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Todd Wright’s BAAT with crew (front row) and troops.

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Article by Steven Smyth, Bantha Bricks: Fans of LEGO Star Wars Photography by Todd Wright

Galactic Greetings! I’m Steven Smyth from Bantha Bricks: Fans of LEGO Star Wars. Since the community’s founding in 2016, on an almost daily basis, I have witnessed amazing and creative Star Wars builds in the best Star Wars themed building brick group on Facebook. Todd Wright was recently spotted in the Bantha Bricks community with an amazing Resistance gunship/troop transport MOC. I thought it would be great to learn more about this talented builder and his custom LEGO build.

Steven Smyth: Please tell us about yourself.

Todd Wright: Well, first of all, I’m a husband of 12 years, and a father of six children, three boys and three girls, ages ten and under. As with anyone who has young children, LEGO is a big part of my life.

What attracted you to LEGO?

LEGO has been in my life as long as I can remember. I still remember my first set, #1888 Black Knights Guardshack. I was eight years old and even have a picture of me with it!

What drew you to the Star Wars theme?

Of course, growing up in the 1990s, my parents showed me Star Wars very early in life. I remember building my first minifigure LEGO lightsaber out of whatever parts I could. I built my first X-Wing from various space-themed