The Secret Mystery TIE FIGHTER in Return of the Jedi
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- čas přidán 18. 08. 2020
- We might think that we've seen every ship in Star Wars... but there are always new discoveries! In this case, possibly an entirely new variant of TIE fighter.
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The most surprising part of this video was the dark stripe of Palpatine's shuttle. I never noticed that.
Same
PAC 1 omg yes
Mandela effect.
Same! I had to go back and check, and it only appears in one shot. I blame the fact that there are 2 other shuttles (Vader's and the Rebel's) that get more screen time and don't feature the stripe.
So true!
Ship: *is 1% different from its counterparts*
EC Henry: *_H M M M M_*
Just like Curtis Saxton, some joked.
Well we all benefit from his thought process so I have no complaints. Now if he could do some Halo/UNSC ships...
Just Like phones, and cars, and trucks and paper and bread and cheese and toothpaste and fruit juice and.... well you get the point.
i am a snake
To be fair, some of them like the rebel ships are different.
that's kind of amazing that the film used its own actual merchandise
Makes sense, saves a lot of time and money when toy makers are making props for you, especially low detail background props. especially considering ROTJ was made with keeping costs in mind after TESB production going over budget almost bankrupted george
Star Trek did that all the time when it comes to background ships. Some vessels straight up have Stabilo Markers glued to a kitbash of toys.
That's been common knowledge for decades, they used a lot of the official model kitsch for Return of the Jedi.
Makes this the greatest franchise of all time
For the mandolorian they needed more stormtrooper armour so they got the 501st cosplayers to fill in
So regarding the "Dark stripe" down the middle denoting it as the Emperor's guard, the Bad Batch finale did this too! During the epilogue sequence where Nala Se is delivered to the imperial base, she is accompanied by Clone Commandos with a similar grey stripe on their armor. Behind the scenes material refers to these Clones as "Royal Guards". So it's nice to see that little bit of consistency.
Also for Legends fans? The name of that base is "Mount Tantiss." Do with that info what you will.
"Hey I found some toy ships we can use as props. They're a little different but I don't think anyone will notice."
*40 years later*
"The tie vigilant..."
tbf lucas went crazy trying to "expand" his universe through toy-lines and slight variations, he'd probably be on board with the vigilant if he still called the shots
@@masonjones7777 definitely! And we wouldn’t have the meh sequels.
LEGOK2SO “Meh” more like 🤢🤮
@@legok2so84 calling those crimes against humanity "meh" is a insult to all the "meh" movies ever created.
We noticed in only 40 years? Fire those prop guys now! (After we do some investigating)....they retired about fifteen years ago......awkward.
EC Henry: Creates an entire back story to explain the use of a toy I had as a kid, and its very slight difference in the movie
Me: Never even noticed that Palpatine's shuttle had a stripe
Heck, I didn't even know there were unidentified Rebel ships.
samo!
I literally just noticed the stripe. Good eye!
@@EdwardsDayOut Me too
Director: oh shoot, one of the ties look different from the others.
George: eh don’t worry about it no one will notice.
EChenry: is this a secret imperial tie
I just watched this video and I still didn't notice.
@@williamj.bagnall4564 what?
Yeah in the early 80's - no one would notice. Its naïve and reckless to not understand logic in the scope of an era.
@@josephvalerio6665 yea... but still. this idea is cool non-the-less.
Imagine if this TIE variant replaced the "TIE Scout" in canon, it would've served as a better explanation to how Ben made it to Exegol with seemingly just a TIE fighter. It would've made sense too since plenty of these were clearly stationed in the Death Star 2 when it got destroyed. And given that Ben is an excellent pilot, we could infer that he'd studied the history of TIE variants and knew exactly which one he should find in the Death Star 2's wreckage...
Trying to make sense of anything in RoS is an exercise in futility
I mean Vader was present, perhaps his Tie Advanced was on the Death Star? Maybe he has it brought from his flag ship
A few pixels of a ship exists
EC Henry: Finally! A worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!
Later on: "(Your Star Wars ship knowledge) taught you well, but (they) didn't teach you everything." *fade to black*
HAH! Now your likes are set as 343! as in 343 guilty spark cause I can! >:D
@@xendakakorva3267 Hahaha nice!
