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Art with a TIE “ugly”, a salvaged mix of a TIE Interceptor and Y-Wing components in the foreground. By John Nadeau (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/star_wars@lemmy.world
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[-] bloopernova@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

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 points 2 years ago

[-] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago

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

[-] AGD4@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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

[-] AGD4@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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 points 2 years ago

Yep, "I, Jedi".

It was one of my favourite EU books

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 3 points 2 years ago

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 points 2 years ago

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 points 2 years ago

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

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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

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