Lew A lot of us can agree that Henry’s work and many others like him are amazing. One thing that comes to mind for me is that the Disney trilogy is canon to Legends but takes place in the unknown regions where everything weird happens.
ILM Offices circa 1982: Oh no! Roy look at this we accidentally left an apple core in frame when we took this establishing shot... Fuck it, I'm not digging the miniatures out of storage to retake it, let's just leave it in, no one will ever scrutinize it. EC Henry's video 2020 So I spent 2 hours staring at this apple-core shaped starship...
@@t-kozy39 Hmm. May 25, 1983. That is when Episode 6 released. 1983 is when the Nighthawk F-117 stealth bomber achieved OPERATIONAL status (it was still secret at this time). 1988 is when the "fighter" was revealed to the public for the first time (quotes since the F-117 was actually more of a strike bomber sort of thing).
Reminds me of the time that a kitbashed model ship studied by the authors of the Xeelee Chronicles eventually led to the existence of atmospheric ram-scooping in the Traveller RPG.
03:47 Can we, like properly appreciate the absolute perfection done in the compositing ? that image looks SOOOOOO much like the original trilogy with the low dynamic range, washed out colors and film grain I just wished more people paid attention to this distinctive aesthetic I mean Imagine if FractalSponge made renders like this idk, it's something I've been noticing for years that this is the main reason why the original trilogy feels so much different than the other movies it's old it looks old
I love your Corellian design. I have to admit, I never realized that the ships were facing away to the left, I always thought this was a wide ship. Thanks for keeping this series up!!
EckhartsLadder same here. I was the main fan of ships from the frigate size and down and never seen more ships like fighters and freighters and seeing them makes it awesome. Not only the most known but also the most obscure. I also have a story called Galactic Remnant on Wattpad.com and may bring these ship classes on the story if it's possible.
I know I asked you this before, but I won't stop until you tell me too. Could I pitch you my idea for a Star Wars novel via Reddit dm or some other more private messaging service?
Eckharts, can you do a video YOURSELF covering the various ships EC Henry and his friends here have re-rendered? Because these things need more publicity!
Figure another possible interpretation that still kinda fits with the same sort of Corellian design language would be an outrider command module on a really long boom, but along the other axis
I don't know how many times I've come back to this video. This ship is ridiculously cool, and it makes so much sense that not every ship can be a warship.
The YT-series idea is genius, you managed to make some weird and blurry shape into a very compelling and great design! I really wish this design was canon now
you familiar with the game avorion? not long after henry put out the video about the.... i think it was the MC20 frigate, it showed up in the steam workshop for that game as a ship. someone made the ship flyable in game
@@SephirothRyu Avorion is a little different in the sense that you build the models within the game's own ship builder, similar to minecraft but with more than just cubes. and is in spce. still, it's nice to see that someone went to the effort to build it in game. it's a solid early game frigate actually
@@keiseyku Honestly? I kinda meant the quality of the actual, physical models the original trilogy used. So, lacking in knowledge about lighting and lens aberration, I will say that we are BOTH right.
You put more thought and love into this random background ship than Disney put in the entire sequell trilogy. It's both admirable and terribly sad at the same time.
This is a strange question, but has anyone thought of any “stats” for this ship such as cost, cargo capacity, what Hyperdrive it has etcetera. I want to use this ship in a Clone Wars themed Edge of the Empire campaign I play with my friends and having other people to discuss this obscure ships “stats” with would be amazing.
You nailed the early 80s starship design. These renders look like screen caps of cut scenes from RoTJ. The original ships look like pizza paddles with a lump of dough on them.
It's getting harder to find people who worked on this when it was originally composited. Not that I'm looking for them, but most of the miniatures in the Original Trilogy were literally put together from scale model parts that were commonly available at that time. They weren't digitally rendered or anything fancy, like today's ships. They literally put all of this model background together by hand. Props to them for doing such a fantastic job long before computer rendering and editing was powerful enough to do the job. 😊👍
I would've stuck with the *pizza paddle concept,* and run with the idea that it was developed as a counter to the Star Destroyers pizza slice shaped hull. It was a evolution of the Hammerhead Corvette, optimised to push around Star Destroyers in combat to get them further in the oven.
Cute, but you usually don't bake pizza by the slice, and those are what those implements are used for. Also does that relate to how Pizza the Hutt ate himself to death?
