Resistance Y-Wing Design (fan-made)
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Why does the Resistance have NO Y-wings? Well, I took it upon myself to craft the next-generation version of this iconic Star Wars fighter!
Brought to you in part by patrons on Patreon!
Join the ranks of a growing group of awesome viewers who keep this channel alive! - บันเทิง
Star Citizen has taught me that such a ship as this needs a bathroom (toilet/shower) at the very minimum. Yer gonna need ta add a Louie to this, mate.
Just drop it together with the payload.
Bomb 100%, destruction 100%
Came here to say that as soon as he mentions a galley and multi-day missions.
It's inside the airlock portion, so it doesn't stink up the joint, and can be vented ;)
Go into the back room, pull down you pants, point your ass, open the door and try to get your business done before you succumb to the vacuum of space.
Mate. You are a ceaseless fountain of spaceship awesomeness.
This is an incredibly cool design. :)
No comment about the lack of a refresher station? I'm surprised. :P
A sexier version of my favorite starship in Star Wars? Yes *PLEASE*
This is a really cool design but it is still missing a vital piece of equipment. Multi crew, multi day mission profile but they still need to pull over to take a dump ;)
@@corwinhyatt519 I recently made that comment. Yourwelcome.
@@Corvus__ And @Spacedock recently made a vid on the lack of them in Sci fi Ships, thus me putting my joking inquiry under their post...
You: Not just a 'cooler' or 'sleeker' Y-Wing
What we got: a sleeker and cooler Y-Wing
Don't forget function.
Even worse, the new Y-Wing has even weaker firepower than the OT Y-Wings
I'd say it was more a cooler and sleeker U-wing.
Look up " 30 Dems RETRACT Statement For Peace! " on YT.
Insightful.......no peace.
@@m10tankdestroyer94 WHAT. I admit i haven't looked into any sequel ships specifications because i hate the films but man that is just sad from an in-universe perspective that a ship from the clone wars was superior in every way
I'm getting a light gunship feel off of it
I agree, especially if there is a possible tail gun.
Or in a slightly modified configuration (say a small dish added to the rear hardpoint and Intel gear added in the passenger compartment) a small, extremely fast intelligence gatherer that with special coating or even a stygum cloak (Palpantine's shuttle had one) could easily gather and transmit Intel easily to larger Capitol ships or planetside bases.
No real need for a tail gun if you move the top turret back on top of that bulge and make it remote control. That would also clear the engines. Bottom turret could be similarly placed.
New much higher power engines would also be useful giving it a chance against modern star fighters.
Then the Imperial shuttle would be used for pilot rescue.
I was thinking it was a cross between a Y wing and a skipray.
nickoli1993 same I thought he would say that
I got really excited when you mentioned the Catalina flying boats, my late grandfather was a part of a Catalina crew in WW2. I have a model of it sitting above my computer as I type this now! It makes me like this design even more.
Neat
No kidding? My Grandfather also served on Catalinas as both a navigator and pilot. He was shot down over Guadalcanal during the campaign there, while on a SAR. He stayed in and was eventually assigned to Operation HIGH JUMP to go down to Antarctica and carry out the Navy's research down there. Got a mountain named for him down there too!
my great grandfather was a pilot on a Catalina. Sadly, he died in a crash after colliding with a mountain after taking off in the fog.
@@ajm0208 wait how far from where they started was that mountain
Long distance multiday mission with no toilet wtf man
does anything in star wars have a toilet? its a cannon problem...
Tell me about it...😥
In rebels sentinel shuttles have refreshers , the star wars equivalent to toilets.
@@DimoB8 Does it include a shower?😶
The Millennium Falcon has a toilet but it’s in the kitchen.
"The Y-Wing was obsolete by this point"
*other bombers procede to move painfully slowly on their attack crawl, doing realatively little damage
Relatively little damage? By "little damage" you mean "Complete destruction of siege dreadnought by ONE ship"?
@@darykeng Luke blew up the deathstar with proton torpedoes. That doesn't mean proton torpedoes are massively powerful, just that the deathstar had a weakness. That being said, it took eight ships plus a main character+ ship to destroy the dreadnought by having one fall into its weakness
@@darkhelmet9757 Yes, the weakness which, as was talk in movie, will cause a chain reaction in Death Star resulting in it destruction.
And dont you think that this time, just a lucky pilot, not even a main character, which just destroy a friking dreadnought will not be called a bad writing and plot armour? Starfortresses was the ship perfect for this obj and, how we understand The Resistance (aka the Rebellion in early days), the only option they have (outside of Bunkerbaster, which will be destroyed easily by combine fire of Star destroyers)
@@darykeng I'm not sure i understand what you're saying. I agree that they needed a cool opener and they needed a way to destroy the ship, and i also think it is cool that they used a non-main character, but at the same time, the bomber is just a bad ship. it is too slow, displays no offensive capibilities, and must be over the target to attack. somthing like the y-wing is much better at this role.
@@darkhelmet9757 Yeah, but my point are: Resistance probably didnt even have Y-wings (giving how old this ship) or currently at the base, but they have Starfortresses, which capable of destruction such big ship (Y-wings can too, I guess, but you need MUCH more of them... or support from capital ships).
And just imagine a fleet of Y-wings, constantly shot down by TIE-fighters (because movies and cartoons show they TIEs still delivers a good punch). It will be 100% cool, that for sure, but this whole idea of "The Resistance like Rebels, but much smaller or at it early days"
do the B-Wing, please!?
