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Which of the original canon Starfighters was the best? Which
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Which of the original canon Starfighters was the best?

Which would you pick to pilot if you had to choose?
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A-Wing for life.

Gotta go fast
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>>63393562
>Which of the original canon Starfighters was the best?
A-Wing. It isn't even close as far as ship balance goes.

Xg-1 is still GOAT fighter tho
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>>63393562
X-Wing.

Not even a second thought.
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I like the vador ship
the one that looks like a mercedes sign
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I don't understand how all these crazy designs and models came out of a warehouse in San Rafael, but Disney's world wide empire can't begin to even approach this level of quality and originality.

RIP Lucasfilm
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The x-wing seems to shit on everything else in the movies.
I like the concept of a tie fighter though.
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A-Wing
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>Play Rogue Squadron
>It's a Y-Wing mission.
>The sound when your bombs hit your target.
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I like the TIE Interceptor, but I would choose the X-Wing.
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X-wing no doubt. A-Wing is for plebs that like anything over powered.
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B-wing

most firepower of any SW fighter
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>>63393562
A-Wing

I'm just gonna fly the fuck away if there's ever a battle.
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>Like most

TIE Interceptor

>Would fly

Y-Wing. It's the hardiest of all of them so I probably won't die.
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>>63393870
>picking B(iggest target)-wing

This >>63393886 nigga has the right idea.
Y-wing also an acceptable choice.
>pick slowest ship
>by the time you arrive the fight is over
>most A/X/B-wing pilots are dead
>drop bombs
>go home
>live to plow another day
Life is longer in the slow lane.
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>>63393791
fucking loved the Y-Wing missions.
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>>63393979
>big target

>3 wings and a cockpit
>ILM cut scenes of the B-wing from Return of the Jedi because it was hard to see from straight on or from the back, where fighters would be chasing it
>guess which ship has the most powerful shield generator among the Rebel fighters


You are a complete fucking retard.
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>>63393562
I'd go with the TIE Interceptor
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>>63394084
>film editing logic and space battle logic are exactly the same thing
>radars and automaps don't exist
The only retard here is you.
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i remember in the old tie fighter games there was a shuttle gunship i think a modified lambda design. it fucked everythings shit up and was fastest and most armoured
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>>63393562
I'm no hot-shot starfighter pilot; it's the shuttle life for me..
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>>63393701
the guys working for lucas in the beginning had only done commercials and small time stuff, they had something big to prove. the guys at disney unfortunatly dont
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>>63394393
if i was going to have sex with a space ship design id seriously consider the lambda class
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Give me the classic TIE.
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>>63394583
>be a young man who wants to become a good pilot and see some action in the process.
>"JOIN THE EMPIRE!"
>looksgood.jpg
>"NO SHIELD SHIPS"
>joins the Rebel Alliance.

Bad propaganda is bad.
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>>63394902

>not wanting to go to the Imperial Flight Academy
>actually wanting to see action instead of patrolling some backwater planet and harassing smugglers
>needing shields
>being rebel scum
>betraying Sheev

BEGONE WITH HEEM
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Tie Interceptor.

I'd smoke those rebel niggas like it was my fucking birthright back in Battlefront 2.

Fuck the rebels. Empire for life.
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KILL ME
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>>63393562
X-Wing

Reasons:
>Hyperdrive
>Shield generator
>Reasonable speed
>Great firepower
>Multi-role, capable of bomber and interceptor roles
>Performs well in atmosphere
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Original Canon: A-Wing

EU: K-Wing
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Tie Interceptor
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>>63395619
>K-Wing
JUST
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>there are people in this thread unironically picking anything but the A-Wing and Interceptor

If you're not on a bombing run, you're dogfighting. If you're dogfighting in a ship that gets outmaneuvered immediately, you better have something else up your sleeve besides more lasers.

