B-Wing Mark 2: A complete History (fan design/lore)
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- Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2021
- The B-Wing Mark 2 is an established ship in Star Wars canon, but we've only ever seen its cockpit. Two years ago, I imagined what the rest of the ship might look like. Now, I've revisited this design to give it more depth and detail.
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This is such amazing work - I'm so glad to have been a part of it!
The team you people make is outstanding. Everyone, top notch work. As a fan of SW it's very exciting what you guys do.
Your animation really captured the look of OT Star Wars. Something in the lighting and the motion really looks like actual miniatures!
The b wing and the y wing have always been my favorite fighters
it's almost as if somebody WHO CARES did the job!
excellent animation!
I can definitely see the B Mark II finding its way into the hands of bounty hunters. Boba's ship was formally a patrol craft, and the Mark II filled that role.
How big was that module port again. Could put a small holding cell for bounties.
I'd love to see how a bounty hunter would modify the ship
@@That-No-Moon Carbonite doesn't need much of a holding cell...
@@InventorZahran that's what the front module bay is for👍
@@technologic21 and as a added bonus, it keeps them out of the way of the crew.
Someone probably has already said this, but having a bubble turret on the back suddenly make the rotating cockpit make more sense. Now the B-wing can do barrel roll-like maneuvers without pulling the rear gunner off target as much.
That's a great point.
Turrets in WW2 planes (that Star Wars … yadda) are on aircraft that won't be pulling extreme dogfighting maneuvers.
Hmm…🤔 it must be a pain being a gunner in the Millennium Falcon when Han or Lando are at the controls.
"Why can't you nail that last fighter?"
"Cause I just threw up on the targeting display…".
@@casbot71 good point
Agree Bee. That’s a good fighter
@@casbot71Did you just yadda yadda star wars real life design language inspiration? 😮
The original idea of the special cockpit was for offensive actions. It was so you could have your weapons fire from a different angel to possibly lead targets better, firing missile at a different arc, or just making it easier to maneuver near capital ships.
This would make a perfect hero ship, it's powerful enough to be a threat but not so much as to remove tension from smaller battles and it's big enough to house a small cast of main characters but still small enough to do some cool manoeuvres.
Agree. An Imperial Star Destroyer Would have no chance against it if played right
I definitely agree.
I love me a good escort bomber, I just wish it wasn't saddled with the B-Wing "kite" S-Foil arrangement.
@@bradhedgehog12 star destroyer spawns 500 tie fighters:
@@scoutguard3015 Wouldn’t matter
“The cabin was by no means spacious.”
*Shows crew compartment nicer than my college dorm room*
I dearly hope your dive into post-secondary education pays off. Best of luck to ya.
Maybe but most colleges dorm rooms are just for two students, has bathroom and shower facilities outside the room , as well as cafeteria somewhere else, and the ability to step outside and stretch your legs …. Consider that the canon is where you go to get away from the even more cramped confines of your work station
That opening. . . Gorgeous. Just Gorgeous. The ship is amazing, the renders are amazing. These fan ships never cease to blow my mind. You do incredible stuff, man!
It's a masterpieces. The magnus opus for this craft.
i know , right!? holy moly, it looks better than rogue one!!!
@@scottyrobot and better than the bomber from the last jedi.
@@arturochambers27 That’s for sure.
What next?
Please keep doing these, they are perhaps the best fan content I’ve seen
Gets a heart from EC Henry:
A surprise for sure but a welcome one
Just thought to might mention him in case you don't know him but Fractal Sponge also produces phenomenal content.
Honestly more put together than most of Star Wars as a whole.
watch tie fighter short film. No one ever came close to making something better while also being lore accurate. And making sense, because this B-wing makes none.
I love the inclusion of a interior/cabin. Really makes it feel like something practical. Most people wouldn't even consider crew comforts/accommodation.
Indeed, he actually remembered a galley for the folks. But... I do notice he neglected to mention there being a toilet...
There's a long running joke in fandom that no star wars ships ever seem to have toilets, even the bigger ones ...
