Some of My All-Time Favourite Star Wars Origami to Celebrate Star Wars Day
If you’re a Star Wars fan then you should know that May 4th is Star Wars Day. It’s Star Wars Day because “May the Fourth” sounds like saying “May the Force Be With You,” a famous phase from Star Wars.
So in honour of Star Wars Day today I’ve put together this post with some of my all-time favourite Star Wars origami. We’ve got everything from spaceships to characters and all kinds of fun awesome designs.
First up is this Hailfire Droid from the prequel movies designed by Martin Hunt, a Jedi Master of Star Wars origami. The colour changes in this design look amazing, especially with black and brown paper.
Hailfire Droid, Designed and Folded by Martin Hunt
Crease pattern available from starwarigami.co.uk
Check out Martin Hunt’s website at www.starwarigami.co.uk
I love the Super Star Destroyer design and there’s a fantastic origami version. This model also has some fantastic colour changes in it.
Super Star Destroyer, Designed by Morisue Kei and Folded by Karol Kafarski
Instructions not available
I have no idea how someone can design or fold something like an X-Wing using just one square of paper. This is definitely one of the best folded X-Wings I’ve seen. This is the Resistance version from the new movies.
Resistance X-Wing, Designed by Karol Kafarski and Folded by Michael Novio
Diagrams available in Origami Star Wars
Martin Hunt designed this fantastic TIE Advanced fighter. This is the fighter Darth Vader is flying in Episode IV a New Hope. I love how this design is 3 dimensional.
TIE Advanced, Designed and Folded by Martin Hunt
Crease pattern available from starwarigami.co.uk
Check out Martin Hunt’s website at www.starwarigami.co.uk
This paper AT-AT Walker is another design that blows my mind. I love all the details like the circles on the joints of the legs.
AT-AT Walker, Designed by Morisue Kei and Folded by Karol Kafarski
Instructions not available
Here’s a beautiful looking Naboo Starfighter. I’m really loving that silver and yellow paper.
Naboo Starfighter, Designed and Folded by Martin Hunt
Diagrams available from starwarigami.co.uk
Check out Martin Hunt’s website at www.starwarigami.co.uk
I’ve definitely got to include a regular TIE Fighter in this post and this is one of the best ones I’ve seen. I especially love the details on those wings and the glass on the front of the cockpit.
TIE Fighter, Designed by Morisue Kei and Folded by Karol Kafarski
A photo of the crease pattern is available from origami tourist’s Flickr
Fumiaki Kawahata’s Yoda design is one of my all time favourite origami models so I had to include one in this post. I haven’t tried folding this yet but it doesn’t look too difficult so I think I can do it. I’ll have to try folding it soon.
A lot of people have folded this model but this photo by Gonzalo is probably the best one I’ve ever seen of this origami Yoda.
Jedi Master Yoda, Designed by Fumiaki Kawahata and Folded by Gonzalo
Video instructions available from Jo Nakashima’s YouTube channel
Shu Sugamata is another Jedi Master of Star Wars origami. It took him a lot of time and work but he finally managed to design a paper Star Destroyer that has all of the engines on the back. I have no idea how he managed that.
Star Destroyer, Designed and Folded by Shu Sugamata
Instructions not available
Martin Hunt also designed this fantastic land speeder.
Landspeeder, Designed and Folded by Martin Hunt
Instructions not available
Check out Martin Hunt’s website at www.starwarigami.co.uk
Here’s another beautiful rendition of Karol Kafarski’s Resistance X-Wing.
Resistance X-Wing, Designed and Folded by Karol Kafarski
Diagrams available in Origami Star Wars
Another somewhat famous Star Wars model is Ángel Morollón’s Darth Vader. It looks quite imposing, especially with black paper.
Darth Vader, Designed by Ángel Morollón and Folded by Rui Roda
Diagrams available in Pajarita Magazine #134
This is one of the Vulture Droids from Star Wars Episode I. Another absolutely fantastic and detailed design from Martin Hunt.
Vulture Droid, Designed and Folded by Martin Hunt
Crease pattern available from starwarigami.co.uk
Check out Martin Hunt’s website at www.starwarigami.co.uk
This next photo is absolutely beautiful. It’s one of the clone troopers from the prequel movies photographed out in the snow. The model is already amazing but the photo here is beautiful.
Clone Trooper, Designed by Morisue Kei and Folded by Никита Васильев
Instructions not available
Here’s Kylo Ren’s TIE Silencer from Star Wars Episode VIII. Another excellent design from Karol Kafarski and it’s folded from a single square of paper too!
TIE Silencer, Designed and Folded by Karol Kafarski
Instructions not available
The A-Wing is one of my favourite fighter designs and Martin Hunt has captured here fantastically. Especially with the colour changes in the design. This is folded from one sheet of paper.
A-Wing, Designed and Folded by Martin Hunt
Crease pattern available from starwarigami.co.uk
Check out Martin Hunt’s website at www.starwarigami.co.uk
BB-8, the droid from the new movies is super popular and a few artists have designed paper versions. Here’s a really great 2D version of BB-8. This is folded from a single 30cm x 30cm square of paper. You need to use paper that’s orange on one side and white on the other and then it looks fantastic.
BB-8, Designed and Folded by Karol Kafarski
Instructions not available
This Jawa is one of the cutest Star Wars designs I’ve seen. I love how inside the hood is black if you use black and brown paper.
Jawa, Designed and Folded by Joseph Wu
Instructions not available
Shu Sugamata designed this fantastic Y-Wing which believe it or not is folded from a Crane Base!
Y-Wing, Designed and Folded by Shu Sugamata
Diagrams available from Shu Sugamata’s Flickr
The Lambda class imperial shuttle is another one of my favourite Star Wars ships. Here’s a fantastic paper folded one and since it’s made out of paper you can fold the wings up or down like in the movies.
Imperial Shuttle, Designed by Konstantin Levit and Folded by Rainer Berg
Diagrams available from Konstantin Levit’s Flickr
We looked at a great little 2 dimensional BB-8 design earlier, now take a look at this amazing 3-dimensional BB-8 design! This is a modular model that’s folded from 16 squares of paper.
BB-8, Designed and Folded by Martin Hunt
Diagrams available from starwarigami.co.uk
Check out Martin Hunt’s website at www.starwarigami.co.uk
Martin Hunt also designed this awesome speeder bike.
Speeder Bike, Designed and Folded by Martin Hunt
Instructions not available
Check out Martin Hunt’s website at www.starwarigami.co.uk
Here’s a very complicated looking TIE Bomber from Shu Sugamata.
TIE Bomber, Designed and Folded by Shu Sugamata
Instructions not available
This is the ship flown by Boba Fett in the Empire Strikes back. It’s another excellent 3D design.
Slave I, Designed and Folded by Martin Hunt
Instructions not available
Check out Martin Hunt’s website at www.starwarigami.co.uk
Here’s an awesome U-Wing which first appeared in the movie Rogue One. The cool thing about this design is that the wings can fold forward or back just like in the movie. It’s folded from a Fish base surrounded by 4 smaller Fish Bases.
U-Wing, Designed and Folded by Shu Sugamata
Diagrams available from Shu Sugamata’s Flickr
Our final model is this amazing X-Wing that was photographed at a convention. The details here are amazing!
X-Wing, Designed by Jonathan Hirschberg Photo by origami-M-H-G ????
Diagrams available in Korea Origami Convention 2014
That’s it for this post. Have an excellent Star Wars day everyone and may the force be with you!