Flying a y-wing on a bombing run would be awesome though.
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>>63395529
R2 UNIT JUST
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TIE Bomber. You can fly upside down and release the bomb on your own ship. It also takes care of lots of ewoks in one run.
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>>63395750
>A-Wing or Interceptor
>GOTTAGOFAST.TIE
>get blown up in seconds because no shields
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>tfw there's no Z-wing
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T70 sexy af
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>>63393562
A wing because it's small and hard to hit

X wing because of the firepower while still not being rediculous like b-wing
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>>63395804
Thats why you have to be a better pilot than the Rebel scum.
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>not doing ultimate-comfy-tier patrol/survey runs in a snowspeeder
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>>63394583
Why don't empire ships have shields?
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>>63393562
Tie Advanced because I like the folded wings mixed with classic yet more bulky tie fighter design.

also
Slave 1 because it looks cool and X wing because folding wings is rad
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>>63395907
They were expendables used for swarm tactics
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>>63395907
Some do. The Advanced aka Darth Vader's TIE had them.
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>>63395907
budget cuts

who do you think is gonna pay for free tuition and healthcare?
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Best ship coming through.
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>>63395877
>Snowspeeder in a starfighter list

Nigga, you cray. May as well try to fly a speeder bike into space.
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>>63394084
trying flying through a trench run with that shit

enjoy hitting every fucking thing with the tips of your wings
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>>63395965
But that's not the Buick.
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>>63395965
I fucking love that game so much.
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>>63395999
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>>63395965
all of the rogue squadron games were so good
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>TOP TIER
X-Wing, TIE IN

>GREAT TIER
A-Wing, TIE

>SHIT TIER
BS-WING, WHY-WING
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>>63395994

>get a freighter
>fill it with water and one snow speeder
>vent the water evenly over your hull
>drive your snowspeeder onto the hull

now your snowspeeder is in space
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Depends on the mission

X-wing for dogfights and surprise attacks
Y-wing for bombing strategic landmarks
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A-wing is literally the perfect fighter
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>>63395907
Because its worthless, X-Wings have shields and they get one shot every time.
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>>63395998
You don't do a trench run with a bomber, dumbass.
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>>63396070
Yeah, playing slip n' slide, not actually engaging other ships effectively.
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Canon: A-Wing
EU: TIE Defender
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Tell me if I have this wrong.The Death Blossom was supposed to be a last ditch fuck-shit-up card for when you've depleted your ammunition. The Death Blossom proceeds to cause your craft to spam lasers and torpedoes at all directions.
Does this not mean you hadn't actually depleted your ammunition or does it utilize a specially loaded reserve of ammunition? Why not just use that reserve for normal firing instead of Death Blossoming?
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>>63396066
Shit list.

Y-wing best wing. Only Survivor of battle of yavin without plot armored pilot (wedge, Luke are the surviving X-wing)
Multiple interceptor kills over endor
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>>63396168
Not to mention the lack of pressurization on the ship would cause it to implode. It's not designed to be in space
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>>63396120
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WBG2rJZGW8
6:00
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>>63396241
Death Blossom converted all remaining engine power to laser blasts, which is why the ship was practically powerless when it was over. It didn't use loaded ammunition.

It needed time to recharge because it dispensed its reserve power to cannon fire.
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B-Wing

Despite its size it has a very slim rofile, making it difficult to hit. It's also agile, and can spin around into different configurations. The heavy firepower makes it perfect for bombing runs when uou want to fly faster than a Y wing.
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>>63396116
You're not really this stupid are you?
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>>63396331
Those aren't bombers, dipshit. The Y-Wing is bomber-optional.

Show me where they did a bombing run, because I'm not fucking seeing it.
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>>63395853
No.
T70 is a fucking headhunter with torn wings and impossible engines.

I saw the cross section, a crescent of turbine blades that can't fucking spin around.

A good T70 would have made the fuselage bulge a little, cockpit would be bubbling out like an F16, the wings would be a little elliptical but clipped ends, 2 guns per wing to make it obviously more powerful
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Beautiful, good and comfy.

It's either this or the TIE Advaced
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>>63396248
>Only Survivor of battle of yavin
Because the X-Wing pilots took the heat off them and sacrificed to protect them

>shitter y-wings didn't even contribute directly to the ultimate destruction of either Death Star
>an x-wing did both times
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>>63396438
It's not agile. It's cumbersome, and the cockpit was noted for getting stuck while trying to stay upright while turning. It took VERY skilled pilots to manage it.
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>>63396480
In the games you could use a Y-wing and just drop a bomb on the exhaust port.

