To me it had the vibe of an extended suit, like a space kayak. Accelerating to hyperspace once outside atmospheres is a feature shared with Anakin's small 2 person craft that was abandoned on Geonosis. The impression was that Mr. Fett would lie down in a seat as big as the front window, reclining as he looks forward or up at will. When Jango was flying, Boba could stand behind him or crawl back into the crew compartment to sleep. That way, Boba learned how to fly it after Jango was killed. The slaves/prisoners are of cause stowed as cargo, just like on the ships that carried slaves from Africa to America.
I agree with this statement about it seeming small from the outside. I think this is why so many models of the ship (Lego, Hasbro, etc) create versions that have no interior space. It has widely been accepted as a small interior type of ship (a cockpit and trunk space).
At least in Legends there is an explanation that the ship had 2 gravity generators and the secondary would rotate with the plattform, while the main one would hold the gravity for the prison cell and living quarter section. This was done so that prisoners had a hard time to reach the flight deck, in case of a prison cell break. Also rotating the ship that way, since there is no drag in space, had the advantage of a very small section to hit from the sides, while having a largge weapons plattform front and aft, actually a design that was emulated somewhat by the B-Wing.
Pretty sure the main cabin has artificial gravity to keep everyone and everything in place. I read in one book that the main cabin has a gravity trap which increases gravity around anyone trying to escape.
Yeah, when you're in space the artificial gravity can work in any direction you want. It can even pull in different directions in different parts of the ship. Look at the blaster turrets in the Millennium Falcon. If you're sitting in the turret's chair your gravity is pulling in a different direction than the rest of the ship.
Excellent videos. Slave I is an iconic vehicle that I was slow to warm up to. However, the new info on how the interior of the ships pivoting flight deck looks and works helps a lot and, of course, the much loved seismic charges.
I've always found the design for Slave 1 strange. The rotating feature that alters the attitude of the ship seems to offer no beneficial purpose, and only creates numerous impracticalites for life on board.
@@davidw5993 Yeah it does. I remember reading in one of the behind the scenes books published that the inspiration for the ship was actually a street lamp.
Thanks for making this @Halfscreen and it is an awesome breakdown. Personally I Love the Slave1. I had the original toy for my Boba Fett mini-doll back in 1980, and ever since then it has always been among my most favorite Star Wars ships. Mandalorian showing us Slave1 with modern CGI is just an absolute treasure. Cannot wait for Book of Boba!!
I remember back in the late 90’s getting the Star Wars Galaxy Collector magazine special Boba Fett issue that had a poster with the Slave 1 cut away and on the other side a breakdown of Fett’s personal armaments. Your breakdown seems very inspired by that poster and the cons you listed about Slave 1 are the same issues I had with it back in the day. Pre ATOTC, the EU books made Slave 1 out to be Fett’s primary home. Be it in space or planet side he lived there, with the exception of Jabba’s palace. But the Slave 1’s orientation during flight or in hyperspace didn’t seem to lend itself to comfortable living. I always thought that a rotating cockpit and galley (like the show Mando season 2 implies) would be more practical, so Fett’s bed and prisoner cells would always be horizontal
Great video! It's one of my favorite ships! Regarding the prisoners bouncing around in the ship when it rotates, I would argue that the same gravity-generators that keep an individual upright in the Falcon as they ascend/descend the gun turrets , is also in affect here. (Regardless of which orientation the ship may be in at any given moment, the "gravity" would keep you in place.) Just my thoughts.
I said the same thing, I believe Each section of the ship has its own artificial gravity field and when they enter each section to them, it would be like normal.
Design flaws: - Rotating makes it a larger target when pursued. (same applies to the B-Wing, who has an uncessary large profile) - some forward facing guns are not close to the centre point. That way any movement causes a higher deviation. You did not mentioned those guns at the centre-line. - the turret guns cannot used against pursuers. A ball turret mounted at the tip of that extension would have a far better fire arc. - there is no advantage ever seen by the rotating mode. - You should complain that something like the old Kenner Slave-1 is still missing as a toy for the children today. Damn Disney! ;) Nice video, love that ship. Skipray Gunboat next please. :)
@Author B.L. Alley I think the argument is that the Slave 1 should stay horizontal the whole time. Other than looking cool, there is no advantage to going vertical orientation.
Being a small target would likely mean very little since weapon targeting would be able to track any target that's large enough to fit a small person inside and even sensor jamming like is shown in the video would be ineffective at close range since vehicles can be mounted with FLIR and TV targeting that can track the target simply by what the target emits and reflects in electromagnetic waves. Making it a smaller target so that it's difficult to hit with targeting information wouldn't really be necessary since most weapons in the star wars universe are laser or proton based the energy is easier to absorb or reflect so having an exposed underside would mean the large flat area would work in favor of the aircraft since a lot of complex parts means a lot of surfaces for the projectile to reflect away from and also would make it easier to manufacture parts that can withstand shots from those angles The gun part is easily balanced with the guns being able to rotate vertically which means any vertical deviation can be easily accounted for by a weapon control system to remain lined up with the targeting reticle Also if you're thinking about the ship as it was originally designed it was supposed to be used for prisons rather than bounty hunters so likely there would be an escort if any threat of intercept were an issue and it would likely be in hyperspace where it wouldn't have to bother with interceptors at all as for the rotation likely as Author B.L. Alley said it would require the ship to have two separate engines, one for vertical stabilization and landing and one for normal forward based flight, this would've caused the ship to be heavier and would have a higher chance of failure should anything happen to the ship due to the secondary engine system and required subsystems for the engine Is the design perfect, definitely not. But it is capable of doing what is required of it even in combat against the most powerful adversaries.
