The "FLEET KILLER" Prototype B-Wing Explained | Star Wars Ships
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ส.ค. 2020
- The A/SF-01 B-Wing would become one of the most powerful starfighter and bomber of the Galactic Civil War, but its predecessor was even more powerful, from a certain point of view. Learn the origins of the B-Wing, a break down of its stats, and how it became a Mon Calamari and Mandalorian creation. As well as how it compared to other Star Wars ships and starfighters like the X-Wing, Y-Wing and TIE Fighter.
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Kuat Drive Yards and Sienar Fleet Systems are basically the Boeing and Lockheed of the Star Wars universe. Two big aerospace manufacturers that continuously receive contracts and funding from the government.
No Boeing and airbus
And just like Boeing, KDY just kind of pumped out bad, expensive ships because they knew the Empire would buy them.
@@saxreaper Airbus is in a different country from the other two, so it would be more comparable to Correlian Engineering Corporation or Rendili StarDrive.
@@demi-femme4821 I would like to disagree. As an American I quite like Boeing mainly their military aircraft but civilian ones I think are pretty good
@@InventorZahran I agree, but Airbus is not located in a particular country, its a European Corporation, with the main shareholders being France, Germany and Spain.
I bet every Imperial was looking at the B-Wing come at them and thought, "One fighter, that is laughable, what can it do"
*B-Wing fires its laser*
Imperials: "Oh"
Imperials: haha we’re in danger
B wing: SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!
Imperial: Uh oh
Imperial: well were doom
IMMA FIRIN MAH LAZAR
I really hope I'm not the only one who still remembers that meme.
@@cdsworkshop2855 That takes me back. I've never forgotten that meme
Honestly I really like that the prototype has significant differences like the super laser from the original ,logistical concerns for the rebellion would absolutely affect designs and change features and lead to them being removed from the core concept.
waiting for Infinity from Halo, a Venator, ATTE, LAAT, and Munifacint rereview on their extended history
What about the AT-AP
Dexter Nexus never really got attacked to it to be honest
Would love to see how he will measure the halo universe,
How many grunts doest it take to reach the length of the Covenant assault carrier,
How many pumas(warthogs) wide is the longsword fighter, better yet how many sgt Johnson's does it take to reach the height of the forward unto dawn.
I hadn't realized the Verpine were made Canon again. That's awesome. Their slugthrowers are incredible!
The B-Wing is like the A-10, it doesn't need bombs/missiles to deliver massive damage since it's guns is more than powerful enough to do the job
and the alliance bomber is some kids paper airplane with c4 slapped onto it
@@fsdhuy true that
The A-10 actually lugs huge amounts of bomb and missile weight for its size, that's one of it's main purposes, but yeah the BRRRRT is OP.
@@fsdhuy Z-95 Headhunter? Those were 150-year old fighters with the only good feature: they were as reliable and as common as Willys MB, with fully interchangeable aftermarket parts and mods, loved by mercenaries.
@@EllAntares z-95 is mostly clone wars era, allow me to rephrase
the sequel trilogy bombers were paper airplanes with c4 taped on it
The mass production of the B wing saw the loss of the composite beam but still an impressive fighter without the fleet killer weapon.
The Rebel's math was wrong. Surely the cost of a single pilot fighter, even the most expensive one, that can one shot cruisers is insignificant compared to the cost of a fleet of fighters that struggle to do the same. Quick victories mean less fuel, less repairs and parts, less replacements costs and less pilots lost. Star wars writers never get it right.
@@MrBottlecapBill the laser beam can't 1 shot all cruisers... It targeted a light cruiser... And it never even instantly destroyed it... Based on this logic, a star destroyer with heavier shields and a bigger superstructure would only at best lose its shield and sustain little damage...