Just because they all got shot down and never got to use their bombs doesn't mean they suddenly didn't have them.
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http://insd.swcombine.com/insd.htm

Pick one anons
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>>63396571
>http://insd.swcombine.com/insd.htm

wow I forgot all about that crazy rp
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A-Wing for dog fights, Y-wing for comfy as fuck bomber runs.

The X-wing is for normies and Imperial anything is for suicidal cannon fodder.
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>>63396536
>in the games

In the games, you can have Luke Skywalker in RotJ gear get stomped in the Battle Of Hoth.

The vent was at the end of the trench. To deploy the bombs without crashing into a wall, they would have to get above the trench, leaving them WIDE OPEN for turret fire, which was the reason they went into the trench in the first place.
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>>63396571
>not ripping apart light frigates in a Tie M1
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>>63396457
There has only been ONE time a fighter was shot and wasn't torn to shread in the first shot and that was Wedge.
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>>63396654
The X wings who fired their torpedoes had to fly out of the trench at the end too and they seemed ok
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Luke gets shot twice at Yavin.

Red Leader get hit too.
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>>63396693
>they get one shot every time
>provides own example of this statement being invalidated

nothin personnel................


............kid
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>>63395965

>take out 8 ships in on shot
>escape any threat with speed burst
>sleek as fuck design

V-wing is truly the patricians xhoice
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What is the best capital ship and why is it the Dominator?
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>>63396823
>the exception is the rule
>is a frogposter
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Hey guys can I play too?
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>>63395999
HOLY FUCK THAT WAS THE GREATEST SECRET IN THAT GAME
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>>63396928
the naboo starfighter was sexy as fuck
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>>63396660
>The Tie JUST
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>>63396887
>blows himself the fuck out
>diverts all power to front damage control shields
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>>63396660
wasn't this piece of shit unmanned?
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>>63396874
That's not Vader's Super Star Destroyer.

Nice try though, anon.
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>>63393562
X-Wing, obviously.
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>>63397016
Nope. One man had all the glory to pilot that
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>>63396928
Had it been all chrome/polished instead of yellow it'd probably be tied for #1 for me.
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A-Wing I get so many kills with it in battlefront
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>>63397047
>says it's the best capital ship
>doesn't even know the name
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>>63393616
>>63393634

My Niggas!
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Tie defender
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>>63396502
So, basically this:
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>>63393562
X-Wing or A-Wing, but Tie-Fighters are classics too
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>>63395619

That's easily one of the most ridiculous looking things I have ever seen!
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>>63397180
What makes it so glorious. It's like an A-10 Warthog for Star Wars.
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>>63395619
What's the point of the top ball turret if it can't even shootbackwards?
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>>63397278
Clearly so it can shoot above.
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>>63397129
If that's a real ship then this is too.
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Why are all of these fighters built aerodynamically when there is no reason for it in space?
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>>63397385
So we as humans living on Earth can relate to their designs.
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>>63397385
Why aren't there backwards-facing blasters? It's a silly science movie, just enjoy it.
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>>63397385
Because most planets have atmospheres, why would they have two main types of ships when they can work with one.
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>>63397385
Same reason the space shuttle is aerodynamic. It's for leaving/returning to atmospheric conditions.

Dumbass
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>Picking anything but the Incom T-65 "Cadillac of the stars" X-Wing

shiggy fucking digg
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>>63397480

So what is the purpose of snow speeders and other shit? I mean they have all these types of fighters already, why wouldn't they have different specialized fighters for space vs. atmosphere fighting?
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>>63397547
Y-Wing reminds me more of a Caddy. X-Wing reminds me of a proper sports car and A-Wing is a proper pony car.
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>>63393562
this thing is canonically the most OP ship in the series
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>>63397480
>Because most planets have atmospheres, why would they have two main types of ships when they can work with one.
You mean like starfighters and snowspeeders? Why didn't the rebels use starfighters to take out the AT-ATs on Hoth?
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>>63397607

Honestly considering how powerful it is why don't they build a shitload of these?