Literally NPCs
I love seeing KFP quotes 😄
Who needs canon in a world where we got EC Henry's fantastic head canon
@Mitch Lang I like new canon but the sequels and their connected lore can die in a fire.
@@SirAroace
Yeah.
Although there is some cool stuff in the sequel trilogy, the story in that trilogy as a whole is just horrible.
Faragar Well I respect your opinion but believe you’re wrong. The story, characters, themes, plot and lore of the Sequel Trilogy is incredible
@@ReySkywalker2
If you actually respected my opinion, why are you telling me your opinion as if it's going to change my opinion?
Faragar 🤣 I’m allowed to share my opinion pal. Clearly you’re the one who isn’t respecting my opinion here.
3:30 I'll tell you what, I'll accept all that as canon. It's so well thought out.
6:17 That's a fan film??? Incredible!
Nice one
EC Henry: *slaps hood of Return of the Jedi*
“You know many unidentified ships can fit in this?”
EC Henry: makes new render of a blurry background ship
Me: this is cannon now
The Senate: I will make it canon.
Ironically I had the larger plastic toy he mentioned and I always assumed the bit on the back was a hyperdrive. It's also my head-canon. Always has been.
Same!
“This is canon now, there are many like it, but this one is canon!l
cannon goes boom
Return of the Jedi: *exists*
Everyone: “how many unidentified ships you got in here......”
Return of the Jedi: yes
Everyone: yes
Lucas, slapping the hood of Return of the Jedi: this bad boy can fit so many unidentified ships in it
There might be 120 Rebel ship models for the movie.
And now we wait for this stuff to be used alot more than 2 second shots.
When you said the bit about them participating to devastating effect in the Battle of Endor, I thought about the F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat of WWII.
The Hellcat looks quite similar to the Wildcat, and apparently some Japanese pilots mistook it for such, attempting maneuvers that the older and slower Wildcat couldn't keep up with only to find the Hellcat still on their tail and firing at them.
I can just imagine a Rebel pilot in the heat of battle assuming its a standard TIE/ln and underestimating it, perhaps thinking it lacks shields so a glancing blow should be enough to finish it off.
That 3d Vigilant model looks amazing, I absolutely love how we can see the consoles through the windows. It's a small touch with big realistic effects. Great video as usual.
I never even noticed this. Do you go through these movies with a magnifying glass?
Yes, yes I do!
EC Henry Your ship detailing is amazing. Reconfirms my thoughts that fans honestly give a darn about their favorite franchises and create content out of enjoyment, not cash.
EC Henry I like it when you make a new ship from scratch or renovate a new one
@@ECHenry dam i need to clone your efficiencies!
@@ECHenry Love you, boo. Make more original ship designs. you succeed where the sequel trilogy failed at.
EC Henry: uh... what you got there?
Return of the Jedi: * literal toys in the background of shots * "A smoothie."
It's a pretty clever way to have background ships without building a new model from scratch, probably cheaper too.
@@OptimusShr yeah
I LOVE how you do this: take something obscure and make it an actual, lore driven thing.
I played the X-Wing flight simulator extensively when I was a kid, and it felt so authentic that I often have to remind myself that the durability of the Alliance fighters was probably exaggerated for the benefit of the player. So, I have a knee-jerk reaction with a comment like "a somewhat improved TIE Fighter was devastating to B-Wings" because the B-Wing in that game was an absolute tank. Fun fact: the Y-Wing was my ultimate TIE Fighter hunter because its cannons were so close together and center-line that a dual-blast would almost always hit with both, instantly killing a TIE Fighter in one volley.
Of course, I played my fair share of the TIE Fighter simulator, in which I killed many Alliance ships in nothing more than an upgraded TIE Fighter with shields. The TIE Interceptor was a beast. The TIE Defender and Missile Boat were power-creep monstrosities.
*Henry:* sees .2 pixels that look sliightly like an unknown ship.