@nathaniel gray yes but not worth the cost to produce and it didn't have the survivability... It was vulnerable to capital ship lasers
@@markgeorge2200 let's be honest rebels destroyed alot of balance in lore, the entire things Is a mary sue or Gary stu fighter if, we need a muguffin here it is, it physically hurts that they introduced this at 4bby when the reason it didn't appear in the battle of echo base or yavin is because it wasn't developed until the late period of the war just before endor which is why it was such a suckered punch to the empire
@@generalwilhelm6508 well yes I though the empire did suck in rebels.... Its not entirely bad... The clone wars has the same level of plot armor... Except because of its sheer size it can kill people without contributing to the plot.
This ship is so unique and I love it.
P-38 Lightning, nice aircraft.
The Rebels should really have kept the main beam weapon on a few ships. Like a very powerful elite squadron used only for very important missions that requires massive firepower in a short amount of time.
They should, but I can't imagine it was a rare use of the technology because of the amounts of energy drain it caused, not to mention its probably hard to make
I really wish this ship had been a hero ship in battlefront, would’ve been great as a sort of “super bomber” to take down ~~adjectives~~ objectives.
That would be awesome, but what about adverbs? They would still be a problem.
@@samuelrussell5760 lol
I hate flying but this show promise! May the Force be with you!
GeNeRaL KeNoBi
General gre- kenboi you are a not flying one
But you are a great pilot General.
Aghhh General Kenobi
*"Hello there everyone!"*
The intro scene was my favorite part of Rebels.
The X-Wing could looks like it could be modified to do the same thing the B6 does
well some models have laser cannon sync features, where all the cannons fire at the same time, but this isn't as powerful as superlaser focusing tech on the b-wing and maybe even on the death star.
Hoping to get this ship as DLC in the Star Wars: Squadrons game it my favorite starfighter design in star wars.🤩
@Nurdasake Thing I've always loved about Star Wars is the odd and asymmetrical ship design of many of the their ships.
Tbh it wouldn’t work well. It’s compound laser would make it incredibly broken. It’s also large and heavy shielded with strong weapons. Everyone would main it. What would be it’s counter? The easy guess would be the TIE defender but the defender’s actually extremely better and even Vader said it rivals his Advanced x1. It has extreme shields, speed, and weapons. They would also be the primary main.
@@L-Archange TIE Mangles will do its job. 2 medium Turbolasers and 4 lasers, what can u get better than that dude...
@@L-Archange The game has 4 classes; fighter, bomber, support, and interceptor. I thinking they could add a new class; heavy, focused on massive damage, similar to the bomber class but more versatile in flight and they could make weaker in the shield and/or armor areas for the game.
@@christian5146 I searched it up and can't find it. From your description it sounds similar to the TIE brute. It's in Star Wars commander and a deleted scene in Solo.
5:02 Actually, there is a fifth. In revenge of the sith, the Venator cruiser fires one massive laser that blasts a banking clan frigate in the same exact manner as this B Wing prototype blasted the imperial corvette. The converging stream is really difficult to notice because it's almost entirely hidden inside the ship, but the apex of the converging cone can be seen if you look closely.
I believe that was a SPHA mounted in the hangar
@@matthewturner5178 I think the beam was too big for a SPHA, unless there is a XXL sized variant I am not aware of, and the angle would require the thing to be hanging upside down from the ceiling of the hangar.
I’m pretty sure it was an idea by Anakin to put an SPHA in the hangar, because of its destructiveness.
I ABSOLUTELY liked and enjoyed watching this vid about the B-Wing Prototype.
Another one of my MOST favorites that I've seen SO FAR.
I wonder what happened to it after.
I think it's rather interesting that the composite beam laser was dropped from the full production model. My guess was that it was seen as overkill or far too destructive, especially if they couldn't work out the power source's kinks with the whole "hyperdrive shutting down" thing.
A super-powerful weapon that has major reliability issues isn’t terribly useful. I’m minded of the combat debut of the Panther tank at Kursk, where most of the tanks became mechanical casualties before getting to fire a single shot.
@@Assassinus2 HANS! ZE TRANSMESSION!
Fan Theory: Q-Wing 2.0 is a Grievous Wheelbike inspired starfighter that’ll roll down the Imperial Trenches…
That sounds so stupid yet so cool at the same time.
The forbidden toothbrush
Um
It doesn’t look anything like a toothbrush
I actually didn't know Sabine worked on the factory design of the B-Wing that's cool!
Should have built a few with the Composite laser because you will always wants a big stick for some missions. five or six at the Battle of Endor would have really made the fight so much easier.
Personally I know there has been Chiss versions of Imperial ships but I'd love to see a Chiss take on Rebel designs as they tended to always improve on the designs and this was one of my favorite ships.
I’d like to see a complete breakdown of padme’s “big sad”
It was a complete breakdown all right
A-Wing Pilot "Everyone knows this is a one-way trip"
Me:"Like flying with Hera as background character"
Ive been waiting for a video on this for so long! Thanks for making one.
The Blade Wing and the B-Wing that followed is amongst one of my favourite Star Wars fighters and I hope Lego make a Blade Wing Prototype.
I think I’ve seen all your species, planet, and ship breakdown videos. Please keep making more!
Keep pumping up content boys great work
As always, great vid man, definitely one of my favorite ships
It would be a missed opportunity to not have this ship in squadrons
They'll probably ad it in later with the tie defender for the empire
@@nikoloso those arent really good counterparts, there is no real imperial counterpart to the b-wing
@@evanhenderson1760 I'd argue the tie defender is pretty equal to the b-wing, it has a hyperdrive and shields like the b-wing and about an equal amount of armaments
@@nikoloso the tie defender was a multi-role starfighter that was faster, more agile, better armed, and generally better in every way than the x-wing.
on the other hand the b-wing was a heavy bomber better armed than the y-wing but had the speed and maneuverability of a drunk freighter
@@evanhenderson1760 it could probably still be balanced to each other in the same way the unshielded imperial fighters are balanced to shielded rebel fighters
Yes ! My wish was fulfilled ! Thanks for this video and the one to come :)
Great video and love your star wars content. Such a cool ship
Wait. Imagine if the New Republic had a B-Wing Mk-III that had both the features of the production model B-Wing and the prototype. That thing would be a shipkiller.
Your narration is top tier.
I know that wasn't the point of the video, but you're excellent at telling a story.
That was an excellent presentation.
Love the vids man, keep it up!
I used to think the b-wing was dumb looking but now I want one!
I always loved the Bwing
Thank you for the video great job
Some on information on the Deathraven heavily modded double B-Wing might be a fun addition to your upcoming B-Wing video.
That episode was AWESOME
Great video 👍🏻
I love everything surrounding this ship, so glad to see it here
What gets me the A wing needed to dock with the Blockade Runner to escape as it jumped to hyperspace. Why can’t a starfighter just “land” on the hull of a larger vessel and piggy back a jump to hyperspace?
good point
I think I have an answer... Shields. If a starfighter has no shields, it may not survive hyperspace. It would possibly be protruding outside the larger vessel’s shields leaving it exposed to ion particles and other random elements at far above light speed.
Because they need to be secured, just riding on the side is a very high risk of just being flung off and at best being dropped in the middle of nowhere, and worst being torn to shedders in the transition to real space . Plus at this point in the show the biggest things Pheonix cell had was there CR90’s.
@@luckysix1015 The starwars universe arleady has extremely advanced magnets, why not just use that?
@@whimbur that's what the docking mechanism is actually
Thanks for the vid sir.👍🏼👍🏼
I love the B-Wing. It’s a Bad ass fighter, but with some drawbacks. And they aren’t battlefield related, they’re logistics related. It makes me think of the American F-22 Raptor or the German Tiger tank. Both phenomenal machines. But they require(d) so much upkeep they weren’t very practical, at least not for mass production.
Love the B wing. Can’t wait for the next one.
When the prototype is better then the actual thing
Yay, it’s my favorite ship ever made, the prototype
Just saw this episode yesterday!!
Before any idiots ask, the B stands for Blade.
I was hoping the B stood for squirrel... 🐿 Why you have to crush my hopes and dreams? 😫
Thank you. You are a total genius, what other wisdom do you have for us? Perhaps the answer to life?