@@SephirothRyu Given the limited interior space, I am sure that there is a pullout "fresher" that tucks away when not in use. 😲 Luckily the crew is such a tight group and gets along so well. That and only one crew man is off-duty at a time.
@@busydadscooking001 Now that you mention it, do you suppose that has anything to do with why there very much happens to be a bathroom in Space Balls?
I think that the spot that the cockpit attaches ahead of the engines should be wider, more bull necked. Also, how does the doorway hatch work with the rotating cockpit?
When I first subscribed: Cool ships
Later on: Cool ships with interiors and backstories
Now: Cool ships with interiors, backstories, and crew dossiers and portraits
I’m both excited and oddly terrified of what you’re gonna do next. Never change, man.
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The standardized equipment slot should definitely be capable as an extended fuel pod as well, for those extra long missions, or when fuel is predicted to be in short supply
Droptanks, standard payload for fighters on Earth. Definitely needs it.
@@leontam221 droptanks are more used for long flights that can be literally dropped when entering combat. I was thinking more like conformal fuel tanks, permanent additional fuel storage
on the other hand, I like the idea of external drop tanks for other ships, seems similar to hyperdrive rings
@@samschellhase8831 conformal is used because it doesn't use precious weapon hardpoints and create less drag but you can't lose the weight since it can't be discarded like droptanks.
@@leontam221 right, that’s what I was thinking the storage bay could be used as. Don’t want to eject that piece of hardware
@@samschellhase8831 Why not? If the tank itself is made of cheap stuff and is easy to make, there is little reason to keep it. But as for why not, well, if the tank is expensive or uses any resources you don't want to throw away, then yeah, you probably don't want to eject that hardware. Really just comes down to what kind of stuff you need to store fuel for this thing.
I almost thought this was from a cutscene. Glad to see another Bwing fan.
IKR?!? Until I got to the wnd of the video and he talked about the help he had making this video I thought there was a film/game out there featuring the B-Wing mkII that I had missed.
I could just see a bounty hunter or some rouge, a mandolorian, or just a freelancer getting ahold of one of these things and using it solo with a Droid after some modifications or with a partner. That would be cool to see.
Would this somewhat reddish mandalorian also be a rogue? Sorry, sorry, couldn't help myself.
@@SephirothRyu honestly no idea. Red would be a good color for Mando armour though.
@@zebjensen4251 They're making a joke on you're misspelling of Rogue. Rouge is a reddish color, while a Rogue would be characters like Han or Mando.
Add an astromech socket in the main cabin and a Couple of DUM droids that could be mechanic and pilot droids , on the starboard side add a stasis compartment for bounties, plus a bay to store a speeder bike or light land speeder
@@MrSheckstr ya now your talking. combined with all the fire power this thing has you would be all set.
Me: alright, it's sleep time
EC Henry: *uploads video*
Me: Alright, it's EC Henry time
EC Henry is the king midas of ship design: everything he does is solid gold
No, if he were the king midas of ship design, he would be starving because every time he tried to eat something, it would just turn into a really awesome ship instead. We don't want the man to starve!
Henryverse > canon & legends
Just everything about this is insane! The interior design, the entire crew (!!!!), their helmets!
Could easily visualize being in the craft, and crew just adds so much more life to it. Props to you and the artists for making this, you guys are amazing.
I’ll bet you up to 3 or so of them new B-wings can easily Nail An Imperial Star Destroyer In let’s then a minute if done right with the right pay load of warheads.
The opening short was great. The revamped look fot the Mk.II B-Wing is amazing the old WW2 USAAF green with D-Day stripes on the S-foils is a beautiful visual touch.
Also I had a silly (and possibly wrong) idea that the crew's personalities/backstories in the video were maybe references to a couple Star Wars lore RUclipsrs...
Probably completely unintentional.
I love the stripes on the S-foils, they're somewhat remniscent of WW2 US aircraft, which of course makes sense given the inspiration, but this is absolutely a fantastic design.
Awesome models and rendering!
Your B-Wing design is beautiful and the lore is just greatly through out.
Some of the ways on how this works in battle reminds me of the Escort Shuttle.
