However, it does have one significant disadvantage. It's quite vertically fat.

Is that really a problem in any situation that doesn't involve flying through a Death Star?

Yeah, actually. Landing in particular hangars could be an issue.

CALLED IT

I wouldn't call it ugly, exactly... maybe "utilitarian," or "functional." Volt Cobra is a ridiculous name, though. That's far worse than the actual appearance, though your mileage may vary.

CALLED IT

I wouldn't call it ugly, exactly... maybe "utilitarian," or "functional." Volt Cobra is a ridiculous name, though. That's far worse than the actual appearance, though your mileage may vary.

Well it does at least vaguely resemble a cobra's head.

Volt Cobra is a ridiculous name, though.

Almost as bad as Talonbane Cobra.

Man that one is even worse...

I do not think the Naboo N-1 fighter fits at all fighting for the Rebellion.

Reason? Look at the other rebel fighters. In particular look at the Clone Wars Y-Wings compared to the Rebel Y-Wings. See a difference?

The Naboo fighter is not meant for war. The Naboo were pacifists and their only armed forces were either police corps or the royal guard. As such, the Naboo N-1 is, and actually looks, like what it is. A shiny pretty ceremonial fighter to escort the queen in her shiny pretty ceremonial transport here and there. Sure the naboo used it for fighting the Trade Federation ships during Episode I. And they performed as expected: they didn't even deal any damage to the capital ships, as stated by one of the pilots during the battle scene. (Of course, the good guys had to win, and little Anakin pulled a Luke with what was basically a rip-off of the trench run).

If the N-1 were to join the rebellion, it would have all its decorative shiny plating removed, exposing the components for easier access for repairs and modifications. Even so, the rebel technicians would find it really hard to maintain, as it isn't a particularly mass produced all purpose fighter like the Y-Wing (of which there were probably billions in the whole galaxy), but a ceremonial ship almost restricted to Naboo.

Not to mention they put Jar Jar in the last Star Wars issue. He' s missing an eye now, and tried to get Luke killed. No i'm not kidding.

ehhh

I'm glad I only read Shattered Empire

You need to read Darth Vader. Full stop. You need to read it. It's amazing.

I do not think the Naboo N-1 fighter fits at all fighting for the Rebellion.

Reason? Look at the other rebel fighters. In particular look at the Clone Wars Y-Wings compared to the Rebel Y-Wings. See a difference?

The Naboo fighter is not meant for war. The Naboo were pacifists and their only armed forces were either police corps or the royal guard. As such, the Naboo N-1 is, and actually looks, like what it is. A shiny pretty ceremonial fighter to escort the queen in her shiny pretty ceremonial transport here and there. Sure the naboo used it for fighting the Trade Federation ships during Episode I. And they performed as expected: they didn't even deal any damage to the capital ships, as stated by one of the pilots during the battle scene. (Of course, the good guys had to win, and little Anakin pulled a Luke with what was basically a rip-off of the trench run).

If the N-1 were to join the rebellion, it would have all its decorative shiny plating removed, exposing the components for easier access for repairs and modifications. Even so, the rebel technicians would find it really hard to maintain, as it isn't a particularly mass produced all purpose fighter like the Y-Wing (of which there were probably billions in the whole galaxy), but a ceremonial ship almost restricted to Naboo.

You're conveniently forgetting the part how, in this comic, they are being used to an impressive extent given their age.

The N-1 Starfighter was one of the most advanced starfighters of its time- it could afford to have beautiful plating and refined looks. Those were designed around it- not the other way around. One cannot deny that their appearance is also quite striking.

Agile, fast, decent firepower, and capable of carrying an astromech and torpedoes, The N-1 Starfighter is a once-pinnacle of starfighter engineering.

I do not think the Naboo N-1 fighter fits at all fighting for the Rebellion.

Reason? Look at the other rebel fighters. In particular look at the Clone Wars Y-Wings compared to the Rebel Y-Wings. See a difference?

The Naboo fighter is not meant for war. The Naboo were pacifists and their only armed forces were either police corps or the royal guard. As such, the Naboo N-1 is, and actually looks, like what it is. A shiny pretty ceremonial fighter to escort the queen in her shiny pretty ceremonial transport here and there. Sure the naboo used it for fighting the Trade Federation ships during Episode I. And they performed as expected: they didn't even deal any damage to the capital ships, as stated by one of the pilots during the battle scene. (Of course, the good guys had to win, and little Anakin pulled a Luke with what was basically a rip-off of the trench run).

If the N-1 were to join the rebellion, it would have all its decorative shiny plating removed, exposing the components for easier access for repairs and modifications. Even so, the rebel technicians would find it really hard to maintain, as it isn't a particularly mass produced all purpose fighter like the Y-Wing (of which there were probably billions in the whole galaxy), but a ceremonial ship almost restricted to Naboo.

