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Makes me wonder if you could build an "Ugly" Capital Ship. Like using the ring of a Lucrehulk, a Dreadnought-class Cruiser for the central Core, and the engine sections of multiple Venator or Imperium-class Star Destroyers. Stuff a planetary militia could weld together by salvaging the remains of some old battlefield or junkyard in the void of space.
This makes me want a slice of life webcomic about a tie fighter and a x-wing who meet during a battle, fall in love, get married, and then have this as their child; and the child growing up.
2 B-Wings together on one cockpit but add 4 small light laser cannons (which can rotate to face front and back) to the top and bottom of the B-Wing hull!
Another "Ugly" I think was an overall good fighter was the "Clutch" starfighter. It was from the book "I, Jedi". Described as a tie ball cockpit being clutched in a hand of trifoils. It had shields, lasers, ion cannon and missiles. Fairly versatile and some even had hyperdrives. Corron Horn used it to great effect in the book. In my opinion.
So this was a re-manufactured fighter. Given a few years and generational redesign and improvement, this could have been a champ fighter. Also looks like a StarFury (Babylon 5)
Well it did sound like he said Drakh around the 5:48 mark. Technically they weren't seen until after the shadow war in the one season of Crusade but still in the Babylon 5 universe. Now all the universes are collapsing into one another..... Hollywood has become the great black hole of Sci-Fi and creativity. LOL
Thought this looked like a Starfury from the thumbnail. Before I even watched the vid I said "bet the wings swivel around the cockpit!", just like a Starfury. This could make an exceptional starfighter had they connected the two systems better. Also, using the TIE's two ion cannons in conjunction with the X-wing's lasers would provide excellent firepower.
The Invid Clutch was a pretty good Ugly as well, from “I, Jedi”. A TIE ball cockpit with cutbacks on the side for improved pilot visibility with three wings in a inverted Y shape. Incorporated basic shields and armed with two laser and one ion cannons.
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@@4eversquidsisters266 My best guess would be that the TIE's reactor isn't enough to power two Y-wing engines, so the engines are working at a fraction of their normal capacity.
Another Ugly that I think wouldn’t be terrible was the so called Z-Wing found in legends, which used a Z-95 Headhunter’s fuselage and X-Wing wings. The Z-95 and X-Wing were quite similar to each other in both appearance and roles, so while obviously not as good as a stock fighter, it’s not so far fetched or impractical like combining a Y-Wing and a TIE is. I would absolutely take this design over most other uglies when going into a fight as it would basically function as a discount X-Wing.
I would be very curious about the fuel cell arrangement for the uglies. The chir'daki probably dropped the TIE cannons for fuel. Having six engines going can't be fuel efficient...
I don't think it actually uses the X-Wing's engines, just their reactors. If you look at some of the pictures, you'll see that the back halves of the X-Wing engines have been removed.
Timberwolf but most Star Wars ships are electric. They use ion engines which propel charged atoms to produce thrust, so they really just have to power a nuclear reactor onboard the ship which should last a long time
When I was younger Star Wars was my only real safe space, I love watching your videos because they connect with me on a deep level. I love learning about the universe that fundamentally shaped me as a person this channel is my favorite for that reason. Through your channel I discovered my favorite star wars era the New Jedi Order along with much more, thank you for that. Loved this video too, uglies are some of the funniest ships ever.
This is also my favourite ugly, it also makes the most sense considering the rebels main fighter was the x-wing and the only standardized tie variant not to use the ball cockpit was the bomber.
Honestly, that Ugly ship of the Twileks that your describing sounds pretty awesome. If they could have incorporated the life support of the X Wing into Tie Fighter cockpit then it could have been one of the best fighters of the era
The life support isn't a major knock. The only real draw back to this fighter is the lack of projectile launchers. I think that once the Twi'lek got their manufacturing feet under them, that would be the first upgrade to the Chirdaki Mark II
@@Gingerking_45 Yup, if you look closely whenever the B-Wing deploys it's S-Foils, you'll see that the cockpit is off to one side and the rest of the ship is to the other, allowing for the B-Wing to land. As the S-Foils deploy, the cockpit rotates 90 degrees to become the top of the ship while the foils themselves (the little wings) open up and give the fighter a t shape. While we only ever see this 90 degree rotation in the films, Legends lore says it can rotate the full 360 degrees, effectively keeping the pilot relatively stationary while the fighter rotates around the cockpit during combat maneuvers.
