The OTHER Rebel ships you almost never see... 

And believe it or not, it's the earliest "letter-wing" fighter after the movies. I have a redesign in mind for it that keeps and actually builds in its uniqueness and personality... I just haven't got the time to improve my skills and do so. And if you're reading this, Shack, I doubt the gunner controlled the ion cannons; probably the co-pilot controlled those. The gunner had a turret, and it's pretty hard to simultaneously control forward-facing guns when you're spinning around.

H-Wing looks fun and I like how it actually has a bunk for the crew to use. I feel like it should have been redesigned as a long rance recon craft rather than a bomber. Have it fly around from system to system and fill it with sensors, ECM and such and try to be stealthy with it while scouting enemy movement.

There's also the K-wing, an A-10 in space.

@@WolfeSaber9933 yep

For real, another common resistance L

​@@WolfeSaber9933I'd say it's more of a su-34

Facts bro

Production of the A-9 started five years after the battle of Endor and was faster than a Tie interceptor; but yeah it was developed by Kuat to compete against Sienar

Gunboats also appear in the Heir to the Empire books. Thrawn liked to use them for their advantages and hyperdrives

The K-Wing is like the A-10 Thunderbolt of Star Wars

The K-Wing always struck me as Warhammer-esque with its sheer amount of dakka everywhere

God, the K-Wing is so cool. It's a laarty that isn't designed to drop troops. Back before we got the Hero Shooter, my buddy and I talked about how cool Battlefront would've been with these in Rush or Operations: just pounding the everloving shit out of the other team.

How much hyperdrive shall we give it? For some reason, none!

I honestly don’t like the look of the K-wing, instead I think the starfortress could be way better than it is now had lucasfilm and/or disney made it bomber version of a torrent starfighter but very beefed up (and maybe vertically stretches it a bit) and not make the bomb run in battle of D’Qar too traditional to one would be done by B-17s.

Apparently there were issues with the B-Wing model and the green screen technology of the time, so the ships never looked right in combat scenes. Which is a shame because we could have seen them taking down some ISDs

Well they've been in practically every game so it kind of evens out.

In the concept art for ROTJ there's a big scene where 2 B-Wings are flying over a ISD exploding. That scene never made it into the movie but if you watch ROTJ where Admiral Akbar says to concentrate all firepower on the SSD you see the ISD exploding in the background in a near similar way as the concept art. I have heard the same rumor that chris mentions about issues with shooting the B-Wing models so in my mind they would have appeared on screen at that exact moment in the movie and then the next shot would have been Admiral Akbar's command chair scene

I know not many people like it, but in the sequel trilogy (Episode 9) when the Resistance ships leave their base, you can see a B-wing as part of them

The Toscanini 8-Q could be modified as more of a naval bomber.

The Howleunner resembles a clunky version of the Buck Rogers starfighter that Mcquarrie designed.

That sort of was how it worked, rebels sourced their materials from anywhere they could get it and whatever they could get which had the side benefit of making it hard for imperials to track anything

It also must be hard to develop easy counter strategies if every individual rebel cell you meet is different.

Later gen T-Wings are really solid. They don't get nearly enough love because of their disappointing debut issues. Honestly really impressive for their price point nonetheless, even stock Gen 1s. I used to hate these things, the A-9 and the Howlrunners until I got under tye hood and realized how much heat their packing in such a small unassuming frame. The T-Wing really reminds me in some ways of the Z-95. Just lots of potential there. Just the right size for my purposes too, even if I might have to swallow my pride sometimes and rig up an external cargo harness ..or I guess HKD hauler brackets on the nose if I just wanna bring my swoop along. Not much you can do with the A-9 unfortunately...really hard to work on without compromising something. Mostly just whatever you can get away with swapping out and still get it to communicate with the computer. Like working on a iPhone, and attaching non Apple-approved devices and cables to it. Just a finicky lil eggshell. Would be cool to see what they could have done with these things in later iterations had they not pulled the contract and ceased production. Probably some cool prototype testing variants floating around somewhere if you got the connections and the credits. The Howlrunner is much easier but really is just fine as is for pretty much anything you're gonna want that setup for...anything else will require you to extend the cab which is fine if you just want an unarmed, unshielded civilian craft for atmosphere only with just enough cargo space for a weekend getaway or a small second seat for canyon thrill flying with a friend. But then again there are honestly far better and cost effective ways to spend your credits than converting a Howlrunner into another reason for your Mother-in-Law to complain.

I wonder how vulnerable it would be from an Ion canon?

ISD : I am here to bring Mandalorian to its kness Fully Beskar CR90 with 10000 proton (more sensable than the sequels bomber ,also survivable because just fast) bombs in its modified cargo bay to armoured bomb bay and 8 quad light laser turrets (on sides) and 4 medium dual ion cannon turrets (main guns) and a spinal Plasma beam artillery( clone wars era SPHAT based ): Take left , take u turn take right ISD : that's the way ? Beskarus CR90: this is the way ISD Aims at CR90 : u sure CR90 : launches 1000 bombs : what do you think ? Lambda shuttle : Pretty sure , Good bye good sir

​@@bradmyst1339 Me : Shows how y wings evaded malevolence Ion cannons Also shows how fast CR90 is (I know malevolence is not the only Ion cannon weapon but CR90 is pretty fast)

I want to see one on screen. They play a big part in the EU starting with Heir to the Empire until the end of the novel series. I'm hoping its made canon sometime in Ahsoka S.2 or the upcoming movie.

Why the hell would they do that? I dont know what the star saber is but i assure you there arent any bt7s left.

@@snugglecity3500 There are plenty of old republic era ships still chugging around, so there would still be some Thunderclaps still around.

@@merafirewing6591 thats a case by case basis. You see any hammerhead cruisers around?

​@@snugglecity3500yeah, Rogue one, rebels and episode 9 haha. But yes that guys idea of a nearly 4000 year old shuttle is a bad idea

@@JJJBunney001 they are hammerhead Corvettes not cruisers. Very different.

@@stuart00knight nice ill have to look into that

The K-Wing is pretty well known much like the E-Wing, though I doubt Disney will bring it back into canon since it is ugly as sin.

The K-Wing is as obscure as the A-10, it needs no introduction. It's still the scariest CAS aerospace craft in Star Wars though...

On one hand you're right. On the other, how dare you besmirch my glorious X-wing! lol (I honestly loved that the X-wing became the new Jedi starfighter in Legends, with Luke's Jedi eventually being given the Stealth-X)

​@@RamielNagisa A starfighter isn't really the right ship for a lot of missions Jedi tend to be sent on. I feel like an armed courier ship of some sort would probably be best. Able to defend itself and others, but with some cargo and passenger space.

How? They were horribly outdated and thousands of years old, there probably wasn't any interest in them anywhere except for a collector

Ah, the StarViper. Always nice.

Yes!!!!! The Virago!

Apparently the Vong accidentally exposed a large amount of Beskar at some point during their invasion of the galaxy or something, so the Mandalorians were actually sitting on more of the stuff than they thought.