This is a really cool design but it is still missing a vital piece of equipment. Multi crew, multi day mission profile but they still need to pull over to take a dump ;)
I got really excited when you mentioned the Catalina flying boats, my late grandfather was a part of a Catalina crew in WW2. I have a model of it sitting above my computer as I type this now! It makes me like this design even more.
No kidding? My Grandfather also served on Catalinas as both a navigator and pilot. He was shot down over Guadalcanal during the campaign there, while on a SAR. He stayed in and was eventually assigned to Operation HIGH JUMP to go down to Antarctica and carry out the Navy's research down there. Got a mountain named for him down there too!
@@m10tankdestroyer94 WHAT. I admit i haven't looked into any sequel ships specifications because i hate the films but man that is just sad from an in-universe perspective that a ship from the clone wars was superior in every way
This is why I love your videos: You introduce actual legit real type scenarios and reasons for why the ship wasn't introduced and re-designed and re-fit it to fit that narrative. I didn't think of the X-Wing outclassing the Y-Wings like that but I do love how you re-purposed it. Keep it up!
Or in a slightly modified configuration (say a small dish added to the rear hardpoint and Intel gear added in the passenger compartment) a small, extremely fast intelligence gatherer that with special coating or even a stygum cloak (Palpantine's shuttle had one) could easily gather and transmit Intel easily to larger Capitol ships or planetside bases.
No real need for a tail gun if you move the top turret back on top of that bulge and make it remote control. That would also clear the engines. Bottom turret could be similarly placed. New much higher power engines would also be useful giving it a chance against modern star fighters. Then the Imperial shuttle would be used for pilot rescue.
I've actually already done some drawings for a B-Wing (using the Resistance Transport cockpit module, since that's supposed to be a B-wing mkII cockpit). We'll see if I find the time to model it! If not, I'll at least share my sketches somewhere.
@@ECHenry Do you know that in first script of TLJ bombers were meant to be B-Wings? When Rian Johnson was making changes in the script, he changed them into MG-100 StarFortress SF17.
@@ECHenry I wonder if the New republic would also build prototype next gen U-wing role transports, or would the New Republic use something closer to the LAAT republic era design. Also I wonder, if a comic artist sneakily put in your FO Tie bomber or NR Y-wing design into the the background, thus making something in spirit to your design canon, would you feel elated that you influenced canon (even if uncredited) or feel that your designs had been ripped off? I know previous fan made ships have made it into reference books like the Legends' Ultimate Guide to Warfare. All it takes really if for a writer or artist to give a wink and a nod to you and suddenly there's an entry to canon curated by the story group.
@@darykeng Luke blew up the deathstar with proton torpedoes. That doesn't mean proton torpedoes are massively powerful, just that the deathstar had a weakness. That being said, it took eight ships plus a main character+ ship to destroy the dreadnought by having one fall into its weakness
@@darkhelmet9757 Yes, the weakness which, as was talk in movie, will cause a chain reaction in Death Star resulting in it destruction. And dont you think that this time, just a lucky pilot, not even a main character, which just destroy a friking dreadnought will not be called a bad writing and plot armour? Starfortresses was the ship perfect for this obj and, how we understand The Resistance (aka the Rebellion in early days), the only option they have (outside of Bunkerbaster, which will be destroyed easily by combine fire of Star destroyers)
@@darykeng I'm not sure i understand what you're saying. I agree that they needed a cool opener and they needed a way to destroy the ship, and i also think it is cool that they used a non-main character, but at the same time, the bomber is just a bad ship. it is too slow, displays no offensive capibilities, and must be over the target to attack. somthing like the y-wing is much better at this role.
@@darkhelmet9757 Yeah, but my point are: Resistance probably didnt even have Y-wings (giving how old this ship) or currently at the base, but they have Starfortresses, which capable of destruction such big ship (Y-wings can too, I guess, but you need MUCH more of them... or support from capital ships). And just imagine a fleet of Y-wings, constantly shot down by TIE-fighters (because movies and cartoons show they TIEs still delivers a good punch). It will be 100% cool, that for sure, but this whole idea of "The Resistance like Rebels, but much smaller or at it early days"
I really like this design because it feels like you can fairly easily divide the parts and imagine the point of each one. Front half being pilot systems and interior, big centre section likely housing the main power and shields, and the engines obviously providing the thrust. it feels believable and looks great too
My granddad flew as navigator on PBYs in the Pacific and Indian ocean during WW2. Really like the parallel you've drawn with your design. Fantastic result mate
To be honest, this looks more like a SR-71 than a PBY to me, but I like the idea of a multirole bomber/search&rescue spacecraft. It also reminds me of carrier-based planes like the Hawkeye (AEW) and the Prowler (electronic warfare).