I tried my best to provide an explanation for every point you mentioned, if you have any questions about my reasoning I can try my best to further explain
It uses scanning and auto -targeting with targets info so pilot can choose who to fire on manually (who has less shielding, closest, more of a threat etc..) Jango used it when dogfighting with Obi-wan in the asteroid field in :Attack of the clones " ...I do agree with some that Slave 1 could do with some upgrades and more or more powerful weapons although the mines he used against OBI-WAN were awesome the sound they make when using surround sound speakers and TV set to movie etc is shattering. They should make mini series of all characters in the franchise like the fan based ones cos every main character has their own story to tell. I personally would love to have a go at being involved in something like that. Who wouldn't! !!
I know this is about Slave 1, but Obi-wan looks so bad ass igniting his lightsaber in that scene. Now about the prisoner cages and crew quarters, perhaps there was a gravity generator like the falcon had in its turrets? I dunno, but that was a good call...i never thought of that.
Not so much a design flaw but more so personal modifications. I would add retractable guns to the back for better engine protection and more added closer to the cockpit to make more accurate shots. For a future video I would love to see inside General Grievous' ship the Soulless One.
One of the STARWARS Fans' favourite bounty hunter craft indeed! The Slave~1 does looked like an ironing iron but seeing it in more detail in STARWARS : Episode~2 Clone Wars ... Really wet our appetites for more knowledge of this Mysterious Darkship! 🕯
Another brilliant presentation from Halfscreen .... so much detail & clear graphical visuals .... thank you for making this amazing video on Slave 1 one of the most mysterious ships in the Star Wars universe ....you’ve bought it to life & explained it’s functions and assets in spectacular detail .... more videos please #GoHalfscreen #MTFBWY
@@Halfscreen your welcome.... thank you for ALL of your videos and for the hard work that you put into making them ..... looking forward to more of your great works ... Stay Strong .... #KuatSystems #Oovo4
@@Halfscreen I have to disagree... really appreciate your efforts, but personally I'm having a hard time understanding what you're saying sometimes, it's pretty distracting, to the point where I think maybe going back to the robo-voice for a time wouldn't hurt. It's not so much about your accent as it is about you not articulating enough (mumbling and slurring a bit too much) -- hopefully that doesn't sound too harsh, just trying to be constructive :)
So the turrets on the Millenium Falcon have their own specific gravity orientations which differs from the rest of the Falcon. This is most prominently seen in Star Wars: A New Hope, where it almost looks like Han and Luke are across a hall from each other. I believe that the prisoner holds probably have something similar to this, as does any sections that would not shift when the cockpit rotates.
@@ern1887 On youtube, you got to be careful about what your put on your channel. If it is a relativity unknown ship, very few of my audiences will actually view the video. Considering the amount of time and effort to make these videos, I have to choose my subject matter wisely.
a design flaw i see is that it doesn't have rear facing guns and that the mine storage/release is a very dangerous spot if the deflector generators and defense fails
its also very dangerous to be in the rear of slave I - two tie fighter pilots on the serous note: i think its because its a prototype that such flaws have not been fix and also made jango and boba one hell of a pilot
@@nigelcalpe if the fighters (any) could evade the mines and get closer then the rear would be completely exposed which is why it would be really open in a dogfight and better suited to battlefields similar to asteroid belts
Well let’s say the Slave1 is flying it could rotate the cannons to the back in the same position and it could still hit some shots. Especially if Boba has gotten a lock.
I guess it could be ironic as the Firespray class ships like the Slave 1 was built for security forces and that galaxies version of law enforcement and it's used to almost a similar extent by the galaxies most infamous Bounty Hunter Jango Fett and later his son Boba Fett.
Great video. Now I know more than I ever did about Slave 1. I had the toy when it came out in 1982 I believe. You got my sub and a like. You did a good job.
'A Sensor Array that can detect the changes in the ships mass which can be used to find a homing beacon' that sensor array must've been not working as Obi Wan Kenobi was able to attach a homing beacon to the Slave One on Kamino and track them all the way to Geonosis.
The first time I ever saw this ship was in the original Empire Strikes Back and they even brought it back in the prequels even though it was seen in Star Wars Episode 2:Attack of the Clones first on Kamino and then on Geonosis.
In your first animation of landoff of the slave one, the small wings are doing it wrong , they normally turn keeping horizontal, look the righ way they turn at 5:00. This is far more elegant
What about the docking airlock room from that one clone wars episode when the slave 1 docks an escape pod with clones in it. It’s episode 20 in season 2. It’s called death trap. It’s labeled as the high power rectana in the video so it might serve two purposes. Or maybe Hondo changed it to be a power rectana when he repaired the ship.
Is it possible that the prisoner section also rotates during flight? This would make sense. Also, when talking about toilets, usually, when studying cutaway diagrams of different large vessels, if referred to at all, they are usually blanked off or hidden behind something closer to the viewpoint of the observer. In this way, the viewer doesn't have to feel squeamish about there being a bathroom aboard. As for a followup video, I recommend the Jawa Sandcrawler from Star Wars IV: A New Hope.
