Are Xyston's actually bigger than an ISD 1, or is that just the visual dictionary claiming they are while the model is actually the same size as an ISD?
Star Wars Star Wars Discussion Thread - LET THE PAST D-! Oh, wait, nevermind
- Thread starter Urabrask Revealed
- Start date
Probably that they're 'supposed' to be bigger in-universe, but as they were so rushed for time (to the point where special effects were still being done up to... what, a week or two before release?), they just modified/reused the ISD model from Rogue One.
It'd be like if the developers behind Red Alert took the existing sprite for the Heavy Tank, scaled it up, stuck two rocket pods on the rounded turret, and called it the Mammoth Tank (instead of creating/re-using the Mammoth Tank 3D model for the sprites) while calling it a day.
The Xyston could have been so much cooler, if they had more time: I actually liked the design of the First Order ships and equipment.
The Resurgence being a sleeked version of the ISD was pretty cool. In-universe, I can understand why (according to the shitty plot) why the Xyston was based on the ISD (if you look at tank development, especially in Asia with the Chinese and Russians, you can see parallels there, with Chinese tanks being modified descendants of Soviet ones), given the time-frame when the Final Order's fleet was laid down, but it would have been cooler if the Xyston, or rather later models of it, incorporated the design philosophies of the Resurgence-class -- it would have also explained where the First Order's underlying design came from, if they were "leaked" to them/filtered down by the Final Order.
Unfortunately, it would actually not make sense for the Xyston to follow the aesthetics of the First Order, because it's supposed to be an advanced but older class that Palpatine had ordered the construction of "all along" in the background.
While I like the idea that the Empire had substantial strategic reserves that were not in play during the Galactic Civil War because capital fleets aren't super useful against decentralized insurgent cells, I do agree that the Xyston basically being an ISD with a belly superlaser strap-on was pretty lazy visual design work.
Well, yes, that's what I was saying in my post with the time-frame?
Later ships could've used the First Order, originally the new Final Order, design philosophy -- so, we'd see older Xystons with the ISD-style bridges, newer Xystons with the more sleek and shiny First Order aesthetics seen on the Resurgence-class, and retrofits of the older ISD-types into newer Xyston models.
Instead... ISD with a beer-gut. Lol.
Is it now? Well, I suppose that’s a small improvement. Assuming Disney sticks with that and doesn’t retcon it like they’ve been doing a lot of recently. I swear, Disney Wars is only a few years old and is already catching up with Legends in that regard, despite not being around for as long and having some sort of alleged central planning.
Oh same here.
I like to think Captain Chesille Sabronds lone Xyston-class Star Destroyer was completely forgotten about and remained as such until the Citizens Fleet ended their celebrations and returned home, realizing one important oversight.
While the Core Fleets away, the Xyston will play.
While the Core Fleets away, the Xyston will play.
KilroywasNOTHere
"BEEP!"
it makes you realize that the Death Star would have served the empire a lot better as a sort of Utopian Space Colony as opposed to a planet buster. Give it a powerful enough lazer to be a indestructible fleet killer and put more focus on the luxury aspects and inward defense. Heck give a similar PR campaign to the Axiom from Wall-E and suddenly the Death Star would go from a PR nightmare to a PR dream.
Jaenera Targaryen
Well-known member
Agreed; the Silencer manages to walk a perfect middle path, in that it's not a planet-killer, because as shown in Rise of the Hutt Cartel, while the Sith Empire is perfectly willing and capable of scouring worlds of life, actually destroying them is a complete waste. Makeb might be a lifeless husk, but that's not stopping the Empire from scooping out its Isotope-5 core, and probably strip-mining the world bare. But at the same time, its ability to destroy multiple ships with a single shot makes it a powerful force multiplier, with the flexibility of an artillery platform.
It's a Matter of Law now that Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Episodes 8 & 9 are mediocre and schlocky in landmark ruling by 9th Circuit Court Judge Kenneth K. Lee (A Trump Appointee).
And if you had any doubt as to what films the Honorable Judge was referring to, he makes it clear in the footnotes:
“As evident by Disney’s production of The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker.” - 9th Circuit Court Judge Kenneth K. Lee
boundingintocomics.com
And if you had any doubt as to what films the Honorable Judge was referring to, he makes it clear in the footnotes:
“As evident by Disney’s production of The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker.” - 9th Circuit Court Judge Kenneth K. Lee
Ninth Circuit Court Judge Kenneth K. Lee Calls The Last Jedi And The Rise of Skywalker "Mediocre and Schlocky" In ConAgra Ruling
Ninth Circuit Court Judge Kenneth K. Lee referred to the Disney Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker as "mediocre and schlocky" in a recent ruling regarding a class action lawsuit against ConAgra Foods, Inc.
boundingintocomics.com
KilroywasNOTHere
"BEEP!"
It's a Matter of Law now that Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Episodes 8 & 9 are mediocre and schlocky in landmark ruling by 9th Circuit Court Judge Kenneth K. Lee (A Trump Appointee).
And if you had any doubt as to what films the Honorable Judge was referring to, he makes it clear in the footnotes:
“As evident by Disney’s production of The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker.” - 9th Circuit Court Judge Kenneth K. Lee
Ninth Circuit Court Judge Kenneth K. Lee Calls The Last Jedi And The Rise of Skywalker "Mediocre and Schlocky" In ConAgra Ruling
Ninth Circuit Court Judge Kenneth K. Lee referred to the Disney Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker as "mediocre and schlocky" in a recent ruling regarding a class action lawsuit against ConAgra Foods, Inc.
As much as I want this to be true, are we sure this is not photo shopped?
Given it gave the names of the Judge and involved parties, I kinda doubt it; ConAgra would ream the author out legally for implying they were part of a fake court case, if this was just a photoshop.
It's real. There's a link to the ruling in the first section of the linked article, and if you think bounding into comics wrote up a 31 page fake legal judgement just to troll Disney, it's simple enough to look up a court ruling if you know the name of the case,the judge, circuit, or one of the parties.