Wow this looks really awesome! But I think Y-Wings aren't used at this time anymore, cause they were replaced by the B-Wing's. Although with your new role for the ship (wich reminds me of the U-Wing), I could see it having a place in the New Republic / Resistance Fleet. I would love to see a model of the newer B-Wing mark II from you, that (except for the Cockpit from the Resistance transport) we haven't seen so far!
Wastydest not only that, but the y wing was at the time, about 40 years old, and still used specific models of technology in its systems, and more modern models weren’t comparable with the old design, while I wish they would redesign it, similar to the model in the videl, having this ship being a still fairly slow and big target, presents big concerns for pilot lives, and considering they are slower and present bigger threats, they would be focused on, and while they have a turret, it has the downside of being on top and having a 180 elevation and 360 turning circle. while I do love the y wing, it served its purpose, and all designs must move on, and be replaced, the x wing is new, and so is the a wing, but the y wing was nearly 2 decades old when they were designed.
@@splatoonistproductions5345 Yeah but if you look at it the y wing is still 10 times better than the new bomber garbage the resistance has and the y wing was just a tiny bit slower than the X wing so that wouldnt be a problem at all
MikaGrof well the resistance couldn’t get their hands on y wings or b wings for that matter because of their limited options when it comes to getting ships, the bombers were capital ship killers and could also destroy cities, and if the republic believed that the resistance had even the slightest thought, then they would restrict the bombers to them, also the resistance bombers were acquired through a scrap heap, so they took those and whatever else, but couldn’t buy y wings or things like that
As far as I'm concerned, this "Y-wing reboot" has struck gold, or latinum, or whichever. :) I LIKE it! Now, when is the 1/72 scale plastic model kit with full interior detail coming out? ;D
This guy is making Star Wars 2.0 and I'm loving it. I only discovered the channel now, and I was a SW fan for a big time of my youth, but felt disconnected and to see all this things, makes me wanna see more. Thanks!
What an awesome direction to take the Y wing. One minor suggestion though, if you put the turrets up a little higher then they could fire to the rear with nearly no blind spots as well as forward for instances where the extra firepower would be useful, maybe like when attacking a larger ship like the Y wings in rogue one did against the stardestroyer. Also we know Elecktronic counter measures exist in star wars and they have been seen in the leading edges of shuttle craft wing's. Maybe since this is so much bigger add some in the trailing edge of the "wings" and maybe in the nose so attacking ships can't "lock on" to this target. That and a space toilet. Thanks!
So a few comments on this updated/re-imagined Y-wing: First, there actually was a reconnaissance variant of the Y-wing in Legends, called the Longprobe, which definitely makes this variation interesting. However, I feel like it's more of a U-wing successor than something that feels like a development of the Y-wing after its original role has become obsolete. So, what would I do for a Y-wing update? Well, the original Y-wing's closest real-world parallel in WWII air forces would probably be a dive bomber... and much like the Y-wing being obsolete, those disappeared after WWII and the beginning of the jet age. The closest modern equivalent would be ground-attack aircraft. So yeah, I'm saying I'd make an A-10-inspired Y-wing, with a huge rotary BRRRRRRRRT blaster.
I totally agree, although prop plane Ground Support Aircraft made a substantial comeback in recent years. If you think about it in the eyes of cost effectiveness, fueling and sending an A-10 on a strike mission on a low value target from a less than prepared countryside airfield is super cost inefficient. The ordinance alone would be absurdly overpriced for a few militia soldiers. That's why the Army has been employing Propeller Ground Support units lately to great effect in more rural areas. While fighting against a large target in an area with enough infrastructure might be perfectly suited for a robust Ground Support ship like the A-10, most skirmishes our forces currently undertake in require less than overkill results. That's why I enjoy this ships role, because it could provide ground support to smaller Militia skirmishes that an up an coming resistance would find themselves in a lot, instead of full scale battles. Having one or two of these in each strategic system would be much more cost effective than having an entire squadron of Y-wings in each system, and would allow those fighters to be assigned to more pertinent roles instead of providing fire support to local militias.