@@xenxander What if the neck was reinforced, or even solid? I'm sure the the fight deck/bridge and weapons could go on the side, next to the neck. Edit: What if the pod/bulge on the very front of the "handle" (seen at 1:50) was a large pack of explosives that clips on? When ramming they would explode, which would almost assuredly destroy anything the empire has. A new one could then be attached back at Base. You could also use the pod to contain fuel or food and water to haul extremely long distances, if you have no designated haulers available.
@@PrincessOzaline Pizzarias everywhere use large wooden pizza paddles to take whole 18" pizzas in and out of the ovens. This ship resembles one somewhat. Maybe you are thinking of a spatula. It might take a 12' wide implement to scoop up Pizza the Hutt and thats uncharted territory as far as utensils go. 😄
I really like this design. It has a home feel and it has tough looks that I want to have if I were a freighter captain in the Star Wars universe. Great job. Please keep them coming.
I am absolutely stunned. This is probably your best work. The visuals are incredible! My jaw was dropped from the moment the first render of the ship came up on screen!
I am amazed at your skill. I'm not talking about modelisation skills, even if they are impressive. But with a few frames, you create an entire story that makes sense to go with your model and choices.
I hope the story group will one day recognise your hard work and cooperate with you all to make these designs canon, as a ship enthusiast I love the details and passion you put in every single one of these vehicles, the infos seem to come from a Visual Dictionary or an Incredible Cross Sections and the models look ready to be filmed in a high budget movie. To me, they’re all in my headcanon
Bill O the movies show what basically are pixels in the distance, if Lucasfilm will ever revisit those ships (which is unlikely) it’s possible that they’ll be partially or completely different from what these designs. Until then, these will be my headcanon backstory/infos on those ships
This is why I like your channel, you figure out ways of making odd stuff work within existing lore in sensible way. Unlike Disney who just seem to do whatever the current director fancies at any given time. It's what makes your fan ship details feel more lore friendly than actual canon ships.
LOLed at the dirty track the droid left behind! 😆 Man, you've knocked this one out of the park. If you made a CGI fan series called 'Star Wars Engineers' and it literally just had Rebel engineers fixing up these old ships and talking about how everything worked, I think it would be my dream SW show…
I remember watching Empire Strikes back and being utterly fascinated with this background ship. Actually, out of the mystery ships you have resurrected, this is the only one I was aware of before watching your videos, and always was like "Woah is that like a B-Wing? Without the S-Foils?" I wasn't aware of the compositing error but I was always interested in this particular background ship, and I think it's amazing that you're doing videos like this, even though it's completely off from what I imagined this ship to look like.
One thing I’ve always disliked about the rebel aliens is how their ship selection seams rather homogeneous for a ragtag group. And that’s just what I love about this series, it just makes sense and makes the world seam more real. So, tank you ^_^
Well, from the get-go the Rebellion was semi-organised, and had among them assets from various naval powers. It makes sense that there would be some homogenised thought put into the rebel fleet.
@@grand-dadmiral - The Rebellion also started off with a lot of Old Republic assets they dug out of the dumpster and fixed up. ANH starts pretty much right after INCOM started supplying the X- and Y-wings.
I think it comes down to 'context': if you insert Star Wars Rebels into the original series, you get the 'ragtag' vibe as Rebels is set as a prequel the story as laid out by A New Hope. As the original trilogy progresses, and with successive episode, the Rebel Alliance gathers steam, and an increasing level of uniformity (reflecting the growth of the Rebellion's popularity / strength). For reasons we're all now well aware of, KK / Disney shoved all that carefully crafted cannon ( _including_ SWR) in to a dusty corner, and only trotted it out when it suited them. I salute Henry's efforts to flesh out the *whole* Star Wars universe with designs that predate & augment the original tribology.
it's easier on some ways to get a variety in miniature modeling. Your throwaways, sprues, and failed experiments can be recycled as background clutter.
I seriously enjoy not only your beautiful modeling skills, but your love/knowledge of the greater Star Wars galaxy that leads to your amazing backstories and very plausible designs. The way that you present all of this is, in itself quite astonishing. Bravo to you sir.
In real life we build awkward and flimsy things all the time. When there's good, practical, unavoidable reasons to make such stupid-looking things necessary. I imagine the long neck accommodates extra clearance for cargo modules, landing/launching access, common docking interfaces, etc. It's Star Wars so weird and "low-tech" always looks better. The "Brute" is the only one of these EC Henry ships which was purpose refit as a combat vessel.
I love the idea that it looks innocent but then surprise it has heavy weapons to deal with large ships if it can be lucky to catch them at the right moment and a very rebel idea for a former cargo ship.