"Its free real estate"
*free headcanon 😆
Greg X You can’t have .2 pixels on your screen, that just doesn’t work, unless you actually break a piece of a pixel off
@@captainjackpugh6050 the joke works because it still relays the fact that you can have the tiniest piece of a pixel and he'd still make a detailed design from it
@@legomancb12 the smallest part of a pixel you can have is 1 pixel
Tie fighter: has one more atom than the normal version
EC Henry: NEW VARIANT!!
ADAM WATSON There is nothing wrong with this and you know it!
well some design philosophies are just that, and lord knows how many actual tie fighters were made in legends thanks to this thought process.
can't wait to see this little dude in x-wing miniatures
@@fuzzyhead878 I know I was just joking
I think its safe to say that George Lucas' personal investment of his own imagination and creation of lore has long since been surpassed by nerds everywhere.
I think the truth is simply that his model makers were trying to break the monotany and throw a little variety in while putting these models together. They knew, at that time, that their little trilogy was a success, but I don't think even they were trying to will a ficticious universe into existence. I also don't think they had a backstory for every varying detail that set aside one ship from another.
I would say George is both proud and a little embarrassed at the way people have taken the reigns on this story and run with it.
@@The_JohnnieWalker Ok, sure. An entire universe with teddy bears and one woman and a back story for every single droid, alien, and ship with a blemish that grazed the screen for a split second.
@@The_JohnnieWalker And there lies the problem.
Generally speaking, the Star Wars audience is only interested in the cinematic material. When you start creating novelizations, you eliminate a huge chunk of the audience. There is a niche audience who embraces the books or comics or whatever alternative medium there is, but its a niche audience. When you start adding characters and content to the movies that have backstory rooted in the alternative mediums, then you abandon the audience who isn't going to have read or observed that material.
Marvel has been making this same mistake with their movies, as of late. In order to keep up with character arcs, now you are expected to watch the crappy series that are produced for Disney Plus. Its a bad plan for appealing to the widest audience.
Star Wars original trilogy did everything right to completion within those three movies. We didn't need any further development in characters or plot. And building some of these characters reteoactively....cough cough....Boba Fett, is just cheap fan service.
@@The_JohnnieWalker I'm not so sure. I know that episode 4 is associated with the title now, but I'm not so sure it was back in '77. I didn't see it in theaters back then and I don't have a vintage vhs cassette to verify.
I really think he added the episode 4 later on.
Again, I'm just not positive.
What I don't believe is that he had this whole universe, characters, and story lines all mapped out from the beginning. He's good, but I don't think he's that good.
@@markbrowning4334 Полностью Вас поддерживаю. "Episode IV"было добавлено в 1979, или в 1980, когда повторно показывали этот кинофильм перед премьерой "Empire Strikes Back". Я читал об этом. Также, я видел титры оригинальной версии 1977 года - их выкладывали на CZcams с 16mm киноплёнки, предназначенной для доммашнего кинопроектора.
Также, полностью поддерживаю Ваше предыдущее сообщение - я тоже сторонник того, что надо было оставить оригинальную трилогию и не развивать дальше вселенную "Star Wars". Добавлю, что на мой взгляд, именно 4й эпизод (то есть кинофильм 1977 года) является шедевром, и он полностью закончен, и не нуждался в продолжении. Лично моё мнение - лучше бы Лукас не стал снимать 5 и 6 эпизоды (а тем более 1-2-3). Безусловно, эпизоды 5 и 6 очень зрелищны, но не имеют той лёгкости, не имеют той романтичности, что есть у эпизода 4.
@@vladikuz I'll bet that would have been inspiring if I could read that language.
I really enjoyed the practical explanation for this variation of TIE. Reminds me of WW2 fighters that were equipped with "Drop Tanks" for extra fuel during bomber escort or long range recon.
I’ve said it a hundred times and I’ll say it again - Lucasfilm NEEDS to hire you!
Industrial Light and Magic needs him.
And Ansel Hsiao a.k.a. Fractalsponge.
In general Lucasfilm needs to do an awful lot of hiring and firing if it wants to fix the damage which has been done to star wars.
@@AlanGChenery Nope
@@Tar-Numendil THAT would be a great idea. Of course people said the Sequel art books had good designs, but awful people were picking what would go on screen. So...