Yeah. I thought about creating an animation of the Jawa Sandrawler down the road. As far as I know, the bridge stay stationary while the whole ship rotates, including the prisoner section.
It would so damn cool if someone were to make really nice ship and set walkthroughs in VR. Imagine walking through a detailed interior and exterior of the Millennium Falcon or Jabbas Palace!
The Slave I was original an Fire Spray Patrolgunship-Prototype and was stolen by Jango Fett and later used by him and even later by his son Boba Fett. Disney gave it no name and only a ship type.
Biggest design flaw I noticed is that the pilot’s sleeping quarters don’t rotate with the ship. Imagine getting your laundry done, just to find it became stuck to the wall and thrown to the floor 3 galaxies later! 🤣
The quarters have always the GSA - Gravity Simulation Array (standard equipment in all ships) working to simulate gravity so that it is always feels normal, no matter how the ship rotates.
During the clone wars, a door was shown at the back/ bottom of the ship where the large circular disk was. This was to bored onto other ships while in space. I think there is quite a large area behind the cockpit which we have not fully seen
I think it's been retconned that the cockpit doesn't rotate at all, only the lower "deck" where passengers sit. In the Attack of the Clones you see young Boba sitting while facing the sky and he has to get up to look at where Obi Wan is in order to shoot him. You also see the cockpit stay locked in newer sketches of the Slave 1 when it's landed. Interestingly, some sketches showed that when Jango had it, the sleeping quarters were actually above the cockpit and in some episodes of the Clone Wars tv series, the rectenna is actually used to allow escape pods to dock with a door behind the cockpit leading to a separate room (I assume it's to let people from a docked escape pod enter the ship). There are also versions where the loading dock has an additional wall to act as a sort of air lock? All in all, the design is super unique and it's a cool ship but I don't think the inside was ever supposed to be shown in detail considering how even official books and art changes the interior so often.
I'd say the largest fallback of Slave 1, other than the gyro interior, is the huge target profile it has from every angle. Especially the front and rear.
Pretty cool video but i did notice you have the "wings" rotating in the wrong direction. On the rotating wing sections the small airfoil should be on top as to creating a lifting force when in atmosphere, other than that I enjoyed your video.
I love the slave one. I wish hasbro would do a Kickstart like they did the razor crest. Maybe, ill just build my own large version. If I do. Ill share it with my fellow slave one fans.
I've always wondered about the guns on the falcon having the same design flaw. I understand the guns can rotate and do different angles but the movie clearly shows them climbing up and down ladders then appear to be siting normally looking out the windows.
If you mean the ball turret style guns on the bottom of the Falcon this is a simple explanation since real Bombers from WW2 which had ball turrets similar to it had special doors on the back of them and the gunner could sit inside close the door and the turret would be able to spin freely within its given gimble limits until the person inside wanted to leave in which case they angled the gun downward so they could open the hatch and crawl back out
When it flies upright, the pilot is facing forward, but when it lands he has his back towards the ground and he's looking straight up or if it rotates, then he's facing the back of the cabin (away from the glass?)
I always like the ship because it was so unique spoke for itself as does the falcon I think it's only drawback is that it makes a wide cross-section when in the crosshairs of an enemy. On the other hand it's very deadly ship and with either one of his owners behind the stick you wouldn't want to be in their cross hairs🖖🏾👍🏾 ❤
Biggest design flaw is that when the ship is in flight you can’t access the ship except for the cockpit. All of it is rotated 90 degrees and I would imagine that this would toss any not bolted down objects into the wall. Those 2 passenger seats shown in the model would both be facing downwards when the ship takes off and if their buckles undo that’s a pretty far down fall face first.
as you mentioned and commented on several times below, this is a very flawed design almost to the point of being impractical. but, it looks badass and that's all that mattered back in the day. what always interested me was the practical living onboard the falcon or a ship like this, kind of like how truckers live in their cabs. i want to know how they prepare and store food, where they sleep, the bathroom and shower, closets, etc.. you never see where there would be a water tank, tool storage, things like that.
@@Halfscreen imagine not being able to use your warship because a ball bearing in your rotating mechanism seized up. it reminds me of the old benjamin franklin quote: “For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a horse the rider was lost, For the want of a rider the battle was lost, For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost, And all for the want of a horseshoe-nail.”
Hey @Halfscreen when you're looking for more ideas.. seeing the how the cockpit rotates on Slave1 would be nice, but for new ships... the bomb is the Jawa Sandcrawler. (Both of these ideas already mentioned by others; I'm just adding my support.) Also, much better to hear your voice on this one now. This is the way!
I actually saw a good video the other day showing how the cockpit actually rotates, so my video is now incorrect. I will definitely look into the Sand crawlers. twitter.com/bobafettfanclub/status/1343841119516311552?lang=en
Boba: time to go into battle mode. The crew: damn it Boba, Jimmy was not buckled in and fell 3 stores to his death. We can't keep replacing crew members like this.
While in space, Slave I's orientation technically shouldn't make that much difference due to lack of gravity. But the overall layout seems to prefer the horizontal/landing configuration of the ship, aside from the control section. Its definitely an odd design, but the control section still faces toward all the weapons systems, even though you can only see directly above you out of the main viewport in the horizontal configuration (is that correct?)
