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Lit Fleet Junkie Flagship- The technical discussions of the GFFA (Capital Ships thread Mk. II)

Discussion in 'Literature' started by AdmiralWesJanson, Sep 12, 2005.

  1. Blackhole E Snoke

    Blackhole E Snoke Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    It would explain it, if we didn't already have information on when OT ships were designed and introduced. Like I said, Vader himself is still flying a Eta-2 Actis' at this time. You would expect him to have the best fighter he could get. They could have designed a new fighter to sit inbetween the Eta-2 and TIE advanced v1 in the main villain fighter timeline, blending the two designs together to further show the evolution. They went the lazy canon breaking route instead, probably just so they could reuse an existing 3D model.
     
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  2. Alpha-Red

    Alpha-Red Chosen One star 7

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    Well instead of explaining it as the Clone Wars ships being scrapped, can't we just assume that they're off-screen, performing second-line duties, or donated off to PSFs?
     
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  3. StarWarsFan91

    StarWarsFan91 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Didn’t a Imperial Venator show up in the background in Vader’s comic run (OT era)?

    I would like to see more of something like that.
     
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  4. Long Snoot

    Long Snoot Jedi Master star 2

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    Oh indeed, I'm no big fan of the Interceptor's introduction so early either, as I pointed out when it was first revealed in a trailer. My current head canon (I don't know if it's contradicted either later in the game or in the art book) is that this isn't the main line interceptor, but rather a prototype that was brought back years later as a replacement for the TIE/ln. Also my impression is that (minor Bracca spoilers from the intro)
    her interceptor and the 9th sister's Reaper are somewhat indipendent, given that there's no capital ship in orbit when the heroes escape. Perhaps the prototype mounts an hyperdrive, or uses an hyperdrive ring akin to the ones used by Eta-2s and V-Wings?
    About Vader, I guess it could be argued that he would be given a certain autonomy on the craft he could choose (more so than Inquisitors at least).

    Indeed, and I'd guess some cruisers were kept for secondary roles or outer rim worlds; just in very small numbers to avoid the public association with the Republic Navy and the Jedi. Same goes for the AT-TE we see defending KDY against Blade Squadron.

    That's also my personal explaination. I wouldn't say PSFs given the Empire's push to gradually replace them with their own fleets and stormtroopers, but I'd bet many fell into the hands of close allies such as the Mining Guild to defend their assets (in a similar fashion to how the First Order "pays" its contractors with imperial-era weapons). Many probably fell into the hands of the Rebel Alliance, just like Y-Wings or LAAT/is.
     
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  5. StarWarsFan91

    StarWarsFan91 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    I wish some Republic era military ships, even ones in Imperial dressings made a cameo appearance in TRoS.
     
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  6. Iron_lord

    Iron_lord Chosen One star 10

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    Now that I've gotten the Rebel Starfighter Manual, there's a couple of interesting A-wing related things.

    It appears that standard Rebel A-wings do have the Sirplex Z-9 deflector shield generator - it's shown on pictures of ROTJ-type A-Wings. Presumably, the R-22 had a larger shield generator, and it was that which was stripped out, and a smaller generator put in as replacement. So they're not completely shieldless.

    The A-Wing has been revised downward in size from 9.6m to 6.9m, and the RZ-2 is specifically called out as longer than the RZ-1 (which makes sense, at 7.28m).
     
  7. Tuskin38

    Tuskin38 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    I guess you're the one who left those comments on the Talk page on Wookieepedia? lol
     
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  8. Long Snoot

    Long Snoot Jedi Master star 2

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    aaaaaand I stand corrected, you can see a random interceptor blown out by a LAAT/i on Kashyyyk, so they were definitively in production already.
     
  9. Blackhole E Snoke

    Blackhole E Snoke Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    :oops:So stupid. There is meant to be people at Lucasfilm that make sure this kind of thing doesn't happen. Just like period drama productions go to lengths to make sure the technology/clothing the characters are using is correct for that time. Where are they?!
     
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  10. Chris0013

    Chris0013 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    And now a blast from the past...Wicket and Teek should give this one away. Does the model still exist?? And should it be used...even if only for background clutter.

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  11. Sturm Antilles

    Sturm Antilles Former Manager star 6

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    I always liked the design of Noa's starship. I'm honestly susprised it hasn't been put in as an Easter Egg in any comics, games, or episodes of Rebels or The Clone Wars.
     
  12. Chris0013

    Chris0013 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Reminds me somewhat of the Baudo star yacht. Not an exact match...but basic shape.
     
  13. CernStormrunner

    CernStormrunner Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    i wonder if they will make an X-Wing mini of it someday
     
  14. Tuskin38

    Tuskin38 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    So based on dialogue, the Mandalorian’s ship isn’t called ‘Razor Crest’, that’s actually the model/class name.
     
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  15. Tuskin38

    Tuskin38 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Apparently Ecks is doing an entire series on these now
     
  16. Wrinty

    Wrinty Jedi Master star 3

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    I dont get it, EA was given access to all of the Star Wars kitbashes/3-d models... but Marvel wasn't?
     
  17. vncredleader

    vncredleader Force Ghost star 5

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    It just gets worse


    Do the editors just hand off links to these models or something? it seems almost to perfect that so many of these models are used when they should otherwise have access to the official ones, or at least find frames from the films to trace.
     
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  18. Jedi Ben

    Jedi Ben Chosen One star 9

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    Huh, weird - doubled.
    The Disnery family is very traditional - EA don't wanna share their toys.
     
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  19. Tuskin38

    Tuskin38 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Only thing I can think of is that they google image search the name of the ship and then not bothering to look at the source of the image.
     
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  20. Long Snoot

    Long Snoot Jedi Master star 2

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    Kinda weird that they stumbled upon a Nebulon K fan art then.
     
  21. Pons

    Pons Jedi Knight star 2

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    I wonder if Eck would've been as pissed if they'd accidentally traced a Nebula...
     
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  22. Nobody145

    Nobody145 Force Ghost star 5

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    Who knows what's going on at Marvel. Maybe they're too rushed or don't care and just trace whatever (the editor or artists, who knows). With how awful the regular people have looked in some of their comics for a long time (with all the tracing) no surprise their ship art is even worse. I still remember some really awful X-men tracing that lasted for a long time.

    Well, not like I expected Marvel to come up with that many good stories or many new Star Wars ships. Its not like its all been bad but Allegiance in particular just sounds like a movie cash-in rather than its own attempt at a Star Wars story. Well, I haven't read it, so maybe it turned out better than that, but I'm too burned out on Disney/Marvel Star Wars to expect much.

    I know the fan artists can't really complain, if an official Star Wars comic wants to use their work there's no choice, it just seems odd that Marvel comics went with different designs rather than simply using the same old Resurgent or even Imperial-class ships. When they just retrace even the pegs of models though, then it just really seems like laziness (and I'm even more disinclined to ever spend money on Star Wars comics again).
     
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  23. Long Snoot

    Long Snoot Jedi Master star 2

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    Since we're in the topic it's fun to note that the Rebel Starfighter Workshop Manual uses Battlefront models for the A-Wings (which are also credited at the end).
     
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  24. Chris0013

    Chris0013 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Probably what happened...artist may have wanted to use one...thought there was an official pic...and traced the first image that came up when he did the search. But it does not take away from the fact that someone should catch it and if it gets out make it right with an acknowledgement....at the very least.
     
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  25. Blackhole E Snoke

    Blackhole E Snoke Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    The fact that the guy didn't even get a reply to his email shows that Marvel comics just doesn't care. That is the worst thing about this.