I personally like the legends all-red Royal Guards TIEs but the TIE Vigilant is very nice. In my headcanon, the all-red Royal Guards TIE's are more ceremonial and the TIE Vigilant is the more common and practical version used by escorts for the imperial elites including the Emperor.
I would think the red would be used to make a fake ship convoy like as a discretion from the real shuttle used by Palpatine
I go with the idea that the TIE Vigilant is used when the Royal Guard wants to keep a low profile. After all, at a glance, its unlikely you'll notice the differences between a TIE/IN and a TIE Vigilant. The reason that the Royal Guard decided to keep a low profile was because they didn't want to draw angry Corellian Corvettes or Gunships down upon them.
The all red Royal Guard TIEs are also used as well.
I like how much your username and pfp evoke German or American imperialism as much as any other entity's lol
my "headcannon" is that those are toys
@@peabrain6872 do ya have to be so boring?
I love this explanation, and in my mind, it's more canon than anything from the sequel trilogy
3:34 interestingly, the clone commandos on Mt Tantiss in the Bad Batch have been titled as Imperial Royal Guards in concept art. They too have a grey stripe down the middle of a similar shade.
Sienar Fleet Systems: How many TIE variants do you want?
Imperial Navy: yes yes yes yes *YES*
It kinda reminded me of the TIE GT at first from the extra box in the back of it.
r/UnexpectedJoJo
Same thing happens with humvees in the military. Can’t tell you how many variants there are of those.
Andrew Gardiner or the M4 Sherman
Fuzzyhead878 LMAO YES. The “M4” 😂
TIE Vigilant is now the Scout TIE fighter from episode IX in my headcanon
This is exactly what I had in mind. I totally forgot to include it in the video!
Just, make Henry's stuff canon please
It is already canon in our hearts
@@ECHenry As soon as you said "designed for long range unsupported escort missions" I was like "oh he's gonna say it's a variant of the one Ben takes from Kef Bir" but you never did XD
By the end of the video though I had forgotten because you gave such an interesting headcanon
@@user-qd8yy9lc4g And pay him for it! Don't just stick it in a Marvel comic and then pretend he doesn't exist like usual!
Creamy Sheev himself.
The way you explained this mysterious tie feels to me that it could actually work within the lore, and as a specialized tie
In a lot of games the standard tie fighter has rockets and more power guns than the interceptor’s. This tie variant you modeled could be a great explanation for them. They have hyperdrives, shields, and rockets for VIP protection.
I’ve always wondered what would a Imperial style Mon Calamari cruiser would look like
The Bellator-Class Star Dreadnought
There was a "Hybrid destroyer" That was a Mon Cala design that incorporated aspects of an ISD
@@VGLounge we do not talk about the Republic Class
Like if the empire captured mon cala shipyards and reverse engineered the designs?
Cornelius McMuffin yes because aren’t Mon Calamari cruisers tougher then Star Destroyer
I'm a simple man. I see an EC Henry video, I click like and enjoy
Same, I am Captain.
same
@@captainorange9260, hello
Same
@@alem1655 Hello master Yoda
That's some amazing rendering work, given the limited amount of source material. Outstanding job! You should work on the next Star Wars!
I was inspired by Star Wars when it came out, so inspired that I created my own sci-fi models for my amateur movie special effects back in the 70s and 80s, most of my models were converted Airfix models, the P38 Lightning with its twin-fuselage was ideal, removing the outer wings and the tail section made the craft look like a space fighter, I remember the Star Wars fx team used parts of existing models this way. Great video and as always, a keen eye for finding detail in just a few seconds of movie shots.
EC Henry: *Makes new ship*
Marvel Comics: *M I N E*
He makes enough highly detailed content that might as well pay him for it.
Hey look, more eckhart's ladder vids
He could go through the complicated process and make them copyright unless gotten permission to use them
EC Henry: Thank you for making it canon!
to me it looked like a tie GT at first so it might already be?
An EC Henry video: Awesome
An EC Henry video about a forgotten or custom ship: Even Better
Realizing he is talking about a TIE fighter variant: Priceless
That shade of grey-white you've used is just so gorgeous.
Might be my favorite color/colo combination.
Lowkey, went into this thinking clickbait, stayed for the super detailed head canon. Fucking love this.