@@spirz4557 no the F-16 would be the A-Wing it's a lot faster than the Hornet & Super Hornet and a lot smaller than the Super Hornet. The X-Wing would be more the F/A-18 series. The B-Wing would most definitely not be the F-35 the B-Wing is more the F-15E a much larger and faster ship that carries way more punch.
Tbh I already cooked up a Y-Wing design that was litteraly an A-10 and here's so basic info about my A-10 Y-Wing: Looks: The Y-Wing would be heavily based off the Rebellion Y-Wing but modifications such as a sleeker profile, stronger more compact engines and overall a more polished design would make it ressemble a resistance Y-Wing more Lore: The Rebellion saw the need of a ground attack fighter as they noticed that their infantry are getting shredded by Imperial Walkers. Their first idea was to simply use the Y-Wing or X-Wing but both are deemed innefective because the Y-Wing was too slow, vulnurable and have a relatively small payload of 8 torpedoes and the X-Wing's laser cannons doesn't have enough punch to deal with heavily armored imperial walkers like the AT-DP and AT-AT, the 2 most common walkers deployed to serve defensive roles by the Empire. So a group of really talented mechanic and engineer decided to modify a Y-Wing since they have more Y-Wings to spare compared to X-Wings. A lot of modifications had been done such as making the profile sleeker and engines more powerful and compact to increase speed and maneuverability, the modified Y-Wing looks almost like a completely new model of the Y-Wing but they still needed to increase it's firepower. At first the engineers suggested to just increase the amount of payload but a mechanic suggested if they can put his personally modified Heavy rotary laser cannon which he salvaged from a Veteran AT-ST(Veteran AT-ST is an elite variant of the AT-ST which supported heavier armor and 2 rotary heavy laser cannons and it's 100% cannon! Look it up it's awesome). The Engineers agreed to try it and they successfully equipped it on a heavy fixed mount below the fuselage and even made it stronger to give it better anti-vehicle capabilities but there's a problem, the heavy rotary cannon consumed more energy than the power source can produce so they had to remove systems that consumed power, these included the entire shielding system, 2 medium laser cannons on the front,the twin ion cannon turret at the top of the cockpit and even the life support systems. To compensent with the lost of life support system they used a captured Imperial TIE pilot suit and gave it rebel marks and colors. The mechanics also equipped the ship a generator the same to the one you'll see on GONK DROIDS to add even MOH POWAH BABEH. The result is stunning looking ship, even with the bulky rotary cannon below the fuselage the modified Y-Wing had better maneuverability than the other Y-Wings and is slightly faster. Due to the rotary cannon being the only weapon this Y-Wing had targetting systems had also been removed and replaced with a littleral gunsight which proved pretty effective. This Y-Wing is also given stronger repulsor lifts as it will dive to ground at incredible speeds and needs power to pull up so they did. The finished ship was presented to some generals among the rebellion,they are quite impressed but they don't think a heavy rotary cannon would be enough. The trial day would soon come however as it'll be deployed to provide infantry support on a rebel assault to an imperial outpost. The most daredevil and skilled pilot they can find is on the controls and are quite impressed with the handling of the ship. A group of pinned down rebel infantry called in an airstrike and the modified Y-Wing was sent. Fingeres we're crossed that it'll work and then... The Y-Wing opened fire on the imperial forces, the gun had pin-point accuracy and killed 8 squafs worth of stormtroopers along with 2 AT-DPs on it's first gun run. Both Imperial and Rebel forces we're shocked on the performance of the new ship so the Imperials tried to focus fire on the Y-Wing but the Y-Wing easily evaded the oncoming fire and performed more gunruns and pretty much annihilated all Imperial walkers and defense. Everyone is impressed with the capabilities of the ship and gained it's nickname "The Shredder". It was great but after the battle it showed some serious flaws. Firstly the gun is prone on overheating and nearly fried it's own eletrical components on the process, the new engines are great but they are deemed unreliable with how maintenance heavy they are and the lack of shielding and external panels made it take considerable damage even by light blaster fire, the ship is also unable to engage other starfighters as the rotary gun can only fire short bursts and is innacurate unless firing on a fixed direction. After some repairs and maintenance and ship was then sent to engage an