Last Jedi Interface
LUCASFILM LTD./BLIND LTD.01A screen aboard Leia's Resistance Cruiser visualizes the losses suffered by the Resistance in the film's opening battle.
LUCASFILM LTD./BLIND LTD.02A triptych of screens on the bridge of Leia's Resistance Cruiser displays orbital information.
LUCASFILM LTD./BLIND LTD.03Booth and his team designed the medical readout in Leia's recovery chambers to go haywire just as she gets an unexpected visitor.
LUCASFILM LTD./BLIND LTD.04A close-up of the interior of Poe's X-wing.
LUCASFILM LTD./BLIND LTD.05A wide shot of a First Order technician's station aboard General Hux's Star Destroyer. The aesthetic is a direct homage to the work of Harry Lange, art director and set decorator for the original Star Wars trilogy.
LUCASFILM LTD./BLIND LTD.06A screen aboard General Hux's Star Destroyer displays a transcript of the communication with Poe Dameron at the beginning of the film. The transcript is in Aurebesh, the writing system used to depict Galactic Basic, the most prevalent language in the Star Wars galaxy. And yes, it translates.
LUCASFILM LTD./BLIND LTD.07Tactical displays aboard the Dreadnaught from the beginning of the film. The display on the far right depicts the ship's primary weapon with simple geometric shapes. "At the time we designed it, we didn't have any imagery of what the ship or its gun would look like," Booth says. In the film, look closely and you see the graphic reflected in the helmet of a First Order technician.
LUCASFILM LTD./BLIND LTD.08A closeup of tactical displays aboard the Dreadnaught.
LUCASFILM LTD./BLIND LTD.09A graphical representation of the First Order's hyperspace-tracking tech.
LUCASFILM LTD./BLIND LTD.10More interfaces from aboard a Canto Bight ship. These and other blue interfaces from this part of the film are an homage to the work of computer graphics pioneer John Whitney.
LUCASFILM LTD./BLIND LTD.11A sleek graphical user interface from aboard a Canto Bight ship.
LUCASFILM LTD./BLIND LTD.12A screen aboard The Supremacy, Snoke's Mega-class Star Destroyer, visualizes the ship's defenses.
LUCASFILM LTD./BLIND LTD.13A screen inside Kylo Ren's shuttle depicts Crait's topology, the First Order's armaments, and the blast doors separating them from the Resistance.
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