It can take a ton of hits like a small capital ship, but can also fly like a star fighter.
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>>63397310
>tie shuriken
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>>63397627

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>>63397603
Could you be any more of a Brit, jesus.
And I always thought of the Falcon as a Caddy. The Y-wing would be more of a utility thing. Like a Chevy.
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>Starfighter thread
>decent conversations

>Episode VII thread
>well meme'd /pol/ shit
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>>63397627
Because they were a bigger investment than snow speeders and were also needed to escort the transports.
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>>63397385
Because it would look stupid if it wasn't
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>>63397795

What do those wings do?
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>>63396887
thats not how that saying works
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>>63397885
I'm guessing to hold the 4 laser cannons
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>>63397787
ye, Snowspeeders are like golf carts, you could bring your pick-up truck to the golf course if you want to but it's overkill if you're just going on a short distance scouting mission.
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>>63395529
uglies for lyfe
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>>63397925
Doesn't sound very American of Lucas t.b.h family
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>>63396502

oh my fucking god those are intakes, not engines. The engines are behind the intakes, just like on the original X wing.

Jesus fuck how do you breath
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>>63397919

Why wouldn't you just Fucking put the laser cannons on the main circular hull and nix the wings? It would offer a much smaller target profile.
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>>63396331
I forgot how intense this sequence was. X-Wing 4 lyfe
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>>63397135
But with 4 wings in a collapse able X, yeah.

BSG was pretty on point for updating a 70's design
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>>63397979
Probably because the concussion missile launchers and cockpit are on the front
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>>63393562

I can still remember my "SW Vehicles and vessels" autism.

Y wings and Bombers are slow workhorses IIRC. TIE fighters were fast, interceptors faster, and A-wings were crazy and had to be piloted by the very best. B-wings are some shit meme.

I would unironically and after careful thought choose to pilot the classic X-wing, which is the great "middle-horse" of OP's bunch. An astromech can store (10?) coordinates and help out, and there's a good mix of speed, work-horsery, and survival rate (Wedge in both battles).
My personal response time is fairly slow, unless I can learn to stretch out with my feelings in our fictional circlejerk.

Also lateral symmetry in my field of vision.
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>>63398047

Umm keep the cannons where they are positionally, just bring them into the hull and nix the wings.

What problem presents?
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>capable of doing the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs
>tfw no chewy bro
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>>63397976
Intake turbines, Finn.

In real real shit they spin to force air in. In the T65 they spin to force more hydrogen or whatever, in the T70 they can't spin
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>>63398113

Adding to this, the big power differential between your basic TIE fighter and your basic X-wing IIRC is that the TIE fighters had better targeting systems where you didn't have to be as good. An x-wing pilot OTOH would have to focus his chi? align his alpha waves? You know what I'm saying.
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>>63395619

If you took off the bottom wings and gave it one single cockpit it wouldn't be too bad
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>>63397654
Technically the falcon is only so powerful because Han and previous owners have spent years and lots of money souping it up.

I think fresh out of the factory they're just standard light freighters with minimal shields and weapons. Han has essentially slapped on a bunch of aftermarket stuff to make it a worthy pirate vessel.
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>>63393562

Didn't an A-Wing take out a Super Star Destroyer?

If I remember correctly, two A-Wings swooped in and destroyed the shields. An X-Wing and A-Wing both tried to launch a suicide run on the cockpit. The X-Wing was blown up hella easily while the A-Wing did fucking rolls and jinking and shit dodging all the incoming fire and ended up crashing into the bridge and destroying the bridge, causing the SSD to lose attitude control and crash into the Death Star being destroyed!
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>>63398261
They weren't doing a suicide run. They were just caught in the fire. The A-wing was damaged and lost control, spinning right into the bridge
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>>63398227

Is that Canon?
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>>63397979
The wings are solar panels, actually.
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>>63398296
Old EU now, but it's still heavily implied by the original movies I think.
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>>63398319
I thought they were radiators or something.
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>>63398290

That was hell of piloting if that's what happened. That A-Wing basically made a B-LINE for the bridge from one of the trenches.

No actually, I went back and just watched it slo-mo in HD, I don't think it got hit at all. That was 100% intentional.
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The SJW-Wing obviously familia
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>>63398406
If it was intentional, jesus that guy is crazy as fuck and godamn badass
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>>63398380
>I thought they were radiators

lolwat? They're in vacuum you dumb motherfucker.
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>>63398319

Are you Fucking KIDDING ME hepcat!?
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>>63398406
Why did he scream "I'M HIIIIIIT!" then?
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Slave 1, always loved how it both looked and functioned.