Slave I is a police interceptor prototype. It was 1 of 6 that Jango stole while destroying the hangar that housed the remaining 5 along with design schematics. So it’s actually one of a kind
I've always loved the Slave I! Thank you for the great mock up! I think there is an issue though as it looks like you have the wings rotating to face the wrong way during flight. If you look that the images from the moving and TV episode the rounded part faces forward, where your renders have it facing backwards. Still loved seeing the cutaway you made though. Keep em coming! Take care
The 90 degree turn is obsolete, the ship has gravity generators so the gravity can be changed to however the pilot wants it, and platforms in the ship move to adjust for the flight positioning
I think in the clone wars show the big antenna on the back was used as an airlock. In the episodes when they were trying to kill windo the back connected to the other ship
@GrantKP Star Wars is very consistent, they're just not consistent unless you've read every single part of the lore about whatever part of Star Wars you're talking about
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I like to think that the prisoner cages not being rotated would make the prisoners even more uncomfortable which would perfectly fit the attitude of Boba as a bounty hunter lol
star wars ships have artificial gravity and inertial dampeners. the floor plating generates the gravity on the ship so even though they are flying vertically their feet are still on the deck. and the cock pit only rotates so that the pilot can sit normally while the ship is on a planet. The Millennium Falcon also had a transition in its gravity with the quad laser turrets. the access tunnel first starts out as a climb but at some point the gravity shifts and you crawl into the gunner bay.
Pretty sure it wasn't designed to fly horizontally. That is the only explanation for the seat facing backwards when in that position - but this doesn't really make sense to me. I assumed the seat also rotated so it could face forward when flying horizontally.
I always felt this ship had a “bigger on the inside” vibe because it looks claustrophobic from the outside
To me it had the vibe of an extended suit, like a space kayak. Accelerating to hyperspace once outside atmospheres is a feature shared with Anakin's small 2 person craft that was abandoned on Geonosis. The impression was that Mr. Fett would lie down in a seat as big as the front window, reclining as he looks forward or up at will. When Jango was flying, Boba could stand behind him or crawl back into the crew compartment to sleep. That way, Boba learned how to fly it after Jango was killed. The slaves/prisoners are of cause stowed as cargo, just like on the ships that carried slaves from Africa to America.
I agree with this statement about it seeming small from the outside. I think this is why so many models of the ship (Lego, Hasbro, etc) create versions that have no interior space. It has widely been accepted as a small interior type of ship (a cockpit and trunk space).
I have to admit, the Slave is a very interesting vessel in the Star Wars Series. What are your thoughts?
I thought it was smaller...
@@kelliedown oh no it aint
We're gonna need a bigger boat.
@superdiskboi It's star wars, you don't have to understand it.
Did anyone notice that Playboy magazine on the crew's quarters? 😁
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At least in Legends there is an explanation that the ship had 2 gravity generators and the secondary would rotate with the plattform, while the main one would hold the gravity for the prison cell and living quarter section. This was done so that prisoners had a hard time to reach the flight deck, in case of a prison cell break. Also rotating the ship that way, since there is no drag in space, had the advantage of a very small section to hit from the sides, while having a largge weapons plattform front and aft, actually a design that was emulated somewhat by the B-Wing.
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Do Spaceball 1, I’d really like to see the section with the 3 Ring Circus..
I have to find a good 3D model first and cross-section before I can tackle it.
Lol have you seen the size of Spaceball 1? It would be really interesting to see how he fits it on the screen
I'd like to see the mall and the zoo.
They brake for no one!
@@damnthishandleistaken It would take 20 minutes just to pan the camera across the whole structure. ;-)
That was cool. You should either do Jabba’s Sail barge, or the Jawa Sandcrawler next.
It's in the pipeline.
That will be cool to see.
You should do one showing off the Sarlacc’s insides. That would be cool.
Sandcrawler, hellz yeah. Good idea
Crawler would be awesome. The sand barge seems a bit small, and most of it was a giant deck…
Pretty sure the main cabin has artificial gravity to keep everyone and everything in place. I read in one book that the main cabin has a gravity trap which increases gravity around anyone trying to escape.
Yeah, when you're in space the artificial gravity can work in any direction you want. It can even pull in different directions in different parts of the ship.
Look at the blaster turrets in the Millennium Falcon. If you're sitting in the turret's chair your gravity is pulling in a different direction than the rest of the ship.
I have a few suggestions
Razor Crest (Mandalorian)
TIE Fighter
X- Wing
Y- Wing
Ghost (Rebels)
Home One
Supremacy
Imperial Shuttle
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and Spaceball 1
and Aladdin's carpet
Well he’s done two at the moment
Do the Senate building
Excellent videos. Slave I is an iconic vehicle that I was slow to warm up to. However, the new info on how the interior of the ships pivoting flight deck looks and works helps a lot and, of course, the much loved seismic charges.
Again, well done. The Slave 1 is another one of my favorite Star Wars ships. It is such a unique design. Thanks!
I am super excited for this one! The slave one is super cool!
I've always found the design for Slave 1 strange. The rotating feature that alters the attitude of the ship seems to offer no beneficial purpose, and only creates numerous impracticalites for life on board.
It's a prisoner transport ship made for prisons, it wasn't made to dogfight
@@treeamble585 Security feature because prisoners can't walk around...
It always reminded me of a steam iron LOL
@@davidw5993 Yeah it does. I remember reading in one of the behind the scenes books published that the inspiration for the ship was actually a street lamp.
