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See, that's just as delusional as the Imps, Freehold.
The Y-Wing was a piece of bantha poodoo during the Clone Wars, and it did not improve with age.
Still, it was better than a TIE.
drunken lies not substantiated by the fiction, Krensky. Bombers are the bane of warships.
It was clearly not bantha poodoo, as shown on the introductory clone wars episode.
Y wing 4 life! Fighters make movies bombers make history!
And yet they aren't used by any force with access to pretty much anything else in their place.
Funny that.
that was explained in fiction as the x wing becoming nonsensically popular due to Yavin 4 as both a snub fighter and a "stick it to the Empire!" point of pride in anti-empire military forces. They got so popular the distributor could not keep up with demand and flawed x wings started being produced, rife with factory flaws.
Y wing remained more dependable, with a host of easily acquired parts, not to mention heavily modifiable. Y wing would shrug off damage that would kill an x wing.
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Y-wings were the workhorse of the alliance.
I think almost every battle of note up to the Battle of Yavin had Y-wings in it.
Personally, I'm an X-wing guy, with a preference to the A-Wing when I'm not in an X-Wing, but Y-wings definitely have their mission and abilities.
You always need the bombers.
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The only people who used Y-Wings after yhe Cline Wars were those who couldn't get access to X-Wing, B-Wing, A-Wing, E-Wing, pretty much anything else, really.
Not true. The Y-wing was superior to the X-wing for bombing, with a much heavier warhead load. The B-wing and E-wing cost a a fortune being the newest ships, and the A-Wing has an entirely different role.
And while the Y-wing is old, it is a solid design, outperforming several other designs of the era, such as z-95s, cloakshape fighters, r-41s, and so on.
Let's not even compare it to the uglies that some groups were forced to use, cobbled together out of spare parts from other ships.
I like the xtie(sometimes called deathseeds), but that's about it. There have been some aesthetically interesting ones, but I don't know how they handle.
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I like the xtie(sometimes called deathseeds), but that's about it. There have been some aesthetically interesting ones, but I don't know how they handle.
Yeah. I loved the deathseeds too. It was a shame about what happened to Tal'Dira.
Edit: Speaking of decent uglies, the "clutches" favored by the Invid pirates working for Admiral Tavira were decent too, almost equal to a Tie Defender.
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{googles Clutches, X-Ties/deathseeds, and E-Wings... is sucked passed the event horizon and falls down the Wookieepedia hole}
Yes!
Another soul closer to my goal of a real life functioning Y-Wing....
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I had a dream once where a neighbor had a Y-wing they had put together and were giving rides to the neighborhood.....
They were having a Barbeque at the same time. Pretty fun dream.
Thought after that, it might not be too hard to at least make a Y-wing frame that can fly low level...
Probably be more expensive than worth it though.
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Y wings apparently have trouble flying in atmosphere...
Quarkblast, surely you aren't saying you think that the first Star Wars movie was the Phantom Menace right? Right? Please don't destroy my faith in humanity.
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If it helps crush your faith in humanity. My favorite Star Wars movies are the Family Guy Star Wars. :-)
I honestly don't really watch much Family Guy anymore. Tho I still occasionally pop an episode on after the kids go to bed. :-)
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You do understand that such costuming first happened in Star Wars anyway?_o
I must have missed that movie. If it was something-something-JarJar I definitely missed it.
My guess would be that Hama is talking about the design of the various imperial uniforms that were heavily influenced by the design of German uniforms during WW2, especially the Uniforms of the Waffen SS (and a bit of the art-deco design of the late 20's) which also influenced several uniforms / costumes in the Hunger Games movies.
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When? Granted, I'm not super-familiar with the Hunger Games, but I can't recall a point in the trailer when the costuming seemed to evoke them.Yeah Hollywood 'types' their leads - male and female.
Totally misses my point!
Felicity Jones (Jyn Erso) is costumed up in a way that evokes Katniss Everdeen so strongly she could've been the stand-in for the Mockingjay.
I cringe that you ask that as it seems like baiting but...
In general, since I wasn't hearing the sound at all, I was going from just the imagery/visual presentation.
In particular for the Rogue One Teaser, it was at 1:28 - 1:30. That is soooo Hunger Games: Mockingjay in look that, if I hadn't known better, I would have sworn it was a trailer for Part 3.
I'm pretty sure she's wearing a TIE pilot uniform, like those seen in A New Hope.
I suppose that is similar to the costume Katniss wears in the latest Hunger Games, in that both are black, and include an armored chest-piece, but I'd hardly consider those traits uniquely Hunger-Games-ian.
Swear to god, I found myself pouring over google image search for pictures of Katniss in a leather jacket with a scarf.
Who?
I must be getting too old.
{points:} HA-HA! [/Nelson Muntz]
Ooooooo look, I'm also standing on your lawn!
Elite Stormtrooper Fire Team/Squad, will be Canon after it's release.
#TheEmpireISForever
you mean the novatroopers?
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I've looked at the shot you're talking about. Several times.
And don't get me wrong, I see the similarities.
I just don't see what's uniquely Hunger Games about it. Katniss did not invent the female action hero. She was not the first to wear a black outfit, or turn toward the camera.
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I've looked at the shot you're talking about. Several times.
And don't get me wrong, I see the similarities.
I just don't see what's uniquely Hunger Games about it. Katniss did not invent the female action hero. She was not the first to wear a black outfit, or turn toward the camera.
This. She is in a tie fighter pilot uniform. That's it.
Something that has always bothered me is how much Hollywood likes to make characters be related to each other. Characters being descendants of other characters and all that. It has always made the world the stories are set in feel very small to me. It's ok to have characters that aren't part of the bloodlines of other characters from previous stories. It's ok to have characters that don't fall in love with each other. It's ok for characters to not appear in other stories set in the same world that don't involve them. I get that audiences enjoy those kinds of connections, but to me it begins to be too much. I will be happy if no one in Rogue One is connected to anyone else, and I still hope that Rey's parentage will not be any name we know in the Star Wars universe. So I am glad to hear Snoke is not in Rogue One.
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After all, was Anakin Skywalker in A New Hope?From a certain point of view.
(Sorry.)
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I'm with the guy two posts up. Not every single thing has to be connected, this is Star Wars not the MCU.
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Mads Mikkelsen is playing the dad of Felicity Jones who plays Jyn Erso in Rogue One.
He is also the "father" of the Super Laser technology on the Death Star.
There you have it, Jyn Erso is the Death Star's sister.
Mads Mikkelsen is playing the dad of Felicity Jones who plays Jyn Erso in Rogue One.
He is also the "father" of the Super Laser technology on the Death Star.
There you have it, Jyn Erso is the Death Star's sister.
No...no. That's not true. That's impossible!
MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO