"The armor on this ship is extensive, the shields will protect you from just about anything. Which is good, because you won't be going anywhere fast." Rogue Squadron FTW
@Aaron Lovell it wasn't removed, it was just converted into a fixed forward facing ion gun. What good is a turret if you don't have enough crew to use it?
*salesman slaps roof of Star Fortress* This bad boy is so slow, it ca- *the salesman died because it's so slow it's basically a squatting duck to enemy fighters*
Salesman to soldier turned smuggler: I tell you what, you buy this ship, you treat her right, and she will be with you for the rest of your days. Bad-ass lieutenant. That's because its a deathtrap sir.
Also The BTL-A4 Y-Wing I argue is a Heavy Fighter / Interceptor. It's just as fast as the X-Wing, Gold Squadron A4s had some just as maneuverable as the X-Wing, its slightly more accurate than the X-Wing, and the A4 is the only variation of Y-Wing with twin Heavy Laser Cannons.
If you ever play the old X Wing game, get an editor and bump it's speed up to to X wing levels but don't change it's maneuverability for that Rebel hotrod goodness. The lack of parallax more than makes up for it's lack of manuverability
@@jmurray1110 what new vehicle? You mean the new bomber that got a few minutes of screen time and completely self-destroyed? Did anyone think that was cool?
@Left hand man I would argue that the ARC-170 was not a good ship. It was too big to dogfight but did not carry enough armament to warrant that size. I do like the LAAT, though and I love that it was designed specifically to work in tandem with the AT-TE. Combined Arms at it's finest.
The Y-Wing is the work horse of the rebel fleet. It’s not quick or flashy but it gets the job done. The armor on this ship is extensive, and the shields will protect you from just about anything, which is good, because you won’t be going anywhere fast. The Y-Wing is used mainly as a bomber because it can carry a heavy payload of missiles, torpedoes and bombs. The other important weapon is the topside ION canon, which rather than destroying a target, can disable it for later capture. Our canons have a computer assisted auto-fire feature, so don’t forget that when your in the heat of battle.
Seeing those cut out images of the Y wing in the background brings so much nostalgia back from when I was a kid with the book they were from. Stared at those pages for so long...
Remember playing empire at war strategy game against Hard AI. I just built an armada of Y wings and bombed their base out of existence. Not even a challenge!
Especially when the AI forgets to build corvettes, X-Wing and Y-Wing spam is literally the only thing needed for Rebel fleets. Especially once the shields are down on the target, then the X-Wings are devastatingly effective too...
@@crgkevin6542 That moment you go rebellion against 3 hard AI and you feel like the rebel fleet at the end of episode VI. Then you manage to break trough their fleet with your nebulon b's and corvettes and finally destroy their base..........TAKE THAT YE STUPID BOTS!
*Cough cough* Tartan Patrol Cruiser *Cough cough* The Empire outclasses all other factions by far if you build starfighter screening vessels and TIE defenders.
Empire at War? For me that game was more like "Build the Death Star and blow up half the galaxy, then colonize the astroid remains" Fun game though playing any side.
@@DetectiveLance, because if there’s one thing that a brand new government that is obviously going to face uprisings should do: it is demilitarize. God the “new republic” were dopeheads, since they could have easily had the newest of gear and best of training. They were just a dumber version of the rebellion.
@@ChickenLiver911 my guess is that they were like "Can we all just stop fighting please?! It's been over 2 decades of near constant warfare against your emperor's regime, and quite frankly; we just want to throw our guns to the floor, take a sip of some fine wine and be done with this crap!" and thus the New Republic demilitarized... and then was almost completely wiped out of existence by a planet-sized superweapon
The Y-wing was the first Star Wars vehicle i bought alongside with the Falcon. It always had a special place in my heart, even more than the X-wing. When they returned in Rogue one, it were in some of my favorite moments of the movie. I think i like it so much because its one of the more realistic designs of the SW universe.
It looks like a starcraft engineer sat down and said to themselves "it will need to be fast, rugged and pack a punch." It seriously looks like something that might actually work, and even be good at it's stated purpose. (For bonus points imagine a Resistance Y-Wing with modern engines... a true fast attack bomber)
Well, it was suposed to be retired by the time of the battle of Geonosis and it was kept just because the GAR had nothing else avaliable. The rebel alliance got them from scrapyards, It's easy to see why it was not present about 100 years after it was intended to be retired.
@@cmw12 shut the Fuqk up. You crying because someone said that y wings are better than b wings? They are. B wings were still cool, but y wings are better.
I agree that the Y-Wing is the best bomber (it kills me that Johnson thought those Starfortresses were a good idea) but I think the electro-proton bomb isn't really an advantage, because as far as we know, it was only used once and was not standard. Also, just a quick tidbit, it's the BTL Y-Wing, not the BLT.
In the incredible cross sections book, there is a typo on the page that switches the letters around. I guess the writer was a little hungry when editing that page.
I thought that the superfortresses had great potential. Well, as great a potential as it could have. Don’t really know why I like it, but it’s a cool idea and a nice kind of nudge towards the B-17 Flying Fortress.
@@ChickenLiver911 the biggest issue with them was they were relatively easy for fighters to take down. Yes, three or four of them (it's been a LONG time since I've seen TLJ) get taken down when a fighter crashes into the bomb bay, but one starts going down after a few seconds of concentrated TIE fire. Also, their shape made a HUGE blindspot, and they were lacking an articulated turret on the front. That could have stopped the blasted TIE from crashing. They were an interesting concept, but ultimately designed to be destroyed and thus not entirely thought through.
Always loved the look and design of the Y wing. Could never understand why the Resistance choose that damn star fortress. A squadron of Y wings would of done the job much faster and with less causalities.
That would have sounded a little something like this: Command, Gold Leader. We are done with the Dreadnought. Still two torpedos in the tube on each ship. Cease evacuation. We are going for the rest of the fleet. Send a tanker and get that damn black X-Wing out of my way!
@@jonumine6250 Good point. Why DID they send in the fortress when the entire siege hinged on two giant canons? Was there a reason he only took out the point defense rather than just torpedo the siege guns?
Here’s a question, why didn’t the Rebellion or the Resistance ever use Buzz droids? Wouldn’t they have been super effective against the swarms of un-shielded fighters their enemies were deploying? Buzz droid missile loaded Y-Wings.
It's plausible actually, since the Rebels had to scavenge the Clone War era CIS and Old Republic equipment to fight the much better funded Galactic Empire.
The canon Thrawn novels make it clear that Buzz Droids are super expensive and rare and collectors like him love getting their grubby mitts on them because of it. I assume most of them were melted down for scrap just like the Y-wing.
