Why not repaint the Star Destroyer? I asked resident Star Wars expert Rich McCormick this question.
Have you ever seen a white Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera go a few weeks without a wash? It's dirtier than Garbage Compactor 3263827. Some further evidence my theory is correct: Star Destroyers are too large to fit inside car washes. Look how dirty it is! Dirty, dirty, dirty! I will speculate this is the same Star Destroyer, recently dirtied by space gunk.Īnd here's the Star Destroyer from The Force Awakens, which takes places decades after both films. Here's the Star Destroyer from The Empire Strikes Back, which takes place very shortly after Rogue One. Somewhere inside the Death Star, a giddy Darth Vader is holding a half-broken bottle of champagne. Here's the Star Destroyer from Rogue One, presumably entering space for the very first time. Like wearing white slacks to a Puddle of Mudd concert set on an actual puddle of mud, the white Star Destroyers are immediately stained by space debris and harsh UV-rays from close proximity to actual stars they destroy, giving them their familiar muted-grey hue. The Imperial leaders know this is misguided and will end poorly, but misguided decisions that end poorly is their modus operandi - see the Death Star floating behind the Star Destroyers. In short: all Star Destroyers are initially painted white. My second theory is, I believe, far more likely to be correct. The white Star Destroyer is closer to our mental image of the classic Star Destroyer than the real thing. To capture the classic look, the creators of Rogue One have slightly altered the original look of the Star Destroyer paradoxically to make the aesthetic feel more like a throwback. The first, frankly, is a trifle: The Star Destroyer is white, instead of the murky grey of the Star Destroyers in the original trilogy, because white was largely used by the costume designers and scenic artists of the 1970's science-fiction cinema. Of course you've already watched the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer, so let's assume you care about the roughly two minutes of footage enough to speculate on the big question at its heart: why are the Star Destroyers so starchy white?
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