I've actually already done some drawings for a B-Wing (using the Resistance Transport cockpit module, since that's supposed to be a B-wing mkII cockpit). We'll see if I find the time to model it! If not, I'll at least share my sketches somewhere.
@@ECHenry Do you know that in first script of TLJ bombers were meant to be B-Wings? When Rian Johnson was making changes in the script, he changed them into MG-100 StarFortress SF17.
@@ECHenry I wonder if the New republic would also build prototype next gen U-wing role transports, or would the New Republic use something closer to the LAAT republic era design.
Also I wonder, if a comic artist sneakily put in your FO Tie bomber or NR Y-wing design into the the background, thus making something in spirit to your design canon, would you feel elated that you influenced canon (even if uncredited) or feel that your designs had been ripped off?
I know previous fan made ships have made it into reference books like the Legends' Ultimate Guide to Warfare.
All it takes really if for a writer or artist to give a wink and a nod to you and suddenly there's an entry to canon curated by the story group.
If you're doing a B-wing, could you please do a Deathraven variant? It's the only good ugly and needs more love.
Gigas0101 OMG that Deathraven is badass !! 💀
This is why I love your videos: You introduce actual legit real type scenarios and reasons for why the ship wasn't introduced and re-designed and re-fit it to fit that narrative. I didn't think of the X-Wing outclassing the Y-Wings like that but I do love how you re-purposed it. Keep it up!
Yeah it's become more the SW legends Y-wing "LongProbe" recon ship.
I really like this design because it feels like you can fairly easily divide the parts and imagine the point of each one. Front half being pilot systems and interior, big centre section likely housing the main power and shields, and the engines obviously providing the thrust. it feels believable and looks great too
PB-Y Wing? Good idea :D
HA!
So it is a Patrol/Bomber Y-Wing? I like that, especially since it is one of my favorites
@@isaac3702 The Y was a marker for the company that made the plane, in this case, Consolidated Aircraft.
Peanut butter y wing
A nice use of real for inspiration.
My granddad flew as navigator on PBYs in the Pacific and Indian ocean during WW2. Really like the parallel you've drawn with your design. Fantastic result mate
Harry Smith thanks for your grandad’s service
John Eaves based the design of the Enterprise-B secondary hull on the fuselage of the PBY.
To be honest, this looks more like a SR-71 than a PBY to me, but I like the idea of a multirole bomber/search&rescue spacecraft.
It also reminds me of carrier-based planes like the Hawkeye (AEW) and the Prowler (electronic warfare).
My grandfather was an aviator flying PBY's, he always spoke fondly of the aircraft.
Mine flew in a Y Wing
So a few comments on this updated/re-imagined Y-wing:
First, there actually was a reconnaissance variant of the Y-wing in Legends, called the Longprobe, which definitely makes this variation interesting. However, I feel like it's more of a U-wing successor than something that feels like a development of the Y-wing after its original role has become obsolete.
So, what would I do for a Y-wing update? Well, the original Y-wing's closest real-world parallel in WWII air forces would probably be a dive bomber... and much like the Y-wing being obsolete, those disappeared after WWII and the beginning of the jet age. The closest modern equivalent would be ground-attack aircraft.
So yeah, I'm saying I'd make an A-10-inspired Y-wing, with a huge rotary BRRRRRRRRT blaster.
I mean, the original Clone Wars Y-wing had a bubble turret on top.
I totally agree, although prop plane Ground Support Aircraft made a substantial comeback in recent years. If you think about it in the eyes of cost effectiveness, fueling and sending an A-10 on a strike mission on a low value target from a less than prepared countryside airfield is super cost inefficient. The ordinance alone would be absurdly overpriced for a few militia soldiers. That's why the Army has been employing Propeller Ground Support units lately to great effect in more rural areas. While fighting against a large target in an area with enough infrastructure might be perfectly suited for a robust Ground Support ship like the A-10, most skirmishes our forces currently undertake in require less than overkill results. That's why I enjoy this ships role, because it could provide ground support to smaller Militia skirmishes that an up an coming resistance would find themselves in a lot, instead of full scale battles. Having one or two of these in each strategic system would be much more cost effective than having an entire squadron of Y-wings in each system, and would allow those fighters to be assigned to more pertinent roles instead of providing fire support to local militias.
On the video Space Battle of Endor, I remember someone comparing Rebel fighters to IRL jets.
X-Wing = F-16
Y-Wing = A-10
A-Wing = F-18
B-Wing = F-35
@@spirz4557 no the F-16 would be the A-Wing it's a lot faster than the Hornet & Super Hornet and a lot smaller than the Super Hornet. The X-Wing would be more the F/A-18 series. The B-Wing would most definitely not be the F-35 the B-Wing is more the F-15E a much larger and faster ship that carries way more punch.
