Let's Celebrate Rogue One Week by Destroying 7 Lego Star Wars Vehicles

Here at WIRED Culture we like to think that our interests are broader than one might expect. And most of the time, that's actually true. However, any illusions we might have of expansive tastes or a refined palate go out the window when you start talking about slow-motion videos of LEGO Star Wars vehicles being destroyed. So when the crew behind Battle Damage decided to celebrate Star Wars Day 2015 by spending 16 hours building an $800 LEGO Star Destroyer—only to film it taking a nose dive in slow-motion—we were more than a little excited. When they followed that up by assembling and then exploding six more Lego Star Wars vehicles, we wanted to throw them a Royal Award Ceremony on Yavin 4. And now, to prepare for the release later this week of Rogue One—a story about the detailed steps it takes to carry out an epic destruction—we pulled all of those LEGO Star Wars destruction videos (and the behind-the-scenes looks at how they did it) in one place. Watch your childhood dreams come true.