@@VincentTheKindNecromancer Yeah Thrawn's commanding officer upon discovering Thrawn had two mk1 Buzz droids on her ship was to tell Thrawn off and demand he remove them from her ship. Citing the fact that most of us lived through the clone wars. It wasn't until Thrawn subtly hinted at how much they were worth that she let Thrawn keep them. Needless to say most people loath anything to do with the C.I.S droids.
Using the ION cannon in the rogue squadron games was the freakin' best! Having a second player with you was beautiful. Really felt like a proper Y wing having someone behind me running the turret.
@@commandermime38 Actually, it was worse. Having Y wing engines and a TIE cockpit means you are slower and more useless. It was so bad that when someone got 3 on their six, it was said that if they couldn't shake them, they deserved to die.
@@coledewey3564 The Vulture droid was dirt cheap, yet it wicked fast and agile, able to pull maneuvers that would probably kill organic pilots, was well armed with four laser cannons AND hardpoints for missiles, as well as presenting a very small target that was hellishly hard to hit, especially since you'd be engaging them in huge swarms. As a short range interceptor, it flat out outclasses the TIE/LN and the TIE Interceptor and if you take losses, you aren't losing an expensive and hard to replace organic pilot.
@@MandalorV7 keep in mind the only thing faster than the TIE interceptor (at least that you'd find in numbers) was the RZ-1 A-wing interceptor. (Yes, the TIE/d had a higher engine rating, but it suffered from "too good for the empire to actually bother to use it" syndrome.) Also not all TIE models were unshielded. The TIE advance mk1 had shields, I think
@@elliottk786 If the Defender was 5x the cost of a TIE, I wonder what the Phantom cost. Credit-wise I believe it was more than 6x, if the materials were available. Having 5 laser cannons firing as you decloak might have been worth it.
Great video. In our fan film, The Lost Patrol, we featured a Y-wing engaged in a dogfight with two TIE Fighters. We got a lot of comments about how a slow, sluggish bomber wouldn't be able to do what we had it do in the fight, to which we had to reply and correct the misconceptions of the Y-wing with many of the points you made. Next time, we'll just direct them to this video!
Space SBD Dauntless. I always had to love the Y-Wing and X-Wing, though, despite the space terrorists that fly them. There's something so elegant and practical about them that's really hard not to love.
Thank you for this! I have loved the Y-Wing fighter since I was a little boy and I first saw Star Wars at a drive-in when I was 4 years old. It is still by far my favorite ship! And it is simply badass
Y-Wings fitted with ten buzz droid warhead missiles can be really menacing, just imagine a Rebel Y wing pilot can just decimate a whole squadron of TIE fighters, with a push of a button.
I played Squadruns and I have to tell you, using multi lock missiles is the easiest way to deal with an AI squad of TIEs as they all get killed in one hit and you can hit 4 targets with one shot
...Always liked the Y-Wing. In an RPG I was playing some time back, I had the original engines replaced by an A-Wing's 'Event Horizon' engines--made a nasty surprise for opponents!
@@pyeitme508 If you were to match up most modern fighters against their Star Wars counterparts, we'd likely. Most Fifth and Forth Gen fighters easily have speed and manoeuvring advantages over star fighters. Not to mention things like missiles that can be fired from beyond line of sight and stealth systems.
@@addictedgamer4893 Wouldn't be so sure. They'd need particle shielding and I doubt that's much of priority when what you'll mostly be facing is blazers and lasers which are covered by ray shields.
I've always liked the Y-wing. It's the Hawker Hurricane to the X-wing's Supermarine Spitfire. The Hurricane shot down over half the German aircraft lost in the Battle of Britain, and later models served in the ground-attack role. When Hawker's chief test pilot saw the prototype for the first time, he reportedly said "I don't know if it'll fly, but it certainly won't break!"
Allen, after your extensive explanation of how good the Y-Wing bomber was yet silly people would not admit how good it was no matter how old it was. Sounds like the A-10. I've heard that a certain race that swims in our oceans may have been behind the odd feelings around the A-10. I'm guessing they do not want it present when they mount their surprise assault against Humanity.
Actually the A-10 was so shitty that the Air Force expected to loose the entire fleet in the first week of fighting on the Fulda gap, his service life was overstretched and is pretty inefficient at his job compared to an F-15E, an F-16 or an F/A-18.
The BTL-A4 Y-Wing I argue is a Heavy Fighter / Interceptor. It's just as fast as the X-Wing, Gold Squadron A4 had some just as maneuverable as the X-Wing, its slightly more accurate than the X-Wing, and the A4 is the only variation of Y-Wing with twin Heavy Laser Cannons.
@@adambielen8996 Its flight characteristics and capabilities are more of a Heavy Fighter and Interceptor in my opinion. S3 are more like Fighter Bombers.
@@adambielen8996 The A4 version is just as fast as the X-Wing. The amount of ordnance will be different as Bombers in SW carry between almost 100 low end and over 1000.
@@lancer737 apart from the mass coffin that is the Starfortress what carries that kind of payload but is still fighter sized, not that the deathtrap is fighter sized. Also what don't you get about fighter-bomber, it can perform both the role of a space superiority fighter and a bomber.
Seriously though, Dutch was stoic as fuck. He knew he was dead, yet in a calm and steady voice, used his last breathes to give as much intel to the other fighters as he could. Badass dude!
Maybe I'm biased from using the X-Wing Series model of the B-wing, but I always loved it. The wings were locked in place, so no issues there. Just sweet durability, firepower, and massive payload. It made a pretty decent missile boat as well. One fun use was to set it to 1/3 throttle for max maneuverability and basically use it as a turret.
I've always had a soft spot for the Y-Wing. Most likely because in the X-Wing PC game of the early '90s, the Y-Wing was the only starfighter I could fly worth a darn.
Load a Y-Wing up with Concussion missiles, and you've got a effective fighter killer. It takes out as many enemy fighters as it has missiles* at long range, before getting in dogfight range, then it jumps away unless all the fighters have been swatted or it has superiority fighter escorts. While this cost missiles, it's cheaper than losing a fighter and a effective tactic for quickly thinning the field. Useful if enemy fighters are the only point defense. *modify the bomb bay to feed extra missiles to the launchers if necessary, unless it can already dedicate all ordinance stores to missiles (unclear).
Or just spam Y wings and put them into the Venator Class Star Destroyer, then equip them with 10 proton torpedo. Finally, you get a budget capital ship killer.
Ever play empire at war? as the rebellion you can send waves of Y-Wings (4 per squad) into waves of TIE fighters (7 per squad) and come out on top with generally light losses if the Y-Wings attack the TIEs in the base game.
I halfway think the Empire scrapped the Y-Wings to keep them out of rebels hands. For a a-symmetrical war of movement it's your ideal hit and run ship against ships and installations.
actually I can't understand why rebels didn't make "specialized" versions of the X-wing instead of going into the logistic nightmare of having at least 4 kinds of fighters. The X-wing have plenty of room to put bombs, torpedos or whatever you want to use in your guerrilla warfare.