There's also the TIE-clutch, built by one of the successor-Moffs' engineers. As I recall it they had a TON of advanced TIEs (and parts) lying around but not the resources to maintain and supply them so they took them to the proverbial chop-shop, hacked out a lot of systems they didn't need and couldn't afford anyway and re-arranged the "wings"/solar panels in a way reminsicent of Chiss Clawcraft. Apparently they performed surprisingly well and didn't need the specialised docking provisions for most other TIE variants, being able to use their bottom panels as improvised landing gear. With a proper design revision, the attentions of a real Shipwright and access to an actual shipyard... well, what could have been, eh?
I think that they were instead of trying to fuse the electrical systems of the 2 ships together they were instead trying to get them to work together but as individually governed systems splitting the work load
You got in to star wars legends books the same way i did, i also started the young jedi knights series in middle school library, they didn't have every book but i enjoyed. And there was like the first 3 new jedi order books. In high school i started the legacy of the force, luckily my vice principal was a huge star wars fan and he supplied me books when the library didn't have them, and only half of the fate of the jedi series.
Honestly I love uglies if not just for their concept. It allows the writers to be really creative as well as tongue and cheek with their starfighters that we all love
Those kids magazine subscriptions, my older brother had one and so many of them featured in main or supporting, even cameo, boba fett. Like to the point where everyone talks about boba fett being a hidden fan favourite despite having only five lines in the original trilogy, one of which is “aaaahhhhh” but no one really points to a piece of Star Wars media with certainty for boba fetts rise to fame among fans, but I swear it was these novellas. Boba Fett was written like Dutch from Predator, the Predator, the Bodyguard, Hitman, it was nuts. I think our mum still has them in storage somewhere.
to be honest, if I was making a ship, I would do the following bomber, y wing body with B wing armament in the rear for massive armament boost with the same thruster's and stabler wing's to improve speed and maneuverability mainline fighter (jack of all trade's): X wing body with arc 170 style wing's except Z95 headhunter wing's for the S foil's interceptor: delta 7/ a wing mix with tie interceptor wing's on its side's acting like the Eta 2's wing's if I was making ship's, this is a start
Well, if you wanna do some basic Ugly R&D: rpggamer.org/main.php?page=ugly-workshop/ugly-designer.php Doesn't have a B-Wing body yet, though (which reallxy sucks, I'm working on a version of the Corellian B-Wing atm which actually doesn't suck, and I really could have used abit of inspiration about what to improve on the cockpit).
There are a few more downsides to this Ugly. Since we're talking about a Tie-Fighter cockpit pod, we only have one viewpoint, which is the large window up front. You still have zero visibility to the sides and rear and would have to compensate with sensors. The rotating wings means you have to keep track while you're maneuvering in tight areas. No astromech so you need to rely on pre-programmed coordinates for hyperspace jumps.
It's really a pit we never got an official artwork of the Chir'daki. It would also be nice to see in brought back in the new canon, since Twi'lek as warriors are pretty well-established from The Clone Wars and Rebels. There's a lot of different interpretations of it, but I would assume the collar for the S-foils had to be mounted toward the aft of the ball (and thus surrounding the twin ion engines), because otherwise it would block the hatch from opening to let the pilot in and out.
My favorite ugly is the other Y-Tie. It's the cockpit of a y-wing and the wings and engines of the tie. The fighter has the ordinance, shields, and rear gunner of the Y-wing, and the speed of a tie
@@Tar-Numendil if the Empire had mass produced TIE Hunters and Defenders with carrier style cruisers like the Venator as the back bone of its fleets instead of the ISDs, they would have won the war. The Rebels only real advantage was their Starfighters versatility and their pilot's survival rate.
@@kharilane1340 Yeah if Thrawn had had his way the Rebellion would have been annihilated. Palpatine was brilliant, but he didn't actually know how to fight a war. He wasn't controlling both sides like he was during the Clone Wars.
I don't know if this is anywhere in canon or even if this would count as an ugly considering how beautiful it looks, but, I saw a model someone had made taking the fuselage of an Arc-170 with the wings and engines of an X-wing. Good god it was gorgeous to look at.