It’s a shame that the only B-Wing mk.II “appearance” in the sequels was the cockpit becoming a rinky-dink shuttle.
Perhaps it being like a WW2 bomber would make it a better choice for a Dambusters-style trench run than X-wing, yeah?
The Rebels tried sending Y-Wings into the trench, but they kept getting shot down. They only attempted it with X-Wings when there were almost no Y-Wings left.
I had imagery of the British Lancasters blowing up dams and stuff like that when he said “ww2 aircraft.”
@@nathanishungryanimations7206 You know, you could perhaps replace that turbo laser with the Star Wars equivalent of a Grand Slam... A super heavy proton torpedo maybe? A heavy concussion missile? Something like that.
Maybe. I think EC Henry’s design is already good.
I was under the impression that the X-Wing was sent in (after the Y-Wings failed, mind you) because the ship itself is fast enough to confuse the (turret operators? targeting sensors? I'm not sure if those surface level defenses were automated enough) or outrun the blasts.
I still can't believe the consistent quality of this channel and the fan lore that comes with the incredible designs. Absolutely the most impressive outlet of star wars content I know. Apart from Fractal Sponge maybe.
I'm honestly astonished Fractal and ECHenrey haven't been picked up to at least work freelance for Star Wars directly. They've been long time fans and have designs that many fans can't help but view as on par if not better than canon ships. It's a damn shame we don't get to see some of this detail and love put into too many Star Wars ships these days. I'd say only the Razor Crest had a similar level of care put into the design.
@@ThePhengophobe Fractal sponge worked on a book. I can't recall the exact name but it was something like "complete guide to warfare" was about space battles in Star Wars and featured some of his work even canonizing some. I think it's from before the Disney area though and is thus Legends now not canon
@@bechetfelix8612 Yeah, I expected like when they put together a bunch of ships for TRoS that they might take some of the most well know community fanon ship designers and have them contribute, at least as some good PR.
@@bechetfelix8612 Yes, the Essential Guide to Warfare, along with Jason Fry and Paul Urquhart (aka Thrawn McEwok of the Jedi Council forums)
Good book, overall. Awkward binding, though. Ansaio/Fractal did various ship illustrations and paintings.
It sort of reminds me of the B-wing/E which added a second seat to allow someone else to handle the weapons while the pilot focuses on the B-wing's unique flight characteristics
Excellent video! I love idea of having a crew. It creates a human connection and makes the design feel more real and it presents the pros and flaws of the craft.
God damn man these are getting better and better.... The Fidelity of the model, the detail in your backstory and info about the crew and how they function on the ship... Absolutely superb. Seriously, probably the best star wars content on RUclips.
Agreed. Henry you should do more of these background bits expanding on the history and crew of a particular ship.
Oh wow. This is such a great job guys. The ship is so good and the renders are amazing. I loved the crew and the unique helmets they each had. Excellent video!
I love how this B wing becomes a B2 kind of aircraft, it’d be interesting if there was a modified stealth variant just to lean into that aspect a little more
Ok, I love that tiny little interior you crammed in. It’s so adorable!
Quite incredible. Congratulations to everyone who worked on this. Everything here is absolutely fantastic.
Love your work. This one particularly is beyond outstanding. Not just the ship design, but the lore surrounding it, characters and interiors... And love the hommage you did to McQuarrie.
The amount of love that goes into these models, animations, art and backstories easily outranks anything SW canon produced recently.
Simply exquisite! I really dig the tail gunner turret, and appreciate the shout out to the artists who had a hand in this.
When a fan creates better ships than the people actually in charge of the franchise... love your work.
It is a bit like the concept of the Su-34 (a long range fighter bomber with limited crew amenities) extended and for Star Wars.
In role, this feels like an even larger modern bomber, like a B-2 or B-1. Especially with the variable geometry. If the original B-wing is an F-111, the Mk2 is a B-1
Random tangent but I'd love to see a Battle of Itter scenario in Star Wars. Perhaps Rebels and Imperial Soldiers team up to fight Storm Troopers. Or perhaps Resistance and First Order soldiers do the same.