@@aaronfilion1384 That's easy. Everyone knows the answer is 42.
He literally says this in the video
It also looks like a lowercase b! Yay! Fun! Whoop whoop
Yeah don't remember them using this prototype after this one episode so i always wondered what happened to it. Good video.
The b wings are so cool and amazing
But, they're a death trap to fly
@Dread StarZ what, i don't mean speed, do you know what i mean by "death trap"?
@Dread StarZ what resistance B wing
@Dread StarZ I mainly meant like you might forget which side your ships is on or something
Sweet, just finished Rebels so cool refresher and extra perspective.
Agreed it's not perfect but super enjoyable
Awesome!
I wish the b wing was playable in squadron's
when is ahsoka part 3 coming out like the date? also love your channel and learning the few things i dont know about their lives and all your other topics
Sabine: “Never get between a Mandalorian and a weapons package.”
Din Djarin: “Weapons are a part of my religion.”
This is the way.
thanks Meta Nerds Lore! Because of all this information now I know how the b wing works and I built my own Lego creation of it!
This was probably one of the best episodes of Rebels that didn't focus on Jedi/Force stuff. I'm a huge fan of the space combat content in SW so seeing the origins of the B-Wing scratched that itch.
@Dread StarZ there wasn't enough TROS B-Wing content for me to remember that they were in the movie until you just reminded me. To answer your question though, yes. It sounds pretty killer. I had to look the details up since we get nothing on it aside from a few seconds in the movie.
@Dread StarZ It sounds great, don't get me wrong. I have no problems with the B-Wing in any form, in fact it was one of my favorite toys of SW growing up in the 80s and 90s regarding SW and I still love it to this day. But honestly, what is your point here? The new B-Wing did nothing other than appear for like 20 seconds in TRoS in the background of a few shots.
this is proper world building, I wish the Disney Sequels had taken note of that.
Why didn't they use it on the other B wings? They could have installed it on the Resistance B wing but they didn't! Damn it!
because if you watched the video, it would be too costly to maintain
too much energy
too much fuel
It's funny this is posted today I literally watched this episode for the first time last night
Very cool
and if the Freemaker Adventures are canon, at least to some capacity, then Quarrie goes on to serve with Rebel Alliance beyond retooling the B-Wing.
That show is not Canon
@@kommandantgalileo i thought it was, once you remove the goofy Lego style bits. *looks it up* "Continuity. While The Freemaker Adventures is not considered canon, the creators Motz and Roth and director Hegner still consulted the Lucasfilm Story Group members Leland Chee and Carrie Beck to ensure that the show did not contradict the official Canon storyline."
oh...
@@kingofmonsters14 yeah they call it canon-adjacent. It doesn't directly contradict anything that happens, but it isn't officially in the universe
Under rated you are.
Long have I waited
I like how they take elements from the old star wars RPG and lore (shantipole there were a astroid base where verpines under the eyes of the captain ackbar built the prototype of the B-wing)
I just finished rewatching the rebels ep so this is sweet XD
Pls do the complete life of agent callus
Another good design by a good fish man
Yeah definitely should have kept the big gun. Imagine if those Star Fortress bombers from last Jedi had those beam cannons. The dreadnought would have been history and Rose would still have a sister.
Yup. Even if the Bombers looked ugly as hell.
Funny how when the Rebels decide to build oversized superweapons there are no weak points and nothing ever goes wrong.
The death star went wrong because Gallen Erso created a flaw in it... Also the B wing is not oversized or a superweapon... Yes it's laser packs a punch... But that laser would only be able to damage a star destroyer still leaving it operational
_This_ is why the B-Wing is my second favorite ship in all of Star Wars.
I hope you do a legends video on the X-Wing one day.
3:57 he sounds like Willem Defoe in The Lighthouse..."Wilmslow!!!" 😆
I remeber seeing the Bwing for the firat time in a game on the origional playstaion and you flew it for the intro mission cant rember the name but since then loved the ship
Fleet Killers? Where have we heard that before?