Tbh I already cooked up a Y-Wing design that was litteraly an A-10 and here's so basic info about my A-10 Y-Wing:
Looks:
The Y-Wing would be heavily based off the Rebellion Y-Wing but modifications such as a sleeker profile, stronger more compact engines and overall a more polished design would make it ressemble a resistance Y-Wing more
Lore:
The Rebellion saw the need of a ground attack fighter as they noticed that their infantry are getting shredded by Imperial Walkers. Their first idea was to simply use the Y-Wing or X-Wing but both are deemed innefective because the Y-Wing was too slow, vulnurable and have a relatively small payload of 8 torpedoes and the X-Wing's laser cannons doesn't have enough punch to deal with heavily armored imperial walkers like the AT-DP and AT-AT, the 2 most common walkers deployed to serve defensive roles by the Empire. So a group of really talented mechanic and engineer decided to modify a Y-Wing since they have more Y-Wings to spare compared to X-Wings. A lot of modifications had been done such as making the profile sleeker and engines more powerful and compact to increase speed and maneuverability, the modified Y-Wing looks almost like a completely new model of the Y-Wing but they still needed to increase it's firepower. At first the engineers suggested to just increase the amount of payload but a mechanic suggested if they can put his personally modified Heavy rotary laser cannon which he salvaged from a Veteran AT-ST(Veteran AT-ST is an elite variant of the AT-ST which supported heavier armor and 2 rotary heavy laser cannons and it's 100% cannon! Look it up it's awesome). The Engineers agreed to try it and they successfully equipped it on a heavy fixed mount below the fuselage and even made it stronger to give it better anti-vehicle capabilities but there's a problem, the heavy rotary cannon consumed more energy than the power source can produce so they had to remove systems that consumed power, these included the entire shielding system, 2 medium laser cannons on the front,the twin ion cannon turret at the top of the cockpit and even the life support systems. To compensent with the lost of life support system they used a captured Imperial TIE pilot suit and gave it rebel marks and colors. The mechanics also equipped the ship a generator the same to the one you'll see on GONK DROIDS to add even MOH POWAH BABEH. The result is stunning looking ship, even with the bulky rotary cannon below the fuselage the modified Y-Wing had better maneuverability than the other Y-Wings and is slightly faster. Due to the rotary cannon being the only weapon this Y-Wing had targetting systems had also been removed and replaced with a littleral gunsight which proved pretty effective. This Y-Wing is also given stronger repulsor lifts as it will dive to ground at incredible speeds and needs power to pull up so they did. The finished ship was presented to some generals among the rebellion,they are quite impressed but they don't think a heavy rotary cannon would be enough. The trial day would soon come however as it'll be deployed to provide infantry support on a rebel assault to an imperial outpost. The most daredevil and skilled pilot they can find is on the controls and are quite impressed with the handling of the ship. A group of pinned down rebel infantry called in an airstrike and the modified Y-Wing was sent. Fingeres we're crossed that it'll work and then... The Y-Wing opened fire on the imperial forces, the gun had pin-point accuracy and killed 8 squafs worth of stormtroopers along with 2 AT-DPs on it's first gun run. Both Imperial and Rebel forces we're shocked on the performance of the new ship so the Imperials tried to focus fire on the Y-Wing but the Y-Wing easily evaded the oncoming fire and performed more gunruns and pretty much annihilated all Imperial walkers and defense. Everyone is impressed with the capabilities of the ship and gained it's nickname "The Shredder". It was great but after the battle it showed some serious flaws. Firstly the gun is prone on overheating and nearly fried it's own eletrical components on the process, the new engines are great but they are deemed unreliable with how maintenance heavy they are and the lack of shielding and external panels made it take considerable damage even by light blaster fire, the ship is also unable to engage other starfighters as the rotary gun can only fire short bursts and is innacurate unless firing on a fixed direction. After some repairs and maintenance and ship was then sent to engage an Imperial Arquitens Class Light Cruiser and it tore the cruiser apart with it's powerful laser cannon. It would perform a lot of combat missions and made Imperial forces pee their pants in the sight of this thing but unfortunately the Y-Wing will be destroyed in the Space Battle Over Scariff as the rotary gun and generator overheated too much that the shio exploded since the extreme heat caused internal fires thay reached the fuel lines leading on a chain reactions of explosions, both the pilot and astromech we're killed but not before doing serious damage on the shield gate. In the end of the day "The Shredder" was a deadly tool of war but it having no armor, being too maintenance heavy and prone to overheating made it a headache to keep fully functional. When the news of the ships destruction spreaded around Imperial Forces we're relived but the Rebels just lost something they will never be able to replace. The people involved in the creation of "The Shredder" and it's brave pilot was given high awards for their creation and contribution to the war effort againsts the Empire and it'll be one of the most well-known ships in the galaxy and would even inspire the external look of the Resistance Y-Wing
I like the design, though with the upscaling I would think that it'd still be in a strike craft role, just as a heavy bomber instead of a light fighterbomber. The problem with the silly superfortress bombers that were used in TLJ would be solved with a variant of this design that eschewed the expanded crew cabin in favor of an actual bomb bay. The reason people ask where the Y-wings were isn't because they think the Y-wing would be better than an X-Wing, it's because TLJ introduced something that was WORSE than the original Y-wing in the intended role. Most people have recognized that battle of yavin era Y-wings would have been more useful not to mention survivable than the bombers that the resistance canonically DID field, and this design simply proves the point, insofar as it shows that you could easily develop an enlarged version of the Y-wing able to put a real payload on target that an X-wing simply wouldn't be able to carry while avoiding the stupidity of the superfortresses.
A combined attack would have been nice as well. Just anything other than the stupid frontal assault we got.
I think that was partially the point. Militaries make mistakes like that. Because Rebel fighters hated Y Wings. They were death traps in universe. So it makes sense they made a brand new design. I like the remenisance of airship bombers. And the heavy dutyness. One well placed pay load completely obliterated a dreadnought! Ultimately it's good were getting new ships. And with TLJs theme of learning from failure it makes sense they returned to Y Wings in TROS. Only thing to make it better would have been some Redistance Bombers thrown into the mix.