Imperial Arquitens Class Light Cruiser and it tore the cruiser apart with it's powerful laser cannon. It would perform a lot of combat missions and made Imperial forces pee their pants in the sight of this thing but unfortunately the Y-Wing will be destroyed in the Space Battle Over Scariff as the rotary gun and generator overheated too much that the shio exploded since the extreme heat caused internal fires thay reached the fuel lines leading on a chain reactions of explosions, both the pilot and astromech we're killed but not before doing serious damage on the shield gate. In the end of the day "The Shredder" was a deadly tool of war but it having no armor, being too maintenance heavy and prone to overheating made it a headache to keep fully functional. When the news of the ships destruction spreaded around Imperial Forces we're relived but the Rebels just lost something they will never be able to replace. The people involved in the creation of "The Shredder" and it's brave pilot was given high awards for their creation and contribution to the war effort againsts the Empire and it'll be one of the most well-known ships in the galaxy and would even inspire the external look of the Resistance Y-Wing
I know this is a VERY late comment to this video, but have recently found your stuff from other RU-vidrs and gotta say I'm blown away by your designs. I love that you seem to put more thought / effort / work into not only the design of the ships, but the back story and purpose behind the re-designs than any of the stooges currently working for Disney Star Wars seem to be doing... Keep up the great work!
@@bradhedgehog12 Disney has stolen some of his designs without credit but I don't believe it's the case; they just use a completely unedited and unprogressed rebellion-era Y-wing.
I like the design, though with the upscaling I would think that it'd still be in a strike craft role, just as a heavy bomber instead of a light fighterbomber. The problem with the silly superfortress bombers that were used in TLJ would be solved with a variant of this design that eschewed the expanded crew cabin in favor of an actual bomb bay. The reason people ask where the Y-wings were isn't because they think the Y-wing would be better than an X-Wing, it's because TLJ introduced something that was WORSE than the original Y-wing in the intended role. Most people have recognized that battle of yavin era Y-wings would have been more useful not to mention survivable than the bombers that the resistance canonically DID field, and this design simply proves the point, insofar as it shows that you could easily develop an enlarged version of the Y-wing able to put a real payload on target that an X-wing simply wouldn't be able to carry while avoiding the stupidity of the superfortresses.
I think that was partially the point. Militaries make mistakes like that. Because Rebel fighters hated Y Wings. They were death traps in universe. So it makes sense they made a brand new design. I like the remenisance of airship bombers. And the heavy dutyness. One well placed pay load completely obliterated a dreadnought! Ultimately it's good were getting new ships. And with TLJs theme of learning from failure it makes sense they returned to Y Wings in TROS. Only thing to make it better would have been some Redistance Bombers thrown into the mix.
EJ Specht It’s clear what the heavy bombers were supposed to invoke: B-series bombers like the B-17, which they did very well, up to and including the fact that they get obliterated without supportive fighter cover.
Based on ESB a Tie Bomber would’ve been more effective just on the premise that it flies faster. It’s payload deployment is similar and it’s defence capability is theoretically higher.
I think it makes sense to push it back to a scouting/exploration role. The clone wars featured a Y wing scout bomber, and the early Star Wars had Y Wing "Longprobe" scout variants in the comics, games and books, a Rebellion era craft. The Y wing is a larger ship than the X or A wings, it makes perfect sense for them to have a greater unsupported operating time than the more combat focused craft. The only thing I would like to see in your variant is an upgraded sensor package to help support that scouting focus. Fantastic take on the Y wing!
I think the only way to include a toilet in a ship which have just a room is that make a hole in the pilot chair and the the uniforms of the pilots should don't have pants and underware. Yeah... let's keep Star Wars more PG-13.
they take turn shitting in the ball turret into a small collection tank and then shoot it at enemies as a warning shot, basically saying "dont try any shit"
I absolutely LOVE that you added an interior! I think it’s so cool to see interiors of Star Wars ships, because if your flying one, that’s what you’re really going to be in most of the time.
