The prequel ships showing up in X-Wing is once again doing it's fortnightly rearing of it's ugly head. I don't think it can be easily dismissed by stating that X-Wing is set in the Galactic Civil War and therefore prequel ships will not be in it. There are many Clone War (and older) ships still in service at the time of the Galactic Civil War. This includes the YT-1300. Ships don't really become obsolete here.

The Naboo N-1 Starfighter is a unique looking ship and it's a shame it only shows up in Episode 1 and 2. The main issue with them showing up in X-Wing were these ships weren't mass produced. They were unique artisan ships that were crafted on Naboo. It's doubtful they would see service outside their little homeworld. They would require a lot of specialized parts and techs. Not good for the guerrilla warfare of the Rebels or the underworld. That said, i digress.

While researching this little gem, I discovered that Lucas, again in his obstinate ways, demanded an Escher-style, impossible construction of a ship:

Doug Chiang has acknowledged that an R2 unit cannot physically exist inside the frame of the spacecraft as it is depicted in Episode I and later in Episode II. His original concept artwork did allow for the legs of an R2 unit to fit within the tube-shaped socket, but George Lucas directed him to make the socket tube diameter the same, or nearly the same, as the diameter of the droid's head, which does not allow enough room for the legs of the droid. A compromise was reached in the Star Wars: Episode I Incredible Cross-Sections book which shows Artoo Detoo collapsing his legs and telescoping his head above his body until it was above the viewing threshold.

The compromise to get an R2 unit to physically fit in there was quite ungainly and clunky. Very much the opposite of the N-1 Starfighter.

Who knew that R2 could lose his head and still navigate a starfighter? Anyways, I thought it was interesting to learn something new about everyone's favorite galaxy.

By the looks of that cross-section, he'd also have to retract his holographic emitter as well

Yeah, I'd seen this before. Personally, I'd love to see a Naboo Starfighter without the astromech slot. Would be much sleeker. Also, why would you want your navigational computer/repairman to have his head sticking out where it can get shot off anyway?

What does this have to do with the FFG X-Wing Game?

also, perfectly child-sized

methinks Naboo hasn't gotten past their industrial era yet

What does this have to do with the FFG X-Wing Game?

Nothing, it's just spleen-venting.

Newsflash!!

George Lucas is an idiot!!!

Who knew?

most likely just a counter to anyone wanting prequel ships in this game, though I haven't seen a thread asking for that in a long long time

Imo, gameplay > fluff

and regardless of the N-1's horrible design background and it's inclusion in a horrible movie, gameplay wise it could be neat (and, gameplay-wise, it's absolutely impossible to make anything more obnoxious than the falcon so it's got that going for it)

And, actually, as far as designs go, the N-1 is pretty great, astromechs aside.

Style matters when trying to visually define something

Plus I like the interpretation of those art-deco stretched-out pointy bits as heat sinks. That makes some degree of logical sense.

Newsflash!!

George Lucas is an idiot!!!

Who knew?

All the 3 main starfighters from the prequels were designed without thinking about the astromech...

The Naboo Starfighter needed to stretch the astromech's neck, the Jedi Fighter from Episode II had to make the astromech integrated because the full body wouldnt fit, and in Episode III they cheat about the space for the astromech.

I really don't like the astromech on the wing. Asymmetry bugs me sometimes.

Asymmetry bugs me sometimes.

But not all the time?

Asymmetry bugs me sometimes.

But not all the time?

Not all the time.

Asymmetry bugs me sometimes.

But not all the time?

Not all the time.

That could be construed as asymmetrical.

Not all the time.

Would that make you inconsistently inconsistent? Is that like being militantly apathetic?

Most humans are pre-programmed to like symmetry, it's a thing in loads of psychological studies. Sometimes, I see things with asymmetry that are appealing though. Bias-cut dresses are cool sometimes. Occasionally I see an asymmetric paint job on a ship that I like. Sometimes I even see an asymmetric ship design that I don't think would be improved by symmetry, though this is rarer. So, yeah, it's a general preference towards symmetry that isn't absolute.

Asymmetry bugs me sometimes.

But not all the time?

Not all the time.

That could be construed as asymmetrical.

Your face is asymmetrical!

I would love to see the naboo and Jedi Star fighters in the game. As well as the Droid fighters, General Grevious's ship and the ARC fighter.

I could more or less do without the Droid starfighters, but if they had them, I wouldn't complain. But I guess if they don't want to address the prequel stuff at all for real, I could just as easily buy Mel's prequel minis, make my own cards, and have my own fun.

It is nice to see someone else irate about this sort of thing. It quite frankly infuriates me more than it should *L*

I don't get why they didn't just rotate the droid 90 degrees.

I would love to see the naboo and Jedi Star fighters in the game. As well as the Droid fighters, General Grevious's ship and the ARC fighter.

I wouldn't.