You and the artists involved in these videos really outdid themselves. Love the passion and authentic feel you guys give each ship that has been so long forgotten. You guys are amazing.
Love it!! the rendering, the back story and the start for the other two ships stories. I hope someone with Disney’s Star Wars division/Lucas arts division see this, contacts you and rolls with it! It’s more than deserved
This ship is gorgeous. I could absolutely see this being canon due to the high detail. Good freakin job! Also isn't that pointy ship in the bottom left the Imperial Escort Carrier? I'd imagine it was stolen and repurposed by the Rebels.
Wow. This is crazy, just in the realm of how I interpreted your screen caps versus what you did with the design. Just speaks to human interpretation I guess. Awesome job, man
An idea I would have for another redesign would be the imperial Razor-class frigate which looks like a cut out ISD command section. It is canon and only appeared in a small comic book which was published only in Germany and Austria. The author said that he isnt happy with the design and said that he would have designed the ship today sleeker with more visible weaponry on it.
Also all your ships and backstories are 100% canon to me especially because they contradict nothing in canon and only add SO much to it. Love your work dude. Keep it up.
This might be my favorite ship in all of Star Wars. It’s too big to be a “hero” ship like the falcon but it’s size would let you tell the story of an interesting crew running missions throughout the outer rim and smuggling supplies and personnel onto imperial worlds.
This is truly some spectacular work, not only are you one of the most talented 3D modelers I’ve seen, you’ve gone above and beyond just rendering a ship, it’s quite amazing how seamlessly your lore fits with canon and the variations of the three ships, the interior, as well as the droid models, shows just how dedicated of a fan you are. I always love your work and I can’t wait to see more of your content.
Wait, when did you do the "Corellian Tug ship?" I don't think you have that video up. Great job, Henry! Love the new ship. I think this ship as a mobile, small-scale fighter production and maintenance yard is a great idea. I can totally see Rebel fighters being fabricated on something like this. And of course, the other jobs are very nice as well. So it sounds like your contact for the other models you were able to use as reference didn't have this one. The original film model is still lost in the ether, huh?
I think he just uploaded it on art station but never truly mentioned he did it. However, it is in some of his redesign videos when he shows his previous designs.
1:08 When you say it resembles a pizza paddle, I felt like it actually has a striking similarity to a tank turret. I feel like the special effects guys and model makers at ILM just kitbashed some model tank kits and stuck them in the background shot never dreaming that anyone would ever be able to get a good look at them.
So this is definitely different from i was picturing. A long, axi-symmetrical ship, with some gun pods on the prow and the bridge somewhere in that dome, in the middle. Like a repurposed yacht. There would be an access tunnel to the gun pods, where ammo and torpedoes would also be stored, where it’s extended to better dissipate heat (a common theme in SW, thinking of the B-wing primarily). However, it could be fully automated with droids so that the vulnerable portion stuck out wouldn’t endanger lives, unlike the Nebulon-B. Breaking that middle shaft wouldn’t render the ship inoperable, just without much of its firepower. Maybe not a corvette by definition, but about the size, with surprising armament. But I like your creative approach. I’m getting serious XB-70 Valkyrie vibes from the 6 large engines at the back. Looks super cool, and the detail is incredible, like always!
I am quite new to your different vids on Star War sand Star Trek and I have to say, they're all very impressive. The story you add to each ship is really the best touch.
I'm still amazed that star wars hasn't hired you, or even just bought these designs off of you to use in one of their projects. With shows like the mandalorian taking place in the outer rim I absolutely could see one of these ships appearing in it, possibly even as the personal ship of a specific character or organisation. Imagine a group of pirates operating one of these with the aftermarket turbolaser you modelled!
I really like the idea of a small but mobile starship refit/repair facility. Especially given most rebel hangars were so full of ships and supplies that it'd be prohibitive to perform anything other than simple maintenance or repairs in them. The rendering also is beyond beautiful. You have a gift.
Astounding ! This wonderful work shows a true knowledge and respect for the SW universe and a real artistic talent. You belong to the SW art department.
This by far, is your finest work. I have followed you since you've started this channel... And this is the best. From one artist to another, please keep it up :) You and your team kick so much ass!
Good job on that design. That looks and feels more like OG starwars then anything made outside of the original trilogy. Very 70s to early 80s scifi starship design. I wish major studios would hire you to design ships for their scifi series, because they have lasting appeal unlike modern day designs which are overly generic and unimaginative.
