Naboo Royal Starship, two interesting MOCs ...

If there is a ship that LEGO has never produced but that many fans dream of one day seeing take shape in an official set, it is the Naboo Royal Starship or J-type 327 Nubian Royal Starship of its real name.

Aviation fans will immediately recognize one of the inspiration sources of this spacecraft seen in the'Episode I: The Phantom Menace : The Lockheed SR-71. This ship will allow Amidala to escape Naboo during the Trade Federation's invasion of Theed along with Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The ship will be damaged when it leaves Naboo and will have to land on Tatooine for repair.

Two MOCers are represented here via their achievements, including Gunner (image below) with a more playset oriented version with removable upper parts to access an interior space that can accommodate minifigs. The two approaches are very different and each will appreciate more one or the other of these MOCs according to its sensitivity.

Obviously, reproducing this curvaceous ship is a matter of compromise when it comes to LEGO. These two MOCs demonstrate that it is nevertheless possible to reproduce it in a rather faithful way, but the essential presence of chrome parts to make this machine credible compared to the model of the film undoubtedly impacts the possible cost of production and therefore of marketing. of such a vessel. The and 10026 UCS Naboo Starfighter released in 2002 already had some chrome parts on the 187 parts that compose it.