@@ejspecht9184 that new bombers of theirs is literally a death trap if I have ever seen one. I would not want to fly those slow ass ships
EJ Specht It’s clear what the heavy bombers were supposed to invoke: B-series bombers like the B-17, which they did very well, up to and including the fact that they get obliterated without supportive fighter cover.
Based on ESB a Tie Bomber would’ve been more effective just on the premise that it flies faster. It’s payload deployment is similar and it’s defence capability is theoretically higher.
As far as I'm concerned, this "Y-wing reboot" has struck gold, or latinum, or whichever. :) I LIKE it!
Now, when is the 1/72 scale plastic model kit with full interior detail coming out? ;D
No it struck A KYBER CRYSTAL VAIN
@@SomeD00D01 Me, an EU fan: ADEGAN!
Tibanna
@@SomeD00D01Awesome name bro
1/72?, if it is going to have full interior then it should be 1/48.
Wow this looks really awesome!
But I think Y-Wings aren't used at this time anymore, cause they were replaced by the B-Wing's. Although with your new role for the ship (wich reminds me of the U-Wing), I could see it having a place in the New Republic / Resistance Fleet.
I would love to see a model of the newer B-Wing mark II from you, that (except for the Cockpit from the Resistance transport) we haven't seen so far!
Wastydest not only that, but the y wing was at the time, about 40 years old, and still used specific models of technology in its systems, and more modern models weren’t comparable with the old design, while I wish they would redesign it, similar to the model in the videl, having this ship being a still fairly slow and big target, presents big concerns for pilot lives, and considering they are slower and present bigger threats, they would be focused on, and while they have a turret, it has the downside of being on top and having a 180 elevation and 360 turning circle. while I do love the y wing, it served its purpose, and all designs must move on, and be replaced, the x wing is new, and so is the a wing, but the y wing was nearly 2 decades old when they were designed.
Wastydest and even with a ball turret below the ship, it still wouldn’t be as good as the opponents it would face
@@splatoonistproductions5345 Yeah but if you look at it the y wing is still 10 times better than the new bomber garbage the resistance has
and the y wing was just a tiny bit slower than the X wing so that wouldnt be a problem at all
MikaGrof well the resistance couldn’t get their hands on y wings or b wings for that matter because of their limited options when it comes to getting ships, the bombers were capital ship killers and could also destroy cities, and if the republic believed that the resistance had even the slightest thought, then they would restrict the bombers to them, also the resistance bombers were acquired through a scrap heap, so they took those and whatever else, but couldn’t buy y wings or things like that
Wastydest the k wing would be nice too.
What an awesome direction to take the Y wing.
One minor suggestion though, if you put the turrets up a little higher then they could fire to the rear with nearly no blind spots as well as forward for instances where the extra firepower would be useful, maybe like when attacking a larger ship like the Y wings in rogue one did against the stardestroyer.
Also we know Elecktronic counter measures exist in star wars and they have been seen in the leading edges of shuttle craft wing's.
Maybe since this is so much bigger add some in the trailing edge of the "wings" and maybe in the nose so attacking ships can't "lock on" to this target.
That and a space toilet.
Thanks!
I'm sure if they had Y-Wings against the dreadnought they would have achieve way more than what those clunky bombers did, amazing work with he redesign on the Y-Wing, gotta be my favorite craft of the rebel fleet
Ivan Dario Noreña it’s been one my best used in some Star Wars games I have. Such as Battle Front II, Rogue Squadron II And III even space combat ones like X wing vs tie fighter
in my opinon would probably take longer for the bombers to destroy the dreadnaught, it is going quite fast so it would only be able to land one bomb on the dreadnaught before having to do a hard turn and prepare for another run while even having a lot of casualties and being quite slow, the star fortress is gonna be able to destroy the thing in one payload dump
Australian knight lad Undoubtedly true. But dropping one bomb? Not Really. I had a game called Star Wars Rogue Squadron. And if them Y wings would have the Advance Spread Proton Bombs that could cause maybe 3 or 4 times the damage maybe more for Everyone bomb. And you can drop more then one per run. And judging by the size of that y wing it’s possible it can carry maybe twice or 3 times the load out compare to the republic and rebel one which is 20 bombs. And one last thing. If they can bring all 12 of them to the target I think they’ll be able to cause enough damage maybe take it out in one go like the single Star Fortress can.
@@bradhedgehog12 true and also the Y-Wings are not sitting ducks against turbolaser turrets or TIE fighters like those bombers
Ivan Dario Noreña Indeed. And the y wings armor is wicked strong and the shields it has will protect you from just about anything. Which is good. But as Henry Pointed out a booster would be a good add on in case you need the extra speed you move in quick or get outta the blast zone.
With the Rise of Skywalker trailer out and with the return of the Y-wing in the trailer, I’m happy!
Wils The Limit problem is is it gonna be ECs y wing or not?
@@bradhedgehog12 Disney has stolen some of his designs without credit but I don't believe it's the case; they just use a completely unedited and unprogressed rebellion-era Y-wing.
I will asume that this y-wing is from the new republic navy
I know this is a VERY late comment to this video, but have recently found your stuff from other TH-camrs and gotta say I'm blown away by your designs. I love that you seem to put more thought / effort / work into not only the design of the ships, but the back story and purpose behind the re-designs than any of the stooges currently working for Disney Star Wars seem to be doing... Keep up the great work!
It kinda reminds me of a more practical U-wing.
Well, slightly different use. The U-wing is a lighter version of a LAAT gunship, a simple troop transport. The Y-wing concept here is a little different, it's like a Catalina and a Huey
@@sharko4093 : Hmm, the Huey made an excellent gunboat as the 'Hog' variant as well.
