It's a capital ship scaled for Armada. Nothing to see here, X-Wing folks, it's too big for your game

6 hours ago, Mighty said:

Thought the same as ABYX: Ghtroc Industries class 720 Freighter. Those angular side-protrusions and the dorsal dome are looking familiar. Maybe it is a new Ghtroc Industries freighter?

26 minutes ago, Cr0aker said:

Its Gamera, friend of children!

29 minutes ago, Cr0aker said:

Ew.

Was referenced a lot in the EU. Luke flew one with an x-wing hidden inside it. Charges blew it apart so he could (try) to escape capture.

14 hours ago, Odanan said:

Kind of offtopic, but if you want to know more about the earlier concept art (and find some gems lazily used rescued by the new trilogy), check this out.

It's everything from Ep VII there: the girl in the desert planet (which is a ship graveyard), the Starkiller base cannon, the streamlined X-Wings, and so on...

One of my prized possessions is a set of the McQuarrie prints.

14 minutes ago, Steelgunner said:

Its Gamera, friend of children!

So would Gamera be Rebel, or Scum?

Can Imperial get Guiron?

11 hours ago, JJ48 said:

Who's DJ?

Benicio del Toro's character. Some sort of criminal (slicer/theif/smuggler?) with a ship. From what I make out he is involved in Finn and Rose's storyline. The studio is being very zip lipped about him though.

1 minute ago, Jadotch said:

Benicio del Toro's character. Some sort of criminal (slicer/theif/smuggler?) with a ship. From what I make out he is involved in the Finn and Rose's storyline. The studio is being very zip lipped about him though.

Look, it's Lando 2.0. I wonder if he'll appear to betray our plucky heroes, ultimately redeem himself, and lead the Resistance to glorious battle in Ep IX?

That ship certainly appears to be, as someone suggested, something like a "CR-180." It really appears to be inspired by welding two CR90s side-by-side, and the side protusions and dorsal bubble seem to have the aesthetic appearance of the turbolaser spherical pods on the side of CR90s. Given it's scale next to what is supposed to be a monstrously large "MC-160" (the Raddus), it seems like it's probably a capital ship. It would also fit the entire uninspired aesthetic of Ep VIII which seems to be: take something classic and MAKE IT MOAR BIGGER AND AWESOME.


Also I can't wait to watch Kylo basically solo that Resistance fleet and the Raddus with his little fighter. ****, we'll probably even have a little scene that rivals Poe's "god-mode" above Kanata's castle, where we'll watch Ren flip and zip around and ice like six capital ships in an eight second span. Because how else are we supposed to know our characters are powerful without having it forced down our throats?

I really hope VIII isn't terrible, because the fate of the NT rests on how VIII clean's up VII's mess. But now, we have the fate of an entire separate trilogy resting on Rian Johnson's shoulders.

41 minutes ago, AllWingsStandyingBy said:

That ship certainly appears to be, as someone suggested, something like a "CR-180." It really appears to be inspired by welding two CR90s side-by-side, and the side protusions and dorsal bubble seem to have the aesthetic appearance of the turbolaser spherical pods on the side of CR90s. Given it's scale next to what is supposed to be a monstrously large "MC-160" (the Raddus), it seems like it's probably a capital ship. It would also fit the entire uninspired aesthetic of Ep VIII which seems to be: take something classic and MAKE IT MOAR BIGGER AND AWESOME.


Also I can't wait to watch Kylo basically solo that Resistance fleet and the Raddus with his little fighter. ****, we'll probably even have a little scene that rivals Poe's "god-mode" above Kanata's castle, where we'll watch Ren flip and zip around and ice like six capital ships in an eight second span. Because how else are we supposed to know our characters are powerful without having it forced down our throats?

I really hope VIII isn't terrible, because the fate of the NT rests on how VIII clean's up VII's mess. But now, we have the fate of an entire separate trilogy resting on Rian Johnson's shoulders.

If they're taking stuff from Episode 5 to make bigger and better, then maybe it's a GR-150?

1 hour ago, JJ48 said:

If they're taking stuff from Episode 5 to make bigger and better, then maybe it's a GR-150?

Could be, though I think we already catch glimpses of other ships that would qualify as "GR-150s" and "Nebulon-C frigates" in the trailer as Kylo approaches the Resistance fleet.

!!!!

Maybe they'll make the TIE Bomber bigger and better by giving us a First Order TIE Punisher!

3 hours ago, AllWingsStandyingBy said:

Look, it's Lando 2.0. I wonder if he'll appear to betray our plucky heroes, ultimately redeem himself, and lead the Resistance to glorious battle in Ep IX?

Hey, SPOILER ALERT!!!