It was designed for use at a gravity-free asteroid prison.
Thanks for making this @Halfscreen and it is an awesome breakdown. Personally I Love the Slave1. I had the original toy for my Boba Fett mini-doll back in 1980, and ever since then it has always been among my most favorite Star Wars ships. Mandalorian showing us Slave1 with modern CGI is just an absolute treasure. Cannot wait for Book of Boba!!
Thanks watching and for sharing Cory.
I remember back in the late 90’s getting the Star Wars Galaxy Collector magazine special Boba Fett issue that had a poster with the Slave 1 cut away and on the other side a breakdown of Fett’s personal armaments.
Your breakdown seems very inspired by that poster and the cons you listed about Slave 1 are the same issues I had with it back in the day. Pre ATOTC, the EU books made Slave 1 out to be Fett’s primary home. Be it in space or planet side he lived there, with the exception of Jabba’s palace. But the Slave 1’s orientation during flight or in hyperspace didn’t seem to lend itself to comfortable living. I always thought that a rotating cockpit and galley (like the show Mando season 2 implies) would be more practical, so Fett’s bed and prisoner cells would always be horizontal
Your real voice gives your videos a chill, relaxing atmosphere, and it goes well with the music. Keep it up 👍🏻
Thanks, will do!
totally agree. Feels like a chill person talking you through something interesting.
@@worldwidecox People who typically do creative work are mostly layback people.
Yay! Finally! Nice video so far!
Yay, thank you!
Thank you for not changing the title ;-)
No problem 👍
Hey man. I love these videos. Keep up the good work! It's good to hear your real voice too and not the computer voice from older videos.
Thanks! Will do!
@@Halfscreen no problem. I'm an English speaker from England. if you need any help, just hit me up. MTFBWY!
@@StarWarsJay Let me think about it. 👍
I've always thought this ship looks like an angle/disc grinder that lost its power cord he he he.
Or a Star Wars fancy clothing iron haha
Great video! It's one of my favorite ships! Regarding the prisoners bouncing around in the ship when it rotates, I would argue that the same gravity-generators that keep an individual upright in the Falcon as they ascend/descend the gun turrets , is also in affect here. (Regardless of which orientation the ship may be in at any given moment, the "gravity" would keep you in place.) Just my thoughts.
I said the same thing, I believe Each section of the ship has its own artificial gravity field and when they enter each section to them, it would be like normal.
Great video! Glad to see you found your voice!
Hey, thanks!
One huge video covering all the tie models from legends and canon could be fun, probably take a while to make tho
I thought about it already...
Design flaws:
- Rotating makes it a larger target when pursued. (same applies to the B-Wing, who has an uncessary large profile)
- some forward facing guns are not close to the centre point. That way any movement causes a higher deviation. You did not mentioned those guns at the centre-line.
- the turret guns cannot used against pursuers. A ball turret mounted at the tip of that extension would have a far better fire arc.
- there is no advantage ever seen by the rotating mode.
- You should complain that something like the old Kenner Slave-1 is still missing as a toy for the children today. Damn Disney! ;)
Nice video, love that ship.
Skipray Gunboat next please. :)
I totally agreed. I don't see any real advantage rotating the vessel.
@Author B.L. Alley I think the argument is that the Slave 1 should stay horizontal the whole time. Other than looking cool, there is no advantage to going vertical orientation.
Being a small target would likely mean very little since weapon targeting would be able to track any target that's large enough to fit a small person inside and even sensor jamming like is shown in the video would be ineffective at close range since vehicles can be mounted with FLIR and TV targeting that can track the target simply by what the target emits and reflects in electromagnetic waves. Making it a smaller target so that it's difficult to hit with targeting information wouldn't really be necessary since most weapons in the star wars universe are laser or proton based the energy is easier to absorb or reflect so having an exposed underside would mean the large flat area would work in favor of the aircraft since a lot of complex parts means a lot of surfaces for the projectile to reflect away from and also would make it easier to manufacture parts that can withstand shots from those angles
The gun part is easily balanced with the guns being able to rotate vertically which means any vertical deviation can be easily accounted for by a weapon control system to remain lined up with the targeting reticle
Also if you're thinking about the ship as it was originally designed it was supposed to be used for prisons rather than bounty hunters so likely there would be an escort if any threat of intercept were an issue and it would likely be in hyperspace where it wouldn't have to bother with interceptors at all
as for the rotation likely as Author B.L. Alley said it would require the ship to have two separate engines, one for vertical stabilization and landing and one for normal forward based flight, this would've caused the ship to be heavier and would have a higher chance of failure should anything happen to the ship due to the secondary engine system and required subsystems for the engine
Is the design perfect, definitely not. But it is capable of doing what is required of it even in combat against the most powerful adversaries.
I tried my best to provide an explanation for every point you mentioned, if you have any questions about my reasoning I can try my best to further explain
@Author B.L. Alley I was trying to point out why they weren't design flaws and why they would be useful design choices instead
Possible design flaw from the original Firespray-31 prototype: Can't see out of the cockpit canopy without rotating the control module.
It uses scanning and auto -targeting with targets info so pilot can choose who to fire on manually (who has less shielding, closest, more of a threat etc..) Jango used it when dogfighting with Obi-wan in the asteroid field in :Attack of the clones " ...I do agree with some that Slave 1 could do with some upgrades and more or more powerful weapons although the mines he used against OBI-WAN were awesome the sound they make when using surround sound speakers and TV set to movie etc is shattering.