Mm, well we know the forward guns on a U-wing can take down an Arquitens if the ship can be aimed properly and those ion blasters mounted in the doors can probably replaced with rotary blasters for ground strafing.
Cool but, where's the bathroom? It's supposed to be a ship for multi day missions after all.
I think the only way to include a toilet in a ship which have just a room is that make a hole in the pilot chair and the the uniforms of the pilots should don't have pants and underware. Yeah... let's keep Star Wars more PG-13.
@@knightatyourservice7512 Or widen/lengthen the hull to add a small refresher (bathroom).
they take turn shitting in the ball turret into a small collection tank and then shoot it at enemies as a warning shot, basically saying "dont try any shit"
The airlock serves a dual purpose.
@@MemesOfProduction69 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'd be lying if I said that is a CRAPPY joke!😆
Almost like a Y-Wing and U-Wing mix. Love the reference to both eras of Y-Wing. Great work, this looks fabulous!
This is my favorite ship you have made, especially the use concept. Being a rescue guy in real life I can totally see myself in this ship
I think it makes sense to push it back to a scouting/exploration role. The clone wars featured a Y wing scout bomber, and the early Star Wars had Y Wing "Longprobe" scout variants in the comics, games and books, a Rebellion era craft. The Y wing is a larger ship than the X or A wings, it makes perfect sense for them to have a greater unsupported operating time than the more combat focused craft. The only thing I would like to see in your variant is an upgraded sensor package to help support that scouting focus. Fantastic take on the Y wing!
The Y-Wing was always my favorite fighter. I think you just made it very relevant again. it could also perform the role of long-range patrol like the x wings in the Mandalorian. This sort of ship could operate as a central jump off ship for a small fire team of X-Wings and offer heavier support on those patrols. :)
A ship of this beauty clearly knew it was better not being in the Disney Trilogy. You do the Y-Wing a great service with this rendition!
How about mixing the Y-Wing with the A-10 Warthog instead? Afterall, it's more aerodynamic than an X-Wing or B-Wing after all...
Make it an Imperial Walker killer. Give it 2 massive turbolasers that run the length on its central body that the rest of the frame is built around and 2 smaller rapid fire blasters for troop masses. Then put so much armor and shields on the thing that its basically as tough as a Walker. Finally design it to fly while only having a single engine and can replusorlift hover while missing both.
Make sure it still has torpedoes so it can be multirole.
Basically the Y-wing is only still in service because it's so popular with the troops but the navy wants to kill it for B-wings which can do the same anti capital ship role in space and stealth X-wings for close air support because they believe every pilot to be as good as Poe Dameron.
And, drop the hyperdrive for weight because your thoughts would be a planetary support ship.
Hyperdrive isn't needed, maybe an attachment for a hyperdrive sled like the Z-95's can use? ... Updated of course.
I'd love to see you do for the Resistance Y-Wing what you did for the B-Wing Mk II, it getting not only this video (the model and light lore presentation) but a full on historical and characterisation within the canon presentation (as if it actually existed in the sequel trilogy, but we just didn't see it).
A rescue and reconnaissance "PBY-Wing", well, wing, that *could* under the right circumstances engage heavier targets they got the drop on, but rarely if ever directly engaged in combat, unless supported by a fighter, interceptor, or covered by the rest of their wing, showing more of the peacetime role for the New Republic fleet doctrine that the PBY-Wing would likely fill out.
I absolutely LOVE that you added an interior! I think it’s so cool to see interiors of Star Wars ships, because if your flying one, that’s what you’re really going to be in most of the time.
Excellent video! I could see this as a long-range escort or strike bomber. Replace the forward guns with heavy ion cannons, make the turrets remotely controlled by gunners in the cockpit, and make the missile launchers capable of firing forward and aft, and you have a capable replacement for the Skipray Blastboat.
It would also be a fantastic heavy ground support unit, though I don't know if there's a Star Wars equivalent to the vulcan cannon, but give it a heavy laser and some strong anti vehicle ordinance and the Republic has it's own A-10 to make the Empire regret using heavy walkers
@@lordfrostwind3151 agreed
@@lordfrostwind3151
'I don't know if there's a Star Wars equivalent to the vulcan cannon,' - Heavy repeating blaster cannons.
@@lordfrostwind3151 a vulcan might be a quad blaster
Even though we’ve seen in the rise of Skywalker the ‘new’ Y-wing which is exactly the same as the old one with a different paint job and no proton bombs by default I like to imagine it’s similar thing to the T-70 and T-85 X-Wings With Your design being the latest version and the one in the rise of Skywalker being the previous model
That's gorgeous, man.
I'm a huge fan of the Y-Wing, and I'd love to see this or some other variant return to the canon some day.
This works way too well, especially considering the in-canon Y-wing-2’s Are essentially useless thanks to the Galactic Concordance.
I think the reason there wasn't an updated y-wing is because by the time of ANH, they are already very old ships. Instead of being replaced by an updated version of the Y-Wing, they instead were replaced by more modern designs. Specifically, X-Wings for a more multipurpose role with a mix of dogfighting and bombing, and B-Wings for the heavy bomber role.
It's because they didn't want to spend time/money making a new asset.
Same reason the first order only has like two ships and the good guys only have like two ships and the exegol star destroyers are literally just star destroyers.