This brings back memories of the X-Wing game from the DOS era. Flying a Y-wing into bombing position, double-front shields, taking heavy fire, but having to staaaay on taaarget! Good times.
The Y-Wing is the Star Wars equivalent of something like an SBD Dauntless which is one of the best dive bombers ever to fly. Knowing Lucas, it's either based off a Dauntless or a De Havilland Mosquito. But X-Wings being Hellcats and Y-Wings being Dauntlesses make sense to me if you think of TiE Fighters as A6M Zeroes
I would argue the clone Y-wing was better just because it wasn't salvaged and had amour. However, if there was an updated one after the Galactic Civil war then that would most likely be better.
Everyone always had that unconditional love for the x-wing. Understandably due to it being a hero ship. Although I was always an A wing and Y wing fan.
@@erikcampbell9882 hmm if did that make it 4 Upgraded output a wings engines and add couple of extra forward lasers on engine pods to give you 4 forward facing guns
It was really cool to see Y-Wings using their ion cannons in Rebels, and a small number of them disabling an entire Star Destroyer in Rogue One. In the OT they always just seemed (on screen at least) to be "worse X-Wings"
The rebellion had the best fighters in my opinion. They had the x wing-best multirole ship, they had the a wing-best interceptor, and they had this the y-wing best bomber for its size
When I first saw Star Wars back '77, and being about 4 or 5 years old, I was pretty much wowed by all the ships, both Rebel and Empire. But, when I re-watched it on VHS in the early '80s (along with TESB and ROTJ), I began feeling certain appreciations for each side's various fighters. Admittedly, like most, I was an X-wing lover initially. But, with ROTJ, I fell in love with the B-wing, if only by its design as not much of its capabilities were shown. But, the Y-wing was also a favorite, even if it was slower than its X-wing counterpart, its durability and survivability, even for a mostly skeletal framework, reminded me of the A-10 Thunderbolt II. It carried a lot of ouch for Imperial targets, which was played out well with the first gen Y-wings in Clone Wars. It could take one hell of a beating and, if not wasted in a suicide run, could survive.
Good to see a video like this about the Y-wing, and also other fans in the comments. Underrated for sure. It's my favorite starfighter and it looks like there's plenty that agree with me!
@@lordfrostwind3151 The Tarkin Doctrine was Tarkins fault and operation cinder was purposeful awful in order to give one last middle finger to the galaxy.
The Ion Torpedoes in Rogue One were used after the Shield Dome had been hit, which was only after the fleet had managed to knock the shield down. (Presumably that was partially because the shield was still "Charging up" since the ISDs were caught with their pants down and their swim trunks on from being posted above such a luxurious backwater.) Though the similar Magpulse torpedoes in Legends I think may have worked through shields, it's been a long time since i played X-Wing Alliance, but I think they bypassed shields with the limitation of only disabling certain parts of the ship like weapons. This made them good for neutralizing a threat but didn't let the fleet quickly take down the ship since the shields would still be up.
@@legatusmatheus9815 There's the Cityscape that covers the ship's upper surface and provides plentiful cover for strike craft making attack runs on the bridge. Also, like a lot of KDY designs, it has pitiful point defenses for a ship of its size.
I hate that thing with a burning passion, it's so stupid from every known doctrine for a strike air(space)craft. I refuse to see them as actual bombers that the Resistance would have fielded. Now, one throwaway line in that scene blasting them for being "age old minelayers", and boom. Now they aren't purpose designed bombers, but a desperate adaptation that we know and love about the Resistance. That one bit of info and suddenly, the entire scene is less stupid. (It still is, like, why is Leia mad at Poe? That scene reeks of manufactured tension). I can now enjoy that scene as desperate pilots so long as I refuse the idiots who failed to sieze the oppurtunity and instead called them 'bombers'
In Battlefront 2017 Y-wings are my favorite non-hero ship to fly. That is mostly due to the fact I am prefer to hit non-moving targets due to how my aim is so bad it makes stormtroopers look like elite ranged sharpshooters.
Somehow he came up with something that’s worse at its job than even a TIE Bomber, as well as having greater loss rates than the actual B-17 it’s based on... (Not to mention that seeing a Star Warsified B-17 used against a *naval* target makes a genuine history buff like myself cringe horribly... Unless that battleship is hiding in a fjord as a stationary target you use torpedo bombers and dive bombers dammit!)
Common error. Because it looks similar doesn't mean it is the same thing. Real World F-18E Hornets (Rhino) looks like a F18C Hornet. It even carries over the name. Yet not only is it larger and reshaped, but under the skin its a completely different Bird.
I sure hope the hell not. The b-wing might not have necessarily been the most graceful ship, but by no means does ANY ship in star wars deserve to be compared to the star fortress. Not even the A-9 vigilance. NOT EVEN THE Y-TIE OR X-TIE OR ANY OTHER UGLY SHIP DESERVES TO BE COMPARED TO THE STAR FORTRESS.
"Ordinance: a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority." "Ordnance: military supplies including weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and maintenance tools and equipment. " Love your series.
The Y-wing is a pretty awesome ship. Many have argued that it was slow and easy to kill, but I always disagreed. These ships can be just as deadly as most any bomber, and holds it own well against other starfighters. So glad to see a breakdown video that puts this ship in a positive light for a change. Thx Allen, and please keep up the hard work.
The Resistance (or some other space yard company) should have manufactured the Y-Wings with better technology. Maybe they were infected with Disney's dumbness
The New Republic government basically expanded the already completely stupid concept of gun control to their entire government, which is basically "if nobody has warships there just can't be any more Star Wars!" and they signed a non-proliferation treaty with the imperial remnants to disband and demolish most of their warships. Of course in a stunning move nobody could have predicted, the imperial remnants didn't actually destroy their fleets at all, leaving the New Republic completely undefended against their advance, which is why we see only a tiny number of resistance ships and practically no capital ships at all. This is of course completely and utterly retarded and it was done solely as a lazy and creatively bankrupt way to still have the same re-hashed "tiny rebel force vs huge imperial fleet" fight over and over again. I weep because we could have had some spectacular fleet actions with the New Republic and First Order on even ground showing off their new ships and new strategies, and indicating that the good guys were no longer the underdogs anymore, but that would have required skill and creativity.
The Y was a great fighter. Too bad lazy directors make everything a one shot kill. Closest we came was R1 showing them at least doing something useful.
Fantastic video. Speaking of the Star Fortress, I am surprised The Last Jedi had that ship over the K-wing Bomber. I was wondering I know the K-wing bomber is legends but can you do a comparsion between the Resistance Star Fortress and the K-wing Bomber? and The difference the K-wing probably would have made? And before I forget Merry Christmas.
