Good answer!

Trailer looked good. Glad they went with the Interdictor Cruiser design, and not the one off Interdictor Star Destroyer.

Wasn't previously aware of this TV show. Looks good, I'll watch it.

How long before they say that Interdictors WERE present at the battle of Endor? just BEHIND all the other ships.

How long before they say that Interdictors WERE present at the battle of Endor? just BEHIND all the other ships.

They already have - in the short story The Levers of Power, released as part of the Rise of the Empire omnibus.

Excellent!

Clearly they paid attention to how much a*s B and A wings kicked in Armada and put them into season 2.

How long before they say that Interdictors WERE present at the battle of Endor? just BEHIND all the other ships.

That's kinda been my assumption all along. The EU has long since established that Interdictors were in use during the OT. The Rebel's retreat from Yavin was hampered by Interdictors, and it's odd to think that Vader's Death Squadron consisted of nothing but a single SSD and a handful of ISDs (which is all we saw). What about support ships? Carriers, escorts, cruisers, frigates, etc?

I'd support a change to ESB where the Star Destroyer that the ion cannon took out what changed to an Interdictor. That would fix the whole problem for me.

How long before they say that Interdictors WERE present at the battle of Endor? just BEHIND all the other ships.

That's kinda been my assumption all along. The EU has long since established that Interdictors were in use during the OT. The Rebel's retreat from Yavin was hampered by Interdictors, and it's odd to think that Vader's Death Squadron consisted of nothing but a single SSD and a handful of ISDs (which is all we saw). What about support ships? Carriers, escorts, cruisers, frigates, etc?

Then why didn't he have them at Hoth to prevent the rebels from escaping? Absolutely no reason not to bring several and ensure the Rebellion is crushed.

I'd support a change to ESB where the Star Destroyer that the ion cannon took out what changed to an Interdictor. That would fix the whole problem for me.

What's the name of the one that gets hit? It's not the Avenger, right?

No, the Avenger was the ship of the ill-fated (but incredibly polite) Capt. Needa. The ship that got disabled at Hoth was the Tyrant, according to Wookieepedia.

No, the Avenger was the ship of the ill-fated (but incredibly polite) Capt. Needa. The ship that got disabled at Hoth was the Tyrant, according to Wookieepedia.

Yup - though in the novelization of TESB, it was indeed the Avenger and Needa.

I'm not sure why they created a new character - Captain Lennox - and didn't just do what they did with ANH and Other-Wedge (the "that's impossible, even for a computer" guy is Wedge played by a different actor to Denis Lawson).

How long before they say that Interdictors WERE present at the battle of Endor? just BEHIND all the other ships.

That's kinda been my assumption all along. The EU has long since established that Interdictors were in use during the OT. The Rebel's retreat from Yavin was hampered by Interdictors, and it's odd to think that Vader's Death Squadron consisted of nothing but a single SSD and a handful of ISDs (which is all we saw). What about support ships? Carriers, escorts, cruisers, frigates, etc?

Then why didn't he have them at Hoth to prevent the rebels from escaping? Absolutely no reason not to bring several and ensure the Rebellion is crushed.

No reason why they didn't, and the events of the movie could still have happened exactly as they did. Gotta remember how Interdictors work (in the realm of our fictional SW science). They're not magical "no hyperspace" ships, but emit a cone of gravity. They have to aim it in the right direction, and ships will only be trapped as they stay in that cone. Escaping that cone would be relatively easy, especially since you can leave the planet and go any direction. Even flying straight up from Echo Base would have been easy, as the boob gun Ion cannon was clearing the path.

And, since the movie only showed a single medium transport (with fighter escort), a broken freighter, and an X-Wing escaping, we have no info on just how many ships didn't escape, and were caught by the Imperials.

listening to iff and Steve mentioned there was a list of must watch episodes for clone wars anyone have this magical list?

honestly, all of them. I loved Clone Wars and as the seasons went on it got darker and darker. like 1/3 of the season was very child oriented and then it went dark and it was amazing.

And then Darth Maul was resurrected - and I stopped watching.