TIE interceptors are a close second though
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>>63398406
>>63398452
It was damaged, and it was intentional after he was damaged and they gave him a posthumous award for bravery and shit

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Arvel_Crynyd
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>>63398460
Yes because Star Wars is very faithful to how things happen in vacuum.
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>>63397385
Because they also use them while in a planet's atmosphere
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>tfw shooting down Rebel scum with this baby and its shotgun pellet missiles
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>>63398472

I don't hear that, he's just yelling, kind of like the rebel yell.
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>>63398548
The Interceptor was a straight-up upgrade to the original TIE in every single way right?

If they'd had Interceptors at the battle of Yavin, would the rebels have lost horribly?
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>>63398551
You're right, I was thinking of someone else

>>63398406
He gets hit right at the beginning of the scene
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>>63398616
Nah. The Empire only deployed a handful of ties against the rebels. Tarkin didn't think thirty fighters were a threat to a space station designed to fight off entire starfleets. Plus the ties did well against X-Wings and Y-Wings. Everyone that had a Tie on their tail needed someone to come save them.
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>>63398616

It wouldn't matter. Tarkin specifically forbade everyone from sending out fighters because he thought the DS was invincible. DV set out with his personal squadron and destroyed the rebels pretty much and then Luke gets saved by Han. The defeat at Yavin IV was due to hubris/arrogance rather than fighter specs
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Here's ILM's chart for the Battle of Endor.
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>>63397706

The Falcon was and always will be an RV.
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>>63398749
So why is the Falcon talked about as being fast? And why doesn't this make the Y-wing objectively better than the X-wing? I'm so confused.
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>>63398805
>>So why is the Falcon talked about as being fast?
It's a cargo ship dude, as you can see it holds its own against military fighters.
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>>63398805
It's pretty good for an old as shit cargo ship. Remember anon everyone talks about how great it is but throughout the entirety of ESB the damn thing was broken down.
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>>63398805
>why is the Falcon talked about as being fast?
1. Han was exaggerating
2. Maybe it's faster in hyperspace? I think that's possible. Not all hyperdrives are the same speed right?
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>>63398828
>>63398866
>>63398870
Sorry, you're right, I'm an asshole.
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>>63398866
It's smaller than I remember
sheevdubs
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>>63398890
That's OK anon. Have a bunch of silly Ties.
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>>63398922
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>>63398227
>>63398349

>Upon seeing a Corillian Frighter, Luke responds with "What a piece of junk!"
>Han says "She'll make point-5 past lightspeed, and I've made a lot of special modifications myself"

My guess, without going to wookiepedia, is that The Falcon's original model is super old, so old that we never see any of them ever again throughout the films, not even the prequels.

But, through sheer love, it seems, Lando/Han kept it barely functional as a ship, but modified it specifically for smuggling - so fast and maneuverable.
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>>63394902
see
>>63395239

Rebel Scum
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>tfw one day dog fights in space might become a reality
There can't be a single thing more terrifying, like Jesus who would sign up for that shit.
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>>63398971

How were they able to take down 4 Tie Fighters in a 4v1 Fight!?
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>>63399003
It's true, space is fucking horrifying.

>>63399015
KWAD LAYZAHS
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>>63398961
Does that last one say "Bigguy"?
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>>63398261
That begs the question, how shitty is an SSDs anti-fighter defenses that they can't even hit a fighter heading in a straight trajectory towards the bridge. I mean, the first Death Star fell to this problem, why wasn't it remedied on all ships? Even putting actual laserbeams on a ship to kill fighters would have worked
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>>63398922
>TIE Lambda
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>>63393562
A-Wing
TIE Interceptor
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Anyone who doesn't say TIE fighter is rebel scum.
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All the retards thinking A-Wings are amazing because of battlefront!!!

A-wings were easily the worst rebel ship. They had garbage firepower and could just barely match an interceptor for speed. They also had zero shields and were actually easier to destroy than a TIE fighter.
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>>63393753
Nah, the X-Wing is just multi-role, and all the glory in the films when to the big mission which was often to get past fighters then deliver a payload.