Remember: In the Clone Wars era, the Republic Navy's starfighters (V-19 Torrents, Jedi Interceptors, V-Wings, and Z-95s) were almost all lightly armored, rarely had any shields, and could carry little to no heavy ordnance (proton torpedoes, bombs, etc...). Given the state of the Republic's fighter options, it made sense to have a durable, heavily armored and shielded bomber, that could get close enough to a capital ship to deliver its payload of bombs and missiles. To hold these projectiles, a ship of this type would need to be larger, and therefore heavier in weight. This prompted the addition of the Y-Wing's characteristic engine-pods, which could produce enough thrust to move such a big, bulky starfighter.
By the time the ARC-170 starfighter was introduced, the war was nearly over, and Y-Wings had already proven themselves useful on many battlefronts. In addition, the ARC-170 was designed to be a long-range ARC (Adaptive Reconnaissance Craft), not a bomber. As such, its designers allocated more interior space to sensor equipment and a high-capacity fuel tank, rather than ordnance storage.
The Y-WING is my favourite ship of all time and I love this redesign!
Making it a long range, multirole fighter/bomber sounds like you've kept with the original intent of the movie's and game's constant reminders that this ship is the workhorse of the fleet.
A+ from me.
I think it'll also be effective as a electronic warfare vessel since it can be heavily modified with advanced electronics and jammers. Maybe it can also be a anti-stealth ship. Just like in the Clone Wars, the republic employed a stealth ship to take out Admiral Trench so the galaxy may have some sort of stealth ships at their disposal
A nice combination of the Y Wing and the U Wing. The U Wing being more of a troop transport, and more able to act independent of capital ships, and the Y Wing's ability to deliver some impressive firepower in a pinch.
I absolutely see this as a long range reconnaissance ship. A 2-3 man crew with up to 2 week consumables on board. Long range sensors and communication equipment. One of the crew bunks is a med bed for emergency rescue ops. Great ship!
This version of the Y-Wing could very easily become a Electronic Warfare vessel. Basically jam torpedos, missiles, and scanners.
Great Ideas!
Can you trie to make a rebel or empriral ARC 170 or I guest now it is ARC 180
That would be awesome!
@@mzlm1468 definitely
Arc 270!?
Its role was split between X-wing and Skipray blastboat. It was a cool design,but way too multifunctional. Specialised ships can perform its functions way better
It would be cool, but for the Resistance to have one of those it would be a complete 180. Bah dum tish!
Woah! That is a nice design man!
I always loved the Y-wing, but damn, that is a nice modern touch you applied to her!
This is the coolest version of the Y-Wing I've ever seen, and it makes sense as well.
I wish we could get models of this.
As per usual your work is as awesome as it is impeccably in line with what we see in canon. This ship is a very worthy successor to the Y-wing. My first thought was to make it a long range patrol and reconnaissance vessel as you did, it makes a lot of sense that the New Republic (and subsequently the Resistance) would take on a different mindset when it comes to the fleet. It makes way more sense for multi-role fighters (like the X-wing) to be out policing patrolling the frontier, but used more to back up a fleet of longer-range and more independent and larger patrol ships. Excellent work.
I think, at least where the dreadnought is concerned, that the resistance would have done better with Y-wings instead of the slow, clumsy, vulnerable bombers that were used. Though they would be specialized bombers with a lesser destructive capability, Y-wings are by leaps and bounds faster and more maneuverable. We also know that only 2 or 3 of the bombers were able to drop their payloads before being destroyed. These facts, combined with the lack of any decent point defense and the Y-wing’s increased durability, I think that the resistance would have benefited greatly from the presence of these Y-wings in the battle against the First Order dreadnought. They would have seen a much more efficient destruction of the big ship, not to mention the bombers actually returning from the mission.
Honestly i figure it was a bad design choice by the writer of episode 8 that gave us the resistance bomber rather then a new y wing.
Holy shit, can we just leave the damn thing alone? It's a cool design and used properly it could be insanely OP against an enemy fleet.
@@sharko4093 the problem is lore whise the Y-wing could hold out multiple shots before it would explode or something if you look at the far more expensive sky fortress it would explode with 1 shot if you hit the BIG target in the middle and could then even damage sourounding ships if they were to close and what is the point to use them against enemys that have hundreds of TIE fighters when 1 shot is enough to kill them.
@@sharko4093 hell the enemy ship didnt even had Turrets left.
It took a few hundred Proton Bombs to crack open that Dreadnought's Weakspot (The Autocannons Reactor) it would take a few dozen if not a few hundred Y-Wings to unleash what 1 Star Fortress Bomber could.
I love what you did with the Y-wing, based off the size of the compartment it could have replaced the U-wing which was a rarer craft in some VIP/Spec Ops transport roles. It seems to have a similar role to the Legends BTL-A4 LP Longprobe Y-wing that was used as a long range scout.
I approve this craft is very well designed and well thought out, the only criticism I have for it is I would make an Astro-mech and/or remote gunner station controlled rear gun turret standard and I wouldn't have left any components exposed instead I would have simply changed the configuration of the plates to easily access the inner components and changed the alloy of the plating to something cheaper but no less or only slightly less durable.
This guy is making Star Wars 2.0 and I'm loving it. I only discovered the channel now, and I was a SW fan for a big time of my youth, but felt disconnected and to see all this things, makes me wanna see more. Thanks!
I think that ship coud easily fill the role of a new personal ship for an important role in the movies, not such as the Millennium Falcon or the Ghost but more important than the Red Five itself.
Nice design.