At about 9:55, when the TIEs are making their head-on pass against the Falcon, I see a bunch of TIEs 'pop-in'. Weird. Never noticed that before.
5 things that are known to use the composite beam technology... add 'Drol' of Iego. It's shown during their first escape attempt.
I prefer the original cannon where Admiral Ackbar made it.
I've always liked combining the two: This was the first successful prototype for the B-Wing, but the final design was built to the specifications and modifications put forth by Admiral Ackbar, because while a bomber with a superlaser is neat, other technical vulnerabilities and energy stability problems demanded that the mass-produced B-Wing have more conventional weaponry and payloads.
Why not both? 🤔
@@Amras89 The one froms rebels is kind of... silly and over the top.
Is that the canon where he accidently slammed it into a cathedral on some world whose name escapes me?
@@peskymacaw9033 well, it is a prototype.
Just imagine if this had come out just a little bit earlier they would have been able to iron out to the problems with the weapon system and the hyperdrive and it would have been map produced as a bit was almost completely unchanged now that that would have been impressive to see swarms of those popping out of hyperspace and then laying waste to small and medium-sized ships
Wait a minute, did I hear you say that the Empire...
*seized the means of production????*
Well it was seized by the government, not the working class, sooo it was closer to a state-sanctioned monopoly lol
Make sense when you think about why did not keep the prototype as it was, the rebels did not really have the recourse to make ship buster weapons. So numbers were and mass amount of ships were the only way to do it
I still wonder, how could they feed an entire planet with a couple of ships? And how can they keep up feeding them after their first raid?
I know this isn't normal for you but. I would love you to do video about Samus Aron from metroid in star wars. Like if she would survive and how well she'd do as a bounty hunter
probably my favorite Rebels episode!!!
Thanks
Thanks for the support I really appreciate it
The B-Wing in Squadrons has a composite laser add-on
I think the y wing is better at being a bomber
Y wings are the better ones they can dog fight not like the Bwing
Yeah the y wing is carry's a larger payload into combat. It better at dogfights, and bombing runs.
@Dread StarZ in addition to this, Y wings were designed during the Clone Wars in order to be a light bomber and able to fight other fighters, while the B wing is designed in the GCW and is meant to be used as a heavy fighter bomber. for example, in the Background of the battle of endor, we see the Devastator (Vader's original star destroyer) being blown up by what is shown in other media to be only a squadron of B wings. they are still very deadly
The b wing carry's a smaller payload into battle than the y wing bomber
0:47 is that Ashoka on the right? She put on loads of weight in hiding!
That is her right? Or am i just exceedingly stupid?
Nope you're right that's her, she's actually still rather thin as an adult, she just grew up lol
I absolutely Love this ship and the episode of Rebels!
It’s my favourite ship in Star Wars!
@MetaNerdz Lore is thier a complete explanation why they weren't available at the battle of Scariff
the game Battlezone had a Russian bomber shaped like a B-wing, but flipped over it's side.... it was wider than it was long, and the weapon mounts were offset to a side.
if you saw one of those (ONE!) rolling towards you, you had two choices: tank the first shot and pray you eject on time and ride the shockwave out of danger before it blasted you again, or, eject outright and pray the bomber didn't decide to target *you* rather than the wreckage of your tank.
either way, you tank was going kaboom.
We need this in Battlefront.
I wish the composite beam was nerfed a bit, sure its cool for one episode, and adding the hyperdrive issue helped explain why it didnt become common, but it wasnt enough of a nerf it still would have been way too desirable to not appear later on other ships in the rebellion or new republic.
Very powerful ship, because it’s shaped into a cross
Holy guard would be a cool nickname for it
@@whimbur or the sword of destruction
@@kommandantgalileo Imagine the B-Wing painted in Templar Knights color scheme.
The composite beam makes a useful component in Star Wars Squadrons.
@metanersz would this be considered a Mon Calamari Starfighter?
The only question on my mind is why did they not make more of the prototype B wings? They're so OP that a small squadron can destroy an ISD.