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RE: DRK-1 Dark Eye Probe - kresty - 10-23-2017
That's about what I was guessing just from the video - "softball size" is what I was thinking - which looking up on the 'net seems to have a circumference of 12" (why do they specify circumference?) So about 3.8" diameter. So I guess we're in the same ballpark.
It's hard to get excited about the Wookiepedia entry without a source, and, as you mentioned, they didn't say what bit was being measured. Interesting, they link to the IM droid in Tokyo Star Tours - that one's clearly similar, but the "skid/fingers" on the lower sides differ. (I mean, lots of stuff differs, but those look like they should've been the same as the CG DRK1 model.)
RE: DRK-1 Dark Eye Probe - kresty - 10-23-2017
Ok, I'm reconsidering...
It's on https://starwarsscreencaps.com/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace-1999/34/ and https://starwarsscreencaps.com/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace-1999/36/ and
https://starwarsscreencaps.com/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace-1999/50/
In that last set its occluded by Darth Maul's hood so it's further from the camera, yet it's about the size of his head:
![[Image: normal_Darth_Maul_DRK-1.jpg]](http://www.rebeldroids.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/normal_Darth_Maul_DRK-1.jpg)
DRK-1 Behind Darth Maul
Here the Dark Eye Probe is behind Darth Maul's hood - so further from the camera, yet still appears about head sized.
And again here in town (second link above) it goes behind a humanoid head - again about head sized:
![[Image: normal_DRK-1_Occluded.jpg]](http://www.rebeldroids.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/normal_DRK-1_Occluded.jpg)
DRK-1 Occluded
This shot makes the DRK-1 appear head-sized or bigger. It's behind the humanoid character in town.
Not a great shot in that last, and I don't have the disc right in front of me, but it seems like he's substantially bigger than I'd thought.
That would be more in line with a .3m (almost 12") height excluding the antenna. Maybe including the cameras. 50th percentile human head is about 9" from bottom of chin to top of head - but Darth Maul has extra stuff to make his head taller, and the other -whatever-it-is- is wearing a helmet. 50th percentile widths of heads are 6".
So a .3m main body height might be plausible. I suspect, however, that someone pulled it out of thin air when writing specs for a book or something, so I'm not sure that's very accurate. Maybe including the lower camera?
I think 9" is probably close to the lower bound.