10 hours ago, Captain Lackwit said:

I really hate having to prove people wrong. Are we rally citing lego? So Zori Bliss is a confirmed Y-Wing pilot now?

Let's go over this.

https://target.scene7.com/is/content/Target/GUEST_db00bf15-a68d-4819-a6ef-e251648a8cb8_Flash9_Autox720p_2600k

Okay. So the lego one has full rotation. That's cool. But.





Really, REALLY look at the orientation of the turret compared to the canopy. It is very slightly under it. Now, one way to resolve this problem, is to have it elevate as it turns... But why would you do that? Why waste that space on such a mechanism? Furthermore, please observe that the ONLY source we have for Ion Cannons firing forward, is the Lego Y-Wing. Thus far, every single other image has had it pointing backwards. You know what doesn't do that? The Rebel Y-Wing.

Now here's my theory. The turret was redesigned this way to re-facilitate a gunner, to protect them (unlike the bubble canopied BTL-B Y-Wing), AND to protect the turret. Now if it can fire forward, just stomp on my bits for a day, you're allowed.

But I'm willing to bet this thing can't fire its turret forward. Since every other Y-Wing can do that, why do it again?

...It probably will in Battlefront II 2 though. Unless they TIE/SF it.

Because having full rotation and the possibility to shoot below the side the fighter can have a marginal benefit in a fight.

And it wouldn't be the first time Star Wars did something strange.

Like the wacky *** differing gravity planes in the Falcons gunwales.

Or the mysterious hammerspace for Astromechs in the N1 and ETA 2.

2 minutes ago, Octarine-08 said:

Because having full rotation and the possibility to shoot below the side the fighter can have a marginal benefit in a fight.

And it wouldn't be the first time Star Wars did something strange.

Like the wacky *** differing gravity planes in the Falcons gunwales.

Or the mysterious hammerspace for Astromechs in the N1 and ETA 2.

Honestly, it's beneficial, but it just doesn't look like it can. I kinda' hope I'm wrong, I kinda' hope I'm right.

As for the astromechs, the ETA-2 has large undercarriages where an Astromech can... mostly fit. The N1 violently disassembles the droid, but it works.

I love Y-Wings. They have the biggest engine and the lowest speed of all the starfighters, and they have this odd ugly elegance that feels very starwars.

Perhaps I just like them because when I was a kid the store was out of X-Wing models so mum bought me a Y-Wing instead

4 hours ago, gadwag said:

I love Y-Wings. They have the biggest engine and the lowest speed of all the starfighters, and they have this odd ugly elegance that feels very starwars.

Perhaps I just like them because when I was a kid the store was out of X-Wing models so mum bought me a Y-Wing instead

In terms of rule of cool Y-Wing is at the top of the pile along with the likes of the Interceptor.

2 hours ago, Porkchop Express said:

In terms of rule of cool Y-Wing is at the top of the pile along with the likes of the Interceptor.

Darn tootin'.

7 hours ago, gadwag said:

I love Y-Wings. They have the biggest engine and the lowest speed of all the starfighters, and they have this odd ugly elegance that feels very starwars.

Perhaps I just like them because when I was a kid the store was out of X-Wing models so mum bought me a Y-Wing instead

That's such a Rebel relationship with them.

"I heard we're getting some new fighters!"
"Yep, here they come now..."
>Y-Wings fly in, land
"I... thought we were uh..."
"Getting X-Wings..? Yeah, me too.
"...They'll do I guess."

13 hours ago, gadwag said:

I love Y-Wings. They have the biggest engine and the lowest speed of all the starfighters, and they have this odd ugly elegance that feels very starwars.

Perhaps I just like them because when I was a kid the store was out of X-Wing models so mum bought me a Y-Wing instead

When I was a kid, the old Kenner toys for the Y-Wing were awesome.

See, the X-Wing in those days had a built-in R2 head that you pushed down to activate the S-Foils, which was cool, but it meant you couldn't swap in any other astromech, or have R2 pop in and out (which was particularly annoying if you had either the periscope version of R2, or the hidden lightsaber version, so you had to set them off to the side until the ship landed - very annoying if you're running all over the place for a space battle, then need to land at Dagobah for some Jedi training).
The Y-Wing, on the other hand, had a socket that astromechs fit in, with enough of a plastic lip in the bottom that it kind of held the feet in place. I had an R4-D5 figure that I usually put in my Y-Wing as a kid. Then you had the turret that could rotate, and, best of all, it had a bomb that was held on the bottom by a small clamp that could be released by a button on the back!

I mean, sure, these sorts of features are basically standard these days, but back in the early to mid 80's, it was the only toy I had that could do that.

4 minutes ago, Freeptop said:

When I was a kid, the old Kenner toys for the Y-Wing were awesome.

See, the X-Wing in those days had a built-in R2 head that you pushed down to activate the S-Foils, which was cool, but it meant you couldn't swap in any other astromech, or have R2 pop in and out (which was particularly annoying if you had either the periscope version of R2, or the hidden lightsaber version, so you had to set them off to the side until the ship landed - very annoying if you're running all over the place for a space battle, then need to land at Dagobah for some Jedi training).
The Y-Wing, on the other hand, had a socket that astromechs fit in, with enough of a plastic lip in the bottom that it kind of held the feet in place. I had an R4-D5 figure that I usually put in my Y-Wing as a kid. Then you had the turret that could rotate, and, best of all, it had a bomb that was held on the bottom by a small clamp that could be released by a button on the back!

I mean, sure, these sorts of features are basically standard these days, but back in the early to mid 80's, it was the only toy I had that could do that.

Oh man, I remember that toy. I had my dad's and my own. I'd long lost the engine's braces, but the Y-Wing was my go-to starfighter toy. That, and the ETA-2 Actis Hasbro toy.

Which for whatever reason, I saw fit to flip upside down and use as a capital ship, thanks to its landing nub looking like a sleek, cool bridge.

1 hour ago, Captain Lackwit said:

Which for whatever reason, I saw fit to flip upside down and use as a capital ship, thanks to its landing nub looking like a sleek, cool bridge.

That mental image reminds me of this.

1 hour ago, Hiemfire said:

That mental image reminds me of this.

I remember hearing about that stupid thing. I also thought that stupid thing was pretty cool in theory.

Nah I just used its two huge fat guns as its primary battery. That with a small enough fighter, you could fly down the barrel of and destroy one of the two primary reactors powering the ship, as the guns were directly linked to their power source.

Not the smartest design but at the scale I played with it at, it could juuuuuuuuuuuuuust barely fit a venator in its hangar. WHich was just the cockpit, canopy removed.