Well, slightly different use. The U-wing is a lighter version of a LAAT gunship, a simple troop transport. The Y-wing concept here is a little different, it's like a Catalina and a Huey
Mm, well we know the forward guns on a U-wing can take down an Arquitens if the ship can be aimed properly and those ion blasters mounted in the doors can probably replaced with rotary blasters for ground strafing.
I'm sure if they had Y-Wings against the dreadnought they would have achieve way more than what those clunky bombers did, amazing work with he redesign on the Y-Wing, gotta be my favorite craft of the rebel fleet
Ivan Dario Noreña it’s been one my best used in some Star Wars games I have. Such as Battle Front II, Rogue Squadron II And III even space combat ones like X wing vs tie fighter
in my opinon would probably take longer for the bombers to destroy the dreadnaught, it is going quite fast so it would only be able to land one bomb on the dreadnaught before having to do a hard turn and prepare for another run while even having a lot of casualties and being quite slow, the star fortress is gonna be able to destroy the thing in one payload dump
Australian knight lad Undoubtedly true. But dropping one bomb? Not Really. I had a game called Star Wars Rogue Squadron. And if them Y wings would have the Advance Spread Proton Bombs that could cause maybe 3 or 4 times the damage maybe more for Everyone bomb. And you can drop more then one per run. And judging by the size of that y wing it’s possible it can carry maybe twice or 3 times the load out compare to the republic and rebel one which is 20 bombs. And one last thing. If they can bring all 12 of them to the target I think they’ll be able to cause enough damage maybe take it out in one go like the single Star Fortress can.
Ivan Dario Noreña Indeed. And the y wings armor is wicked strong and the shields it has will protect you from just about anything. Which is good. But as Henry Pointed out a booster would be a good add on in case you need the extra speed you move in quick or get outta the blast zone.
I love what you did with the Y-wing, based off the size of the compartment it could have replaced the U-wing which was a rarer craft in some VIP/Spec Ops transport roles. It seems to have a similar role to the Legends BTL-A4 LP Longprobe Y-wing that was used as a long range scout.
The Y-WING is my favourite ship of all time and I love this redesign! Making it a long range, multirole fighter/bomber sounds like you've kept with the original intent of the movie's and game's constant reminders that this ship is the workhorse of the fleet. A+ from me.
Excellent video! I could see this as a long-range escort or strike bomber. Replace the forward guns with heavy ion cannons, make the turrets remotely controlled by gunners in the cockpit, and make the missile launchers capable of firing forward and aft, and you have a capable replacement for the Skipray Blastboat.
It would also be a fantastic heavy ground support unit, though I don't know if there's a Star Wars equivalent to the vulcan cannon, but give it a heavy laser and some strong anti vehicle ordinance and the Republic has it's own A-10 to make the Empire regret using heavy walkers
As per usual your work is as awesome as it is impeccably in line with what we see in canon. This ship is a very worthy successor to the Y-wing. My first thought was to make it a long range patrol and reconnaissance vessel as you did, it makes a lot of sense that the New Republic (and subsequently the Resistance) would take on a different mindset when it comes to the fleet. It makes way more sense for multi-role fighters (like the X-wing) to be out policing patrolling the frontier, but used more to back up a fleet of longer-range and more independent and larger patrol ships. Excellent work.
Its role was split between X-wing and Skipray blastboat. It was a cool design,but way too multifunctional. Specialised ships can perform its functions way better
The Y-Wing was always my favorite fighter. I think you just made it very relevant again. it could also perform the role of long-range patrol like the x wings in the Mandalorian. This sort of ship could operate as a central jump off ship for a small fire team of X-Wings and offer heavier support on those patrols. :)
I'd love to see you do for the Resistance Y-Wing what you did for the B-Wing Mk II, it getting not only this video (the model and light lore presentation) but a full on historical and characterisation within the canon presentation (as if it actually existed in the sequel trilogy, but we just didn't see it). A rescue and reconnaissance "PBY-Wing", well, wing, that *could* under the right circumstances engage heavier targets they got the drop on, but rarely if ever directly engaged in combat, unless supported by a fighter, interceptor, or covered by the rest of their wing, showing more of the peacetime role for the New Republic fleet doctrine that the PBY-Wing would likely fill out.