They should make mini series of all characters in the franchise like the fan based ones cos every main character has their own story to tell. I personally would love to have a go at being involved in something like that.
Who wouldn't! !!
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The ship of my favorite character(s). Awesome review!!! Subscribed !!!
Welcome aboard!
Beautiful renders! Great video presentation! Thanks!!!😊🏆
Thanks for watching!
I know this is about Slave 1, but Obi-wan looks so bad ass igniting his lightsaber in that scene. Now about the prisoner cages and crew quarters, perhaps there was a gravity generator like the falcon had in its turrets? I dunno, but that was a good call...i never thought of that.
Thumbs up just for the title. that FIrespray gun ship will always be Slave One.
Yeah. The firespray doesn't sound intermediating.
Your videos are amazing!
Glad you think so!
Not so much a design flaw but more so personal modifications. I would add retractable guns to the back for better engine protection and more added closer to the cockpit to make more accurate shots.
For a future video I would love to see inside General Grievous' ship the Soulless One.
One of the STARWARS Fans' favourite bounty hunter craft indeed! The Slave~1 does looked like an ironing iron but seeing it in more detail in STARWARS : Episode~2 Clone Wars ... Really wet our appetites for more knowledge of this Mysterious Darkship! 🕯
Another brilliant presentation from Halfscreen .... so much detail & clear graphical visuals .... thank you for making this amazing video on Slave 1 one of the most mysterious ships in the Star Wars universe ....you’ve bought it to life & explained it’s functions and assets in spectacular detail .... more videos please #GoHalfscreen #MTFBWY
thank for the kind comments Mikey!
@@Halfscreen your welcome.... thank you for ALL of your videos and for the hard work that you put into making them ..... looking forward to more of your great works ... Stay Strong .... #KuatSystems #Oovo4
i love how there is a Playboy magazine in the Bed
another great video :D
also, there are still some things to improve but your pronunciation has definitely improved over the last video
Yeah. I will improve over time.
@@Halfscreen I have to disagree... really appreciate your efforts, but personally I'm having a hard time understanding what you're saying sometimes, it's pretty distracting, to the point where I think maybe going back to the robo-voice for a time wouldn't hurt. It's not so much about your accent as it is about you not articulating enough (mumbling and slurring a bit too much) -- hopefully that doesn't sound too harsh, just trying to be constructive :)
Ya gotta admit it's a badass deal for a giant IRON !😁
So the turrets on the Millenium Falcon have their own specific gravity orientations which differs from the rest of the Falcon. This is most prominently seen in Star Wars: A New Hope, where it almost looks like Han and Luke are across a hall from each other. I believe that the prisoner holds probably have something similar to this, as does any sections that would not shift when the cockpit rotates.
I like the added toilet 👍🏻
Can you do the NU attack class shuttle and the 929 flying brick oh and the GX1 shuttle?
Love the ur work.
Thanks for the compliment. The NU attack ship doesn't have any schematic based on my research.
@@Halfscreen how about the 929 flying Brick or the Gx1 short hauler
@@ern1887 On youtube, you got to be careful about what your put on your channel. If it is a relativity unknown ship, very few of my audiences will actually view the video. Considering the amount of time and effort to make these videos, I have to choose my subject matter wisely.
a design flaw i see is that it doesn't have rear facing guns and that the mine storage/release is a very dangerous spot if the deflector generators and defense fails
its also very dangerous to be in the rear of slave I - two tie fighter pilots
on the serous note: i think its because its a prototype that such flaws have not been fix and also made jango and boba one hell of a pilot
@@nigelcalpe if the fighters (any) could evade the mines and get closer then the rear would be completely exposed which is why it would be really open in a dogfight and better suited to battlefields similar to asteroid belts
Well let’s say the Slave1 is flying it could rotate the cannons to the back in the same position and it could still hit some shots. Especially if Boba has gotten a lock.
@JaigEyesCustom The main cannons DO rotate as seen in Mandalorian final season episode
As the guy above me said, the cannons do rotate 360° shown in the last episode of Season 2 of The Mandalorian when Boba was chased by 2 TIEs
I guess it could be ironic as the Firespray class ships like the Slave 1 was built for security forces and that galaxies version of law enforcement and it's used to almost a similar extent by the galaxies most infamous Bounty Hunter Jango Fett and later his son Boba Fett.
Great video. Now I know more than I ever did about Slave 1. I had the toy when it came out in 1982 I believe. You got my sub and a like. You did a good job.
thanks for watching and subscribing!
'A Sensor Array that can detect the changes in the ships mass which can be used to find a homing beacon' that sensor array must've been not working as Obi Wan Kenobi was able to attach a homing beacon to the Slave One on Kamino and track them all the way to Geonosis.
Coolest ship in the galaxy not named the Millennium Falcon
The Y-Wing fighters were cool....had it when I was a kid and there's all sorts of rotation movement.
Thank you~! May the force be with you!
Same to you!
The first time I ever saw this ship was in the original Empire Strikes Back and they even brought it back in the prequels even though it was seen in Star Wars Episode 2:Attack of the Clones first on Kamino and then on Geonosis.
Great work. This is awesome
Thank you! Cheers!
How about non-Star Wars starcraft like Serenity (from Firefly) the Rocinante (The Expanse)?