You'd think at some point, someone would make a next generation of Y-wing. Just keep the same basic shape, but put in newer generation engines and shields to keep the ship competitive. Maybe also fix up the armor plating so that it's still worth having on the ship. I like the look of the fully armored Y-wing.
I love the Y-Wing squadron in the original Star Wars Death Star attack. Every one if those guys is geekus maximus and I love them for that. "Deflector shields on double front" "Stay on target! Stay on target!"
Alan, very nice video on one of my favorite ships. However, where you hungry when you made this or was it close to your lunch time? You are *such* a Star Wars fan that I can only guess you deliberately called it a "BLT-a4" instead of the BTL-A4 because you wanted to see if anyone caught the gaff.
I really appreciate the table of contents off to the side, except.... I'd place it at the end of the video as a summation rather than spoilers for all the reasons. Great vid, though!
A mild redesign: Move the engines further forward so they don't stick out beyond the rear of the central hull so much, then move the turret to the rear of the hull so it had a full 180° field of view to the rear. It provides much better defense in a three dimensional battle space and maybe even mix in a laser cannon with the ion so it can do some hurt. And since the engines are stuck on nacelles, it makes them easy to upgrade or replace. Stick bigger ones one…
Bigger doesn't always mean better (just look at the starfortress). You could use smaller engines with similar output which could increase speed due to less weight or a smaller more powerful engine.
The Y-wing is the work horse of the rebel fleet, not quick or flashy but gets the job done.
Childhood feels...💔
"The armor on this ship is extensive, the shields will protect you from just about anything. Which is good, because you won't be going anywhere fast."
Rogue Squadron FTW
The nostalgia
“I understood that reference. “Well said my good man.
@sweinberger great game, but did you ever play X-wing for PC or tie fighter for PC?
"The Y-Wing is the best starfighter"
I see you are a man of culture as well
This is so true
@Aaron Lovell it wasn't removed, it was just converted into a fixed forward facing ion gun. What good is a turret if you don't have enough crew to use it?
Ah finally found some smart beings
YES, finally a video that doesn't cut down the Y-wing, great job.
yea there was no other option than the y wing seriously underrated
@@GenerationTech so is the B-Wing
So what??? .. this is about the Y Wing ..if you didn't notice... why bring up the B..wing ..for gods sake .. Stick on topic you idiot .
@@kittyhawk9707 Y-wings for ever
@@kittyhawk9707 I was. He made a comment on how the Y-wing was underrated, and I believe that the B-Wing is also underrated.....
*salesman slaps roof of Y wing*
This bad boy is fast and it can pack a serious punch even though it’s small
Slaps the roof and a proton torpedo drops out of the fuselage
@@GenerationTech Or the cannons suddenly go hay-wire and blowing everything up!!!
*salesman slaps roof of Star Fortress*
This bad boy is so slow, it ca-
*the salesman died because it's so slow it's basically a squatting duck to enemy fighters*
Salesman to soldier turned smuggler: I tell you what, you buy this ship, you treat her right, and she will be with you for the rest of your days.
Bad-ass lieutenant. That's because its a deathtrap sir.
I'll take one
finally, a positive video about my favourite ever star wars ship.
Y Wings are underrated
Yep! My favorite too.
My favorite too
I love the design of it and especially the engine sound
My favorite as well
It is also my favorite ship too
Btw the title should be best bomber but we were afraid it might trigger the ai censor which is always on a warpath
Got it, NEED EARTH SPECIAL FORCES(ANY NATION) VS STAR WARS SPECIAL FORCES VIDEO!!!!!!
Sees title card.
“Ah Huston, we have a problem.”
Sees video.
“Ahhhh. Huston, we have nooooo problemsss.”
please do a video on the most powerful and most realistic starfighters in sci fi
Allen, my sources, like the Stele Chronicles put the armor of the TIE Fighter at 15 ru and the Interceptor at 20.
Also The BTL-A4 Y-Wing I argue is a Heavy Fighter / Interceptor. It's just as fast as the X-Wing, Gold Squadron A4s had some just as maneuverable as the X-Wing, its slightly more accurate than the X-Wing, and the A4 is the only variation of Y-Wing with twin Heavy Laser Cannons.
Yes! The Y-Wing has been my favorite since I was a kid, so I'm always happy to see it get some love.
Is my favorite too
If you ever play the old X Wing game, get an editor and bump it's speed up to to X wing levels but don't change it's maneuverability for that Rebel hotrod goodness. The lack of parallax more than makes up for it's lack of manuverability
The Y-wing is up there with things that make you question, "Why did this ever go out of production?"
The empire liked conformity and Disney likes making money off new vehicle
@@jmurray1110 what new vehicle? You mean the new bomber that got a few minutes of screen time and completely self-destroyed? Did anyone think that was cool?
@@CrazyBomber22 only ryan
Along with At-te and similar models like that. The Arc-170 and most egregious of all. The La-aT gunship. Absolutely goated
@Left hand man I would argue that the ARC-170 was not a good ship. It was too big to dogfight but did not carry enough armament to warrant that size.
I do like the LAAT, though and I love that it was designed specifically to work in tandem with the AT-TE. Combined Arms at it's finest.
The Y-Wing is the work horse of the rebel fleet. It’s not quick or flashy but it gets the job done. The armor on this ship is extensive, and the shields will protect you from just about anything, which is good, because you won’t be going anywhere fast. The Y-Wing is used mainly as a bomber because it can carry a heavy payload of missiles, torpedoes and bombs. The other important weapon is the topside ION canon, which rather than destroying a target, can disable it for later capture. Our canons have a computer assisted auto-fire feature, so don’t forget that when your in the heat of battle.
The Y Wing - when you care enough to send the very best.
Seeing those cut out images of the Y wing in the background brings so much nostalgia back from when I was a kid with the book they were from. Stared at those pages for so long...
"BLT Y-Wing"
Bombs, Lettuce, and Tomato
Bombs, lasers and Torpedo.
@@KaiserMattTygore927 yeah thats pretty accurate
It's actually the BTL Y-Wing, so... Bombs, tomato, and lettuce 😆
Banana Tomato Lemon
What about me? T-65B
Remember playing empire at war strategy game against Hard AI. I just built an armada of Y wings and bombed their base out of existence. Not even a challenge!
Especially when the AI forgets to build corvettes, X-Wing and Y-Wing spam is literally the only thing needed for Rebel fleets. Especially once the shields are down on the target, then the X-Wings are devastatingly effective too...
@@crgkevin6542 That moment you go rebellion against 3 hard AI and you feel like the rebel fleet at the end of episode VI. Then you manage to break trough their fleet with your nebulon b's and corvettes and finally destroy their base..........TAKE THAT YE STUPID BOTS!
*Cough cough* Tartan Patrol Cruiser *Cough cough*
The Empire outclasses all other factions by far if you build starfighter screening vessels and TIE defenders.
Empire at War? For me that game was more like "Build the Death Star and blow up half the galaxy, then colonize the astroid remains" Fun game though playing any side.