@@anzaca1 Nope, it's an original model which is literally made by enlarging a Star Destroyer and adding an ugly cannon and a red paint job (sorry, I meant red stripe.)
Henry I love your Redesigns of these obscure forgotten ships without you I doubt Star Wars media would ever give these forgotten ships any attention like we are right now so i am grateful you restored the forgotten ships
I always thought it was a really wide Mon Calamari starship because of how organic it looked from that shot. Absolutely love your take on it, and the model itself looks like an actual highly detailed model used for the original trilogy.
Found you through AT-AT Chat. I love your puzzle / mystery solving approach to this design. So cool how you all use this as a launch pad for the realized designs and fantastic lore / backstory / hypothetical specs. Top that off with the fantastic design and modeling, and this was an EASY subscribe. Looking forward to digging through your back catalog of videos. Thank you for your awesome work!!!
ngl when i saw the initial top-down view of the revamped ship at like roughly 5 or 6 mins in i didnt expect it to be such a good story because you changed the design so much but it actually looks a lot better and a lot more unique and i really like it
I feel like I've said this before, but I LOVE how you render your models to look like they were real miniatures from the original trilogy, film grain and all. Great stuff man.
I hate to say all the design ideas look wrong, at least to me. It's most like the 3rd one but in as narrow lengthy-width ratio as the 2nd one, but the rear is also more rounded None the less, I love these videos to which literally nobody else makes the same ones ❤️
So I stumbled over your Channel ...and Buddy i'am Speechless. what you have done with all the Rebel Background Ships beats everything Star Wars related Disney has put out since acquiring the Rights to it. This checks so many Boxes They are aesthetically on Point (In- and Exterior)and would seamlessly go into the Original Trilogy. Even the tiny bits and Ideas in Terms of Background and Lore for this Ships you put in fits way better then the Disney Stuff.
I really love the YT-950's assymetry in it's design you made. Modular elements from smaller models, Fits like a glove with the millennium falcon, that in itself is a lopsided spaceship. Pizza pan, meet Burger with olive
4:05 I like how this scene shows an Imperial Nebulon-B (Which you covered in another video) and this obscure ship going toe-to-toe. It shows how much effort you put into these things.
Wow - simply wow. I'm SO blown away by ALL of your ship designs. They scream more "STAR WARS" than any ship that has been designed since the original series. And i'm baffled how well you nail the design each and every time, while all "new" design ideas since the prequels struggle so much to convey this unique "Star Wars" feeling.
I am very impressed. Kudos to your team. You definitely captured the "Star Wars Look". I am a design engineer and also create 3D ships as a hobby (mainly Star Trek) so I understand the time involved in the endeavor. Excellent work!
Ec Henry: All of my ships are Fan-Fiction. There are not canon.
Me: Not to me
Agreed
I consider most of his designs to be canon. Why not? They are ridiculously detailed.
Headcanon gang rise up!
Lew A lot of us can agree that Henry’s work and many others like him are amazing. One thing that comes to mind for me is that the Disney trilogy is canon to Legends but takes place in the unknown regions where everything weird happens.
It's in the movie so technically its canonish
I loved that you add your own lore to this obsure Rebel ships.
this ship needs to be Cannon
The glory glider happens to obscurely fit in your door if they were banned.. it would have difficulty being a supply ship
People at ILM: We made these with whatever we had at home, don't mind them.
Henry 40 years later: This HAS to make sense!
ILM Offices circa 1982:
Oh no! Roy look at this we accidentally left an apple core in frame when we took this establishing shot...
Fuck it, I'm not digging the miniatures out of storage to retake it, let's just leave it in, no one will ever scrutinize it.
EC Henry's video 2020
So I spent 2 hours staring at this apple-core shaped starship...
But man, can you imagine if one of those people involved with these extra models were to find this channel?
thats half the fun coming up with a working high detail design out a old low detail one.
i think it’s literally a model stealth bomber with one wing lmao
@@t-kozy39 Hmm. May 25, 1983. That is when Episode 6 released. 1983 is when the Nighthawk F-117 stealth bomber achieved OPERATIONAL status (it was still secret at this time). 1988 is when the "fighter" was revealed to the public for the first time (quotes since the F-117 was actually more of a strike bomber sort of thing).
EC Henry, I am clipping that quote: "It's not *wide* , it's *long* "
But alas, it's not the size that matters
@@berkleyhuffman48 “Size matters not”
I would say stolen but my comment is dug deep deep deep deep deep down in the comments so you just didnt see it
It's all a matter of perspective. :]
The 6th grader in me is giggling.