Thus, you hear little about straight bombing runs by Y and B wings, nor the fighter-slaughter of A wings.
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>>63398922
TIE Interdictor is GOAT
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>>63399202
>A-wings were easily the worst rebel ship
Maybe in your hands, faggot.
In the hands of a skilled pilot, they're a force to be reckoned with
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>>63398922
I had a lego set of the TIE droid when I was little
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>>63395795
kek
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>>63398922

Droid looks sweet as heck.
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>>63399391
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What are the best games for Star Wars dogfighting?

I used to love X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter
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>>63399015
They let them go.
Vader was tracking it, they probably ordered the TIE pilots to self destruct.
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>>63399202
Per canon, they were the fastest combat ship at the Battle of Endor.

They didn't have the Y or B wing's firepower, but they certainly could outmatch an Interceptor. The A-Wing was harder to pilot though.
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I'll use the "not the millennium falcon" Outrider.
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>>63399826
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TIE Advanced slices through rebel scum like butter
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X-Wing master race reporting in.
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>>63396928

That's one of the best fucking ships designs in the entire saga.
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Tie Bomber GT-R34
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Fuck you all

This sexy beast for life
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>>63400048
>Get hit in the wing
>Die
>best

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAAH
ah
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHAHAHHA
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>>63400169
>prince xizor
I just relived my entire childhood in your post senpai
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>>63400218
You've lived well.
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>>63398922
Can I have the Interdictor but with the middle of the Scimatar?
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>>63400048
R2 can't even fit properly in the fighter, but at least it's not as bad as the Jedi Starfighter in Revenge.
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>>63393562
https://strawpoll.me/6200643
https://strawpoll.me/6200643
https://strawpoll.me/6200643
https://strawpoll.me/6200643

Let it be settled. Only included the 8 in OP's pic. Choose wisely.
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>>63400169
>>63400218

Good ship
Good game
Good shit all round'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGPcu2qS9K0
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>>63393616
>>63393634

>mfw using the A-wing in Rogue Squadron
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>>63393701

The designs were probably done by one guy. That's why they're thematically cohesive.

Design by auteur > design by committee
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>>63400400
THE FUCKING CHEATS FOR THIS GAME AS A KID MAN
TO ENTER DEBUG MODE YOU HAD TO LIKE HOLD EVERY FUCKING BUTTON ON THE N64 AND THEN CONTROL THE ANALOG STICK WITH YOUR FUCKING NOSE
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>>63400486
>Start a new game on Medium difficulty. Call it .Wampa..Stompa (Case sensitive). Start in a level and as soon as it starts press pause. Now press and hold all at once C up, C right, C down, C left, L, R, Z and Left on the d-pad. While holding these down gently move the control stick left halfway, and hold all this until you hear a sound. Do the same thing with the joystick facing right, then left, right and finally left. Make sure you keep the other buttons held down during this time.
If it worked pink writing will come up, and using L, R and A you can select cheats such as 50 lives, wall ghost, next level, gravity, jump power etc. To make the menu reappear each time you go back to the pause screen C up, C right, C down, C left, L, R, Z and Left on the d-pad.

jesus fucking christ that sounds complicated
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two of these with ig88s piloting them are nigh unstoppable

also who /xwing/ here?
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>>63399015
rotating turrets
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>>63397547
Perfectly captures my feelings on the subject.
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>>63393562
Best all around: X-Wing
Best dogfighter: TIE Adv.
Best bomber: B-Wing
Best fodder: TIE Fighter
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>>63395907
It represents the difference in fighting tactics between the Empire and Rebels. TIEs were always stored in a Star Destroyer or a base on a planet/moon/station, and would be deployed en masse during battles, then regroup with the base at the conclusion. Rebel ships with hyperdrives would fly into a system for a raid or scouting, take a punch with their shields and then fly back out.
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>>63393753
In the movies the X-Wing is portrayed as very equal to the TIE fighter, watch the A New Hope death star battle, its pretty even
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>>63396693
Luke also got grazed by Vader during his run.
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>>63394292
It was slower than any of the TIEs except the bomber, but had great shields and a bunch of missiles, plus ion cannons and lasers, was pretty neat
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>>63398589
definition of not bad movie
still it is not great
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>>63396120
>not remembering that the rebellions first choice in trench run was the Y-Wing, a bomber
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>>63396693
Also red leader (lost engine and went down but wasnt shredded) and luke
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You are all small time
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B-Wing is the strongest in terms of specs. Would probably run with the TIE Advanced. I dislike the asymmetric designs.
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>>63401477
>no alien lizard bro who wheeze laughter

why even live?
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>>63397218
>implying the A-10 isnt the most glorious airplane out there
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>>63399202
see
>>63398749
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Best ship coming through
>shit ton of missiles
>lasers
>ion cannon
>has a hyperdrive
>decent speed
>HAS FUCKING SHIELDS