I honestly think my favorite part is the inside. It makes so much sense to have this comfortable cockpit for long flights and I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before. Not sure if you can use this in another ship, but apparently real life navy submarines have the best food out of any naval vessel, because they spend months and months out at sea. Love your videos, would love to see a Star Wars submarine.
I think his Resistance Y-wing would fit a lot of the same characteristics: relatively long missions, slightly more comfortable than a regular fighter, and he even included a galley. It may only have missions of a week or two instead of months, but I think given the relative sizes I think the parallels are there.
Not only food, but some nuclear submarine have pretty great crew amenities that even better than surface warship. There's even a swimming pool and a sauna on the Akula ballistic missile submarine.
Where was the cap hook and the bathroom door ????
I recall watching a marine or some other kind of infantry talking about MRE's particularly the candy bars and other dessert options they had and he said "when you're under distress for that long, a small smudged up piece of chocolate can really brighten up your day". I imagine they know how miserable being underwater and camped for months at a time can be and try to provide any comfort they can allow the troops to have.
I suspect the food quality on those submarines is quite a bit better for the first week or so when they would be able to have things like fresh fruit, milk and never frozen meat.
The TIE-VGs stayed outside the Death Star II during the Emperor's visit to shepherd the swarms of TIEs orbiting the station, as following the defections of Kasan Moor, Crix Madine and other Imperials, the Emperor was becoming increasingly aware of not only the rebel threat but other factions emerging within the Empire who wished him dead, wishing to reshape the Empire in their image, most notably amongst the increasingly downtrodden Imperial Navy who often bore the brunt of heavy engagements with the Rebellion.
Inside the station, he had the perceived protection of his faithful apprentice and the 501st who were also on Endor. The TIE-VGs were another layer of protection for the increasingly paranoid Sith Lord.
...in my opinion.
Either that or due to the increased threat from Rebel cells, they were preparing to run a combat exercise to make sure the base defenses were up to snuff. While yes these TIEs we're superior to the standard ones, they likely weren't all that much better than something like an A-wing or X-wing.
I remember noticing it, while watching the return of the jedi and realizing "wait a second that tie is weird" I also remembered notice that from a shot to another every time you can see Luke watch the battle it's always the same sequence of battles in the background
I wonder if they fixed that in special edition or overlooked it?
This actually brings back a memory from my childhood. I had a rather large tie-fighter toy, and it indeed had a protrusion in the back that kept batteries but otherwise looked like a genuine part of the ship. I never really thought anything weird about that protrusion until now. Wow!
I need Tie Vigilant: A Star Wars Story and Disney+ series about Civilian T-47
God a short series showcasing some ships would be awesome. Like the stories are all unconnected but unified by the starship them
Gideon Thangcin If they did a even slightly higher budget version of the shorts they’re putting out now they could tell some interesting stories with the ship as the frame rather than the character(s) necessarily.
Daniel McElroy exactly, so the first episode could be about a Spice Freighter for example and the characters are just there to set the premise. Then the next episode could be about an obscure Class of Gunship or something and tell a story with different characters that fit the premise. Kind of like Gundam Evolve if you’re familiar with that
@@danielmcelroy4505 We are getting the Remnant fanmade series, at least, though.
I always felt that “solar collectors” was a misnomer and that the TIE’s wings were radiator panels, compensating for the ship’s compact fuselage.
Otherwise, we don’t see solar collectors anywhere else and it wouldn’t work in deep space, whereas plenty other ships have large surface areas that would appear to aid in heat dissipation more than anything else (like S-foils).
I think that they aren't only solar collector but also massive solar batteries that can store Energy to use in deep space's flight
That would also explain why TIE fighters are prone to blow up upon impact:
One hit to the storage of that amount of energy and all the ship goes kaboom
@@thewitch7342 Except the panels are one of the few places TIEs have been seen taking a hit and staying intact; their fragility is the lack of shields. It's a very elaborate explanation for something we don't see anywhere else on starfighters.
actually, the designs were made by artists for a movie, they have no functional purpose
Old website talking of the wings as being radiators theforce.net/swtc/tie.html
@@stevenblankenheim4016 Yep, I remember that one, and always agreed with it. They're charcoal black coloured AND have grilles on them, rather than being flat and reflective.
i was randomly recommended this video last night. im glad it was because ive just been binge watching all of his videos ever since. These are so good, glad i found this channel.