I remember that it's mentioned in X-wing: The Bacta War, that these fighters have Concussion Missiles. I'd guess they removed the laser cannons from the TIE ball to accommodate them.
Actually, the Deathseeds didn't have any projectile launchers. You are probably confusing them with the modified TIE Bombers that Gand pilots flew in the same book.
The very same book had another Ugly that was pretty good, the Gand modified TIE bomber that replaced the Bomb Chute with an extra concussion missile launcher and added another pair of laser cannons, shields, hyperdrive, and Interceptor style cutouts in the forward Solar/radiator panels, I Jedi also had Leona Tavira's Tri-fighters which are uglies that end up similar to V38s/TIE Phantoms just with a traditional TIE ball cockpit and an ion cannon on the top spike. There's also the Deathraven, which is two B-WingE2s strapped to a single cockpit with two extra light ion cannons for good measure.
You forgot the Tri-fighter, aka, "Clutch". It was a good fighter. It had shields (albeit no where near as strong as an x-wing's), an ion cannon, was fairly maneuverable, and was fairly versatile as well (had room for a hyperdrive to be added, although it required manual astronavigation I think). Corran flew one during his infiltration of the Invids, and he didn't dislike it (still preferred the x-wing, but it was better than other fighters he was familiar with).
I kinda like the way the mix of the x-wing and tie comes together. It seems like a very economical way to get a competent starfighter for a planetary defence force on a tight budget.
What about the C Wing ugly? Basically a yt-1300 cockpit with a b wing wings and engines. Why fly a b wing alone when you can fly it (and probably die) with friends? :D
X-Ceptors were X-Wing bodies (engines but no wings) with TIE Interceptor wings. Good speed, TIE lasers and torpedoes packed a good punch. They were pretty decent ships...as long as you used fresh parts.
My personal favorite Ugly was the X and Z-ceptor. iirc the Z-ceptor basically looked like one crammed a Headhunter fuselage through a TIE Interceptor cockpit, stripped the Headhunter's wing weapons and stuck'em on the fuselage, and then used the Interceptor's wing mounted weapons. Definitely an attack fighter if ever there was one. Edit: Ah yes, and of course, they were shielded.
In regards to the QotD, I actually did have a Star Wars Kids subscription. It came with the Star Wars Missions book-based RPG, as a recall. I thoroughly enjoyed both as a kid, but sadly I no longer have either of them.
I love the idea of uglys and one-off custom Star Wars ships. I think it adds depth to the lore, like why wouldn’t a scavenger low on credits on a war-torn planet hobble together a personal fighter?
Because most of them wouldn't survive long. Maybe for a one way trip off a desolate planet, but never for any real length of time. Most Uglies were flying death traps that were used only because extreme necessity required it.
Eckhart seemed to have forgotten the Clutch fighter. Only a bit slower than an X-wing, but lightly shielded, WAY more maneuverable, highly responsive, and it has ion cannons.
My personal favorite (and personal opinion on best ugly star fighter) is the Y-TIE. It’s pretty much the opposite of the TYE-Wing, aka the worst ugly ever, Eckharts described in the video. It takes a Y-Wing and removed its slow engines with the solar panel sides and engines of a TIE fighter. Basically it combines both strengths: the durability and firepower of a Y-Wing with the fast engines of a TIE fighter.
I actually have a soft spot for Uglies. They can be really terrible or one of the best fighters in a battle! Plus the way Allston and Stackpole describe them is just amazing because they probably just spun a wheel and put that in the story
I'd love to see a artists update using the junk ships but upgrading their designs fixing their flaws and improving their design. I always loved alternate versions of star wars ships :)
X-wing uses an astromech, so how the turducken plot jumps? Can you spin around in the cockpit while it's docked and landed? Does it grow up to become a swan?
To be fair...This succeeded in the point of an ugly. It has the pilot visibility of the TIE and it's powerful engines while having the firepower of a X-Wing and a split power source so even if your weapon are taken offline, you can still limp home. The rotating wing would take some getting used to for inexperienced pilots but having the rotation with the ball craft, makes it have a low hit profile. I would actually use this.
MY "ugly" is a 1986 Dodge Omni GLH with a B-Wing engine pod bolted/welded/duct taped to either side, and a pair of blaster cannons where the front wheels should be. You can aim them using the car's original steering gear.