Lucasfilm: throws some shapes together
Henry: ah yes you see this a very special ship
If George was still in charge he would definitely accept this, that's what he was always doing
Expanding the universe through tiny variations and little things
Reminds me of the time that a kitbashed model ship studied by the authors of the Xeelee Chronicles eventually led to the existence of atmospheric ram-scooping in the Traveller RPG.
Lucasfilm: throws some shapes together
Henry: I smell profit!
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03:47
Can we, like properly appreciate the absolute perfection done in the compositing ?
that image looks SOOOOOO much like the original trilogy with the low dynamic range, washed out colors and film grain
I just wished more people paid attention to this distinctive aesthetic
I mean Imagine if FractalSponge made renders like this
idk, it's something I've been noticing for years that this is the main reason why the original trilogy feels so much different than the other movies
it's old
it looks old
Yes! I wish some of the new Star Wars media coming out set during the OT would run with this aesthetic.
I love your Corellian design. I have to admit, I never realized that the ships were facing away to the left, I always thought this was a wide ship.
Thanks for keeping this series up!!
EckhartsLadder same here. I was the main fan of ships from the frigate size and down and never seen more ships like fighters and freighters and seeing them makes it awesome. Not only the most known but also the most obscure. I also have a story called Galactic Remnant on Wattpad.com and may bring these ship classes on the story if it's possible.
I know I asked you this before, but I won't stop until you tell me too. Could I pitch you my idea for a Star Wars novel via Reddit dm or some other more private messaging service?
Eckharts, can you do a video YOURSELF covering the various ships EC Henry and his friends here have re-rendered? Because these things need more publicity!
Figure another possible interpretation that still kinda fits with the same sort of Corellian design language would be an outrider command module on a really long boom, but along the other axis
I'm glad to see you supporting EC Henry! You guys and others really make me proud to be part of the Legends fandom.
This is the kind of passion that all starwars projects should have
that all projects should have*
Not just Star Wars, everything that everyone does should have this much effort and care put into it.
I bet an ILM artist is watching this and going "yep it was a pizza paddle with a dome on it"
Looks like a tank turret to me!
@@yodasscrotum : Probably a tank turret, embedded into a piece of wood by drilling a hole in the board, then stick something on the end of the barrel.
I don't know how many times I've come back to this video. This ship is ridiculously cool, and it makes so much sense that not every ship can be a warship.
The YT-series idea is genius, you managed to make some weird and blurry shape into a very compelling and great design!
I really wish this design was canon now
you familiar with the game avorion?
not long after henry put out the video about the.... i think it was the MC20 frigate, it showed up in the steam workshop for that game as a ship. someone made the ship flyable in game
@@blazepine And seeing as some of the less... "proper" artists like to steal models from games... They may well BECOME canon.
@@SephirothRyu Avorion is a little different in the sense that you build the models within the game's own ship builder, similar to minecraft but with more than just cubes. and is in spce.
still, it's nice to see that someone went to the effort to build it in game. it's a solid early game frigate actually
Iya amazing what you can do with a pizza padel and some imagination. 😊
Marc LS same
2:26
Me: "Wtf is this?!"
2:31
Also me: *"Oh dear, oh dear GORGEOUS"*
Yo, the rendering of this ship is GORGEOUS
Looks like it's straight out of the original trilogy
@@keiseyku No, it looks BETTER than most of the original trilogy ships do.
@@SephirothRyu I meant the lighting and lens aberration but you right
@@keiseyku Honestly? I kinda meant the quality of the actual, physical models the original trilogy used. So, lacking in knowledge about lighting and lens aberration, I will say that we are BOTH right.
@@SephirothRyu this is a drawing rather than a model so that's why it probably better looking
You put more thought and love into this random background ship than Disney put in the entire sequell trilogy. It's both admirable and terribly sad at the same time.
Why Star wars hasn't hired this guy yet is beyond me
because he's competent and Disney is not
Because he has passion and respect for the IP. Disney and Disney's Lucasfilm does not.
Its a waste I agree. Just sooooo sad!
He actually has a passion for the craft, Disney just push agendas to milk money without providing a decent product
Because when he looks at Star Wars he sees something special. When Disney sees it: $$$
I would love to see a “Star Trek style” series about this ship. It has a lot of rag tag character, but meaty enough to be a threat
I hope we can see an “obscure” imperial ships video.
I would love that.
Check out the Razor-class frigate which looks like a cut out ISD command section.
cool idea!
This HAS to be done!