@@delix yeah. I ended Up like that most of the time too.
to quote the Y-Wing's description from Rogue Squadron 2.....
"it's not quick or flashy, but it gets the job done."
Really makes you wonder why the resistance didn’t just manufacture a modernized Y-wing
Demilitirization. Politics
@@DetectiveLance, because if there’s one thing that a brand new government that is obviously going to face uprisings should do: it is demilitarize. God the “new republic” were dopeheads, since they could have easily had the newest of gear and best of training. They were just a dumber version of the rebellion.
@@ChickenLiver911 Didn't say it was a good reason, just gave the short, drunk answer.
@@DetectiveLance, fair enough.
@@ChickenLiver911 my guess is that they were like "Can we all just stop fighting please?! It's been over 2 decades of near constant warfare against your emperor's regime, and quite frankly; we just want to throw our guns to the floor, take a sip of some fine wine and be done with this crap!"
and thus the New Republic demilitarized... and then was almost completely wiped out of existence by a planet-sized superweapon
The Y-wing was the first Star Wars vehicle i bought alongside with the Falcon. It always had a special place in my heart, even more than the X-wing. When they returned in Rogue one, it were in some of my favorite moments of the movie. I think i like it so much because its one of the more realistic designs of the SW universe.
It looks like a starcraft engineer sat down and said to themselves "it will need to be fast, rugged and pack a punch." It seriously looks like something that might actually work, and even be good at it's stated purpose.
(For bonus points imagine a Resistance Y-Wing with modern engines... a true fast attack bomber)
The Y-wing is my favourite ship, by far. I was so upset when it didn't show up in episode 7 or 8
Well, it was suposed to be retired by the time of the battle of Geonosis and it was kept just because the GAR had nothing else avaliable. The rebel alliance got them from scrapyards, It's easy to see why it was not present about 100 years after it was intended to be retired.
@@ancaplanaoriginal5303Mando will remember this
Cry me a River. It had pride of place in Rogue One. I’m sure you can understand why a B-Wing fan such as myself has no sympathy for you.
@@cmw12 shut the Fuqk up. You crying because someone said that y wings are better than b wings? They are. B wings were still cool, but y wings are better.
You add X wing ❤ and Y wing 💛 you get the boy wing 🚹 😇
I agree that the Y-Wing is the best bomber (it kills me that Johnson thought those Starfortresses were a good idea) but I think the electro-proton bomb isn't really an advantage, because as far as we know, it was only used once and was not standard. Also, just a quick tidbit, it's the BTL Y-Wing, not the BLT.
In the incredible cross sections book, there is a typo on the page that switches the letters around. I guess the writer was a little hungry when editing that page.
@@AdmiralBlackstar Hard to beat a bantha, lettuce, tomato sandwich.
@@David_Alvarez77 ah, bantha! That's what the "b" shoulda been! Another thread had "bombs" and "banana." Good idea. In universe, too 👏👍👏
I thought that the superfortresses had great potential. Well, as great a potential as it could have. Don’t really know why I like it, but it’s a cool idea and a nice kind of nudge towards the B-17 Flying Fortress.
@@ChickenLiver911 the biggest issue with them was they were relatively easy for fighters to take down. Yes, three or four of them (it's been a LONG time since I've seen TLJ) get taken down when a fighter crashes into the bomb bay, but one starts going down after a few seconds of concentrated TIE fire. Also, their shape made a HUGE blindspot, and they were lacking an articulated turret on the front. That could have stopped the blasted TIE from crashing. They were an interesting concept, but ultimately designed to be destroyed and thus not entirely thought through.
Best starfighter, because Y not?
*Humanity First*
Get out of the airlock now!
What you did there, I see it - Yoda
Furries: you sure about that
Now you're *b-wing* silly.
Bud dum dum
Always loved the look and design of the Y wing. Could never understand why the Resistance choose that damn star fortress. A squadron of Y wings would of done the job much faster and with less causalities.
Star fortress ony had that it was actualy new going for it.
That would have sounded a little something like this:
Command, Gold Leader. We are done with the Dreadnought.
Still two torpedos in the tube on each ship. Cease evacuation. We are going for the rest of the fleet.
Send a tanker and get that damn black X-Wing out of my way!
You are wrong. There would not have been less casualties. There would be more. More first order casualties
@@jonumine6250 Good point. Why DID they send in the fortress when the entire siege hinged on two giant canons? Was there a reason he only took out the point defense rather than just torpedo the siege guns?
@@Hajile_Ibushi Yes, there was a reason. It's called terrible writing.
Here’s a question, why didn’t the Rebellion or the Resistance ever use Buzz droids? Wouldn’t they have been super effective against the swarms of un-shielded fighters their enemies were deploying?
Buzz droid missile loaded Y-Wings.
It's plausible actually, since the Rebels had to scavenge the Clone War era CIS and Old Republic equipment to fight the much better funded Galactic Empire.
The canon Thrawn novels make it clear that Buzz Droids are super expensive and rare and collectors like him love getting their grubby mitts on them because of it.
I assume most of them were melted down for scrap just like the Y-wing.
Buzz droids are sought after by collecters. The profits from a buzz droids sale can buy an entire star fighter
On top of all that price stuff, it's just bad PR. People of the galaxy had enough of fighting droids in any sense.
@@VincentTheKindNecromancer
Yeah Thrawn's commanding officer upon discovering Thrawn had two mk1 Buzz droids on her ship was to tell Thrawn off and demand he remove them from her ship. Citing the fact that most of us lived through the clone wars.
It wasn't until Thrawn subtly hinted at how much they were worth that she let Thrawn keep them.
Needless to say most people loath anything to do with the C.I.S droids.
Using the ION cannon in the rogue squadron games was the freakin' best! Having a second player with you was beautiful. Really felt like a proper Y wing having someone behind me running the turret.
Could you do one on the Acclamator class assault ship
That's one nice ship. Even trandoshans want one (Republic Commando flashbacks)
I've always thought the Y-Wing was the Star Wars version of an A - 10 Warthog.
“It came from behind!”
Josiah Ricafrente I love how in the old Warcraft games the steam helicopter guys would scream that as they got shot Dow
Generation Tech no way, really?! I never played those games before....my gaming experiences from childhood were rather....limited....at the time.
AHHH!!!!
I loved that line in Warcraft!
It’s very annoying at times bye now that you remind me of that line it’s a bit nostalgic
The only 'bad' y-wing is when you slap two tie fighter wings on the side
@Cobb Yarbrough Still better than a tie fighter
@@commandermime38 Actually, it was worse. Having Y wing engines and a TIE cockpit means you are slower and more useless. It was so bad that when someone got 3 on their six, it was said that if they couldn't shake them, they deserved to die.