This is pretty random indeed, I animated the recent Kings and Generals video about that battle lol. I can totally see this battle happening in the SW universe as well
@@BillKermanKSP Now I'm watching the vid on it. 😁
As someone who loves the B-Wing I liked this. Have you ever thought about doing a small headcanon/explanation on the Victory-II, or the Empire escort ship, from the old Battlefront 2?
As far as I know there's little to no lore on it and it's out of game specifications.
I’m sorry, but did you SERIOUSLY MODEL THE SEAMS AT 7:24 FOR BROKEN IN LEATHER HANDLES?
Legitimately this work is beyond mind blowing and I wish I was in a spot to financially help (college student with little to no income). The best I can do right now is like all your work and share it with friends. Everything just feels so real and as if it was a set piece or insanely detailed miniature and not a computer model. I always look forward to any of your work (ship design, analysis, language breakdown, etc). They are always incredibly impressive and a great personal boost to my own drive to design and imagine (and I would think it’s the same for many others). Major thanks to you and everyone you collaborate with on bringing us these incredible videos.
The intro animation was just incredible! It nails the real model look and lighting of the original trilogy so well! Even the explosion effects and flames feel straight out of the late 70s early 80s, and that’s a great thing!!
The B-wing would’ve been perfect for the bomb drop on the First Order Dreadnaught
I had never seen the McQuarrie concept for the B-Wing until this video and now I know where they got the design for the Twilight.
I would love more videos just like this one. I loved how lived in the ship felt. More crew stories, please.
PS - I would read a "rogue squadron" type story about this crew.
I absolutely love that WW2 feel it has with the beefy hull and paint job. You nailed the look, it's a real beast.
I’d love to see more imperial/first order ship designs. They are my favorite factions.
Now we need to see the RZ-3 A-wing and the Mark 3 B-wing.
I like how in your animations you keep the old films looks with real explosions and painted lazers, it's a great touch
That awkward moment when a RUclipsr puts more forethought into his fanfiction starship than Disney put into their entire sequel trilogy. Amazing job, I love everything about this successor ship.
Seriously. Not even joking
hard disagree, Resurgent Class Star Destroyer is an awesome design and a massive upgrade over previous star destroyers. This B-wing is idiotic and almost a downgrade from the original B-wing.
@@miqvPL opinion denied.
Yeah not awkward cause it ain't true.
@@orbaitv5991 Ain't true? The sequels can't even be properly called a trilogy with their utter lack of a cohesive narrative, and by how much they contradict eachother. The sequels are also completely devoid of any world building, leaving the EU to struggle in vain to explain how things came to be.
Love this stuff. Now let's make it a model kit😁. Followed by a ECHenry Star Wars (war movie) about a bomber squadron with a perilous mission.
Gareth Edward's... your our only hope.
Everything about this star fighter is just gorgeous. Such a shame that we may never see the actual B-wing Mk2.
Looks great. Loved the interiors + backstory. The lighting + shaders really make the ship look like a practical model.
this is beautiful. I would love to see a Deathraven variant.
The Falcon was used as a gun ship in ROTJ, in much the same way.
First of all PBY? Perfection! Please tell me that Y wings going to get the same love as this beauty?! Second of all holy crap this is the kind of gunship we should be seeing! She’s perfect! Full coverage without being op, has just enough room for a good cast of characters, and a sexy profile that just screams for a fanfic or rp to be written/played out on it! Bravo once again!
I know it’s been a while but follow-up question to @echenry: where’s the Refresher (bathroom) on this ship? I’d it that door off from the main cabin?
This videos are so amazing and I absolutely love the story and background of this ship. You and your team do such an unbelievable job at this stuff and whenever you guys put up a new video i'm like yezzzzzzzzzzz. You guys are so talented at what you do and every video you guys blow my mind!
As a model builder...... THIS would be an EXCELLENT model!!
Your art and other collaborators made this video SUPER Excellent!! SUPERIOR story line and the cast is pretty much spot on.....I myself can see those types of characters onboard a freighter that has been out to sea for a Very Long Time and can see how each needs to cooperate in order to function!!!
