I am still on the fence with regard to the chest rods being a found item. As with most things in the prop world, I would assume the simplist answer is the correct one i.e. it would be much easier to find something to throw on the chest box instead of having something machined.
But, I have seen reference that indicates the ESB rods were given to a machinist to make, which is why I am on the fence with regard to them being a found item. At least in the case of ESB. It is possible, even if the ESB were machined from scratch, that the ANH rods were found items and they used them as reference in order to make ESB rods. At this point though, who knows.....
It's scenarios like this that make the hobby so much fun!
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