I give the Rogue One crew credit for designing new ships. I would have loved to see TFA and have the TIE Avenger be the standard fighter. It looks like a direct descendant of Vader's TIE so it would work. I liked the TIE Striker, even though it might not be my favorite.
Love those ships!I actually liked the triangle-winged TIE variant from the Art of TFA book -- showing what Lucas and his designers were planning before JJ was hired and boldly decided just to recycle old designs. **swoon** He's a visionary...
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Well, to JJ's credit, he was right. The fans didn't want new stuff, they wanted nostalgia. Basically the same X-Wings and TIEs and the Falcon. I guess there were a lot of raped childhoods that needed to be unraped. :facepalm The good news is that the discarded designs are still there and Lucasfilm has certainly gone back to old designs in the past. It would be nice to see these in action someday.
Looking at it from a "real world" perspective, the U.S. military has a number of aircraft still in use that were designed and introduced in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Many of them have been "improved" over the years, but they essentially still look very much like they originally did. And newly designed aircraft have been introduced during the last decade or so, so I don't have a problem with the mix of "old" and "new" in the recent Star Wars movies....For TFA, I was just hoping for an evolution to the designs, not just a few minor tweaks to stuff that worked in the past. But, we all like what we like, so no one is really "wrong." :cheers
The new X-Wing is a horrible design, and makes no sense. That's why they didn't use it in the OT, and is why I can't bring myself to bother buying the models now. It makes no sense to put engine turbines that don't move and are cut in half.
If you are going to do physics with a twist - do physics with a twist. If you are going to do magic and fantasy - do magic and fantasy. But for the love of all that is good, make up your mind and do one or the other.
Looking at it from a "real world" perspective, the U.S. military has a number of aircraft still in use that were designed and introduced in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Many of them have been "improved" over the years, but they essentially still look very much like they originally did. And newly designed aircraft have been introduced during the last decade or so, so I don't have a problem with the mix of "old" and "new" in the recent Star Wars movies.
My only problem with the T-70s is the goofy way front/back the wings split, it's pretty cool otherwise. As for the engines remember it's a spaceship not a jet, just because the front ends look like turbines doesn't mean they are. I tend to think of them as a ram scoop like the Bussards on Trek ships to replenish fuel.
The TIEs seemed like reasonable updated versions, much like real world planes don't change much. But the color scheme was a bad choice, a variation of the OT colors would have looked better.