Mod Note: Just a quick FYI, that these posts have been split out from Fractals WIP thread to keep things relevant in there. Good discussion here, but more appropriate to GD. Thanks all.
On that note, has anyone realized that the wreck the Falcon flies into, is the upside remains of an Executor class?
I -only- noticed it, due to keeping an eye on Fractal's artwork, and one of his shots of a SSD showing the thruster setup is basically that same angle, if flipped.
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http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/showthread.php?81514-New-Star-Wars/page2
Eh....I'm not convinced. It's possible and not a lot to go on in that trailer, but the SSD has an engine configuration of 3-2-3-2-3 - like this - ooo oo OOO oo ooo. That trailer shows three engines in the middle and then three on the side and no others visible. Could certainly be a perspectives/angle thing but it's not conclusive to my eyes. I'm not sure of any better candidates though. Can't picture any ships with a 3-3-3 engine configuration...
"Now, don't get jittery, Comco. There're a lotta Command Ships."
Seriously, it could easily be another star dreadnaught type ship, one that we've never seen before (and likely won't see in full until 'sponge is hired again to fill in the blanks ). I for one am happy either way.
I don't love it, but I don't hate it. Reserving judgment until we see the whole thing. It is very derivative, and that's a GOOD thing.
Though, to be honest, it was never going to be as cool as Devastator and Avenger, I'll take it. Too bad they didn't have me model it, could've saved them a lot of money
Sorry I'm late to the party but I'm thinking it is a Executor Class or a slightly modified version. The angle could be off a little. Here is something I quickly came up with at work. The only thing I see different are the engine nozzles. It is very close.
Full res.
http://i.imgur.com/fzV7CIt.jpg
it definitely does look like a exec class ship.
i thought i was the only one wondering this. then again i thought there was only one of them. the one in empire and jedi and that blew up against the d star 2.
In the expanded universe there were at least two more that I know of. Here is two of them going at it. The Orinda on the left and the Lusankya to the right. Notice the New Republic logo on the Lusankya? I'm mostly a Star Trek fan but the Executor Class ships make me blush with envy.
It's Star Wars, more Space Fantasy than Science fiction. When you have lightsabers and the force etc, anything's possible.
Nice work. :thumb: Fair enough - I'll pay that.
There are some minor differences, but you could easily put that down to variations in the design. Executor was the first in its class - I don't think we were ever told it would be the only one in its class during the original trilogy. Given they built Executor in complete secrecy, it's no big stretch to believe they did another as well.
"Inertial Dampers" - or as a cynic might call them... plot.
All interesting stuff, but always worth bearing in mind that ultimately none of it is real. In the same way that people (occasionally) survive parachutes not opening etc', there are all sorts of freak occurrences that defy explanation happening with regularity. In a fantasy story centred on heroic actions, a ship falling out of orbit and there being survivors is almost par for the course.
(Looking at the Executor through the shuttle canopy)
"Vader's on that ship."
"Don't get jittery, Luke. There are a lot of command ships."
That alone suggests that the Executor isn't the only one. While the rebels wouldn't necessarily know every single Imperial ship, you have to assume that they'd know if Vader had his own special ship.
That's a good point. We know some Jedi survived the purge, so one could have been on that planet and brought down the ship.
(Darksaber would suggest otherwise)
There are other explanations for how the ship could have "soft" landed upside down. The crew could have had breaking thrusters and partial control when they were crashing, but not the ability to right the ship. People just assume it was falling at breakneck speed, but that doesn't necessarily have to have been the case.