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Phantom Menance, and the Empire Strikes Back.

Unless you have a citable source, I doubt you can say that.

The first models were only stolen from Freisa less than half a year BBY. They saw action during the Battle of Turkana. The imperials were surprized at the new ship, which was partially the reason why the Rebels succceeded.

But it's not purple on exhaust, in any movie. (unless its on the DVD edition)

Every movie I've ever seen its either red, or slightly more orange/red. And would you please enlighten me on these "visible differences" which you speak between ANH and ESB? Show me the difference, if you will. In space combat, details are hard to ascertain, since most details are blurred anyway. And the only time I remember Xwings being stationary was either in hangar, on an ice cube, or on a swamp.


As for the prototype seeing combat, yes it did. Six months just, at least to me, does not seem possible to go from prototype to version a to version b, even on an accelerated schedule. Production quotas couldn't handle it. A ship needs time to develop, then build, then revise.

So while there may have been an "A" model developed, I don't think it really was built, and instead became a scrapped model, replaced by the "B". But in my opinion, a scrapped model is not something that is designated a primary. So the "B" model and successive productions move up to "A".

At least, that's how it works in R&D according to my uncle. If there's a reject, its not a vehicle that's considered a viable model type. it's catalogued for future refrence, but unless there are actual ships produced, it cannot be classified as a "true" designation.

Its like drawing a picture of a Ford GT, and saying its the next upgrade, and then Ford makes a different one, yet still credits you for making a design, even if it didn't implement itself.

looks red. at least on my screen, save for one of them. Its red, red, purple/neonish, red, red.

Still, 6 months is not enough time to go through two production models. One maybe, but not two. And plus, the Rebels didn't quite have the same materials and resources like the empire to build quite the same amount.

We had hangars devoted to new weaponry, new designs, and new inventions to isolate the research without disrupting primary output. The Rebels were just skirting from base to base. They had just established the base on Dantooine when the X-wing was stolen, and they packed up in about three months to relocate all their resources to Yavin IV just a month or two BBY.

I'm just trying to figure out where they held their production facilities with all the movement they did.

One definetely looks purple, and another has more of a fuschia hue. The others look red.

Its the same on my television. Perhaps you're the one with a poor gamma? I mean, if i tweek the color, and put it in photoshop, I too can make them purple. But under standard colors, my avatar hair is deep red, and my kilt is not purple either. The Gaia online logo isn't violet, either.
And last time I heard, Violet and Purple are the same color, just a different name.

And 1941 ain't really exactly the low tide of german development. Heck, that's when hitler was funding massive amounts of resources into new designs that could tackle the enemy.

Its like saying the shipyards at Kuat could produce several variants of the TIE all fully functional. Sure, with the amounts of resources and time spent, it is possible. But what is put forward elsewhere is the real key.


I suggest, however, we get back to the point of the thread. Trivia, the asking of questions based on facts, the inquiry into knowledge of other people upon a certain subject. This really isn't the thread to discuss why you believe my monitor is broken, or how fast anything can be developed no matter the amount of resources versus the time spent.

Garvin. Can't remember his first.