Gotta say, love this ugly. And also gotta say, I suddenly started getting ideas for an alternate take on this XD (essentially taking this and adding another X-wing into the mix, with some additional modifications)
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EckhartsLadder So... the name has to be a play on the phrase “Turducken” right?
Dude I would die for a Gundam video
I think the only other contender I can think of would be the clutch
I love the Chir'Daki! I've also always found the Y-TIE to be at least an above average ugly design.
How to make an ugly ship
1. choose a cockpit
2. Wing it
LMAO Im imagining the falcon's cockpit with tie bomber wings
@@JustJoshReal best visibility cockpit with worst visibility wings
Makes me wonder if you could build an "Ugly" Capital Ship. Like using the ring of a Lucrehulk, a Dreadnought-class Cruiser for the central Core, and the engine sections of multiple Venator or Imperium-class Star Destroyers. Stuff a planetary militia could weld together by salvaging the remains of some old battlefield or junkyard in the void of space.
@@110100111000 by christ thats a big read, but i fuckin love it, thank tou
The body of a y-wing with the wings of a TIE interceptor
A harmonious fusion.
Rebel, "X Wing!"
Imperial, "TIE Fighter!"
Twi'lek, "Why not both?"
The literal personification of the hipster idea meme
Why not Zoidberg?
XFighter
I approve. 💯👍
General rule of thumb: if Wedge Antillies likes it, it's a good fighter
If Darth Vader likes it, it's also a good fighter
/fear
So X - wing and tie defender
If Thrawn likes it,it's also a good fighter.
Also Luke Skywalker, Tycho Celchu, Plo Koon, and Saesee Tiin.
The Twi'lek Turducken. It's a TIE Fighter inside a B-Wing inside an X-Wing!
glad I wasnt the only one...
What ???
Its also got sheathipede shuttle landing gear
Lol that's what i kept hearing.
Turducken
This makes me want a slice of life webcomic about a tie fighter and a x-wing who meet during a battle, fall in love, get married, and then have this as their child; and the child growing up.
Person: would you rather have a tie fighter or X-wing?
Twi’lek: yes
An Ugly that really isn't. It's kinda graceful, in a way.
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“Ball cockpit” is a phrase I’m going to use everyday now
fart and balls
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Cock and balls huh
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What about 4 B-wings on a rotating cockpit. Unlimited power.
-Better yet 2 b wings on a sun crusher-
There was a fighter in Legends that was basically that with just 2 B-wings.
I’m crine cuz that’s so aids 😂
@@scoman91 I know, it's called the Death Raven.
2 B-Wings together on one cockpit but add 4 small light laser cannons (which can rotate to face front and back) to the top and bottom of the B-Wing hull!
Another "Ugly" I think was an overall good fighter was the "Clutch" starfighter. It was from the book "I, Jedi". Described as a tie ball cockpit being clutched in a hand of trifoils. It had shields, lasers, ion cannon and missiles. Fairly versatile and some even had hyperdrives. Corron Horn used it to great effect in the book. In my opinion.
It's too bad no story ever followed up on I, Jedi. The Invids were an interesting enemy and the Clutch was a really cool idea.
You see, when a tie fighter and an xwing love each very much...
So this was a re-manufactured fighter. Given a few years and generational redesign and improvement, this could have been a champ fighter.
Also looks like a StarFury (Babylon 5)
Not gonna lie it could work just needs a couple of wire fixes and updated stuff
All it needed was a competent shipwright.
Well it did sound like he said Drakh around the 5:48 mark. Technically they weren't seen until after the shadow war in the one season of Crusade but still in the Babylon 5 universe. Now all the universes are collapsing into one another..... Hollywood has become the great black hole of Sci-Fi and creativity. LOL
Thought this looked like a Starfury from the thumbnail. Before I even watched the vid I said "bet the wings swivel around the cockpit!", just like a Starfury.
This could make an exceptional starfighter had they connected the two systems better. Also, using the TIE's two ion cannons in conjunction with the X-wing's lasers would provide excellent firepower.
What about the X-ceptor? A hybrid between the X-wing and TIE interceptor.
It was that decent, but not perfect.
JASOE the All-seeing Omnipresent Eye how about this the tie wing 😁
what about the cockpit of an X-wing and the wings of tie fighter
joeplays22 mmm idk about that
What about the 'wings' of an x wing and the 'wings' of a tie (choose your variant)
@@fulcrum2951 X-Hunter. Hybrid of the X-wing and the TIE Hunter.
