Ugh. That still frame makes me realize how ugly that particular look is. FFG will have a serious time to work some magic on that.

2:06/2:46 looks like a variant of this awful thing.

Ugh. That still frame makes me realize how ugly that particular look is. FFG will have a serious time to work some magic on that.

I don't even...what?!

It looks *exactly* like a Scyk flown backwards. From the trailing tail, to the bumps on the...and the bends, and the...good grief, it's identical to a Scyk...

I don't even...what?!

It looks *exactly* like a Scyk flown backwards. From the trailing tail, to the bumps on the...and the bends, and the...good grief, it's identical to a Scyk...

Yeah, pretty much. It's like they mounted the thrusters in a Scyk's cockpit, moved the cockpit to who-knows-where, stuck in some ridiculous gimbal system and called it good.

I really want to see Interdictors for Armada

Oh you will, I guarantee it. While I'm unsure the role hyperspace plays in Armada, The Interdictor in EaW could also scramble missile fire to inhibit the use of dedicated missile cruisers, ordinance carrying fighters, and missile corvettes.

A powerful little gamepiece in EaW, and I expect, it will be in Armada as well.

So THAT'S what was going on in that anime Tie Fighter movie! I finally understand!

Not enough people saw the Clone Wars over here... It's a Mandalorian Fighter, appeared a lot of times in TCW.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kom'rk-class_fighter/transport

But what about the maybe Scurgg? Seems to be Sabine's bounty hunter friend's ship. The cannon on the wing tip is the only thing that looks very different than a Havoc to me. First large-base cross faction ship?

Edit: Add some picage

Here's the ship from Rebels:

And here is a Scurgg.

Not identical but incredibly similar if they were meant to be different ships.

I really want to see Interdictors for Armada

Oh you will, I guarantee it. While I'm unsure the role hyperspace plays in Armada, The Interdictor in EaW could also scramble missile fire to inhibit the use of dedicated missile cruisers, ordinance carrying fighters, and missile corvettes.

A powerful little gamepiece in EaW, and I expect, it will be in Armada as well.

So THAT'S what was going on in that anime Tie Fighter movie! I finally understand!

I actually really liked that idea. If anything they are simply reversing the gravity wells and pushing against the missiles. Plus it makes an interdictor far more versatile.

I actually really liked that idea. If anything they are simply reversing the gravity wells and pushing against the missiles. Plus it makes an interdictor far more versatile.

That's not really how a gravity well projector works though(at least, not the last time I checked).

GWPs simulate the gravity field of a planet. Hyperdrives are designed to automatically shut down when they encounter a planetary gravity field to prevent you from hyperdriving directly into a planet. And that's how a GWP prevents and pulls ships out of hyperspace.

A GWP doesn't actually pull a ship in like some kind of tractor beam. So "reversing it" wouldn't push things away. And even if they did, missiles are more than capable of functioning against the gravity of a planet. Otherwise, when you fired a missile in a planetary battle, it would go sailing up into the air just like they are in the TIE Fighter short.

Anyone else post stills. Can't get good looks from phone.

Diggin' the Interdictor. Gives me renewed hope for the Assault Gunboat, since both ships originated in the same place...

I actually really liked that idea. If anything they are simply reversing the gravity wells and pushing against the missiles. Plus it makes an interdictor far more versatile.

That's not really how a gravity well projector works though(at least, not the last time I checked).

GWPs simulate the gravity field of a planet. Hyperdrives are designed to automatically shut down when they encounter a planetary gravity field to prevent you from hyperdriving directly into a planet. And that's how a GWP prevents and pulls ships out of hyperspace.

A GWP doesn't actually pull a ship in like some kind of tractor beam. So "reversing it" wouldn't push things away. And even if they did, missiles are more than capable of functioning against the gravity of a planet. Otherwise, when you fired a missile in a planetary battle, it would go sailing up into the air just like they are in the TIE Fighter short.

Didn't the Interdictors in Tarkin actually mess with localised gravity though?

I think at this point it's clear. Instead of begging FFG to add more EU ships to the game, we need to be begging the Rebels writers to put EU ships on the show. Then FFG HAS to make them!

Diggin' the Interdictor. Gives me renewed hope for the Assault Gunboat, since both ships originated in the same place...

Well, not really. The Interdictor came from the Heir to the Empire novel. While the Gunboat came from the X-Wing Game.

Didn't the Interdictors in Tarkin actually mess with localised gravity though?

Maybe. I haven't read it.

What is that imperial ship seen on either side of the Gozanti that is about the same size as it?

I actually really liked that idea. If anything they are simply reversing the gravity wells and pushing against the missiles. Plus it makes an interdictor far more versatile.

That's not really how a gravity well projector works though(at least, not the last time I checked).

GWPs simulate the gravity field of a planet. Hyperdrives are designed to automatically shut down when they encounter a planetary gravity field to prevent you from hyperdriving directly into a planet. And that's how a GWP prevents and pulls ships out of hyperspace.

A GWP doesn't actually pull a ship in like some kind of tractor beam. So "reversing it" wouldn't push things away. And even if they did, missiles are more than capable of functioning against the gravity of a planet. Otherwise, when you fired a missile in a planetary battle, it would go sailing up into the air just like they are in the TIE Fighter short.