I love this design I personally would lean more into a long range scouting ship like how the ARC-170 was supposed to be but I love the idea that it serves as a rescue vessel
Also bring back the K wing as the heavy bomber
I think its a really good design and the idea of scaling it up works well to diverge it from the fighter bomber class but I think it would be cool to see this same model but with a much heavier load out. Something akin to the empires missile boat making it a step down in firepower and size from the current Resistance heavy bomber but more durable (if it has a shield like the xwing) and faster considering (i assume) the extra engines work similar to Po's Xwing during his run on the dreadnought. I think it would make a better version of the heavy bomber seeing it would fit in a little better with the hit and run tactics; imagine an Awing slip with these optimized for combat following behind using the boosters...
benny chesney hold up if your hoping more durable for this y wing it would be more of having shields and armor of a transport ship
You provide just the right amount of the military sense that starwars needs. The plausibility draws you in and adds flavor to the universe. Sadly the sequels has no military sense whatsoever felt more like kids playing soldier’s than an intergalactic struggle
Honestly this is a really cool look for the y wing, and i love how your giving it a multi role purpose.
That is an awesome design, great job! Really like the idea of a multi crew cabin.
Better design than those god awful bombers in TLJ.
My grandfather flew PBY's! Love the reference
Those bombers made less sense than a traditional Y-Wing Bomber...
@@JuanCAraujoS that is false.
@@JuanCAraujoS the phrase you were looking for is "those bombers were poorly used in the last Jedi."
@@silentdrew7636 Yeah, the each one of those bombers could deploy more proton bombs than a squadron of y-wings and in a much shorter time. Should have ambushed from above (relatively) and used them like giant shotguns instead of doing a bombing run.
Please make an animated spacebattle with your models. They are incredible.
They are doing something like that with EckhartsLadder
for some reason a Y-Wing sounds like a nice ship to live in, especially this one
I would kill to see a space exploration game with these amazing ship designs
Amazing work as always.
Every video that comes out surprises me. I'm astounded that we haven't lost you to Hollywood! (and/or where-ever triple-A games are made these days).
There is a major flaw... the side hatches is not accessible for docking because the engines block the access in the horizontal line.
you are thinking space shuttle docking?
Tubes
Solution: Put warhead launchers or small turrets where the current airlocks are, and put the airlock on the underside in place of the belly turret.
DrakeAurum that is genius
I will include that in my version of this
what programs do you use to make and texture your models and what editor for editing the videos, also pleassssseee do at least one tutorial on making and texturing your ships, even just a behind the scenes look would be incredible.
I really love the design of this ship. Bringing back the roots of the original design from the Clone Wars, but also addressing the maintenance and new procedures from the Rebellion. Also finding a new role for the ship which could incorporate its other characteristics & features that were overshadowed (like the turret for example) was brilliant. And of course bringing it back to WWII which so many weapons and ships were based on, just brought the whole thing together. I can definitely see this as a practical and awesome Star Wars ship!
I always prefer Y-wings than X-wings, always imagined myself travel the galaxy in a Y-wing. Your design complete my imagination, thank you.
I love this version of a Y-Wing but I had a strange thought. If the role you envision is for it is multi day, where... Would they go to the bathroom? I know it's kind a weird thing to think of but yeah..
There's an airlock to the ball turret for a reason :)
Probably like modern astronauts, there's plumbing in the suits. Slide the catheters on home whilst you suit up, then attach the pipes during start up.
You need to design the other ships please
Like the venator
@TheSuccTM no no no
I want a venator that is better built if the new republic were to bring them back, I mean come on, we all like the venator's way better then the ISD of even the Home one anyway
@TheSuccTM actually, I think they took aspect's of the Venator, and just remodeled the ISD since this ship isn't a carrier
what I mean is to redesign the venator that has that ventral hanger bay and use it's shape and structure to give it a thicker hull and stronger shield's along with covering many weak points, like adding some weapon's to the bottom and front area of the Venator to give it more firepower and effectiveness in capital ship combat
@TheSuccTM well, let's be honest, the ISD was a massive letdown, and the FOSD is just an oversized version of that
I truly liked the republic ship's, just add some upgrade's and I'm game for an army
@TheSuccTM hey, i liked the way the Venator was going, it was rough around the edges, but it had good bones for design's
@@LoneWolf20213 You miss an important point about the ISD. During GCW,the ship was mostly used for planetary sieges and assault. That point is reinforced by the fact that it has 10k stormtroopers+armor battalion+all the shuttles to carry them onboard. It uses most of its internal space to carry those things,and that's why it has comparatively low fighter capacity and smaller ships like MC80 can match it in firepower. If you look at the cutouts of the ship,then you can see that ISD deep storage facilities have about twice the volume of Venator's prow hangar. If you convert them to carrying starfighters and make a couple of cutouts on top/broadsides of an ISD,you can get a much better version of a Venator. If you read Legends books,then you must know that some of the Imperial Remnant ISDs were converted into this kind of semi-carriers. In "Hand of Thrawn",Pellaeon's "Chimera" had,in addition to like 120 proton torpedo launchers, about 200 starfighters,2/3rds of which were hyperdrive-capsble and could take on capital ships. Even later modifications of ISD like "Anakin Solo" and "Right to Rule" carried up to 500 starfighters,most of which were super-advanced like Defenders and XJ series Xwings
As slow as the technology moves in SW, it seems highly unlikely that the Y wing would be obsolete so quickly. More likely they just want new ships for new movies, and they also really just wanted money so being completely true to the SW universe really isn't on their agenda.
I personally like the idea of it being more in line with something like a heavy gunship that is capable of long-range patrols, maybe with some of the capabilities of something like the Long Probe Y-Wings
I really like this design, along with the one you made for a B-Wing mkII. More imaginative than the ones we got in TROS.