@@commandermime38 the WHY? Wing was trash even compared to a Tie because it was slower yet still unshielded
Pshhh Uglies! 🙄
True.
And Y would anyone do that?
I will show my self out now ...
The Hyena Bomber was nice too~
CIS droid fighters were pretty amazing in general. The Vulture droid, pretty much served as a WAY better TIE Fighter that the TIE was
No wonder the imperial remanant relied on TIE-D’s they’re literally discount Vulture Droids!
@@coledewey3564 The Vulture droid was dirt cheap, yet it wicked fast and agile, able to pull maneuvers that would probably kill organic pilots, was well armed with four laser cannons AND hardpoints for missiles, as well as presenting a very small target that was hellishly hard to hit, especially since you'd be engaging them in huge swarms. As a short range interceptor, it flat out outclasses the TIE/LN and the TIE Interceptor and if you take losses, you aren't losing an expensive and hard to replace organic pilot.
It's a shame that you didn't use the RotJ footage of Y-wings downing TIE Interceptors. Classic.
Well in a head to head fight the Y-Wing wins every time against those unshielded death balls.
@@MandalorV7 keep in mind the only thing faster than the TIE interceptor (at least that you'd find in numbers) was the RZ-1 A-wing interceptor. (Yes, the TIE/d had a higher engine rating, but it suffered from "too good for the empire to actually bother to use it" syndrome.) Also not all TIE models were unshielded. The TIE advance mk1 had shields, I think
Yeah but TIE Interceptors weren't much better then their cannon fodder classic counterparts
Michael McNary The TIE Defenders and Phantom did house shields as well, I believe. However, the Phantom included a cloaking device too
@@elliottk786 If the Defender was 5x the cost of a TIE, I wonder what the Phantom cost. Credit-wise I believe it was more than 6x, if the materials were available.
Having 5 laser cannons firing as you decloak might have been worth it.
Great video. In our fan film, The Lost Patrol, we featured a Y-wing engaged in a dogfight with two TIE Fighters. We got a lot of comments about how a slow, sluggish bomber wouldn't be able to do what we had it do in the fight, to which we had to reply and correct the misconceptions of the Y-wing with many of the points you made. Next time, we'll just direct them to this video!
Space SBD Dauntless.
I always had to love the Y-Wing and X-Wing, though, despite the space terrorists that fly them. There's something so elegant and practical about them that's really hard not to love.
Thank you for this! I have loved the Y-Wing fighter since I was a little boy and I first saw Star Wars at a drive-in when I was 4 years old. It is still by far my favorite ship! And it is simply badass
Y-Wings fitted with ten buzz droid warhead missiles can be really menacing, just imagine a Rebel Y wing pilot can just decimate a whole squadron of TIE fighters, with a push of a button.
I played Squadruns and I have to tell you, using multi lock missiles is the easiest way to deal with an AI squad of TIEs as they all get killed in one hit and you can hit 4 targets with one shot
...Always liked the Y-Wing. In an RPG I was playing some time back, I had the original engines replaced by an A-Wing's 'Event Horizon' engines--made a nasty surprise for opponents!
do a video on the most powerful and most realistic starfighters in sci fi
Or Earth based fighter jets vs Starfighters?
@@pyeitme508 If you were to match up most modern fighters against their Star Wars counterparts, we'd likely. Most Fifth and Forth Gen fighters easily have speed and manoeuvring advantages over star fighters. Not to mention things like missiles that can be fired from beyond line of sight and stealth systems.
Angry Irishman but if you put th deflector shields up on ships. that advantage changes to the star fighter
@@addictedgamer4893 Wouldn't be so sure. They'd need particle shielding and I doubt that's much of priority when what you'll mostly be facing is blazers and lasers which are covered by ray shields.
Starfury vs Tie fighter.
I've always liked the Y-wing. It's the Hawker Hurricane to the X-wing's Supermarine Spitfire. The Hurricane shot down over half the German aircraft lost in the Battle of Britain, and later models served in the ground-attack role. When Hawker's chief test pilot saw the prototype for the first time, he reportedly said "I don't know if it'll fly, but it certainly won't break!"
I's funny how I have the feeling that the Y-Wing is space-junk but can't tell a bomber that is better at doing it's job...
The BTL-3 in ROTJ was effective also. It had a gunner that was able to take out TIEs.
Hey Alan! Could you do 10 great things with the HAV6 Juggernaught?
YES
I really like the new list on the side. Helps me keep track and understand everything better.
Allen, after your extensive explanation of how good the Y-Wing bomber was yet silly people would not admit how good it was no matter how old it was. Sounds like the A-10. I've heard that a certain race that swims in our oceans may have been behind the odd feelings around the A-10. I'm guessing they do not want it present when they mount their surprise assault against Humanity.
Actually the A-10 was so shitty that the Air Force expected to loose the entire fleet in the first week of fighting on the Fulda gap, his service life was overstretched and is pretty inefficient at his job compared to an F-15E, an F-16 or an F/A-18.
@@ancaplanaoriginal5303 thats the dumbest shit i ever heard
Excellent coverage of one of my favorites! Will you be doing the Z95 Headhunter anytime? That's gotta be about my favorite of ALL starfighters.
Do 10 flaws on the star fortress
1. Everything.
@ExTank tbh it would be pretty easy to come up with 20 from that one scene alone, nevermind 10
1. It existed
Literally everything
It doesn't have 10 flaws, you're being rediculous.
It has so, so many more
Thank you for making a video about Y-Wing! Was asking bout it in last video's comments
The BTL-A4 Y-Wing I argue is a Heavy Fighter / Interceptor. It's just as fast as the X-Wing, Gold Squadron A4 had some just as maneuverable as the X-Wing, its slightly more accurate than the X-Wing, and the A4 is the only variation of Y-Wing with twin Heavy Laser Cannons.
I believe that it is officially classified as a Fighter-Bomber.
@@adambielen8996 Its flight characteristics and capabilities are more of a Heavy Fighter and Interceptor in my opinion. S3 are more like Fighter Bombers.
@@lancer737 Interceptors have to be very fast, which the Y-Wing is not, and Heavy Fighters don't have such a large bomb/torpedo capacity.
@@adambielen8996 The A4 version is just as fast as the X-Wing. The amount of ordnance will be different as Bombers in SW carry between almost 100 low end and over 1000.
@@lancer737 apart from the mass coffin that is the Starfortress what carries that kind of payload but is still fighter sized, not that the deathtrap is fighter sized.
Also what don't you get about fighter-bomber, it can perform both the role of a space superiority fighter and a bomber.
Seriously though, Dutch was stoic as fuck. He knew he was dead, yet in a calm and steady voice, used his last breathes to give as much intel to the other fighters as he could. Badass dude!
