In a tremendous WTF moment today I discovered that the YT-2400 existed as early as the mid 80's.

I was watching the Nostalgia Critic's quick blurb on the old ewoks cartoon.

He's showing the villain from the Star Destroyer episode and it pans across what looks to be a YT-2400.

Does anybody have the series in a format to be able to check this out for more than a split second.

(It really does look like the 2400.)

Is this the one?

Is this the one?

Eh, not really.

Yeee-ah,... not seeing it.

Granted I am looking at a still photo, and not a quick flash on the screen that was gone as soon as I tried to take a closer look.

The YT-2400, like the YT-1300 is disk shaped with arms coming off the disk. Where the 1300 has two triangular "heads" at the front of the disk, and the cockpit in an "arm" on the pilot's right side, the 2400 has a similar arm on the pilot's right side, it also has a second arm on the same side, connecting to the much longer assembly behind the cockpit.

The most telling feature on both freighters however is that they are disk shaped . The 1300 may look a little oblong given the length of the arms - but the central disk is always evident and obvious.

If the image above had an obvious central disk, I might think it resembled a YT-1300 freighter, but it doesn't have anything of the sort. It is oblong, no turrets, no disk, the landing gear placement and especially the engines suggest that it does not fly perpendicular to it's oblong design - but rather parallel to it - which neither the 2400 or the 1300 do.

Like I say, a quick glance, maybe - but having the still image, I don't think any intellectually honest soul would long hold the opinion that this ship even remotely resembles an outrider.

That's just my opinion though. People see what they want to see.

I totally see what he meant. But I would liken it to looking at a YT-2400 without your glasses on from 20 feet away. You can see the general shape but can't make out details. But flashing by on the screen it could be mistaken.