Art with a TIE “ugly”, a salvaged mix of a TIE Interceptor and Y-Wing components in the foreground. By John Nadeau

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bloopernova@programming.dev · 3 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I always wanted to see a TIE Defender rebuilt by the B-Wing builders. Like, the new Republic gets the Defender plans, and builds their own version.

setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Klanky@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Is that from Lost in Space movie from the 90s?

AGD4@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Oh yea! Such a badass and tragically short scene. Almost out of place for that film.

setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Yes. I always thought it looked like the Cooler B-Wing.

AGD4@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Very Cool!

Weren't these featured in I, Jedi?

Or one of the Wraith Squadron books?

I vaguelly recall reading an Expanded Universe novel featuring those craft any how. Written by Michael A. Stackpole with Kieran Halcyon as a leading character.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

thorcik@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yep, "I, Jedi".

It was one of my favourite EU books

DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe · 3 pts · 2y

That feel when Disney easter-egg canonized your favorite EU character.

That feel when you realize it probably means he died to Darth Emo and a sidenote goon squad in the offscreen Academy purge while Luke cried in a corner or something.

setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

I know of at least a few EU works that various uglies showed up. TIEs were widespread surplus that were low cost to modify after the Empire fell, and a lot of them ended up in use by criminals and planetary defense forces.

sagrotan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Is it a "Twing" or a "Xie"?

setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Wookipedia calls this particular layout a “TYE-Wing” but I think that’s just putting an official sounding name on a hodgepodge ship build.