Y-Wing: the T-34 of star wars
Maybe I'm biased from using the X-Wing Series model of the B-wing, but I always loved it. The wings were locked in place, so no issues there. Just sweet durability, firepower, and massive payload. It made a pretty decent missile boat as well. One fun use was to set it to 1/3 throttle for max maneuverability and basically use it as a turret.
I've always had a soft spot for the Y-Wing. Most likely because in the X-Wing PC game of the early '90s, the Y-Wing was the only starfighter I could fly worth a darn.
How does these guys not have 1 million subs they are amazing
Load a Y-Wing up with Concussion missiles, and you've got a effective fighter killer. It takes out as many enemy fighters as it has missiles* at long range, before getting in dogfight range, then it jumps away unless all the fighters have been swatted or it has superiority fighter escorts.
While this cost missiles, it's cheaper than losing a fighter and a effective tactic for quickly thinning the field. Useful if enemy fighters are the only point defense.
*modify the bomb bay to feed extra missiles to the launchers if necessary, unless it can already dedicate all ordinance stores to missiles (unclear).
Or just spam Y wings and put them into the Venator Class Star Destroyer, then equip them with 10 proton torpedo. Finally, you get a budget capital ship killer.
Ever play empire at war? as the rebellion you can send waves of Y-Wings (4 per squad) into waves of TIE fighters (7 per squad) and come out on top with generally light losses if the Y-Wings attack the TIEs in the base game.
I'm fairly sure the removal of the gunner position in the BTL-A4 configuration was because the addition of a targeting computer took up a lot of space
I halfway think the Empire scrapped the Y-Wings to keep them out of rebels hands. For a a-symmetrical war of movement it's your ideal hit and run ship against ships and installations.
Are you going to make a video about the A Wing and V Wing? Those are my favorite starfighters and I’d love to see those in a feature/flaw video!
Tune back in 10am tomorrow est time
Personally in my fleet I would have Y wings for a bomber against cruisers but A wings and a few X wings against fighters
actually I can't understand why rebels didn't make "specialized" versions of the X-wing instead of going into the logistic nightmare of having at least 4 kinds of fighters.
The X-wing have plenty of room to put bombs, torpedos or whatever you want to use in your guerrilla warfare.
@@ancaplanaoriginal5303 You cant put proton bombs on X wings they are not designed for that.
@@ancaplanaoriginal5303.. The X-wing fighter is equipped with proton torpedo launcher(s)
This brings back memories of the X-Wing game from the DOS era. Flying a Y-wing into bombing position, double-front shields, taking heavy fire, but having to staaaay on taaarget!
Good times.
GREAT VIDEO!! NEED EARTH VS STAR WARS VIDEOS!!!!!!!!
The Y-Wing is the Star Wars equivalent of something like an SBD Dauntless which is one of the best dive bombers ever to fly. Knowing Lucas, it's either based off a Dauntless or a De Havilland Mosquito. But X-Wings being Hellcats and Y-Wings being Dauntlesses make sense to me if you think of TiE Fighters as A6M Zeroes
I would argue the clone Y-wing was better just because it wasn't salvaged and had amour. However, if there was an updated one after the Galactic Civil war then that would most likely be better.
Everyone always had that unconditional love for the x-wing. Understandably due to it being a hero ship. Although I was always an A wing and Y wing fan.
Hmm a y wing refitted with new order era engines it would be a good choice
Hmm, or just more engines.
Four engined Y-Wing
The SUPER Y-WING
@@erikcampbell9882 hmm if did that make it 4 Upgraded output a wings engines and add couple of extra forward lasers on engine pods to give you 4 forward facing guns
Sounds like a gunstar
It was really cool to see Y-Wings using their ion cannons in Rebels, and a small number of them disabling an entire Star Destroyer in Rogue One. In the OT they always just seemed (on screen at least) to be "worse X-Wings"
The rebellion had the best fighters in my opinion. They had the x wing-best multirole ship, they had the a wing-best interceptor, and they had this the y-wing best bomber for its size
Their strike craft arsenal was probably the best thing they had going for them
When I first saw Star Wars back '77, and being about 4 or 5 years old, I was pretty much wowed by all the ships, both Rebel and Empire. But, when I re-watched it on VHS in the early '80s (along with TESB and ROTJ), I began feeling certain appreciations for each side's various fighters. Admittedly, like most, I was an X-wing lover initially. But, with ROTJ, I fell in love with the B-wing, if only by its design as not much of its capabilities were shown. But, the Y-wing was also a favorite, even if it was slower than its X-wing counterpart, its durability and survivability, even for a mostly skeletal framework, reminded me of the A-10 Thunderbolt II. It carried a lot of ouch for Imperial targets, which was played out well with the first gen Y-wings in Clone Wars. It could take one hell of a beating and, if not wasted in a suicide run, could survive.
How would you compare y wing vs the k wing?
Good to see a video like this about the Y-wing, and also other fans in the comments. Underrated for sure. It's my favorite starfighter and it looks like there's plenty that agree with me!
i actually like the rebel version better than the clone one
Yeah makes it look more iconic.
ScoutTrooper Merc yeah and not so bulky
@@pacmanosaurus1971 oh yeah of cause
I'm the opposite, I love that sleek look of the republic variant.
SkyTech RTS well you can have both opinions
I always liked the Y-Wing. I even had a character from the old Star Wars RPG that was a Y-Wing Pilot
10 flaws with palpatines plot
It's about veichles.
Eh his plot was pretty good.
It's what he did after he got his empire where it all falls apart.
Which one, Order 66, the Clone Wars in general, the Tarkin Doctrine or Operation Cinder? And many, many more.
@@lordfrostwind3151
The Tarkin Doctrine was Tarkins fault and operation cinder was purposeful awful in order to give one last middle finger to the galaxy.
Which 10? So many to choose from
The Ion Torpedoes in Rogue One were used after the Shield Dome had been hit, which was only after the fleet had managed to knock the shield down. (Presumably that was partially because the shield was still "Charging up" since the ISDs were caught with their pants down and their swim trunks on from being posted above such a luxurious backwater.)
Though the similar Magpulse torpedoes in Legends I think may have worked through shields, it's been a long time since i played X-Wing Alliance, but I think they bypassed shields with the limitation of only disabling certain parts of the ship like weapons. This made them good for neutralizing a threat but didn't let the fleet quickly take down the ship since the shields would still be up.
Wow, you really could say the Y Wing is the “best” starfighter
Thx. I cant believe the Y wing was not the main bomber in the new movies.
Ten flaws of the Vulture Droid.
Barry Bend while it does have it's flaws in design, most of the problems came from the higher ups.
Would love to see you do a 10 reasons on the b-wing
10 flaws with the Executor(Vader's flagship)
i kinda liked that ship i dont think there is a ton wrong with it except the exposed engines and bridge
@@legatusmatheus9815 There's the Cityscape that covers the ship's upper surface and provides plentiful cover for strike craft making attack runs on the bridge. Also, like a lot of KDY designs, it has pitiful point defenses for a ship of its size.