You've done it again! Another very plausible and logical extrapolation of an obscure ship. I really like the idea of a "luxury model" of a usually spartan piece of Imperial equipment.
Random question: Would you be willing to design the internal layout of the Jade Shadow? A starship featured heavily in the old novels but we never got more than 1 official outside image of. I think you might do an incredible job at bringing to life old EU/Legends content.
I mean eventually you'll run out of content from the films.
That's an INCREDIBLY good suggestion! I would love to see it as well!
Fate ofbhe jedi series hhas some good ingo
So long as there remains a ship that has so much as a single pixel out of place, he will always find a new ship varient.
George Lucas:
"Yeah let's get the stunt double in here for this next back flip, wouldn't want Hayden getting hurt"
Star wars content creators:
"So if we slow down, we can see in this fight scene that during this back flip this is nooooot the same anakin we know and love... Was the real anakin replaced by an evil clone??? No. But let's see what there is to support it in the hot mess that is star wars lore"
You just nailed it, dude. This is an accurate description of Star Wars fandom today.
@@natemartin9354 wouldnt have that problem if the sequel wouldnt suck big donky schlongs
this is basically just the "bigger luke" theory
@@BaxsStudios Or the actually creative and expansive Legends being removed from Canon.
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I love your explanation! I really do think that this is perfect since the Empire would only need to mass produce regular TIE fighters.
You're right since regular TIEs don't have a hyperdrive installed, they're gonna need some long range fighters. Awesome video!
Stellar work as usual!
I love these 'i dug this dank background model up and fleshed it out' vids.
The only problem I have with the “roomy” cockpit idea is that you would think Vader’s TIE Advanced would have the same feature since he is much more of a higher up within the Empire as opposed to the royal guards. Maybe it could be that the cramped cockpit of the TIE Advanced reminds him of his past days flying around in his Jedi starfighter, and prefers not to have the luxury’s that come with his position within the Empire. Still, this is cannon for me, great video! Can’t believe that new things are being found in these movies!
Canon, not cannon
Vader is already imprisoned in a suit, "elbow room" does not concern him. He wants a heavily-armored ship.
Might prefer to be a smaller target?
Also, might Vader's TIE Advanced be of his own modification?
@@caseydoherty7160 given that it was quite common for force users, Jedi and Sith alike, to modify their personal tech and vessels... ESPECIALLY force based starfighter pilots...
I'd bet on big black and burnt having extensively modified that ship and it being his personal assault vessel.
The standard TIE design needs more love, so I'm glad to see a "new" fan design bringing some more attention to it.
I enjoyed your fan-fiction explanation for the non-standard TIE fighter. It fits well into the existing canon (such as it is). Thanks for the video!
ILM: No one will notice these totally out of shape tie fighter props.
EC Henry: I FOUND A NEW SHIP!!!
The guys at Fantasy Flight Games absolutely need you on their team.
Lucasfilm needs to hire this guy god damn, the amount of info given about a starfighter that is almost unrecognisable it's just amazingly fantastic
This was a really cool explanation about the begging the scenes of the movie. The story you created for the fighter was just as awesome!
Your modeling skills are out of this world 😉😉
Reunite The British Empire r/woosh
Two winks? Isn’t that just a blink?
Thousands of original Kenner TIE fighters sitting in their boxes in attics and basements and storage closets all over the world have just lost most of their collector's value.
"I have this original TIE Figh..."
"Hold up there now. This here's a TIE Vigilant, best I can do is five bucks."
This is very interesting! I never noticed! I love the lore and story you come up with! I definitely want to make a miniature of this someday! Great Job!
(also thank you for doing a full 360 of it that'll really help)
Thats trippy, when the Vigilant model is on display towards the end, it rotates every 10 seconds, so skipping 5 ahead perfectly reverses it.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate just how cool looking the Royal Guard Flight suits and helmets are.
Why? Because its red.
@@SephirothRyu No. Because is looks awesome.