Even though we’ve seen in the rise of Skywalker the ‘new’ Y-wing which is exactly the same as the old one with a different paint job and no proton bombs by default I like to imagine it’s similar thing to the T-70 and T-85 X-Wings With Your design being the latest version and the one in the rise of Skywalker being the previous model
Remember: In the Clone Wars era, the Republic Navy's starfighters (V-19 Torrents, Jedi Interceptors, V-Wings, and Z-95s) were almost all lightly armored, rarely had any shields, and could carry little to no heavy ordnance (proton torpedoes, bombs, etc...). Given the state of the Republic's fighter options, it made sense to have a durable, heavily armored and shielded bomber, that could get close enough to a capital ship to deliver its payload of bombs and missiles. To hold these projectiles, a ship of this type would need to be larger, and therefore heavier in weight. This prompted the addition of the Y-Wing's characteristic engine-pods, which could produce enough thrust to move such a big, bulky starfighter. By the time the ARC-170 starfighter was introduced, the war was nearly over, and Y-Wings had already proven themselves useful on many battlefronts. In addition, the ARC-170 was designed to be a long-range ARC (Adaptive Reconnaissance Craft), not a bomber. As such, its designers allocated more interior space to sensor equipment and a high-capacity fuel tank, rather than ordnance storage.
I think it'll also be effective as a electronic warfare vessel since it can be heavily modified with advanced electronics and jammers. Maybe it can also be a anti-stealth ship. Just like in the Clone Wars, the republic employed a stealth ship to take out Admiral Trench so the galaxy may have some sort of stealth ships at their disposal
I think that ship coud easily fill the role of a new personal ship for an important role in the movies, not such as the Millennium Falcon or the Ghost but more important than the Red Five itself. Nice design.
I approve this craft is very well designed and well thought out, the only criticism I have for it is I would make an Astro-mech and/or remote gunner station controlled rear gun turret standard and I wouldn't have left any components exposed instead I would have simply changed the configuration of the plates to easily access the inner components and changed the alloy of the plating to something cheaper but no less or only slightly less durable.
How about mixing the Y-Wing with the A-10 Warthog instead? Afterall, it's more aerodynamic than an X-Wing or B-Wing after all... Make it an Imperial Walker killer. Give it 2 massive turbolasers that run the length on its central body that the rest of the frame is built around and 2 smaller rapid fire blasters for troop masses. Then put so much armor and shields on the thing that its basically as tough as a Walker. Finally design it to fly while only having a single engine and can replusorlift hover while missing both. Make sure it still has torpedoes so it can be multirole. Basically the Y-wing is only still in service because it's so popular with the troops but the navy wants to kill it for B-wings which can do the same anti capital ship role in space and stealth X-wings for close air support because they believe every pilot to be as good as Poe Dameron.
And, drop the hyperdrive for weight because your thoughts would be a planetary support ship. Hyperdrive isn't needed, maybe an attachment for a hyperdrive sled like the Z-95's can use? ... Updated of course.
I’m really digging your ship designs. I like your modified role for the Y-wing and your design is on point. I’ve watched several of your vids over the last couple days and you breath new life into the Star Wars mythos. I wish I could build some of these from a model kit.
Amazing work as always. Every video that comes out surprises me. I'm astounded that we haven't lost you to Hollywood! (and/or where-ever triple-A games are made these days).
what programs do you use to make and texture your models and what editor for editing the videos, also pleassssseee do at least one tutorial on making and texturing your ships, even just a behind the scenes look would be incredible.
A nice combination of the Y Wing and the U Wing. The U Wing being more of a troop transport, and more able to act independent of capital ships, and the Y Wing's ability to deliver some impressive firepower in a pinch.
I absolutely see this as a long range reconnaissance ship. A 2-3 man crew with up to 2 week consumables on board. Long range sensors and communication equipment. One of the crew bunks is a med bed for emergency rescue ops. Great ship!
I think, at least where the dreadnought is concerned, that the resistance would have done better with Y-wings instead of the slow, clumsy, vulnerable bombers that were used. Though they would be specialized bombers with a lesser destructive capability, Y-wings are by leaps and bounds faster and more maneuverable. We also know that only 2 or 3 of the bombers were able to drop their payloads before being destroyed. These facts, combined with the lack of any decent point defense and the Y-wing’s increased durability, I think that the resistance would have benefited greatly from the presence of these Y-wings in the battle against the First Order dreadnought. They would have seen a much more efficient destruction of the big ship, not to mention the bombers actually returning from the mission.