I always up for non- Star Wars starcraft. I do have a 3D model of the Serenity and cross-section
Can you do whats in side of a CSO-class supercarrier? I know is out of topic but im with this in mind
Probably not since i don't have the 3D model and cross-section as reference.
In your first animation of landoff of the slave one, the small wings are doing it wrong , they normally turn keeping horizontal, look the righ way they turn at 5:00. This is far more elegant
What about the docking airlock room from that one clone wars episode when the slave 1 docks an escape pod with clones in it. It’s episode 20 in season 2. It’s called death trap. It’s labeled as the high power rectana in the video so it might serve two purposes. Or maybe Hondo changed it to be a power rectana when he repaired the ship.
Is it possible that the prisoner section also rotates during flight? This would make sense. Also, when talking about toilets, usually, when studying cutaway diagrams of different large vessels, if referred to at all, they are usually blanked off or hidden behind something closer to the viewpoint of the observer. In this way, the viewer doesn't have to feel squeamish about there being a bathroom aboard. As for a followup video, I recommend the Jawa Sandcrawler from Star Wars IV: A New Hope.
Yeah. I thought about creating an animation of the Jawa Sandrawler down the road. As far as I know, the bridge stay stationary while the whole ship rotates, including the prisoner section.
It would so damn cool if someone were to make really nice ship and set walkthroughs in VR. Imagine walking through a detailed interior and exterior of the Millennium Falcon or Jabbas Palace!
I have design a VR walkthrough before with Unity 3D and Oculus. It would to hard to create an interior VR of the Millennium Falcon.
The biggest flaw of the Slave 1 is Disney's name change.
Watch out... here comes the FiRe SpRAy
The Slave I was original an Fire Spray Patrolgunship-Prototype and was stolen by Jango Fett and later used by him and even later by his son Boba Fett.
Disney gave it no name and only a ship type.
You do a pretty good job, nice skills on that tool! I envy you
Cool, thanks
Biggest design flaw I noticed is that the pilot’s sleeping quarters don’t rotate with the ship.
Imagine getting your laundry done, just to find it became stuck to the wall and thrown to the floor 3 galaxies later! 🤣
Just basic everyday objects will be an issue.
The quarters have always the GSA - Gravity Simulation Array (standard equipment in all ships) working to simulate gravity so that it is always feels normal, no matter how the ship rotates.
Awesome video 😎👍
Thank you 👍
During the clone wars, a door was shown at the back/ bottom of the ship where the large circular disk was. This was to bored onto other ships while in space. I think there is quite a large area behind the cockpit which we have not fully seen
I think it's been retconned that the cockpit doesn't rotate at all, only the lower "deck" where passengers sit. In the Attack of the Clones you see young Boba sitting while facing the sky and he has to get up to look at where Obi Wan is in order to shoot him. You also see the cockpit stay locked in newer sketches of the Slave 1 when it's landed.
Interestingly, some sketches showed that when Jango had it, the sleeping quarters were actually above the cockpit and in some episodes of the Clone Wars tv series, the rectenna is actually used to allow escape pods to dock with a door behind the cockpit leading to a separate room (I assume it's to let people from a docked escape pod enter the ship). There are also versions where the loading dock has an additional wall to act as a sort of air lock?
All in all, the design is super unique and it's a cool ship but I don't think the inside was ever supposed to be shown in detail considering how even official books and art changes the interior so often.
Is the rectenna also the airlock hatch? In the clone wars we see slave 1 dock to Boba's escape pod
Looking for tutorials to make the Slave I using House items or even trash like bowls or plastic cups from detergent bottles
I'd say the largest fallback of Slave 1, other than the gyro interior, is the huge target profile it has from every angle. Especially the front and rear.
Which is probably another reason Jango went with seismic charges other than being so powerful
Slave 1 it's very fitting to Boba design. My favorite ship in galaxy
Pretty cool video but i did notice you have the "wings" rotating in the wrong direction. On the rotating wing sections the small airfoil should be on top as to creating a lifting force when in atmosphere, other than that I enjoyed your video.
Yeah. I have made so many mistake on my 3D animations, I think I have lost count at this point. That is the problem when you work by yourself. 😁
I love the slave one. I wish hasbro would do a Kickstart like they did the razor crest. Maybe, ill just build my own large version. If I do. Ill share it with my fellow slave one fans.
Put it on TH-cam so we can check it out.
*Dew it!*
I've always wondered about the guns on the falcon having the same design flaw. I understand the guns can rotate and do different angles but the movie clearly shows them climbing up and down ladders then appear to be siting normally looking out the windows.
If you mean the ball turret style guns on the bottom of the Falcon this is a simple explanation since real Bombers from WW2 which had ball turrets similar to it had special doors on the back of them and the gunner could sit inside close the door and the turret would be able to spin freely within its given gimble limits until the person inside wanted to leave in which case they angled the gun downward so they could open the hatch and crawl back out
When it flies upright, the pilot is facing forward, but when it lands he has his back towards the ground and he's looking straight up or if it rotates, then he's facing the back of the cabin (away from the glass?)
I always like the ship because it was so unique spoke for itself as does the falcon I think it's only drawback is that it makes a wide cross-section when in the crosshairs of an enemy. On the other hand it's very deadly ship and with either one of his owners behind the stick you wouldn't want to be in their cross hairs🖖🏾👍🏾
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"Boba, I have to go to the bathroom." "There's a bucket over there." "What, you mean the one on your head?" "NO, OVER THERE!"
