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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those wings don't really seem to have much purpose outside of aesthetics, at least in space.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Those wings don't really seem to have much purpose outside of aesthetics, at least in space.

True. I'm working with the theory that wings on SWU spacecraft are some component of the maneuvering system, be it "lateral controls" or "ethereal rudder".
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In the forward position, the wings could be some kind of "magnetic guidance system" (fire control) for those central laser cannons.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Those wings don't really seem to have much purpose outside of aesthetics, at least in space.


Agreed. It almost seemed like someone said "lets design a new fighter just for the heck of it, and give it a swing wing design..."
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 2:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

garhkal wrote:
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Those wings don't really seem to have much purpose outside of aesthetics, at least in space.

Agreed. It almost seemed like someone said "lets design a new fighter just for the heck of it..."

Well I don't think it was just for the heck of it. Despite the movie being an immediate prequel to ANH, they still wanted to give us some new vehicles like the first three prequels did (It not only gives fans something new to "ooh, ahh, cool" at, but it also gives them some new merchandising to sell. As far as the wings, I'm sure there was a conscious decision to make another "lettered" Rebel ship. X, Y, A, B, some EU ships and now "U".
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 4:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe it is simply spars in order to have something to focus a repulsorfield off of? Leverage, if you will?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whatever. Wings with no readily apparent purpose have been on Star Wars starships basically as long as there has been Star Wars. Perhaps they are Disbelief Suspension Field Generators, designed to protect Star Wars fans who are too uptight from the hazards of just enjoying the visuals and the story...
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 2:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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(It not only gives fans something new to "ooh, ahh, cool" at, but it also gives them some new merchandising to sell.


And imo that is 'the for the heck of it' aspect.. Just for merchandising.. much like BB8 for TFA..
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Also, the entire design reminds me of the Earth Directorate starfighters from the Buck Rogers tv show. That isn't a bad thing, by the way.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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And imo that is 'the for the heck of it' aspect.. Just for merchandising.. much like BB8 for TFA..

Well it was a bit more than that. In their thinly-disguised reprise of ANH, they needed a R2 substitute that was more mobile (faster = more exciting). Wink

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Whatever. Wings with no readily apparent purpose have been on Star Wars starships basically as long as there has been Star Wars. Perhaps they are Disbelief Suspension Field Generators, designed to protect Star Wars fans who are too uptight from the hazards of just enjoying the visuals and the story...

Laughing I think we have a winner.

I hear that U-Wing DSF Generators are the best in the galaxy!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They were... Until Starkiller Base... Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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They were... Until Starkiller Base... Wink

Of course. They had 34 years to perfect DSF technology.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 1:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whill wrote:
CRMcNeill wrote:
They were... Until Starkiller Base... Wink

Of course. They had 34 years to perfect DSF technology.

Along with the Finite Probability Field and SEP Field tech.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought I had come across something that said there was a previously unseen model of star destroyer in RO that is twice the size of Imperial class but now I can't find the reference. Maybe I was reading about the First Order star destroyers and confused it for RO.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I guess we'll have to watch the movie and find out.

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