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Re: 2000 A-Wing comments
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Wed, 27 Oct 1999 15:15:23 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Kevin Knoot writes:
In lugnet.starwars, Eric Joslin writes:
In lugnet.starwars, John VanZwieten writes:

I disagree somewhat here.  One of the major things that excited everyone • about
the x-wing, snowspeeder, and y-wing was how close they came to being to • scale
w/ a minifig and with each other.  The a-wing is a disappointment only • because
it's obviously too small.

Umm.  Having had the opportunity to study the production model for the A-Wing
on several occasions, both in person (at "The Art of Star Wars" exhibit in
Yerba Buena Gardens, San Franscisco, and "Star Wars: the Magic of Myth" in • the
Smithsonian) and in photographs (various ILM books), I can guarantee you that
if anything, the A-Wing is too *large*, not too small.

eric

Eric's right.  If you look at any of Lucasfilm's material on ship sizes, such
as the BEHIND THE MAGIC CD-ROM, or any of the books, it is very clear that the
A-Wing is one of the smallest ships in the Rebel Fleet, similar in size to the
snowspeeder, or, about HALF the length of the X-Wing, and a THIRD the length • of
the Y-Wing.

Kevin

I'm going to amend my own message here, since I just bothered to get out the
size comparison portion of the BTM Cd.  It lists the lengths, in meters, of the
ships as follows:  SLAVE I - 21.5, Y-Wing - 16, X-Wing - 12.5, A-Wing - 9.5.
So I was off saying the A-Wing was half the length of the X, but still, I think
TLG's model is fairly accurate, at least when compared to the tiny model of the
Slave I.

Kevin



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Kevin Knoot <Kevin-Knoot@uiowa.edu> wrote in message news:FK9p1n.BDp@lugnet.com... (...) A-Wing (...) that (...) such (...) the (...) the (...) length (...) the (...) Here are my calculations of the ideal -v- actuall dimentions of the A-Wing. They (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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(...) about (...) because (...) Eric's right. If you look at any of Lucasfilm's material on ship sizes, such as the BEHIND THE MAGIC CD-ROM, or any of the books, it is very clear that the A-Wing is one of the smallest ships in the Rebel Fleet, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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