GL deliberately did this because he wanted there to be poetic allusions to Episode IV. Basically the recurring motifs are recurring stanzas or whatever. Which is part of the reason why TPM sucks so bad.

As for the N-1 itself, it was designed and built in-house by a Naboo royal something or other outfit, using a lot of off-the shelf components and easily serviceable by people whose primary occupation seems to be sniffing flowers and making ice cream. A-Wings were also pretty much handbuilt jobs.

If we are going to get any ships from the comics I want Aphra's ship.

And Sana Solo's ship too actually.

Ark Angel is a neat design even with the awful art inconsistencies, what does Sana Solo pilot?

It's like a half of a YT-1300, with a center cockpit like a YT-2000 but not with the same stuff around it and two turrets up top.

I can tell without even seeing it that it's ugly beyond belief.

This comment is hilarious. I have to agree with you that this ship aesthetically is not the business.

I'm glad I only read Shattered Empire

You need to read Darth Vader. Full stop. You need to read it. It's amazing.

I do not think the Naboo N-1 fighter fits at all fighting for the Rebellion.

Reason? Look at the other rebel fighters. In particular look at the Clone Wars Y-Wings compared to the Rebel Y-Wings. See a difference?

The Naboo fighter is not meant for war. The Naboo were pacifists and their only armed forces were either police corps or the royal guard. As such, the Naboo N-1 is, and actually looks, like what it is. A shiny pretty ceremonial fighter to escort the queen in her shiny pretty ceremonial transport here and there. Sure the naboo used it for fighting the Trade Federation ships during Episode I. And they performed as expected: they didn't even deal any damage to the capital ships, as stated by one of the pilots during the battle scene. (Of course, the good guys had to win, and little Anakin pulled a Luke with what was basically a rip-off of the trench run).

If the N-1 were to join the rebellion, it would have all its decorative shiny plating removed, exposing the components for easier access for repairs and modifications. Even so, the rebel technicians would find it really hard to maintain, as it isn't a particularly mass produced all purpose fighter like the Y-Wing (of which there were probably billions in the whole galaxy), but a ceremonial ship almost restricted to Naboo.

You make some good points, but I'd still love to see it in the game even if it was a grungy, plateless hackjob version. It could be the Rebel version of the TIE/fo. Two attack, three hull, one shield, barrel roll (let's try spinning, that's a good trick).

As for the N-1 itself, it was designed and built in-house by a Naboo royal something or other outfit, using a lot of off-the shelf components and easily serviceable by people whose primary occupation seems to be sniffing flowers and making ice cream. A-Wings were also pretty much handbuilt jobs.

Tycho's A-Wing had sexy wooden panelling!

Read Aftermath.

Naboo has barely changed.

Except for a new flavour of ice cream called "The Dark Side," with extra cocoa-y chocolate gelatto and dark chocolate chips, with sprinkles of blue Ryloth mint for that Force Lightning crackle.

The person writing this comics also seems to know their stuff to some extent. Or at least, gives enough of a **** to use Wookieepedia.

A character refers to a Star Destroyer in orbit as an "Imperial-class Star Destroyer" and then says it "looks like a Deuce", presumably meant to mean an Imperial II-class Star Destroyer. And mentions the fact that it has a starfighter compliment of 72.

I do not think the Naboo N-1 fighter fits at all fighting for the Rebellion.

Reason? Look at the other rebel fighters. In particular look at the Clone Wars Y-Wings compared to the Rebel Y-Wings. See a difference?

The Naboo fighter is not meant for war. The Naboo were pacifists and their only armed forces were either police corps or the royal guard. As such, the Naboo N-1 is, and actually looks, like what it is. A shiny pretty ceremonial fighter to escort the queen in her shiny pretty ceremonial transport here and there. Sure the naboo used it for fighting the Trade Federation ships during Episode I. And they performed as expected: they didn't even deal any damage to the capital ships, as stated by one of the pilots during the battle scene. (Of course, the good guys had to win, and little Anakin pulled a Luke with what was basically a rip-off of the trench run).

If the N-1 were to join the rebellion, it would have all its decorative shiny plating removed, exposing the components for easier access for repairs and modifications. Even so, the rebel technicians would find it really hard to maintain, as it isn't a particularly mass produced all purpose fighter like the Y-Wing (of which there were probably billions in the whole galaxy), but a ceremonial ship almost restricted to Naboo.

I would love to see a striped down, heavily modified hot-rod version of the N-1. Obviously no chrome right off the bat because that's exclusive to the royal guard pilots. I could see a less-pretty mass produced version being common on other worlds as well.

I wonder how much of the x-wing we know from ANH is 'original' and how much has been modified and striped away. That is, if you don't buy into the whole legends 'x-wings were super prototype fighters that the rebellion stole the plans for and built from scratch' thing.

The person writing this comics also seems to know their stuff to some extent. Or at least, gives enough of a **** to use Wookieepedia.