Nothing else compares
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>>63397627
They did according to new Disney canon approved Star Wars Battlefront
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>>63398805
Might be a big difference between sublight and hyperspace speeds, as well as what other posters have said
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>>63399202
they have shielding though.

in the various X-Wing games in the 90s they actually have shields that are on par with the X-Wing...it's just that atheir hull strength is shit.

but in the various books and shit yeah, the shileding is there to only save the ship from indirect and minor hits...it's so small and compact that even minor hits can utterly cripple it, no system redundancy. While the X and Y wing can be shot to shit and still operate.
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>>63393562

>Which of the original canon Starfighters was the best?

Of all the ships listed there the B-Wing is the newest and most "advanced" but it's an assault bomber, it could maybe shoot down some TIEs / TIE Bombers if the other pilots were being idiots. The cannon spread is set up to strafe capital ships and it isn't built to maneuver ( none of this matters because star wars ignores Newtonian physics so w/e ).

The X-wing or TIE Advanced are probably the ones that would win in a FFA melee between all of these ships. Both are maneuverable, can take a beating, have decent weaponry and have a nice mix of traits. A-wings and Interceptors both have the same problem, they're fragile. You can't fit high capacity shields in that tiny ass A-wing so it has really mediocre ones that relies on not being hit. If you watch in Jedi those things get nicked and spin out of control. They also have terrible little laser cannons and concussion missiles instead of full torpedoes. An interceptor is just a regular TIE fighter that's 20% better in every category.

>Which would you pick to pilot if you had to choose?

I was always really partial to the z-95 headhunter, maybe it was the hipster in me as a child but all my friends loved x-wings and a-wings and I really liked how simple and elegant the headhunter was. That and it was the ship my star wars waifu had (mara jade).

Barring that I think the Y-wing is cool as hell looking. Pretty original space ship design and I like how bluntly powerful it looks.
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>>63393562

Idk but this video might help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN_CP4SuoTU
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I thought the X-Wing was originally the successor to the TIE fighters, the company that designed it went to the rebels or some shit, I don't know if it's still canon though.
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>>63399826
The Outrider is the sexiest shit ever. Dash Rendar might not be canon anymore. But at least the yt-2400 is thanks to Lucas's edits. Probably the best and most underappreciated change.

>find trees
that is shrubbery not trees
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>>63402016
You may dispense with the pleasant trees, Captcha.
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>>63400169
Everything from Shadows of the Empire was top tier STAR WARS™.

Speaking of which, does anyone have a non shit 64 rom? The only ones I can find all have a migraine inducing screen flicker on menus and some levels.
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>>63402128
It's some shit in the video settings, I can't remember what, just google it.
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>>63402128
So many good memories of that game

>Battle of hoth
>wampas in the ice base being scary as fuck
>first AT-ST boss fight
-threading the needle in the swoop bike race
-IG-88 boss fight and train section
-operating the Outrider's turrets
-THE SEWERS AND WHAT LURKED WITHIN
-final space battle with the Outrider dodging all kinds of shit

Hot fuck it was good.
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>>63401672
still incredible how they were able to choreograph that battle with fucking models back in 1983, a lot of people forget we owe ILM a lot for modern film
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>>63402308
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>>63402344
Even now I can still hear the sounds they made. That slow walk. Kiting them into your enemies on purpose.
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>>63402380
The best thing was getting them to fight.
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>>63402083
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>>63395998
Yeah but I can bullseye womp rats back home.
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>>63394902
>being rebel scum
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>>63395529
>r2 unit in the nosecone
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>>63397310
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>>63396660
Dafuq is this ugly piece of shit?
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>B-wing
>shaped like a T
Why was this allowed?
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>>63402679
One of the Tie Experimental. It's basically just a Tie with a turbolaser.
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