While, I wish they hadn't resurected Maul, his story (Season 5) was one of the best. I just wish it hadn't been Maul. And to top it off he doesn't even die again. Rebels?

listening to iff and Steve mentioned there was a list of must watch episodes for clone wars anyone have this magical list?

honestly, all of them. I loved Clone Wars and as the seasons went on it got darker and darker. like 1/3 of the season was very child oriented and then it went dark and it was amazing.

And then Darth Maul was resurrected - and I stopped watching.

While, I wish they hadn't resurected Maul, his story (Season 5) was one of the best. I just wish it hadn't been Maul. And to top it off he doesn't even die again. Rebels?

IDK. I hated Maul prior to CW. But the series made me like him alot. I think it helped that they actually gave him a personality (whereas he had none in the movie), and that he and his brother actually showed a level of care towards each other.

Plus, at the time, the force keeping Maul alive was a far less impressive feat than many of the other EU uses of the force at the time.

Pretty much every GCW era Interdictor design was made canon by Tarkin except the Interdictor Star Destroyer which was mentioned in Heir to the Jedi but didn't appear.

I wonder if Tarkin was involved in designing the Immobilizer 418 in this canon and if so how much he was involved in it? In Legends it was mentioned that the Immobilizer 418, and presumably the Vindicator Heavy Cruiser that was modified into the Immobilizer was based on designs Tarkin drew up early in his career, and Tarkin mentions that he designed anti-pirate ships for the Outland Regions Security force so he definitely still has the ship design skill set in canon.

A-wings, B-wings, or whatever they are if just almost identicals, strange to see. Dont think I will ever get over EU. Or want to.

I am sure it has been mentioned in this thread, sorry for repeating.

listening to iff and Steve mentioned there was a list of must watch episodes for clone wars anyone have this magical list?

honestly, all of them. I loved Clone Wars and as the seasons went on it got darker and darker. like 1/3 of the season was very child oriented and then it went dark and it was amazing.

And then Darth Maul was resurrected - and I stopped watching.

While, I wish they hadn't resurected Maul, his story (Season 5) was one of the best. I just wish it hadn't been Maul. And to top it off he doesn't even die again. Rebels?

Indeed. They should just have made a unique character. In star wars the dead should stay dead. Or maybe become force ghosts. Or clones. Clones are ok. But not sith slashed in two that don't die.

How long before they say that Interdictors WERE present at the battle of Endor? just BEHIND all the other ships.

There are a lot of amorphous blobs seen from the throne room, some of them could be Interdictors. Though since Ackbar didn't think anything would impede the retreat, one can infer that they weren't there? Perhaps too rare to be deployed enmasse at Endor (and too valueble?)

Somehow Legends was able to squeeze out the Tector-class Star Destroyer out of the Battle of Endor from only one model shot, so why not other things? That upside-down ISD hull could have been an Interdictor without the wells and bridge tower in sight.

A-wings, B-wings, or whatever they are if just almost identicals, strange to see. Dont think I will ever get over EU. Or want to.

I am sure it has been mentioned in this thread, sorry for repeating.

The red fighter is a prototype b-wing. The first of many.

It is odd to see the A-wing and B-wing before an X-wing, but thats how they role in the new cannon. Has there been a Y-wing in Rebels yet?

Perhaps the Interdictors were deployed further back and off screen to prevent the rebels from targeting them first?

As for A-Wings and B-Wings being made before the X-Wings in the new canon well the Legends Droids cartoon set 15 BBY had A-Wings and B-Wings in it. But a couple of years after the Droids cartoon aired WEG ignored it and decided that the A-Wings and B-Wings were actually designed in the aftermath of Yavin which eventually led to the creation of the R-22 Spearhead A-Wing lookalike and the H-60 Tempest B-Wing lookalike to explain the discrepancies In the new canon they decided to split the difference by giving them a creation date later then in Droids but earlier then A New Hope.

It is odd to see the A-wing and B-wing before an X-wing, but thats how they role in the new cannon. Has there been a Y-wing in Rebels yet?

The Y-wing appeared in Clone Wars.

Oh sorry I didn't specify, I realise it was in clone wars but I was thinking if it has actually seen screen time in the Rebels show?

Not as of yet.

The "Rebels" Side has only shown the Ghost+Phantom, A-Wings, and in the previews thusfar, B-Wings.

That is mostly because its all been about the One-Cell and One-Planet thusfar. I'm sure as teh scope widens, we'll see more things.