When I was younger, I wasn't a huge fan of the Y wing, but now that I'm older, I have a new found appreciation of it
That bomber in TLJ is the worst designed and looking spaceship in all of fiction.
I hate that thing with a burning passion, it's so stupid from every known doctrine for a strike air(space)craft.
I refuse to see them as actual bombers that the Resistance would have fielded. Now, one throwaway line in that scene blasting them for being "age old minelayers", and boom. Now they aren't purpose designed bombers, but a desperate adaptation that we know and love about the Resistance.
That one bit of info and suddenly, the entire scene is less stupid. (It still is, like, why is Leia mad at Poe? That scene reeks of manufactured tension). I can now enjoy that scene as desperate pilots so long as I refuse the idiots who failed to sieze the oppurtunity and instead called them 'bombers'
In Battlefront 2017 Y-wings are my favorite non-hero ship to fly. That is mostly due to the fact I am prefer to hit non-moving targets due to how my aim is so bad it makes stormtroopers look like elite ranged sharpshooters.
With all this going for it Ruin Johnson couldn't help but create the most ridiculously slow and fragile bombers imaginable for TLJ. WTF RJ?
Somehow he came up with something that’s worse at its job than even a TIE Bomber, as well as having greater loss rates than the actual B-17 it’s based on...
(Not to mention that seeing a Star Warsified B-17 used against a *naval* target makes a genuine history buff like myself cringe horribly... Unless that battleship is hiding in a fjord as a stationary target you use torpedo bombers and dive bombers dammit!)
@@crgkevin6542 The name itself is pretty cringy too, the 'B/SF-17 StarFortress'.
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Isn’t the “MG-100 StarFortress SF-17” an upscaled version of the B-Wing?
Nick Vinsable no I don’t believe so
@@GenerationTech So please make a video about Earth made grenade launchers vs Star Wars counterparts?
It's separated design. Star Fortress focus on heavy payload (1000 proton bomb vs 20 on Y-wing) but
sacrifice other things like speed.
Common error. Because it looks similar doesn't mean it is the same thing.
Real World F-18E Hornets (Rhino) looks like a F18C Hornet. It even carries over the name. Yet not only is it larger and reshaped, but under the skin its a completely different Bird.
I sure hope the hell not. The b-wing might not have necessarily been the most graceful ship, but by no means does ANY ship in star wars deserve to be compared to the star fortress. Not even the A-9 vigilance. NOT EVEN THE Y-TIE OR X-TIE OR ANY OTHER UGLY SHIP DESERVES TO BE COMPARED TO THE STAR FORTRESS.
"Ordinance: a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority."
"Ordnance: military supplies including weapons, ammunition, combat vehicles, and maintenance tools and equipment. "
Love your series.
they should have let porkins fly his Y wing
The Y-wing is a pretty awesome ship. Many have argued that it was slow and easy to kill, but I always disagreed. These ships can be just as deadly as most any bomber, and holds it own well against other starfighters. So glad to see a breakdown video that puts this ship in a positive light for a change. Thx Allen, and please keep up the hard work.
The Resistance (or some other space yard company) should have manufactured the Y-Wings with better technology. Maybe they were infected with Disney's dumbness
I vote to call the next gen version "Y2K bomber"
The New Republic government basically expanded the already completely stupid concept of gun control to their entire government, which is basically "if nobody has warships there just can't be any more Star Wars!" and they signed a non-proliferation treaty with the imperial remnants to disband and demolish most of their warships. Of course in a stunning move nobody could have predicted, the imperial remnants didn't actually destroy their fleets at all, leaving the New Republic completely undefended against their advance, which is why we see only a tiny number of resistance ships and practically no capital ships at all. This is of course completely and utterly retarded and it was done solely as a lazy and creatively bankrupt way to still have the same re-hashed "tiny rebel force vs huge imperial fleet" fight over and over again.
I weep because we could have had some spectacular fleet actions with the New Republic and First Order on even ground showing off their new ships and new strategies, and indicating that the good guys were no longer the underdogs anymore, but that would have required skill and creativity.
@@youtubeisapublisher6407 Yeah, it could be like the big battles during Clone Wars.
I'll keep it in mind when playing Star Wars games, especially Star Wars Cammanders. May the Forse be with you always. Thanks.
The Y was a great fighter. Too bad lazy directors make everything a one shot kill. Closest we came was R1 showing them at least doing something useful.
Hang on the Clone wars had some pretty memorable Y-wings scenes.
Fantastic video. Speaking of the Star Fortress, I am surprised The Last Jedi had that ship over the K-wing Bomber. I was wondering I know the K-wing bomber is legends but can you do a comparsion between the Resistance Star Fortress and the K-wing Bomber? and The difference the K-wing probably would have made? And before I forget Merry Christmas.
I recall playing SW Battlefront 2, the old one, and Y-wing was my fighter of choice in space battle
This is great! The Y-Wing is one of my favorite ship in Star Wars. Thanks man!
It's been my favorite starfighter/bomber since "flying" it in the original X-Wing DOS game.
You'd think at some point, someone would make a next generation of Y-wing. Just keep the same basic shape, but put in newer generation engines and shields to keep the ship competitive. Maybe also fix up the armor plating so that it's still worth having on the ship. I like the look of the fully armored Y-wing.
You know those turrets wold have been useful running down that death star trench
Man, is Star Wars all you ever talk about?
Because I love it
I love the Y-Wing squadron in the original Star Wars Death Star attack. Every one if those guys is geekus maximus and I love them for that. "Deflector shields on double front" "Stay on target! Stay on target!"
I love the Y-wing, reminds me of the Mosquito fighter/bomber of WWII. Both great aircraft.
Alan, very nice video on one of my favorite ships. However, where you hungry when you made this or was it close to your lunch time? You are *such* a Star Wars fan that I can only guess you deliberately called it a "BLT-a4" instead of the BTL-A4 because you wanted to see if anyone caught the gaff.
I really appreciate the table of contents off to the side, except.... I'd place it at the end of the video as a summation rather than spoilers for all the reasons. Great vid, though!
A mild redesign: Move the engines further forward so they don't stick out beyond the rear of the central hull so much, then move the turret to the rear of the hull so it had a full 180° field of view to the rear. It provides much better defense in a three dimensional battle space and maybe even mix in a laser cannon with the ion so it can do some hurt.
And since the engines are stuck on nacelles, it makes them easy to upgrade or replace. Stick bigger ones one…
Bigger doesn't always mean better (just look at the starfortress). You could use smaller engines with similar output which could increase speed due to less weight or a smaller more powerful engine.
That is what they should've used in TLJ.
My favorite Star Wars sunb-fighter!
Glad to finally see a video specifically about this, you seem to have praise ready for the Y-Wing whenever its mentioned in other videos.