シベリアに「マンダロリアン」の宇宙船、ＳＷファンが再現

【ヤクーツクＡＦＰ＝時事】ロシアで人気SF映画「スター・ウォーズ」シリーズのファンたちが、同シリーズ初の実写テレビドラマ「マンダロリアン」に登場する宇宙船「レイザー・クレスト」のレプリカを制作した。（写真はロシア・ヤクーツクの公園で、人気SF映画「スター・ウォーズ」シリーズの実写テレビドラマ「マンダロリアン」に登場する宇宙船「レイザー・クレスト」のレプリカの周囲に集まった人たち）
　世界有数の寒さで知られるシベリア東部ヤクーツクの公園の雪に覆われた丘の上に登場したレプリカは、高さ４メートル、重さ１トン以上。
　アヤール・ヒョードロフさん（２８）が、コスプレ仲間たちとファイバーボード（繊維板）、金属、発泡プラスチックを使って約３か月かけて完成させた。
　ヒョードロフさんは、シーズン２でレイザー・クレストが破壊されたことに「ショックを受けた」一方、制作する意欲がみなぎったと語った。「まるでマンダロリアンの世界で、レイザー・クレストを再建しているみたいだった」
　制作費用は総額７５万ルーブル（約１１０万円）を超えると見積もり、まず貯金を取り崩し、次に車を売り、さらには一般の人々や企業に支援を求めたという。
　地元住民や観光客の人気を集めている宇宙船は、シベリアの好況な映画産業関係者らからも称賛の声が上がっている。
　ヒョードロフさんはレプリカの傍らに立ち、「こんなコスプレ船は、世界でもこれだけだ」と胸を張った。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/03/16-14:01）

Star Wars fans in Russia have built a giant replica of a spaceship from the spinoff series The Mandalorian and installed it in a park in one of the coldest cities on Earth.
The model of the Razor Crest -- a gunship used by the hit TV show's mysterious bounty hunter to roam the galaxy's outer reaches -- now sits on a snow-covered hill in a park in the eastern Siberian city of Yakutsk.
The ship weighs more than a tonne, Ayaal Fyodorov, 28, told AFP, adding that it had taken him and his cosplayer friends around three months to build it.
The sci-fi vessel, which stands four metres (13 feet) tall, has been made from fibreboard, metal and plastic foam.
The makers sought to meticulously recreate the spacecraft's cockpit and the vessel even has a lowering ramp and a seat for Baby Yoda, a small creature with whom the protagonist, Din Djarin, forms an unlikely bond.
Fyodorov said he and his friends were shocked to see the ship getting destroyed in the series' second season.
We were very much motivated to make it. As if we were inside the TV series and rebuilding the ship, Fyodorov said.
He estimated the project cost more than 750,000 rubles ($10,200).
Fyodorov first used his savings, then sold his car, then asked ordinary Russians and companies to pitch in.
He is proud of the result.
This is the only such cosplay ship in the world, he said, standing next to his creation.
The space vessel has become a major point of attraction for locals and tourists alike and has won praise from experts in a region known for its booming film industry.
Honestly, I did not expect this to turn out so well, said Semyon Shishigin, head of Taragai Cinema, a local film studio, who recently brought his family to the park to marvel at the ship.
I see that there are lots of locals here, and most of them came to see the ship. That's just fantastic!
video-as/dl