A character refers to a Star Destroyer in orbit as an "Imperial-class Star Destroyer" and then says it "looks like a Deuce", presumably meant to mean an Imperial II-class Star Destroyer. And mentions the fact that it has a starfighter compliment of 72.

I've been really impressed with the comics too. It gives me hope that Disney will draw from the best bits of the EU and leave the terrible bits behind.

I do not think the Naboo N-1 fighter fits at all fighting for the Rebellion.

Reason? Look at the other rebel fighters. In particular look at the Clone Wars Y-Wings compared to the Rebel Y-Wings. See a difference?

The Naboo fighter is not meant for war. The Naboo were pacifists and their only armed forces were either police corps or the royal guard. As such, the Naboo N-1 is, and actually looks, like what it is. A shiny pretty ceremonial fighter to escort the queen in her shiny pretty ceremonial transport here and there. Sure the naboo used it for fighting the Trade Federation ships during Episode I. And they performed as expected: they didn't even deal any damage to the capital ships, as stated by one of the pilots during the battle scene. (Of course, the good guys had to win, and little Anakin pulled a Luke with what was basically a rip-off of the trench run).

If the N-1 were to join the rebellion, it would have all its decorative shiny plating removed, exposing the components for easier access for repairs and modifications. Even so, the rebel technicians would find it really hard to maintain, as it isn't a particularly mass produced all purpose fighter like the Y-Wing (of which there were probably billions in the whole galaxy), but a ceremonial ship almost restricted to Naboo.

I would love to see a striped down, heavily modified hot-rod version of the N-1. Obviously no chrome right off the bat because that's exclusive to the royal guard pilots. I could see a less-pretty mass produced version being common on other worlds as well.

I wonder how much of the x-wing we know from ANH is 'original' and how much has been modified and striped away. That is, if you don't buy into the whole legends 'x-wings were super prototype fighters that the rebellion stole the plans for and built from scratch' thing.

That always bugged me. In ANH the film is trying to get you to believe that the X-Wings and Y-Wing are pretty obsolete and cobbled together, whereas the Empire's TIEs are supposed to be far more advanced, especially Vader's. Black Squadron obliterates the entire rebel force aside from two X-Wings and a Y-Wing.

Hell, I'm pretty sure that back in '77 the X-Wing having a hyperdrive wasn't something anybody considered. So the Astromech was probably just there because the X-Wing didn't have its own targeting computer, so all that telemetry had to be fed to it by the 'mech. You can see that the TIEs, on the other hand, have proper on-dash targeting computers and not the weird TV-on-a-stick that the rebel pilots have to use.

The person writing this comics also seems to know their stuff to some extent. Or at least, gives enough of a **** to use Wookieepedia.

A character refers to a Star Destroyer in orbit as an "Imperial-class Star Destroyer" and then says it "looks like a Deuce", presumably meant to mean an Imperial II-class Star Destroyer. And mentions the fact that it has a starfighter compliment of 72.

I've been really impressed with the comics too. It gives me hope that Disney will draw from the best bits of the EU and leave the terrible bits behind.

I would be impressed if they actually point out WHY it 'looks like a deuce', mainly mentioning the armament and engine baffle design.

Also I would squee like a little girl if the Assault Gunboat ever made it into a comic.

I don't know. There is something off-putting in the Naboo N-1 fighter I have never liked. It's design doesn't make any sense.

Why a police or royal guard fighter with torpedoes? It doesn't fit the pacifist culture of the Naboo at all, and much less the supposed role of the ship.

And why the astromech? It makes a lot of sense on an X-Wign or Y-Wing, where the astromech can lift from the socket and repair damaged components if needed. But what is it supposed to achieve in a N-1 other than being an oversized hyperjump data carrier?

And talking about the astromech... This is R2D2:

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Where did R2-D2 shoulders and legs go?

The person writing this comics also seems to know their stuff to some extent. Or at least, gives enough of a **** to use Wookieepedia.

A character refers to a Star Destroyer in orbit as an "Imperial-class Star Destroyer" and then says it "looks like a Deuce", presumably meant to mean an Imperial II-class Star Destroyer. And mentions the fact that it has a starfighter compliment of 72.

I've been really impressed with the comics too. It gives me hope that Disney will draw from the best bits of the EU and leave the terrible bits behind.

I would be impressed if they actually point out WHY it 'looks like a deuce', mainly mentioning the armament and engine baffle design.

Also I would squee like a little girl if the Assault Gunboat ever made it into a comic.

Well, like Alex Davy said on the Scum and Villainy podcast... never say never...

I would be impressed if they actually point out WHY it 'looks like a deuce'

Honestly, I couldn't have told you the difference between the two. I just know the II is the newer model.

Where did R2-D2 shoulders and legs go?

Looks like his head comes off, which is hilarious.