Again, Great Post!!!
I simply love this ship and all your ships EC Henry.
I'm curious if you know about an Ugly called Death Raven. If yes, then what is your opinion of combining a second section of the B-Wing centralizing the cockpit?
I know my comment and question is among hundreds of comments, though I do hope this little idea can be at least an interesting topic.
I just looked up "Death Raven B-Wing" and found some images. Way back, I made some (not very impressive) images of something similar. I put the two B-Wings together around a single non-rotating cockpit (that could eject as an escape capsule), much like the Death Raven, but I removed the long wings on the outside. I figured it would be an H-Wing or something. Someone did some nice (for the time) renders of them for me, including an animated GIF of it rotating and folding/unfolding the S-Foils. (I have no idea who made them for me now.) I wish I could find the images. I'd love to see a more modern render.
@@teekayfourtwoone4686 That sounds awesome, did you ever find those renders?
@@voltronimusprime3833 Unfortunately not. I think about them from time to time.
Seriously reminds me of a boomer sumbarine in at least atmoshpere, and having a similar mission. (kind of) small crew, long range, rotating shifts, even the pull out furniture!
The B-Wing MkII and the Y-Wing MkII need stat sheets to be used in the tabletop game "Edge of the Empire". Would love to see them made as playable ships. Great work EC and everyone in these projects.
Thank you so much! The B wing has always been my favorite fighter in star wars lore. With your Mark 2, it continues to be my favorite ship of all thank you!!
Extremely well done!
This is my favorite ship and you all did an amazing in-depth look.
Helmets, to interior, to crew, it was incredible.
Thank you 💫
The B-Wing always seems to be done dirty officially or is more of an afterthought, so it is great to see it get some love here. With its crew space, would love to see it modified for a bounty hunter role. Similar to how the Slave I started out to be a patrol craft.
The B-Wing was always one of my favorite Rebel star fighters since SW:RotJ and to see a Mk.II it looks awesome. The progression also makes sense since it was meant to take on capitol ships in wings of fighters and to replace the aging Y-Wings. Awesome job on this man.
I feel like the mark 2 would be used like a beafighter in a war, serving in an anti shipping role cutting off important supply lines
There's gotta be a way to make sure that Dave Filoni and/or Jon Favreau see this stuff. EC needs to be on their team.
You guys are all such amazing talents, you've hit it out of the park again.
It's always impressive to see the amount of detail in these Videos. Great as always.
Ooooh buddy! Didn't expect this! One of my favourite SW ships!
does this mean we could see a touch up to the Y-wing Catalina? owo
A newly-revised version of the "Catalina" Y-wing does make a brief appearance in this video, but it probably won't get an entirely new video all to itself. It might pop up here and there, though.
@@ECHenry oh well. keep up the good work.
THIS! This is what the Star Fortress SHOULD have been.
Thank you you beautifully imaginative man.
absolutely magnificent, Battle of Endor flavored animation shots ... you guys are heroes
It looks amazing, and has a great story, I’d love a Star Wars short about it!
This is incredible!
Jaw dropping work guys!
This series of videos is just outstanding. I might be a sick human being, but what I really want to see this talent applied to is a full history and biography of Glup Shitto.
I love how you went with an olive drab color with yellow highlights to evoke US bombers in WWII. You even got stripes on the wings similar to the black & white 'D-day' stripes some aircraft had.
Another amazing video
We know of one pilot that is in need of a ship. What does everyone think about the B-wing mk2 as the new Razor Crest. Mando and a droid(for tension in the style of the odd couple) chasing down marks. Carbonised prisoners could be placed in the storage compartment in the main wing.
Excellent work as always. What I really loved was the implication of another shift or evolution of combat doctrine. Most Star Wars combat is constantly trapped in this "big ships big guns just starting to be overtaken by advanced starfighters" start-of-WW2 mentality so it's nice to see something shine some light on another size class of ships in the SW universe.