0:00 "So, where are the Y-Wings in the resistance fleet?"
2:04 You answered your own question.
J.Howard J he did? I didn’t know that. Heh
Never understood why y wing was so slow in games. It's engine nacelles are huge compared to x wings.
It should have the fastest top speed, but weight and other factors it would accelerate slower wouldn't be nearly as maneuverable.
In an early production note for SW the Y-wing was just as fast as the X-wing but less maneuverable.
I really wish you had a deviantART account I want to download and favorite these designs of yours I don't know where you built this I want to try model something
He does have one.
www.deviantart.com/echenry
It's available to his patrons on sketchfab.
This is so much better than the slightly sleeker rebels Y-wing we got in The Rise of Skywalker
I quite like the Y-wing 😊👍 it may be old but it has that “I ain’t Dead yet” spirit, so this new take on the Y-wing you’ve created Henry is awesome addition to the history lore of the ship that won’t die
What software do you use to model these ships? They look amazing and I would love to learn it for myself!
Do you think you can make or design a heavy bomber not like the ones in the last Jedi but more like the B-wing or K-wing for example unless the B-wing mk 2 fills that role
The Y-Wing is one of my favorite starfighters. I love this redesign of it for the Resistance-era. George Lucas, listen to this man. This sounds legit for the canon.
I love it! Would be equally cool if the lower turret was manned. The Y-wing is one of my favorite ship in star wars, this was a wonderful tribute to the ship.
I’m really digging your ship designs. I like your modified role for the Y-wing and your design is on point. I’ve watched several of your vids over the last couple days and you breath new life into the Star Wars mythos. I wish I could build some of these from a model kit.
It’s hilarious how different the new resistance Y-wing looks from this
EC Henry: Whoa look at what I made.
Star Wars Marvel Artists: *steals model* I made this.
It's funny because we've just seen the Resistance Y-Wing in the new ep 9 trailer and it just looks like an OT one. Why the creators of these films can't make designs like this, that invoke the orginal without just being a copy I'll never know.
FYI I really like the T-70 x wing design but it's a bit boring to see very similar ships to the OT in this new Trilogy
Great design it changes the y wing with all the good parts from the previous versions
awesome rendition of the y-wing and the resistance probably should have done the same as you have here. great job.
You forget that y wings carried proton bombs
They released the official datasheet (or whatever) for the Y-Wing in ep9 and it's terrible, congrats on being better than the official designers yet again.
What?
@@alalalala57 There's Y-Wings in ep9, they are new models compared to what was seen in ep6, they are not as good as the one EC Henry designed, pretty easy to understand
*Watching this again having seen what they actually came up with for a ST Y-wing makes me sad.*
i really like this design it makes a lot of sense the armor is placed in locations that wouldnt be a kill shot but likely not be protected by a shield to save on weight by not upgrading to a bigger shield generator for the larger ship or on the drawing board traded out for a stronger shield that cant protect the entire ship but covers the vital areas such as the crew compartment and the places that are exposed are recessed allowing for an additional armor plate to be added if they needed or they can go all in on no armor, the armor layout also protects the machinery from a pursuit and because the resistance is made out of a peace time space navy they wouldn't have a need for a dedicated bomber and used their resources for the specified role
The rear of the ship could be modular, switching between additional thrusters, expanded cargo space, extensive ECM/ECCM/Sensor suites, rear ion or blaster hardpoints, expanded bomb bays or rear-firing torpedo launchers... The options are endless and that's just me spitballing while looking at how you designed the back of the thing.
The stuff you come up with blows me away, and these five minutes of video are gunna keep me thinking about uses for this ship for days. Pure genius, EC!
When fan canon makes more sense than official canon.
the y-wing was supposed to have coverings over the engines that were removed by engineers because of frequent breakdowns. a new revision of the ship wouldn't have the same problem and so it should probably have the coverings, maybe with an improved maintenance access instead.
Mate, did you even watch the video?
Love the idea of having an ARC-170 type ship a heavy recon fighter made for missions deep behind enemy lines or for exploration of uncharted space. Wish there was a fighter that fit this niche in cannon.
Awesome design! With such a large size, maybe a navicomp instead of an astromech. It's almost like a Skip-ray blast boat.
Two years later EC and I still love this ship and what you did to the Y-wing
You can tell the TROS ship designers really didn't care about the upgraded Y-wing and B-Wing, they're almost exactly the same as before. This is a way more interesting design, as is your B-Wing
I like this Y-Wing more than the clone wars era and rebellion era models. It looks great 👍
That's pretty awesome. Something I would add on is based on a modified Y-Wing used by the players in an old D6 campaign, essentially just adding a large box to the rear-top, behind the cockpit, over the droid socket, from one nacelle interior to the other. This "box" can be easily modified for numerous purposes, from extra passengers to significant cargo or even a specialized weapons platform. While it attaches to the top, it should be able to disconnect easily, with its own minimal repulsorlift engine, to ease detachment and maneuvering, but not to function in any but the most desperate or adventurous circumstances as a vehicle by itself.
A Y-Wing Super Longprobe. That's slick.
This is a cool design. I like the thought you put into it. And it makes sense. Well done.
You, my dear man, are a true fan of Star Wars. I don't know your opinion on the newer movies, but it's clear that regardless of your feelings you are still passionate about ship design, taking what the newer movies/shows has offered and improving upon the design (or making new things inspired by said designs, as shown here). I salute you.