@@oceankim8791 You not understand da wayz of Gork an' Mork!
3:15 Now your design is canon for me
Has anyone ever noticed how the side of the tie fighter looks like the separatist logo
😆
Im just spitting facts
I love all of these ships you've put together with everyone, great work and definitely in my cannon :D
EC Henry: Here's an entirely new TIE Fighter.
Me. Woaaaah!
watches vid.
I HAD THAT TOY!! :)
I've always wondered, I had a TIE fighter toy as a kid in the late '90's, action figure sized so they could sit in it properly, and I've always wondered why the back end was completely different than the movie version as well as why the wings were wide set and shorter. Mine had no batteries in that protrusion but retained it as part of the ship anyway and had little bits on it making it look like important parts of the fighter. It's notable "feature" was spring loaded wings that would pop off when it got shot down as it were. I used to explain it as a hyperdrive equipped TIE too!!
Oh yeah, I was at summer camp in Italy (I grew up in France) and I bought one of those diecast TIE fighters while there.
I knew exactly what the protrusion was when you mentioned it. You pull on it and it comes out, with the pilot in his seat.
I like the lore you came up for it.
I thought that I was a SW nerd. This is taking it to a whole new level
0:42 I immediately recognized the TIE fighters in question. I actually had one of these toys when I was eight years old. The protrusion on the back of the cockpit is A FINGER HOLD so you can pull the pilot or eject DARTH VADER- while the solar panel wings would pop off in glorious destruction. What you say? This is not Darth Vader's special TiE Fighter? SHUT UP! Look at the package! On the actual piece, you can see the circle that locks into the body of the TiE fighter on the thumbhold. I used to trap ants in the cockpit and fling the craft into a ballistic trajectory replicating the same experiments done by both the U.S. and Soviet Union.
That's what I did with my imagination as a boy. And this is what you do with your imagination as a man?
The moment I saw that first picture I too immediately remembered 'finger hold to eject the pilot!'.
@King Tutt
Hey dude, I didn't kill any of those ants. They did just fine.
Are you the one in charge of judging others? Somebody decides to have a little fun by making a comment and teasing the guy who made the video, and it's your job to make a false accusation of murder and shame the person trying to have fun? I'll need to see some credentials. What is you "holier than tho" identification number? How about you "entitled and special" pass?
oh shoot, there I go again, having fun and teasing people. What are you gonna do now?
Royal Guard interceptor: “am I a joke to you?”
The Royal Guard Interceptors are colored in bright red, so they would be a lot less conspicuous and draw attention toward them, putting the Emperor in greater danger.
@@draagedeh1983 Subtlety was never the Empire's prerogative. Just look at the Tarkin Doctrine.
@@mrj8149 Yep, the Tarkin Doctrine was responsible for the decommissioning of every single fighter the Republic that preceded it used with a handful of exceptions.
@@draagedeh1983 the big difference is those were piloted by people who can fight hand to hand better, these are pilots through and through who can melee as well.
I can not get enough of your content, regardless of if it's new, or old!
I love this take! It’s head canon for me now and I would love to see it transfer on screen some day, some how.
I would really like to see you re-create all the ships and add them in the battle of Jakku, or something
I love these interpretations, doing a series where you "star wars-ify" ships and vehicles from entirely different franchises could be a fun way to flex your creative muscle as well ;^)
In my experience with ship building games, particularly at the fighter scale, I've found that increased durability almost never "makes up for" poor maneuverability. Either you're agile enough to make your enemies miss, or you're not and you die.
Elite Dangerous, No Man Sky, World of Warships...
all of them, my most effective combat vessels are the ones that can... *Piccolo voice*
DOOOOOOOOODGE!!!!
...so I guess your statement tracks!
Along with the B-wing, I thought the Tie fighter and several of its variance wasn't very well designed. With only 30° of visibility off to the front of the craft it would seem easy to sneak up on.
Has anyone noticed that the tie fighter wing from the side look like the CIS logo?
Coincidence? I think not
THE CLONE WARS WAS AN INSIDE JOB
@@AmrasFelagund Starship fuel can't melt durasteel beams!
*Food for thought*
What would a capital ship built by *Incom corporation* look like?
