Ep.3 Republic/Empire military units discussion

Hello fellow star wars fans;
I've been posting for a while and now I have finally started my first thread 😄 please go easy on me.

This thread is for discussion about the technological advancements of the Republic/Empire from Episode 2 to the Original trilogy(specifically highlighting Episode three for being saga bridge).
I thought it would be neat to discuss this seeing the origens and advancements of military units ranging from the tie fighter all the way to the At-At.

Righto; I'll start it out with the jedi starfighter in ep.3- I thought it was cool how its cock pit is partially that of a tie fighter.

and the wings are like the tie fighters, and on a tv spot u can see the previous tie fighter

Yeah that's cool too; they basically integrated that and the v-wing clone fighter for the tie fighters.

The Emperor is escorted by two Tie like ships when he rescues Vader from the lava. Don't you think that GL did a wonderful job with the ARC fighters? It is a great predecessor to the X-Wing.

Yes, and the continuity in technology, because the ARC-170 has only two engines and the X-wing have four

The X-Wing with its four engines is smaller and faster than the ARC-170, however I'm not sure that they actually take a leap forward. The Emperor (I believe) will put limitations on new technology fearing that new technology would be a threat to his rule. If you really look at a side by side comparison of any of the ships from the PT and the OT I think you would have to agree that they take a step backwards instead of forward.

Well, I think maybe not, for example if you put legs to the Turbotank the result is something like the AT-AT It's like they were trying to do smaller walkers first.

Thats a good point but think back to AOTC those SIX legged walkers were pretty high tech. They go from six legs to four, if thats not a step backwards what is?

Think about this too. The Clones go from being these bad assed commando type wariors to being storm troopers who couldn't hit the side of an AT-AT if they were standing in it. Another step backwards.

That's true, but I read something about the clones in the OT are not as good warriors as the ones in the PT because they used others sources different than Jango to made them

But anyway the Jedi interceptors ( Eta 2) and the ARC-170 are amazing designs.Other reason of the lack of technology in the OT maybe the lack of fundings because all the resources were directed to build the Death Star also Incom (who made the X-Wing) defected to the Rebelion.

Originally posted by jedijunky1138
Thats a good point but think back to AOTC those SIX legged walkers were pretty high tech. They go from six legs to four, if thats not a step backwards what is?

it's a step forward, in a way. The AT-AT's height allows it to fire at targets a whopping 17+ kilometers away, while an AT-TE has less range.

Also...how is a star destroyer a step down from the Republic cruisers?

Anyone know the size differende between the Episode 3 Republic cruisers and the OT Destroyers?

star destroyers look like junk compared to the republic cruisers.....IMO...i really hope they dont put the MF in ep3.....it looks f n sweet as a pile of junk😄 id hate to see it brand new and shiny🙁

The republic cruises with that sword design they have look very cool!

An Imperial-class star destroyer pwns a Venator-class star destroyer.

The imperial has bigger (bridge) shields. It also has his docking station beneith the ship instead of on top and there are more weapons located.
The main generator in the imperial class is also more inside the ship so its harder to destroy. In the venator the main generator is in the tower (below the bridge).

And in the imperial class star destroyer is flight control and conn/tactical in one bridge. In a venator class destroyer is flight control in a seperated bridge.

look at it like this:if you look at some of the imperial ships in the OT they are more advance because they simply have the funding for it. i wouldnt be surprised if the emperor taxed the galaxy heavily to fund for these things. then you look at the rebelion, they have NO funding and their ships are very boxy and jagged compared to the imperials sleek designs. its more of a difference in funding. i seriously think that they shouldve just put in regular OT tie fighters in ep.3 to tie it in a little bit more. it seems like every time they have to invent a new ship for each new movie instead of sticking to one design or whatever. i liked how in the OT the x-wing was the MAIN starfighter throughout the entire trilogy, with side ships being revieled along the way. in the PT, only a few original ships have remained. when i first saw the N1 starfighter i thought: "wow thats the x-wing of the PT" but they kept changing everything on us, never sticking to the original design. now how hard wouldve been to have the original jedi starfighter from ep2 be in ep 3? it wouldve shown a little bit of continuity between the movies. some of it is cool and some of it is just plain annoying.

Originally posted by .😖pace Opera:.
it seems like every time they have to invent a new ship for each new movie instead of sticking to one design or whatever. i liked how in the OT the x-wing was the MAIN starfighter throughout the entire trilogy, with side ships being revieled along the way. in the PT, only a few original ships have remained. when i first saw the N1 starfighter i thought: "wow thats the x-wing of the PT" but they kept changing everything on us, never sticking to the original design. now how hard wouldve been to have the original jedi starfighter from ep2 be in ep 3? it wouldve shown a little bit of continuity between the movies. some of it is cool and some of it is just plain annoying.

if you think about it, it makes sense to have a whole bunch of different ships cos the PT is about a whole bunch of little armies being consolidated into one large, centralised force i.e. the Empire. In a way all the little skirmishes in the PT are a field test for Palpatine to find out what he really wants in his navy, army etc...
and besides, the the duration of the OT was only about 3-4 years, which is about the same gap between AotC and RotS. So the technology would not have advanced as much.

im not sure if this is posted but in this pic ive posted the at-te's have sprouted tall legs, i think that is the origin of the at-at

look here behing the wookie army

Yes its also in the Visual dictionary.
It's called a clone-pod