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Is the PT Lacking "Signature" Vehicles?

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Brian:

--- Quote from: Jesse James on August 26, 2009, 03:18 AM ---I think it would've helped GREATLY had we seen a pre-TIE Fighter, TIE Fighter.  I mean, honestly when you think about it the fighters we saw really didn't latch onto anything OT...  The ARC-170 supposedly had that resemblance to an X-Wing, but speaking from an evolutionary standpoint, the two ships really don't seem to have much in common but physical shape...  So do most airplanes on Earth, but that doesn't show "evolution" to me, and so there's no link.

A pre-Empire TIE Fighter, maybe with squatter wings, bent, etc., would've gone a long way I believe. 

Really though, had they had that beat-up ship like the Twilight we're seeing in CW3D, that I think is the only way to lock that iconic ship status up.  The Jedi's fighters could've filled the X-Wing slot I think, but they kept changing them.  They needed to give us one, and only modify it SLIGHTLY for ROTS.  They instead went with radical changes that ultimately just give you more ships, and more toys to buy.  Coincidence?  Eh, maybe, I dunno.

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I think that is a lot of it Jesse, good points.  Just like the troops and other areas, they just jammed "too much" into the prequels.  Like you said, things like the Jedi starfighters didn't get as much chance to become iconic since they kept changing them up.  I wish they would have stuck with one look over the other for all the prequels (and maybe have them show up in TPM as well).  I actually quite like the CW version (over the AOTC version), and the ROTS is nice too - but it would have helped picking one or the other.  I thought of the Twilight as well as being an example of having a more "iconic" ship.  It would never be as cool as the Falcon was/is, but I could see it filling that sort of "slot" in the PT vehicle lineup.

I think the Naboo starfighter was supposed to sort of be the X-Wing of this trilogy, at least starting off, but it never seemed to be that popular.  I like it for what it is, but that whole shiny look - particularly for fighters - just didn't seem as "Star Warsy" to me.  Having more continuity over the entire trilogy - both with troops and vehicles - would have helped some.  Looking at the OT as an example, we basically saw the same "major" ships throughout the three movies - with some minor variations thrown in.  Even if new things like the A-Wing or B-Wing got added in, we still saw the X and Y Wings being used as well.  Same could be said of the TIE Bomber/Interceptors, alongside the TIE Fighters.

Darby:
I love the N-1 fighter, and think it's as iconic as the X-Wing. but it never got any love.  The most iconic ship PT ship by far is the gunship.  It's the most OT of the PT designs, and between the films, probably the one ship that has any carry over.

I think the Jedi starfighter was meant to be some kind of precursor to the TIE (it at least shares design elements by ROTS - the window, for example) but it makes no sense that the Jedi fighter becomes the TIE.  Nor does it make sense that X-Wings and Y-Wings that look 30 years old are nowhere to be found in the PT.  I love the design aesthetic of the TPM, the pre-Empire look of sleekness and beauty.  It doesn't morph though the way Lucas meant it to, into the OT. 

Angry Ewok:
Loved the Naboo Fighters and the Jedi Fighters...

iFett:
I thought TPM sucked for vehicles beyond the Royal Starship and Maul's ship (which should get the $64.99 upgrade treatment).  Should have been a nice relaunch of some OT concept type vehicles, but that didn't happen.  Why?  Jedi Starfighters were cool enough.

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