Biggest design flaw is that when the ship is in flight you can’t access the ship except for the cockpit. All of it is rotated 90 degrees and I would imagine that this would toss any not bolted down objects into the wall. Those 2 passenger seats shown in the model would both be facing downwards when the ship takes off and if their buckles undo that’s a pretty far down fall face first.
this 3d model is missing jango's bed which is behind the cockpit seat.
I may of missed it but it was a policing craft originally if I remember right but can't remember from what planet.
No crew cabin, no shitter, no galley.
3:51 is this your backyard in the reflection? XD
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as you mentioned and commented on several times below, this is a very flawed design almost to the point of being impractical. but, it looks badass and that's all that mattered back in the day.
what always interested me was the practical living onboard the falcon or a ship like this, kind of like how truckers live in their cabs. i want to know how they prepare and store food, where they sleep, the bathroom and shower, closets, etc.. you never see where there would be a water tank, tool storage, things like that.
There isn't any real benefit for the Slave 1 to rotate, if anything it make it more complicated than it need to be. Great analysis.
@@Halfscreen imagine not being able to use your warship because a ball bearing in your rotating mechanism seized up. it reminds me of the old benjamin franklin quote:
“For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For the want of a horse the rider was lost,
For the want of a rider the battle was lost,
For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe-nail.”
Never before has a vacuum cleaner handle received so much attention.
Hey @Halfscreen when you're looking for more ideas.. seeing the how the cockpit rotates on Slave1 would be nice, but for new ships... the bomb is the Jawa Sandcrawler. (Both of these ideas already mentioned by others; I'm just adding my support.) Also, much better to hear your voice on this one now. This is the way!
I actually saw a good video the other day showing how the cockpit actually rotates, so my video is now incorrect. I will definitely look into the Sand crawlers.
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Born to late to explore the seas
Born to early to explore the stars
Born in time to watch yt about it...
Boba: time to go into battle mode.
The crew: damn it Boba, Jimmy was not buckled in and fell 3 stores to his death. We can't keep replacing crew members like this.
While in space, Slave I's orientation technically shouldn't make that much difference due to lack of gravity. But the overall layout seems to prefer the horizontal/landing configuration of the ship, aside from the control section. Its definitely an odd design, but the control section still faces toward all the weapons systems, even though you can only see directly above you out of the main viewport in the horizontal configuration (is that correct?)
Slave I is a police interceptor prototype. It was 1 of 6 that Jango stole while destroying the hangar that housed the remaining 5 along with design schematics. So it’s actually one of a kind
I've always loved the Slave I! Thank you for the great mock up! I think there is an issue though as it looks like you have the wings rotating to face the wrong way during flight. If you look that the images from the moving and TV episode the rounded part faces forward, where your renders have it facing backwards. Still loved seeing the cutaway you made though. Keep em coming! Take care
Used the toy to get the dimensions for the 3d model? You can tell because if the size of the red skirt. At the rear... cool video though
It was a 3D model I downloaded on the web. It's not 100% accurate.
The name has been changed to uncompensated labor 1
The 90 degree turn is obsolete, the ship has gravity generators so the gravity can be changed to however the pilot wants it, and platforms in the ship move to adjust for the flight positioning
I think in the clone wars show the big antenna on the back was used as an airlock. In the episodes when they were trying to kill windo the back connected to the other ship
@GrantKP Star Wars is very consistent, they're just not consistent unless you've read every single part of the lore about whatever part of Star Wars you're talking about
Hello, how long did this video took to make ? Ps: love your video’s🔥🔥
Probably around 30-40 hours (not including rendering time). It's a time consuming process.
@@Halfscreen I really appreciate all the effort, these are amazing vids. And I love your voice!
@@techboysf thanks!
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Didn't the slave also have an escape hatch for escape pops etc seen from cw series
If you haven't already done so please consider doing the ghost and phantom from Star Wars rebels.
I will look into it.
I like to think that the prisoner cages not being rotated would make the prisoners even more uncomfortable which would perfectly fit the attitude of Boba as a bounty hunter lol
Perhaps that platform rotates around so that it's facing the correct way when horizontal.
Reminds me of a B1 Battle Droid from above..the bottom reminds me of C-3P0 head ..
I like how the ship and Fett's armor had matching colors
star wars ships have artificial gravity and inertial dampeners. the floor plating generates the gravity on the ship so even though they are flying vertically their feet are still on the deck. and the cock pit only rotates so that the pilot can sit normally while the ship is on a planet. The Millennium Falcon also had a transition in its gravity with the quad laser turrets. the access tunnel first starts out as a climb but at some point the gravity shifts and you crawl into the gunner bay.
Thanks for the info.
I love the sound those mines make when they explode.
It was cool
Pretty sure it wasn't designed to fly horizontally. That is the only explanation for the seat facing backwards when in that position - but this doesn't really make sense to me. I assumed the seat also rotated so it could face forward when flying horizontally.
Great! Which version of 3d max and renderer do you use?
Just 3D max 2021-22 with Arnold since it come free with it, but personal, I really like Vray.
Would it be possible to read the copy and pronounce everything correctly? Like ion drive rather than iron drive ?
Amazing video one of the best looks into slave one just an observation I think the wings rotate the other way around
Yeah. I didn't realized it rotate the other way around. anyway thanks for watching.