@@TheKingofbrooklin I blame the Germans
This is a strange question, but has anyone thought of any “stats” for this ship such as cost, cargo capacity, what Hyperdrive it has etcetera.
I want to use this ship in a Clone Wars themed Edge of the Empire campaign I play with my friends and having other people to discuss this obscure ships “stats” with would be amazing.
Underrated comment, this deserves more attention.
You nailed the early 80s starship design. These renders look like screen caps of cut scenes from RoTJ. The original ships look like pizza paddles with a lump of dough on them.
It's getting harder to find people who worked on this when it was originally composited. Not that I'm looking for them, but most of the miniatures in the Original Trilogy were literally put together from scale model parts that were commonly available at that time. They weren't digitally rendered or anything fancy, like today's ships. They literally put all of this model background together by hand. Props to them for doing such a fantastic job long before computer rendering and editing was powerful enough to do the job. 😊👍
Dude, does Dave Filoni know about you? Because I feel like Dave Filoni should know about you :P
Honestly
If Dave Filoni did he would already be working to put them in madalorian as background ships with EC Henry’s help
There is no possible way you could not be proud of the Kyprin Renegade!! Outstanding job!!!!
I would've stuck with the *pizza paddle concept,* and run with the idea that it was developed as a counter to the Star Destroyers pizza slice shaped hull.
It was a evolution of the Hammerhead Corvette, optimised to push around Star Destroyers in combat to get them further in the oven.
Cute, but you usually don't bake pizza by the slice, and those are what those implements are used for.
Also does that relate to how Pizza the Hutt ate himself to death?
Nice story
Except the neck is too thin for that, it would need a fatter neck to be a ramming frigate.
@@xenxander What if the neck was reinforced, or even solid? I'm sure the the fight deck/bridge and weapons could go on the side, next to the neck.
Edit: What if the pod/bulge on the very front of the "handle" (seen at 1:50) was a large pack of explosives that clips on? When ramming they would explode, which would almost assuredly destroy anything the empire has. A new one could then be attached back at Base. You could also use the pod to contain fuel or food and water to haul extremely long distances, if you have no designated haulers available.
@@PrincessOzaline Pizzarias everywhere use large wooden pizza paddles to take whole 18" pizzas in and out of the ovens. This ship resembles one somewhat. Maybe you are thinking of a spatula. It might take a 12' wide implement to scoop up Pizza the Hutt and thats uncharted territory as far as utensils go. 😄
I really like this design. It has a home feel and it has tough looks that I want to have if I were a freighter captain in the Star Wars universe. Great job. Please keep them coming.
The coolest fanmade star wars ship ever
“It’s not wide, its long”
EC Henry
2020
I am absolutely stunned. This is probably your best work. The visuals are incredible! My jaw was dropped from the moment the first render of the ship came up on screen!
I am amazed at your skill. I'm not talking about modelisation skills, even if they are impressive. But with a few frames, you create an entire story that makes sense to go with your model and choices.
I hope the story group will one day recognise your hard work and cooperate with you all to make these designs canon, as a ship enthusiast I love the details and passion you put in every single one of these vehicles, the infos seem to come from a Visual Dictionary or an Incredible Cross Sections and the models look ready to be filmed in a high budget movie.
To me, they’re all in my headcanon
It's more likely they will be stolen by a comic artist with no credit given as is the industry standard.
BusierDonkey that’s unfortunately pretty likely
@@TheHonkeytonkMonkey And when that happens it gets reported to those like Matt Martin who passes the information to Marvel for them to deal with.
I mean they are all technically in the films, so its not really a headcanon thing.
Bill O the movies show what basically are pixels in the distance, if Lucasfilm will ever revisit those ships (which is unlikely) it’s possible that they’ll be partially or completely different from what these designs. Until then, these will be my headcanon backstory/infos on those ships
This is why I like your channel, you figure out ways of making odd stuff work within existing lore in sensible way.
Unlike Disney who just seem to do whatever the current director fancies at any given time.
It's what makes your fan ship details feel more lore friendly than actual canon ships.
LOLed at the dirty track the droid left behind! 😆
Man, you've knocked this one out of the park. If you made a CGI fan series called 'Star Wars Engineers' and it literally just had Rebel engineers fixing up these old ships and talking about how everything worked, I think it would be my dream SW show…
I come back to these ship design videos again and again because they’re so engrossing and I see something new every time!