The Invid Clutch was a pretty good Ugly as well, from “I, Jedi”. A TIE ball cockpit with cutbacks on the side for improved pilot visibility with three wings in a inverted Y shape. Incorporated basic shields and armed with two laser and one ion cannons.
Ugly Starfighter - An abomination of the glory that is the X-Wing. :P
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Useless nobody
What would a Jawas-designed starfighter look like?
I would gladly pay all my money even my soul to watch it in the screen
A TH-camr named" metanerdz lore" has a video about a fan jawa ship it actually looks pretty sick
@@brockgundich I suppose it looks like a jawa shipyard from Tim Burtom??
@@0predaking0 well it kinda looks like a sandcrawler but like more modified
@@brockgundich I like it! Another!!! XDDDDD
Those starfighters wouldn't be so ugly if they had Raid installed in them
Trying twice on this video?
Bruh
The TIE wing is underrated. If anything, putting powerful engines from a heavy ship onto a light TIE hull should make it extremely fast.
Would that be related to the Die-Wing?
@@EclipseWarlord that is the die wing
It has been years since I read the X-Wing series. I need to add them to my queu.
The thing is it somehow doesn’t... which confused me, it’s speed is between a tie bomber and y wing, sonehow
@@4eversquidsisters266 My best guess would be that the TIE's reactor isn't enough to power two Y-wing engines, so the engines are working at a fraction of their normal capacity.
Another Ugly that I think wouldn’t be terrible was the so called Z-Wing found in legends, which used a Z-95 Headhunter’s fuselage and X-Wing wings. The Z-95 and X-Wing were quite similar to each other in both appearance and roles, so while obviously not as good as a stock fighter, it’s not so far fetched or impractical like combining a Y-Wing and a TIE is. I would absolutely take this design over most other uglies when going into a fight as it would basically function as a discount X-Wing.
"I'll try spinning, that's a good trick!"
I would be very curious about the fuel cell arrangement for the uglies. The chir'daki probably dropped the TIE cannons for fuel. Having six engines going can't be fuel efficient...
I don't think it actually uses the X-Wing's engines, just their reactors. If you look at some of the pictures, you'll see that the back halves of the X-Wing engines have been removed.
Chromatic Rascal I could swear there was even a line saying that the x wing engines powered the hyperdrive.
@@darman12able they do, they just don't actually provide thrust while flying.
Timberwolf but most Star Wars ships are electric. They use ion engines which propel charged atoms to produce thrust, so they really just have to power a nuclear reactor onboard the ship which should last a long time
@@whitneylackenbauer9782 They still need to be refueled more or less every misson (we see tgis in ANH).
When I was younger Star Wars was my only real safe space, I love watching your videos because they connect with me on a deep level. I love learning about the universe that fundamentally shaped me as a person this channel is my favorite for that reason. Through your channel I discovered my favorite star wars era the New Jedi Order along with much more, thank you for that. Loved this video too, uglies are some of the funniest ships ever.
Thank you for covering the Chir'daki. Definitely one of my favorite Legends fighters.
Maybe this will lead to a versus video someday?
That artwork made me laugh when I saw that AT-ST head with TIE panels strapped on it 🤣.
This is also my favourite ugly, it also makes the most sense considering the rebels main fighter was the x-wing and the only standardized tie variant not to use the ball cockpit was the bomber.
Honestly, that Ugly ship of the Twileks that your describing sounds pretty awesome. If they could have incorporated the life support of the X Wing into Tie Fighter cockpit then it could have been one of the best fighters of the era
The life support isn't a major knock. The only real draw back to this fighter is the lack of projectile launchers. I think that once the Twi'lek got their manufacturing feet under them, that would be the first upgrade to the Chirdaki Mark II
The Gand modified TIE Bombers and the Chir'daki, both from the Bacta War were some of my favorite Star Wars starships.
so was the collar like the mandalorian's ship from rebels and clone wars where the wings can go in a full 360 around the cockpit
Yes it with just like the b-wing as well
@@osets2117 i didnt even know the bwing could
@@Gingerking_45 Yup, if you look closely whenever the B-Wing deploys it's S-Foils, you'll see that the cockpit is off to one side and the rest of the ship is to the other, allowing for the B-Wing to land. As the S-Foils deploy, the cockpit rotates 90 degrees to become the top of the ship while the foils themselves (the little wings) open up and give the fighter a t shape. While we only ever see this 90 degree rotation in the films, Legends lore says it can rotate the full 360 degrees, effectively keeping the pilot relatively stationary while the fighter rotates around the cockpit during combat maneuvers.
