# Star Wars Feud by Zebra \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 28, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-feud-by-zebra-game-over/457963 "2008-07-28T19:33:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-feud-by-zebra-game-over/457963/101 "2008-08-01T14:40:06Z")
The A-wing is the best for fighter to fighter combat. But I don’t think they even mention the A or B wing in the movies although they are seen in RotJ. The Y-wing is featured in ANH on the death star run. Why the heck do they call it a B-Wing. It looks nothing like the letter B from any angle that I can see. X-Wing from the back or front with the wings open. Y -Wing Top down view with the ship going down. (very appropriate for the Y-Wing) A-Wing Top down view with the ship going up. B-Wing ??? ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-feud-by-zebra-game-over/457963/102 "2008-08-01T14:46:14Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] But I don’t think they even mention the A or B wing in the movies although they are seen in RotJ. The Y-wing is featured in ANH on the death star run. Why the heck do they call it a B-Wing. It looks nothing like the letter B from any angle that I can see. X-Wing from the back or front with the wings open. Y -Wing Top down view with the ship going down. (very appropriate for the Y-Wing) A-Wing Top down view with the ship going up. B-Wing ??? [/QUOTE] I had a heck of a time answering this feud because it was hard to remember if various stuff was in the movies, or more emphasized in the EU. I ended up going with Y wing because I was sure I remembered it on film … the A wings get more mention in the books, I think. ANYWAY, I’ve never understood the B-wing either. ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-feud-by-zebra-game-over/457963/103 "2008-08-03T11:40:04Z")
WAG: It’s B for Bomber. That’s it’s role after all. Or when I’m playing Tie Fighter it’s B for Buggered. They fly like Cows strapped to Piano’s. Easy kill. ETA, another thought, IRRC they were designed after the A wing. Maybe they were named in the project before the design was drawn up during “Project Shantipole” ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-feud-by-zebra-game-over/457963/104 "2008-08-03T14:17:46Z")
1. Hoth 2. Cloud City 3. Captain Needa 4. Y-Wing 5. Han Solo 6. The motivator on Luke’s X-Wing 7. Crazy midget alien in Jabba’s palace 8. Tricky to match with other people… Dengar 9. Speeder (or Landspeeder) 10. Red ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-feud-by-zebra-game-over/457963/105 "2008-08-03T15:24:50Z")
[QUOTE=smiling bandit] 1. Hoth 2. Cloud City 3. Captain Needa 4. Y-Wing 5. Han Solo 6. The motivator on Luke’s X-Wing 7. Crazy midget alien in Jabba’s palace 8. Tricky to match with other people… Dengar 9. Speeder (or Landspeeder) 10. Red [/QUOTE] Um - this Feud was over last Tuesday… ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-feud-by-zebra-game-over/457963/106 "2008-08-04T12:43:46Z")
[QUOTE=essell] WAG: It’s B for Bomber. That’s it’s role after all. Or when I’m playing Tie Fighter it’s B for Buggered. They fly like Cows strapped to Piano’s. Easy kill [/QUOTE] I always thought it was something to do with the pilot and engine pods making a vague “B” shape from either in front or side on. And yes, against fighters they’re rubbish, even the Imperial Assault Gunboat was all over it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-feud-by-zebra-game-over/457963/107 "2008-08-04T13:21:01Z")
[QUOTE=Pushkin] I always thought it was something to do with the pilot and engine pods making a vague “B” shape from either in front or side on. [/QUOTE] Apparently it’s supposed to look like a \*lower-case \* B… [QUOTE=Star Wars wikia] The B-wing starfighter was one of the largest and most heavily armed starfighters/bombers in the Rebel Alliance’s fleet. The name B-wing came from the craft’s remote similarity in appearance to the lowercase letter “b”. [/QUOTE] If you squint really hard and ignore the two stubby wings you can sort of see it from a front or rear view. It should really be called the “upside-down ankh-wing” though. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-feud-by-zebra-game-over/457963/108 "2008-08-04T20:38:33Z")
I could see it as a lower case b if it was a side view and the craft was upside down. I think a t fighter with a rear or front view with the wings open is better. I did will flying it in the game but I suspect that the game was rather forgiving about collisions with that swinging spar. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-feud-by-zebra-game-over/457963/109 "2008-08-04T20:43:30Z")
**We are the nerdiest people on Earth.** ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-feud-by-zebra-game-over/457963/110 "2008-08-05T08:27:19Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] I think a t fighter with a rear or front view with the wings open is better [/QUOTE] There was a [T-Wing](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/T-wing_interceptor) later in the X-Wing: TIE Fighter game. A bit rubbish, an easier kill than anything save the Z-95 Headhunter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-feud-by-zebra-game-over/457963.md?page=5)