Star Wars Feud by Zebra [Game Over]

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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 ???

102

[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.

103

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”

104
  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
105

[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…

106

[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.

107

[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.

108

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.

109

We are the nerdiest people on Earth.

110

[QUOTE=Zebra]
I think a t fighter with a rear or front view with the wings open is better
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There was a T-Wing later in the X-Wing: TIE Fighter game. A bit rubbish, an easier kill than anything save the Z-95 Headhunter.