[sees EC Henry video with the words "ship" , "obscure", or "restored"]
*y e s*
R O B U S T
I remember watching Empire Strikes back and being utterly fascinated with this background ship. Actually, out of the mystery ships you have resurrected, this is the only one I was aware of before watching your videos, and always was like "Woah is that like a B-Wing? Without the S-Foils?" I wasn't aware of the compositing error but I was always interested in this particular background ship, and I think it's amazing that you're doing videos like this, even though it's completely off from what I imagined this ship to look like.
One thing I’ve always disliked about the rebel aliens is how their ship selection seams rather homogeneous for a ragtag group. And that’s just what I love about this series, it just makes sense and makes the world seam more real. So, tank you ^_^
Well, from the get-go the Rebellion was semi-organised, and had among them assets from various naval powers. It makes sense that there would be some homogenised thought put into the rebel fleet.
@@grand-dadmiral - The Rebellion also started off with a lot of Old Republic assets they dug out of the dumpster and fixed up. ANH starts pretty much right after INCOM started supplying the X- and Y-wings.
Thrawn besides, proper fighters are much scarier than a bunch of random light freighters with guns on them
I think it comes down to 'context': if you insert Star Wars Rebels into the original series, you get the 'ragtag' vibe as Rebels is set as a prequel the story as laid out by A New Hope. As the original trilogy progresses, and with successive episode, the Rebel Alliance gathers steam, and an increasing level of uniformity (reflecting the growth of the Rebellion's popularity / strength).
For reasons we're all now well aware of, KK / Disney shoved all that carefully crafted cannon ( _including_ SWR) in to a dusty corner, and only trotted it out when it suited them. I salute Henry's efforts to flesh out the *whole* Star Wars universe with designs that predate & augment the original tribology.
it's easier on some ways to get a variety in miniature modeling. Your throwaways, sprues, and failed experiments can be recycled as background clutter.
I seriously enjoy not only your beautiful modeling skills, but your love/knowledge of the greater Star Wars galaxy that leads to your amazing backstories and very plausible designs. The way that you present all of this is, in itself quite astonishing. Bravo to you sir.
I enjoy "The Brute" the most , the command module on a stick of the other two screams like an accident to happen.
In real life we build awkward and flimsy things all the time. When there's good, practical, unavoidable reasons to make such stupid-looking things necessary. I imagine the long neck accommodates extra clearance for cargo modules, landing/launching access, common docking interfaces, etc. It's Star Wars so weird and "low-tech" always looks better.
The "Brute" is the only one of these EC Henry ships which was purpose refit as a combat vessel.
I love the idea that it looks innocent but then surprise it has heavy weapons to deal with large ships if it can be lucky to catch them at the right moment and a very rebel idea for a former cargo ship.
You and the artists involved in these videos really outdid themselves. Love the passion and authentic feel you guys give each ship that has been so long forgotten. You guys are amazing.
id love to see the smaller ship on it’s own, separate from the mother ship!
Wow, the attention to detail is just amazing here! Thanks
Everybody: "No idea what this ship is, don't even care."
EC Henry: "Hold my beer!"
These videos deserve millions of views, not just thousands. These videos are my favorite on UA-cam and I’d love to see your designs used in cannon.
This is literally my favorite series on youtube. Bringing to life obscure Star Wars ships in glorious detail. ILM needs to hire you guys.
Love it!! the rendering, the back story and the start for the other two ships stories. I hope someone with Disney’s Star Wars division/Lucas arts division see this, contacts you and rolls with it! It’s more than deserved
This ship is gorgeous. I could absolutely see this being canon due to the high detail. Good freakin job!
Also isn't that pointy ship in the bottom left the Imperial Escort Carrier? I'd imagine it was stolen and repurposed by the Rebels.
Wow. This is crazy, just in the realm of how I interpreted your screen caps versus what you did with the design. Just speaks to human interpretation I guess. Awesome job, man
An idea I would have for another redesign would be the imperial Razor-class frigate which looks like a cut out ISD command section. It is canon and only appeared in a small comic book which was published only in Germany and Austria. The author said that he isnt happy with the design and said that he would have designed the ship today sleeker with more visible weaponry on it.
Thank you for sharing. I never would've heard of that ship otherwise. I just looked it up on Wookieepedia
This is an incredible achievement, EC Henry you have outdone yourself
You haven't done a video on the "Corellian Tug." It looks cool, and you should do a video about it.
I agree!
"It's the bridge/front module of a CR90"
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@@kubli365 I agree, but it would still be cool to see what kind lore and backstory he can come up with.
its already on pornhub
@@TheArcWelder hahaha
Also all your ships and backstories are 100% canon to me especially because they contradict nothing in canon and only add SO much to it. Love your work dude. Keep it up.
