The Jedi Fighter?

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-02-05 12:58am

Is this where they got the idea for the Jedi fighter? The Horten Ho VIII supersonic fighter. It really resembles some of the idea generation drawings of the Jedi fighter.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-02-05 01:10am

I wouldn't be surprised. Afterall, Amidala's ship in TPM looks just like the SR-71 and her ship in the beginning of AOTC looks a lot like a B-2.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-02-05 01:10am

The Jedi Starfighter is derived from the A-wing from the Old Trilogy, methinks. Or rather, the A-wing is derived from the Jedi Starfighter.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-02-05 01:15am

Darth Servo wrote:I wouldn't be surprised. Afterall, Amidala's ship in TPM looks just like the SR-71 and her ship in the beginning of AOTC looks a lot like a B-2.

I'd say it more closely resembled the Northrop YB-35 flying wing.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-02-05 01:22am

Crayz9000 wrote:I'd say it more closely resembled the Northrop YB-35 flying wing.

Ah, close enough. Both real life planes look a lot like the ship in that they all seem to lack a traditional fuselage. Although the AOTC ship did have the four engines like the flying wing does.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-02-05 02:25am

Whether you like Bob Brown or not, this is a good page about the design of the Jedi Starfighter. Keep in mind that it was written before EII was released, and has not been updated since.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-02-05 03:21am

Nah, the Jedi fighter is a fighter sized Star Destroyer, i think that was the intent to begin with.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-02-05 03:28am

Darth Fanboy wrote:Nah, the Jedi fighter is a fighter sized Star Destroyer, i think that was the intent to begin with.

And our dream of 1 TIE fighter taking on a fleet of Federation ships comes one step closer to reality

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-02-05 09:34am

Slave I could do it, thats pretty damn amazin itself. Also would negate any maneuverability advantages Fed ships would have.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-02-05 11:04am

Lucas gets all sorts of crazy ideas to base his ships on. Slave-1 was apparently based on a street lamp.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-02-05 11:25am

The Falcon is a hamburger, with an olive on a toothpick.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-02-05 11:43am

Maybe the Jedi Starfighter is a tribute to the original Star Destroyer. In the original draft SD's where suposed to be 2-man fighters.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-02-05 09:20pm

Darth Pounder wrote:Maybe the Jedi Starfighter is a tribute to the original Star Destroyer. In the original draft SD's where suposed to be 2-man fighters.

Wha? Now that's a new one.......

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-02-06 08:21am

It was just a thought, probobly a wrong thought.

Boba Fett · Post by **Boba Fett** » 2003-02-06 08:42am

Darth Servo wrote:Lucas gets all sorts of crazy ideas to base his ships on. Slave-1 was apparently based on a street lamp.

I always thought the base of it was an elephant's head?!

SpyderGS · Post by **SpyderGS** » 2003-02-07 03:45pm

Agreed. I had always heard it was an elephant's head...just as the AT-AT's movement was based on an elephant walking.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-02-07 03:47pm

Did lucas use drugs back then? Maybe thats where it all went wrong Lucas went cold turkey. QUICKLY BUY THE MAN SOME POT SO SW3 WON'T SUCK.

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2003-02-07 03:48pm

I read Slave 1 being a street lamp as well. It was the artist who said it, it was based on the streetlamps outside. Don't remember where I read it though.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-02-08 06:50am

Actually, I think they used the delta shape because:

1) It's supposed to be made by KDY, whose starships usually are dagger-shaped.
2) It's one of the few possible shapes suited for atmospheric flight at hypersonic speed. A craft flying at 5000 km/h in atmosphere would have to cope with immense drag and other aerodynamic problems. However, a triangular delta shape doesn't suffer as much from this as many other shapes.

Lord_Xerxes · Post by **Lord_Xerxes** » 2003-02-09 01:52pm

That picture DOES have a stricking resemblance though. I wonder if it's mere coincidence or not...

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-02-09 02:59pm

Boba Fett wrote:
Darth Servo wrote:Lucas gets all sorts of crazy ideas to base his ships on. Slave-1 was apparently based on a street lamp.
I always thought the base of it was an elephant's head?!

Look at the Slave-1 when it's landed. Definately looks like part of a street lamp.

Admiral Johnason · Post by **Admiral Johnason** » 2003-02-09 05:48pm

An Imperial Star Destroyer looks sort of like a super tanker at a distance.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2003-02-09 05:56pm

Darth Servo wrote:I wouldn't be surprised. Afterall, Amidala's ship in TPM looks just like the SR-71 and her ship in the beginning of AOTC looks a lot like a B-2.

I read in Star Wars Insider that they based the delta wing off of the B-2 and the engines off of the B-52. A deadly combination I wouldn't mind seeing in RL.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-09 06:07pm

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:
Darth Servo wrote:I wouldn't be surprised. Afterall, Amidala's ship in TPM looks just like the SR-71 and her ship in the beginning of AOTC looks a lot like a B-2.
I read in Star Wars Insider that they based the delta wing off of the B-2 and the engines off of the B-52. A deadly combination I wouldn't mind seeing in RL.

WTF? So you want to ruined the B-2's stealth, while giving it a considerably inferior power plant compared to what's already installed and increasing drag?

The advantages of this are what?

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-02-09 06:30pm

He thought is sounded/looked cool and didn't think before he posted.