Hmmmm...there is the Y-95 "Titan" dropship used to transport AT-ATs and AT-STs, and they made Cloud City. Those two projects could inform the design of Incom capital ships.
It would have S-foils. Yes. On a capital ship. It would basically be designed with all its heavy weapons on fixed mounts, and all its turrets for anti-fighter/bomber purposes, and would be focused on being very fast and maneuverable for a capital ship, with an operational goal of getting behind other, larger vessels and firing all its fixed heavy batteries and torpedoes right up their -bums- engines.
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Sounds like a SW take on the Defiant-class, not bad.
@@demi-femme4821 You mean the Y-85.
That explains a whole lot about a large Tie Fighter model I got when I was younger. It was this white Tie Fighter and I always thought that was the weirdest thing until now. Now it's just cool. It's actually that toy from 2:29 in the video didn't expect to see it here lol.
Please keep making more of these ship and custom lore videos! So fun!
Superb as usual.
Could you do a video on the AT-ST seen on Hoth? It always looked quite different to me, with heavier weaponry, but canon sources only barely recognise the fact.
It could be the TIE Scout which Ben Solo takes from the Death Star II to Exegol.
Wish it had been caught, and used that way, too.
The ship that takes who from what to where now? You've been reading from the apocryphal Book of Abrams again haven't you? Cast those heretical falsehoods from your mind, lest you find yourself accepting them as canon! ;)
@@blatherskite3009 ”the ship that takes who from *what* to where now”
So you just admitted that you don't consider Death Star II as canon
@@hugothedog5258 Oh it's canon ... right up to the moment where it was completely atomized, leaving no huge chunks of wreckage to land up on any previously-unmentioned Endorian moons :)
@@blatherskite3009 sorry to burst your bubble but the Sequels are and will forever be canon even if you disliked them :)
I definitely had a toy TIE fighter as a kid (2000ish) that looked just like this render, with the rectangular extension at the back. Always thought that was just how the normal TIE fighter looked.
fly: flies in front of camera
star wars fandom: IT IS NOW CANON, IT'S MOST LIKELY A SECRET JEDI MASTER AND WE'RE CALLING IT MASTER FL'EYE
Dude you literally give something tiny and insignificant a full reimagining and story. I love these videos, these are just so entertaining and beautifully well made models!
I love this so much! I totally wanna build a LEGO version. Can't wait for more of these "mystery ship" videos EC Henry!
I lost my love of Star Wars a long time ago, but I really enjoyed this video. Glad I stumbled across it.
Dude this was super cool. I'm gonna enjoy checking out your channel
It never ceases to amaze me that after all this time, new things can still be discovered in these movies.
This looks so cool yet subtle, I love it!
Once again, good work on the researching and the original design!
That was way more Fun then i expected...Great detail hunting and Theory on that.
Nothing short of excellent. Keep up the good work.
Return of the Jedi: *exists*
ECHenry: reveal your secrets
In Rise of Skywalker, I couldn’t help but wonder how Kylo Ren got from the Death Star to Exegol with what seemed to be a standard Imperial TIE that survived the explosion, which obviously lacks a hyperdrive. I guess we could assume that he found this mystery TIE.
There is a theory that it was Vaders Tie. Which likely was highly modified
@@jonathanmiller2161 Highly modified to also survive a huge reactor explosion, a violent crash landing into an ocean, and to then sit idle for over thirty years in a ruin. Pretty amazing mods to something which started off as a disposable vehicle for disposable pilots.
Holy hell, this is cool, & those 3D renderings are impeccable. Good job!
I think there was a rumour that in the first or second film there was a shoe placed in a large effects shot. Never looked myself. I grew up watching them and now love what is on offer. May the force be with you. loved the video
Was the vigilant tie-fighter the only one on DS2 with hyperdrive? What kind of tie Ben Solo found and got to Exegol?
Canonically it was a Tie Scout (unknown model designation) which was for sure less well-appointed than the Tie/Vigilant.
@@entropy11 perhaps the Vigilant was an upgrade to the Scout class, but more expensive, therefore less common, or the other way around
Ben solo found a TIE plot. The most powerful of TIE variants