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In the spirit of the holidays, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at one of our favorite presents from last year: a Lego Death Star. Jose, our founder and CEO, bought the enormous Lego kit as a gift to the office last holiday season. Naturally, we set up a camera and recorded everything that happened next.

Watch as Knewton employees build the full Lego Death Star over the course of a week in this timelapse video:

Posted in Inside Knewton, Knewton | 5 comments



  • http://twitter.com/sri01 Srivatsa Viswanathan

    nice, smooth way to find out who wasn’t doing much real work that week :)

  • Anonymous

    I just re-watched Episodes I and II this weekend – not as bad as I remembered! 

    And I’m finally going to read the Thrawn trilogy (Episodes VII, VIII, and IX). Anyone read these yet?

  • http://sumware.com Maureen Greenbaum

    Dan Pink says motivation must be intrinsic from a feeling of purpose,
    mastery, and autonomy (control).  The team building of the Lego Death
    Star is a demonstration.
    A fun video for all those who grew up with learning from Legos.

  • Sally

    My Son was given this for his 7th birthday in May this year. Between the two of us we are still only up to the third level (packet 6 from box 3) !
    I’ll show this to him when he gets home from school to try and inspire him to move his hands a bit faster!

    • http://www.knewton.com Knewton Team

      Hope the video proves motivating :) Good luck!!