Called it. Honestly this ugly is a big part of my affection for twi'lecks
not tom mention a Star fighter Rick James would fly
There's also the TIE-clutch, built by one of the successor-Moffs' engineers. As I recall it they had a TON of advanced TIEs (and parts) lying around but not the resources to maintain and supply them so they took them to the proverbial chop-shop, hacked out a lot of systems they didn't need and couldn't afford anyway and re-arranged the "wings"/solar panels in a way reminsicent of Chiss Clawcraft. Apparently they performed surprisingly well and didn't need the specialised docking provisions for most other TIE variants, being able to use their bottom panels as improvised landing gear.
With a proper design revision, the attentions of a real Shipwright and access to an actual shipyard... well, what could have been, eh?
I think that they were instead of trying to fuse the electrical systems of the 2 ships together they were instead trying to get them to work together but as individually governed systems splitting the work load
Very true. Don't think the two systems were compatible.
Haha that Carl Weathers "stew" quip killed me. Nice one Eck
Luke Callaghan Finally, someone mentions it!
You got in to star wars legends books the same way i did, i also started the young jedi knights series in middle school library, they didn't have every book but i enjoyed. And there was like the first 3 new jedi order books.
In high school i started the legacy of the force, luckily my vice principal was a huge star wars fan and he supplied me books when the library didn't have them, and only half of the fate of the jedi series.
Honestly I love uglies if not just for their concept. It allows the writers to be really creative as well as tongue and cheek with their starfighters that we all love
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CIS
Whatever
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Anyone seeing it
Not.funny.didnt.laugh
Damn you made some people salty.
I know it's just classified as "ugly" but come on, it's beautiful!
The Bacta War has got to be by far my favorite Rogue Squadron books. Glad to see stuff from Legends still being talked about.
Hope you'll do more vids of these Ugly Starfighters.
I find them really unique.
Stay AWESOME, Ecks.
This thing is the quintesential definition of: something that shouldn't work at all, but it works, incredibly very well
Those kids magazine subscriptions, my older brother had one and so many of them featured in main or supporting, even cameo, boba fett.
Like to the point where everyone talks about boba fett being a hidden fan favourite despite having only five lines in the original trilogy, one of which is “aaaahhhhh” but no one really points to a piece of Star Wars media with certainty for boba fetts rise to fame among fans, but I swear it was these novellas. Boba Fett was written like Dutch from Predator, the Predator, the Bodyguard, Hitman, it was nuts. I think our mum still has them in storage somewhere.
to be honest, if I was making a ship, I would do the following
bomber, y wing body with B wing armament in the rear for massive armament boost with the same thruster's and stabler wing's to improve speed and maneuverability
mainline fighter (jack of all trade's): X wing body with arc 170 style wing's except Z95 headhunter wing's for the S foil's
interceptor: delta 7/ a wing mix with tie interceptor wing's on its side's acting like the Eta 2's wing's
if I was making ship's, this is a start
Well, if you wanna do some basic Ugly R&D:
rpggamer.org/main.php?page=ugly-workshop/ugly-designer.php
Doesn't have a B-Wing body yet, though (which reallxy sucks, I'm working on a version of the Corellian B-Wing atm which actually doesn't suck, and I really could have used abit of inspiration about what to improve on the cockpit).
And what cares? NOBODY!
@@Potato79207
Well someone needs a hug and some therapy.
Replicators vs a Unified Star Wars universe (558th try now, *_I._** WILL NEEEEVER EEEVER GIVE UP!!!)*
It reminds me of the Starfury from Babylon 5.
There are a few more downsides to this Ugly. Since we're talking about a Tie-Fighter cockpit pod, we only have one viewpoint, which is the large window up front. You still have zero visibility to the sides and rear and would have to compensate with sensors. The rotating wings means you have to keep track while you're maneuvering in tight areas. No astromech so you need to rely on pre-programmed coordinates for hyperspace jumps.
