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The Official Site has posted information on the upcoming Insider the Worlds of the Classic Trilogy. Features include a map for the battles of Hoth and Endor, the Emperor's throne room, the Executor's bridge tower, and Jabba Palace, and many more.

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Consultant: Dr. Curtis Saxton[/url]
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Awsome! Check out the landing barge pic in the upper right hand corner of the Hoth battle map.
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I reported this waaaay back when the author told TF.N he was working on it, but it's great to get a peak at what it will feature, and to know that Saxton is serving as consultant. :)

I hope it does have a little for the Death Stars, though.
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Cool. The Star Destroyer brigde is awesome :)
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The AT-AT Barge is interesting, but isn't it too large to be launched from an ISD? I mean, the second AT-AT appear to be in normal standing position, making the barge nearly (or around) 25 meters tall.
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Looking at the Executor bridge, I really hope Saxton has officially put the final nail in the coffin of the 'globe = shield generator' idiocy.
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Awesome. Finally, a detailed account of what happened on Hoth.

(with any luck, it'll show the other battle areas and other vehicles)
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Lord Sander wrote:Looking at the Executor bridge, I really hope Saxton has officially put the final nail in the coffin of the 'globe = shield generator' idiocy.
YES.
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From the two pictures...kickass.

Seriously this will ad much to the variety of bits and pieces around here and add to the general store.

Plus hope they do an Endor Battle(both Ground and Space) like they look to be doing for Hoth
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Lord Sander wrote:Looking at the Executor bridge, I really hope Saxton has officially put the final nail in the coffin of the 'globe = shield generator' idiocy.
Damn straight! Im so glad Lucasfilm has seen value and importance of Saxton's input on these things.
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phongn wrote:
Lord Sander wrote:Looking at the Executor bridge, I really hope Saxton has officially put the final nail in the coffin of the 'globe = shield generator' idiocy.
YES.
So, what are the globes? Radar?
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Yes. Specifically, they're sensor globes.

Though I am still personally a bit worried about it, and the picture does little to calm my fears that they may just say they are shield generators.
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I have a bad feeling there still going to call the globes shield generators.
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So it is official the AT-AT Barge is now official!
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Isolder74 wrote:So it is official the AT-AT Barge is now official!
Or canon, depending on if you see the Inside the Worlds books having equal footing as the ICSs.
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Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Isolder74 wrote:So it is official the AT-AT Barge is now official!
Or canon, depending on if you see the Inside the Worlds books having equal footing as the ICSs.
If it is then thank you Lucasfilm!
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Bob the Gunslinger wrote:So, what are the globes? Radar?
This explains the domes rather nicely.
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Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Isolder74 wrote:So it is official the AT-AT Barge is now official!
Or canon, depending on if you see the Inside the Worlds books having equal footing as the ICSs.
Yep, finally we see it in at least high offical.
By the way, it looks strikingly like the barge from Force Commander.


And the whole globe issue, I think it will be one of Saxtons most important goals helping in the process of making this book is, to finally demolish the shield globe thing. So I bet they will be clearly called scanner globes.
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If I were him I'd be wise, and throw them a bone. Clearly label them scanner globes, but add the topside scanner globes (there are many) mount shield projectors, while the generators are deeply recessed in the ship's interior.
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The big things inside the bridge tower besides the aperatue that descends from the globes, look more like the generators for the bridge shield.
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It's great that dr. Saxton is consultant! That means several errors can be corrected (and finally enter canon!).
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Illuminatus Primus wrote:If I were him I'd be wise, and throw them a bone. Clearly label them scanner globes, but add the topside scanner globes (there are many) mount shield projectors, while the generators are deeply recessed in the ship's interior.
Yeah, he may well have to do that.
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