusion nucléaire à vapeur et des chenilles géantes
pour se déplacer sur la Mer des dunes et d’autres
territoires dans le monde du désert. Conçus à l’origine
pour transporter le minerai, les Sandcrawlers furent
abandonnés lorsque l’exploitation minière sur Tatooine
échoua complètement. Presque immédiatement, les
Jawas s’emparèrent des Sandcrawlers, modifiant et
réparant les véhicules pour répondre à leurs besoins.

Dans chaque Sandcrawler, les Jawas™ont créé un vaste
labyrinthe d’alcôves, où les petits humanoïdes mangent,
dorment et stockent les machines, les pièces détachées
et les droïdes capturés. Presque tout ce que les Jawas
trouvent dans le désert peut être chargé dans le
Sandcrawler par le biais d’un tube d’aspiration magnétique
extensible utilisé pour charger le minerai, ou au moyen
d’une trappe de chargement avant rétractable.
Le Sandcrawler a une coque dense en acier et est
pratiquement impossible à arrêter. Les Jawas sont donc
complètement protégés contre leurs ennemis naturels, les
Tuskens, et d’autres dangers. Cependant, les attaques
des Stormtroopers impériaux ont montré que les
Sandcrawlers ne peuvent pas résister aux tirs laser
précis d’armes tenues à la main.
À part les Jawas eux-mêmes, personne ne sait vraiment
combien il reste de Sandcrawlers en fonctionnement.
Les véhicules sont rarement vus voyageant ensemble,
même s’ils se réunissent une fois par an dans un
endroit secret dans la Mer des dunes. Lors de
cette réunion, les Jawas ouvrent leurs Sandcrawlers
et échangent leurs trouvailles entre eux.
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Informations sur
le Sandcrawler™
Caractéristiques techniques
Fabricant Corellia Mining Corporation
Modèle Excavatrice rampante
Classe Terrestre
Coût 150 000 crédits (nouveaux)
60 000 crédits (utilisés)
Longueur 36,8 mètres (120,8 ft)
Hauteur/profondeur 20 mètres (65,6 ft)
Vitesse maximale 30 km/h (18,6 mph)
Moteur(s) Générateurs à fusion nucléaire
à vapeur Girodyne Ka/La
Équipage 50 Jawas™
Passagers 1500 droïdes
Capacité de chargement 50 tonnes
Lorne Peterson, fabricant de modèles © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. Tous droits réservés.
Esquisses
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