It's really a pit we never got an official artwork of the Chir'daki. It would also be nice to see in brought back in the new canon, since Twi'lek as warriors are pretty well-established from The Clone Wars and Rebels.
There's a lot of different interpretations of it, but I would assume the collar for the S-foils had to be mounted toward the aft of the ball (and thus surrounding the twin ion engines), because otherwise it would block the hatch from opening to let the pilot in and out.
I miss Uglies. I'm kinda hoping that Mandalorian brings some in at some point - it's the perfect time and environment for them.
The Mandalorians design and build their own fighters. They don't need to kitbash together a bunch of Uglies.
Thanks for sharing this very interesting star fighter. Keep up the awesome work Eckhart!
Uglies could be made with parts from the LEGO series.
What about that B-Wing thing that was essentially two B-Wings, slapped together? The Deathraven, I think it was called.
He mentioned it here
Got a good chuckle out of seeing that flying AT-ST head on that comic cover.
Give it enough thrust and anything can fly.
My favorite ugly is the other Y-Tie. It's the cockpit of a y-wing and the wings and engines of the tie. The fighter has the ordinance, shields, and rear gunner of the Y-wing, and the speed of a tie
reminds me a bit of the TIE Hunter my personal favorite Imperial fighter
The tie Hunter is so cool looking
It's cool, but I personally love the TIE Defender.
@@Tar-Numendil if the Empire had mass produced TIE Hunters and Defenders with carrier style cruisers like the Venator as the back bone of its fleets instead of the ISDs, they would have won the war. The Rebels only real advantage was their Starfighters versatility and their pilot's survival rate.
@@kharilane1340 Yeah if Thrawn had had his way the Rebellion would have been annihilated. Palpatine was brilliant, but he didn't actually know how to fight a war. He wasn't controlling both sides like he was during the Clone Wars.
Babylon 5 called, and it want's its starfury back!
I don't know if this is anywhere in canon or even if this would count as an ugly considering how beautiful it looks, but, I saw a model someone had made taking the fuselage of an Arc-170 with the wings and engines of an X-wing.
Good god it was gorgeous to look at.
They should make a sci fi mmo that allows you to custom build from whatever is available.
I remember that it's mentioned in X-wing: The Bacta War, that these fighters have Concussion Missiles. I'd guess they removed the laser cannons from the TIE ball to accommodate them.
Actually, the Deathseeds didn't have any projectile launchers. You are probably confusing them with the modified TIE Bombers that Gand pilots flew in the same book.
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I mean yeah but I watch him a lot though so idk
YES, the stew reference! So good.
The very same book had another Ugly that was pretty good, the Gand modified TIE bomber that replaced the Bomb Chute with an extra concussion missile launcher and added another pair of laser cannons, shields, hyperdrive, and Interceptor style cutouts in the forward Solar/radiator panels, I Jedi also had Leona Tavira's Tri-fighters which are uglies that end up similar to V38s/TIE Phantoms just with a traditional TIE ball cockpit and an ion cannon on the top spike. There's also the Deathraven, which is two B-WingE2s strapped to a single cockpit with two extra light ion cannons for good measure.
I personally like the calor piece they've made, but I like the torpedo launching body of the X-wing with the additions of Tie Advanced wings.
"...you got yourself a stew going..." 😆
Beauty is subjective
Made that dank vaporwave in intro/outro my alarm and ringtone cuz it's the fucken best
You forgot the Tri-fighter, aka, "Clutch". It was a good fighter. It had shields (albeit no where near as strong as an x-wing's), an ion cannon, was fairly maneuverable, and was fairly versatile as well (had room for a hyperdrive to be added, although it required manual astronavigation I think). Corran flew one during his infiltration of the Invids, and he didn't dislike it (still preferred the x-wing, but it was better than other fighters he was familiar with).
I kinda like the way the mix of the x-wing and tie comes together. It seems like a very economical way to get a competent starfighter for a planetary defence force on a tight budget.
Exactly what the Twi'leks thought.
What about the C Wing ugly? Basically a yt-1300 cockpit with a b wing wings and engines. Why fly a b wing alone when you can fly it (and probably die) with friends? :D
X-Ceptors were X-Wing bodies (engines but no wings) with TIE Interceptor wings. Good speed, TIE lasers and torpedoes packed a good punch.