Didn't the Interdictors in Tarkin actually mess with localised gravity though?

They have gravity well generators strong enough to simulate a planet and pull ships out of hyper space so yeah you can mess with local gravity.

I actually really liked that idea. If anything they are simply reversing the gravity wells and pushing against the missiles. Plus it makes an interdictor far more versatile.

That's not really how a gravity well projector works though(at least, not the last time I checked).

GWPs simulate the gravity field of a planet. Hyperdrives are designed to automatically shut down when they encounter a planetary gravity field to prevent you from hyperdriving directly into a planet. And that's how a GWP prevents and pulls ships out of hyperspace.

A GWP doesn't actually pull a ship in like some kind of tractor beam. So "reversing it" wouldn't push things away. And even if they did, missiles are more than capable of functioning against the gravity of a planet. Otherwise, when you fired a missile in a planetary battle, it would go sailing up into the air just like they are in the TIE Fighter short.

Im imagining it is creating gravity akin to a planet in a centralized area, and much like in orbit theres still zero G but gravity has a subtle influence. In this case I am presuming that you are just reversing the direction the gravity is going and pumping some juice into it, making it really pull in the opposite direction, probably screwing with the missile guidance system (its fired in space so I assume its not planning for gravity in its tracking projections). I was just reading the last wraith squadron novel (yes I know, no longer Canon but still good) where they have an interdictor avoid hitting another ship by reversing its gravity wells and pushing off the ship, but it royally messed up the ships own artificial gravity.

As someone who is just watching through the Clone Wars series on Netflix for the first time, there is no pilot I want to appear in S&V more than Hondo (aka "MINSC... IN... SPAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!").

Though Cad Bane comes close.

I just finished it finally after years of false starts. The second half is really solid. Agreed about Hondo.

If you're watching clone wars then you may consider watching them in chronological order rather than how they were released. Starwars.com has the list. I haven't done this yet but I want to go back and start over.

http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-clone-wars-chronological-episodeorder

[Edit] Plus two arcs not released, about eight more episodes. P.P.S. These are very rough and unfinished.

Well that's the thing, I always thought that a gravity well projector extended a mass shadow that merely registered on equipment somehow, but in Tarkin they flip them on and accidentally aim through a Star Destroyer and everything shakes violently.

They do create a shadow in subspace like the one a planet does.

That pulls you out of hyper space but it wouldn't stop you jumping back out, the gravity well generators stop the hyperdrives engaging same as being close to a planet does, except you can focus them on a specific area so just running away does not work.

Can I say that I would be very excited to get the Havoc as a Scum heavy bomber. Something akin to a Scum K-wing.

B-wings have always been my favorite since Jedi, and personally, I'm just glad to see them getting some love - rather than worry about who made them.

As well, we can assume that at some point we will see stripped down Y-wings - and I'm certain that the reveal of the Xwing will coincide with the end of season 2 or 3 depending on how the story progresses. Imagine - heroes are against the ropes, then whoosh! In comes the Incom Calvary.

I think everyone is taking the phrase "like a planet" too literally. My own opinion is that the mass-shadow created by an Interdictor (418 or otherwise) is more akin to a large asteroid. Enough to keep you from floating off... as long as you stayed very still. It's enough to trip your hyperdrive's failsafe mechanism, but nowhere near 1 g. As someone else said - it isn't a tractor beam, you shouldn't be pulling anything. Otherwise, all the closely-bunched ships in an Imperial fleet would start drifting toward the Interdictor when the flipped the switch.

I think at this point it's clear. Instead of begging FFG to add more EU ships to the game, we need to be begging the Rebels writers to put EU ships on the show. Then FFG HAS to make them!

Alex Davy in a recent podcast interview, explicitly stated that they will continue to use the EU as a source for new ships (along with any new canon ships made available), which is good news if you want more EU ships

I think at this point it's clear. Instead of begging FFG to add more EU ships to the game, we need to be begging the Rebels writers to put EU ships on the show. Then FFG HAS to make them!

Alex Davy in a recent podcast interview, explicitly stated that they will continue to use the EU as a source for new ships (along with any new canon ships made available), which is good news if you want more EU ships

GUUUUUUNNNNNNNNBBBBBBBBOOOOOOAAAAAAATTTTTTT!

Ahem.

Gravity Well Projectors project gravity wells, not gravity. They project these into 'hyperspace', and not into 'real' space. No actual gravity is created so active force is present. If it was the same tech as the artificial gravity on starships then it would be no problem for a Star Destoryer or SSD to pump all power to external grav engines and do the same trick an interdictor can do. Or perhaps the GWPs on the interdictor are simply artificial gravity projectors that are modified and scaled up and only project 'gravity' into 'hyperspace', presumedly more effeciently than other capital ships could.

It will be nice to see e Interdictor once it hits Armada, but sadly it's too big for X-wing.

Depending on the official size of the CC-77o0 it might be small enough for X-Wing but that is a big might since AFAIK there is no official size for the CC-7700 just fan stats