@@sharko4093 the problem is lore whise the Y-wing could hold out multiple shots before it would explode or something if you look at the far more expensive sky fortress it would explode with 1 shot if you hit the BIG target in the middle and could then even damage sourounding ships if they were to close and what is the point to use them against enemys that have hundreds of TIE fighters when 1 shot is enough to kill them.
It took a few hundred Proton Bombs to crack open that Dreadnought's Weakspot (The Autocannons Reactor) it would take a few dozen if not a few hundred Y-Wings to unleash what 1 Star Fortress Bomber could.
I think its a really good design and the idea of scaling it up works well to diverge it from the fighter bomber class but I think it would be cool to see this same model but with a much heavier load out. Something akin to the empires missile boat making it a step down in firepower and size from the current Resistance heavy bomber but more durable (if it has a shield like the xwing) and faster considering (i assume) the extra engines work similar to Po's Xwing during his run on the dreadnought. I think it would make a better version of the heavy bomber seeing it would fit in a little better with the hit and run tactics; imagine an Awing slip with these optimized for combat following behind using the boosters...
I think the reason there wasn't an updated y-wing is because by the time of ANH, they are already very old ships. Instead of being replaced by an updated version of the Y-Wing, they instead were replaced by more modern designs. Specifically, X-Wings for a more multipurpose role with a mix of dogfighting and bombing, and B-Wings for the heavy bomber role.
It's because they didn't want to spend time/money making a new asset. Same reason the first order only has like two ships and the good guys only have like two ships and the exegol star destroyers are literally just star destroyers.
I love this design I personally would lean more into a long range scouting ship like how the ARC-170 was supposed to be but I love the idea that it serves as a rescue vessel Also bring back the K wing as the heavy bomber
I love this version of a Y-Wing but I had a strange thought. If the role you envision is for it is multi day, where... Would they go to the bathroom? I know it's kind a weird thing to think of but yeah..
I love your comparison to the Catalina, which was one heck of a plane. And as soon as you said a new mission for the Y-wing. I though, "Oh, Scout Recon" role. Also the Catalina did carry bombs and even torpedo's. I love your design. I have the Lego Y-wing. And I loved your video on the B-Wing, which I also have a Lego model of. Love your channel.
@TheSuccTM no no no I want a venator that is better built if the new republic were to bring them back, I mean come on, we all like the venator's way better then the ISD of even the Home one anyway
@TheSuccTM actually, I think they took aspect's of the Venator, and just remodeled the ISD since this ship isn't a carrier what I mean is to redesign the venator that has that ventral hanger bay and use it's shape and structure to give it a thicker hull and stronger shield's along with covering many weak points, like adding some weapon's to the bottom and front area of the Venator to give it more firepower and effectiveness in capital ship combat
@TheSuccTM well, let's be honest, the ISD was a massive letdown, and the FOSD is just an oversized version of that I truly liked the republic ship's, just add some upgrade's and I'm game for an army
@@LoneWolf20213 You miss an important point about the ISD. During GCW,the ship was mostly used for planetary sieges and assault. That point is reinforced by the fact that it has 10k stormtroopers+armor battalion+all the shuttles to carry them onboard. It uses most of its internal space to carry those things,and that's why it has comparatively low fighter capacity and smaller ships like MC80 can match it in firepower. If you look at the cutouts of the ship,then you can see that ISD deep storage facilities have about twice the volume of Venator's prow hangar. If you convert them to carrying starfighters and make a couple of cutouts on top/broadsides of an ISD,you can get a much better version of a Venator. If you read Legends books,then you must know that some of the Imperial Remnant ISDs were converted into this kind of semi-carriers. In "Hand of Thrawn",Pellaeon's "Chimera" had,in addition to like 120 proton torpedo launchers, about 200 starfighters,2/3rds of which were hyperdrive-capsble and could take on capital ships. Even later modifications of ISD like "Anakin Solo" and "Right to Rule" carried up to 500 starfighters,most of which were super-advanced like Defenders and XJ series Xwings
As slow as the technology moves in SW, it seems highly unlikely that the Y wing would be obsolete so quickly. More likely they just want new ships for new movies, and they also really just wanted money so being completely true to the SW universe really isn't on their agenda.