They were pretty decent ships...as long as you used fresh parts.
my favorite ug is the B-wing 2in1😁 (2xb-wing body but the only cockpit
It's named the Deathraven. It was the personal starcraft of former Rebel operative Erron Kell and it is glorious!!!
love the arrested development reference
Great video, finaly some love for the Starfury of Star Wars!
In the trap book it mentioned Concussion Missiles as they were cheaper and more available than Proton Torpedoes!
My personal favorite Ugly was the X and Z-ceptor. iirc the Z-ceptor basically looked like one crammed a Headhunter fuselage through a TIE Interceptor cockpit, stripped the Headhunter's wing weapons and stuck'em on the fuselage, and then used the Interceptor's wing mounted weapons. Definitely an attack fighter if ever there was one.
Edit: Ah yes, and of course, they were shielded.
Super effective use of Carl Weathers
In regards to the QotD, I actually did have a Star Wars Kids subscription. It came with the Star Wars Missions book-based RPG, as a recall. I thoroughly enjoyed both as a kid, but sadly I no longer have either of them.
If there's a collar around it, blocking where usually the hatch of a Tie Fighter should be ... how do you enter or exit that thing?
punch through the glass
@@raf74hawk12 It is the way of the Twi'lek warrior.
I love the idea of uglys and one-off custom Star Wars ships. I think it adds depth to the lore, like why wouldn’t a scavenger low on credits on a war-torn planet hobble together a personal fighter?
Because most of them wouldn't survive long. Maybe for a one way trip off a desolate planet, but never for any real length of time. Most Uglies were flying death traps that were used only because extreme necessity required it.
Eckhart seemed to have forgotten the Clutch fighter. Only a bit slower than an X-wing, but lightly shielded, WAY more maneuverable, highly responsive, and it has ion cannons.
My personal favorite (and personal opinion on best ugly star fighter) is the Y-TIE. It’s pretty much the opposite of the TYE-Wing, aka the worst ugly ever, Eckharts described in the video. It takes a Y-Wing and removed its slow engines with the solar panel sides and engines of a TIE fighter. Basically it combines both strengths: the durability and firepower of a Y-Wing with the fast engines of a TIE fighter.
the thumbnail was me in high school
I actually have a soft spot for Uglies. They can be really terrible or one of the best fighters in a battle! Plus the way Allston and Stackpole describe them is just amazing because they probably just spun a wheel and put that in the story
That ugly is.... surprisingly pretty. Also, I really didn't expect a furaffinity link in the description xD
It actually sounds pretty cool. It would be really cool to see it in action.
Z-'ceptor. I don't know how usefull it is, but that's the coolest looking I've ever seen.
For what was effectively a kitbash, the Turducken does indeed seem pretty good.
Where was the b-roll of the home one vs super star destroyer from? It's not from the movies.
I'd love to see a artists update using the junk ships but upgrading their designs fixing their flaws and improving their design. I always loved alternate versions of star wars ships :)
X-wing uses an astromech, so how the turducken plot jumps? Can you spin around in the cockpit while it's docked and landed? Does it grow up to become a swan?
To be fair...This succeeded in the point of an ugly. It has the pilot visibility of the TIE and it's powerful engines while having the firepower of a X-Wing and a split power source so even if your weapon are taken offline, you can still limp home. The rotating wing would take some getting used to for inexperienced pilots but having the rotation with the ball craft, makes it have a low hit profile. I would actually use this.
I miss flying my reverse engineered TIE Guardian from SWG sooooooo much! 😢
Where the hell would you find that many X-Wing foils without the cockpits?
They "fell" from a bulk freighter somewhere in the correllian sector.
i love the Chir'Daki thank you!
Please tell about the Eternal Empire
MY "ugly" is a 1986 Dodge Omni GLH with a B-Wing engine pod bolted/welded/duct taped to either side, and a pair of blaster cannons where the front wheels should be. You can aim them using the car's original steering gear.
Like always, great video Eck
Gotta say, love this ugly. And also gotta say, I suddenly started getting ideas for an alternate take on this XD (essentially taking this and adding another X-wing into the mix, with some additional modifications)
I've wanted to see an SW fighter with spinning wings, and what'dya know, the Twileks have seemingly answered the call! :D
🎶You spin me right 'round baby right 'round🎶Like a record baby right 'round...🎶
I was waiting for someone to review some of the "Uglies".