As a vet who spent ten years in aircraft maintenance, I'd love to see a documentary style video along the vein of your work describing the life and work of an X-Wing (or shoot, any other other Alliance weapons platforms) crew chief that details his equipment and the standard maintenance of the spacecraft.
Your videos are outstanding.
Okay seriously, you people should be the ones to direct the Canon of the ST. Can't describe how awesome your channel is. 👍
@4:43
Is that little logo on the pod inspired by the old "Champion" brand of car parts?
All of your team's hard work has definitely paid off. Great video all around.
Wow, this is incredible. Everything is simultaneously so authentic and so fresh. Giving this particular ship a history and a crew brought it to life in a way that very few fan ships compare to, taking us way past the sense of "hey, here's a ship model with lore" (itself impressive, but always seeming a bit hypothetical) into something that feels concrete and real. Amazing!
Fantastic video! Could we get a pinned comment with links to the other artists and contributors?
Every ship design you come up with is one I wish we'd seen in canon. It's still such a tragedy to me that the sequel trilogy gave barely any opportunities for new and interesting designs to truely shine. The only good fighter battle is all X-Wings! Wish we'd seen the kind of variety you've shown us.
Huge props to you and all the artists involved!
The original B-Wing is one of my most favorite starfighters. You took it to the next level. I love this thing especially the small crew cabin area
As someone just getting into the nitty gritty of world-building based ship design, your videos are a gold-mine!
Although I do like the addition of music, I found it too loud and a little distracting to what you were saying. Keep up the good work!
Science Saru stole his B-wing design for their Star Wars Visions short.
Probably the best video you've ever done (and all the involved artists/people ofc). Amazing work!
The classic B-Wing was my favorite fighter from the original trilogy, thank you for bringing this to life.
What never ceases to amaze me is the level of quality, design and story telling that goes into your work and the fan works as a whole.
When you compare how amazing this and Skyforge etc works all are to Disney it's even more amazing that they did so badly with such a large budget and you do so well. I guess there's just no passion in such a large company for multiple fan favorite IP's to do well.
God I love this, a surprise to be sure but a welcome one. I will always take your New Republic designs, absolutely love your thought process and design language. Also love the smaller things like New Republic uniforms, especially those helmets, my headcanon New Republic infantry look like the concept art Hoth Rebel Commando Unit by Brian Matyas, UN blue helmets suit them well.
What are your thoughts on the New Republic K-wing? I've always disliked the design and combat role as a heavy bomber, and I've once photoshopped it to fulfill the role of a CAS Gunship perhaps as an official replacement to the U-wing. Although a part of me wants the U-wing concept art by Doug Chiang to be the actual successor, with an upscale to fit some light vehicles.
It was so cool to see the interior and how the crew lived. Wicked video.
The Mark 2 takes an under loved and my personal favorite ship and makes it the best ship in starwars imo. Love your designs and the lore just makes it so much better.
I would love to see more space battles like the Battle of Scarif.
Not to mention Extical. Sorry if I spelled it wrong
@@bradhedgehog12
The Battle of Exegol sucked
@@imperialbricks1977 lol nah.
@@imperialbricks1977 True but still. And I should of Kept my LEGO B-wing Together. I could of been able to make That Mod on it just like Henry’s
So when is lucasfilm gonna hire you?
Absolutely beautiful. The art is fantastic. The ship, and it's backstory (Trident included) are amazing. You out do yourself every time. Very well done sir. I love it!
The B-Wing has been my favorite fighter since 1983. Thank you for breathing new life into it.
I was SO disappointed with TROS' depiction of the B-wing, my favorite rebel ship, it looked so weird and bland. You did my favorite ship well, God Bless you Henry.
Disney should ditch 98% of the current Star Wars team and hire you and your team to lead stories, development, design, and digital production.
What you could do would be better than anything Disney produced since Lucas sold his soul. I only imagine what you would have developed if they gave your team the keys to the kingdom...
Absolutely love your videos. Never get bored watching them. THANK YOU..!!
Beautiful design, well thought out purpose and backstory, amazing work as usual ECHenry! Always looking forward to see your next project!