Love it! You could remove the belly turret and the extra engines for cargo space/hold. OR like the Millennium falcon a place the have like a "freight container" space.
I really love the design of this ship. Bringing back the roots of the original design from the Clone Wars, but also addressing the maintenance and new procedures from the Rebellion. Also finding a new role for the ship which could incorporate its other characteristics & features that were overshadowed (like the turret for example) was brilliant. And of course bringing it back to WWII which so many weapons and ships were based on, just brought the whole thing together. I can definitely see this as a practical and awesome Star Wars ship!
Do you think you can make or design a heavy bomber not like the ones in the last Jedi but more like the B-wing or K-wing for example unless the B-wing mk 2 fills that role
I really wish you had a deviantART account I want to download and favorite these designs of yours I don't know where you built this I want to try model something
@@silentdrew7636 Yeah, the each one of those bombers could deploy more proton bombs than a squadron of y-wings and in a much shorter time. Should have ambushed from above (relatively) and used them like giant shotguns instead of doing a bombing run.
I love this! I appreciate the lore reasoning and adaptions you worked into it. And keeping that colour scheme seems fitting as it reminds me of the Naboo Police Cruiser a bit and that role can easily be observed with this fighter also. Although heavier than the police fighter. I really like the aesthetic you were able to get with the flat back section vs the elongated nose/cockpit. I would so want to consider this a ship my OC would be familiar with. Great job.
You, my dear man, are a true fan of Star Wars. I don't know your opinion on the newer movies, but it's clear that regardless of your feelings you are still passionate about ship design, taking what the newer movies/shows has offered and improving upon the design (or making new things inspired by said designs, as shown here). I salute you.
Never understood why y wing was so slow in games. It's engine nacelles are huge compared to x wings. It should have the fastest top speed, but weight and other factors it would accelerate slower wouldn't be nearly as maneuverable.
The Y-Wing is one of my favorite starfighters. I love this redesign of it for the Resistance-era. George Lucas, listen to this man. This sounds legit for the canon.
I quite like the Y-wing 😊👍 it may be old but it has that “I ain’t Dead yet” spirit, so this new take on the Y-wing you’ve created Henry is awesome addition to the history lore of the ship that won’t die
the y-wing was supposed to have coverings over the engines that were removed by engineers because of frequent breakdowns. a new revision of the ship wouldn't have the same problem and so it should probably have the coverings, maybe with an improved maintenance access instead.
It's funny because we've just seen the Resistance Y-Wing in the new ep 9 trailer and it just looks like an OT one. Why the creators of these films can't make designs like this, that invoke the orginal without just being a copy I'll never know. FYI I really like the T-70 x wing design but it's a bit boring to see very similar ships to the OT in this new Trilogy
I love the Y-wing, your design is nothing short of AWESOME!!!!!. Be kinda cool if someone were to 3D print that into a kit, because I would love to buy one
You provide just the right amount of the military sense that starwars needs. The plausibility draws you in and adds flavor to the universe. Sadly the sequels has no military sense whatsoever felt more like kids playing soldier’s than an intergalactic struggle
They released the official datasheet (or whatever) for the Y-Wing in ep9 and it's terrible, congrats on being better than the official designers yet again.
@@alalalala57 There's Y-Wings in ep9, they are new models compared to what was seen in ep6, they are not as good as the one EC Henry designed, pretty easy to understand
Again late to the table, sorry. I like your version of the Y wing - as a multi-role ship (bringing back images of the U-Wing from Rogue One) where it can function as a bomber, but also covert mission and search and rescue. Great work.
LOVE THIS!!! VERY WELL DONE. GOOD WORK SIR. Was actually thinking about your idea of the modular cockpit and new roll. Love your idea of a search and rescue fighter/shuttle hybrid. I never thought of that. Nice! My first idea is that of a dedicated recon ship. Harking back to the Y-wing "longbow" veriant of the Rebel Alliance days. The second fills a more tactical roll, in that of an AWAXS equivalent that skirts the battle field avoiding combat while providing precision targeting info and jamming capacity.
