The Ships of Star Wars

[Kiardras]

All the Nubian ships are sexy as hell, but that might just be because CHROME

 

[Eddie the head]

I'm sorry for being the buzz kill here, but I never really liked Star Wars ships. To me they always appeared impractical at best kind of silly at worst. Some of the smaller ones are ok like the Millennium Falcon or Slave 1, but when we get to the capital ships I get an overwhelming impression of "that's just way to big to be of any use." I mean none of them are as flat out silly as 40K but you get my point.

That said I do kind of like some of the SWTOR Republic ships. But they tend to look less massive.

 

[Mahorfeus]

There are a lot of Star Wars ships I absolutely love, but before I talk about any of them...

Here is one stupid one I won't miss from the old canon.

Spoiler: This fucking thing

Behold, the Sun Crusher. A starfighter-sized ice cream cone with armor strong enough to deflect turbolasers, a plunge through a Star Destroyer's bridge, and even the superlaser of a Death Star.

Oh, and it has missiles that can blow up star systems. Because why not.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Those are FractalSponge's designs aren't they? Is the Belator actually canon now?

Canon as of the old EU. Fractal Sponge's designs were featured prominently in the supplement book Essential Guide to Warfare. The Bellator is one of them, as is the Praetor II.

 

[God'sFist]

There are a lot of Star Wars ships I absolutely love, but before I talk about any of them...

Here is one stupid one I won't miss from the old canon.

Spoiler: This fucking thing

Behold, the Sun Crusher. A starfighter-sized ice cream cone with armor strong enough to deflect turbolasers, a plunge through a Star Destroyer's bridge, and even the superlaser of a Death Star.

Oh, and it has missiles that can blow up star systems. Because why not.

Not only that it also survived being thrown into the gas giant of Yavin.

OT: The Star Destroyer all the way tons of armor plating, guns all over it, and the shields are damn near impregnable a damn fine ship if ever there was one.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

You'd think Mandalorians would know better. On the plus side, most MandalMotors craft in EaW look really cool, except for the StarVipers (though I'm not sure that's an MM design).

I think that the Starviper was based on Prince Xizor of the Black Suns personal ship, the Virago. It isn't actually a Mandalorian design, but Mandal Hypernautics was contracted to build it. Stuff like the Keldabe and the Crusader Gunship were true Mando designs however. Small, powerful and blunt.

 

[Zipa]

Has to be the Imperial class Star Destroyer, I fell in love with it during the opening scene in A New Hope.

 

[Iron_will]

I'm sorry for being the buzz kill here, but I never really liked Star Wars ships. To me they always appeared impractical at best kind of silly at worst. Some of the smaller ones are ok like the Millennium Falcon or Slave 1, but when we get to the capital ships I get an overwhelming impression of "that's just way to big to be of any use." I mean none of them are as flat out silly as 40K but you get my point.

That said I do kind of like some of the SWTOR Republic ships. But they tend to look less massive.

Considering they're a galaxy spanning civilization, I'd be disappointed with anything less. They constructed a Death Star, after all.

Compared to possessing the capability to effortlessly destroy an entire planet, having really big ships is fairly mundane.

 

[laggyteabag]

I love the look of the X-Wing, both the new version, and the original trilogy version. I just love the look of the wings folding out.

The TIE Interceptor is also a pretty cool design, coupled with the unforgettable sound of a regular TIE fighter.

The Delta-7 Aethersprite-class Starfighter, or Jedi Starfighter also looked pretty sweet. Looks just like a tiny Venator.

 

[Happiness Assassin]

I like the overall Star Destroyer design, I am going with a more personal choice:

Spoiler

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I put forth the Centurion-class battlecruiser, better known as the Ravager. This desiccated husk of a ship is imposing as it is pretty much a zombified version of the SD that we all know and love (and fear). This ship looks like it shouldn't even be able to fly, let alone take part in a battle. It is a shadow of its former self, a corpse ripped from the orbit of a dead world, come to haunt the survivors of that fateful battle. I just wish there were better pictures of it.

 

[Eddie the head]

Considering they're a galaxy spanning civilization, I'd be disappointed with anything less. They constructed a Death Star, after all.

Compared to possessing the capability to effortlessly destroy an entire planet, having really big ships is fairly mundane.

I mean whatever. I personally just think they get too big. In Mass Effect they span the galaxy and the bigest ships in that are Dreadnoughts and they are small compared to a Star Destroyer. And even they feel massive, but in a way that feels real.

And I'll just say it for a lot of scifi the ability to destroy a planet is pretty mundane. There is just very little tactical value in doing it. But that's a different discussion all together.

In the end that's just me. So if you enjoy it whatever have fun.

 

[The Enquirer]

Is that where the Tie Tanks come from? I've always wondered? I have one of those things in Lego and never knew the origin of it. (For the record a terrible Lego SW set.)

Nah, those are Century Tanks. The wiki doesn't say where they showed up first, but the design is old.
EaW came up with these little things:

Which absolutely murder infantry, look comical, and explode in one rocket.

The Kedalbe does have the bridge sticking out. It's that tiny little thing on the rear middle section. Granted, it's a lot smaller than the bridges of Rebel or Imperial vessels. You'd think Mandalorians would know better. On the plus side, most MandalMotors craft in EaW look really cool, except for the StarVipers (though I'm not sure that's an MM design).

I'd just make swarms of them since they could produce so darn fast and just send in waves of them to detonate repeatedly while the AT-AT's caught up.

As per the bridge, touche, should have worded it better but I did mean it wasn't this massive flat surface with a big bulls-eye painted on it.

 

[JaceArveduin]

Well that's easy, best ship in Star Wars is the Errant Venture

Spoiler

A bright red Imperial II-class Star Destroyer that's owned buy one of the biggest smugglers in the galaxy? So, what else could you want?

 

[James Rednok]

Ever since I saw a little Die-Cast Model of it in my local Marshall's, I've absolutely been smitten with Price Xcizor's Fighter.


Although, I do have a soft spot for the TIE Phantom. Rebel Assault II was one of my favorite games for some reason; sure, the ship looked stupid, but hey, it cloaked so problem solved!

 

[Kiardras]

Death of the sun-crusher is the only good thing to come from the death of the EU. Stupid ship.

There is something so iconic about the menacing triangle of the Star Destroyer lines.

 

[Snotnarok]

Stronger shields than a Y-Wing, 4 laser cannons, 2 ion cannons, 2 missile tubes, faster than an A-Wing and then some, tractor beam.
Tie Defender, the ship that you send when you absolutely need the enemy to get crushed and outmatched in every damned way.

...This is experience from the ol' Tie Fighter game on PC. They didn't exactly give you the best ships ever. Hell, getting shields was a reason to celebrate but this, THIS ship made up for it.

 

[Harpalyce]

Well I'm partial to Anakin/Padme of course, but I have a soft spot for Rex/Ahsoka and Obi-Wan/Asajj and -

shit. fuck. you didn't mean THAT type of ship...

(Seriously though, I have a major soft spot for the Naboo royal ships. Mmm, chroooooome.)