This might be my favorite ship in all of Star Wars. It’s too big to be a “hero” ship like the falcon but it’s size would let you tell the story of an interesting crew running missions throughout the outer rim and smuggling supplies and personnel onto imperial worlds.
Your detail in the background you put into your ships is simply incredible and this is no exception. Excellent good sir. Truly excellent.
Beautiful as ever, congrats to E.C.H, A.K, O.M, and M.H for all the hard work paying off. I wanna fly this ship!
Damn... another smashing hit of your re-imagenation on these obscure ships!!! Keep up the AWESOME work
This is my favorite lore channel. Seriously, no one dives this deep.
Please never stop this series I love your starwars ship building/re-imagining content its so good and all your ships look amazing!
These renders are incredible! It genuinely looks like you had practical models built for this
Thanks! Glad you like them!
thank you so much for this
you are a legend, Star Wars is great because of fans like you
I originally thought it was a G9 rigger without the bottom wing (also nice new droids. They seem like the predecessors to BB units)
It's scary how good the lore you come up is...
I swear whenever I believe that you can’t outdo yourself, you end up outdoing yourself
This is truly some spectacular work, not only are you one of the most talented 3D modelers I’ve seen, you’ve gone above and beyond just rendering a ship, it’s quite amazing how seamlessly your lore fits with canon and the variations of the three ships, the interior, as well as the droid models, shows just how dedicated of a fan you are. I always love your work and I can’t wait to see more of your content.
Wait, when did you do the "Corellian Tug ship?" I don't think you have that video up.
Great job, Henry! Love the new ship. I think this ship as a mobile, small-scale fighter production and maintenance yard is a great idea. I can totally see Rebel fighters being fabricated on something like this. And of course, the other jobs are very nice as well. So it sounds like your contact for the other models you were able to use as reference didn't have this one. The original film model is still lost in the ether, huh?
I think he just uploaded it on art station but never truly mentioned he did it. However, it is in some of his redesign videos when he shows his previous designs.
@@imperialpatriot6693 including this video.
1:08 When you say it resembles a pizza paddle, I felt like it actually has a striking similarity to a tank turret. I feel like the special effects guys and model makers at ILM just kitbashed some model tank kits and stuck them in the background shot never dreaming that anyone would ever be able to get a good look at them.
So this is definitely different from i was picturing. A long, axi-symmetrical ship, with some gun pods on the prow and the bridge somewhere in that dome, in the middle. Like a repurposed yacht. There would be an access tunnel to the gun pods, where ammo and torpedoes would also be stored, where it’s extended to better dissipate heat (a common theme in SW, thinking of the B-wing primarily). However, it could be fully automated with droids so that the vulnerable portion stuck out wouldn’t endanger lives, unlike the Nebulon-B. Breaking that middle shaft wouldn’t render the ship inoperable, just without much of its firepower. Maybe not a corvette by definition, but about the size, with surprising armament. But I like your creative approach. I’m getting serious XB-70 Valkyrie vibes from the 6 large engines at the back. Looks super cool, and the detail is incredible, like always!
I am quite new to your different vids on Star War sand Star Trek and I have to say, they're all very impressive. The story you add to each ship is really the best touch.
I’m a simple man. I see EC Henry doing more for Star Wars ship variety then Lucasfilm, I click
He's taking things that already existed.
Simple AND unoriginal.
The passion you have for giving these ships a story is nothing short of admirable
I'm still amazed that star wars hasn't hired you, or even just bought these designs off of you to use in one of their projects. With shows like the mandalorian taking place in the outer rim I absolutely could see one of these ships appearing in it, possibly even as the personal ship of a specific character or organisation. Imagine a group of pirates operating one of these with the aftermarket turbolaser you modelled!
I really like the idea of a small but mobile starship refit/repair facility. Especially given most rebel hangars were so full of ships and supplies that it'd be prohibitive to perform anything other than simple maintenance or repairs in them.
The rendering also is beyond beautiful. You have a gift.
Astounding ! This wonderful work shows a true knowledge and respect for the SW universe and a real artistic talent. You belong to the SW art department.
This by far, is your finest work. I have followed you since you've started this channel... And this is the best. From one artist to another, please keep it up :) You and your team kick so much ass!
Good job on that design. That looks and feels more like OG starwars then anything made outside of the original trilogy. Very 70s to early 80s scifi starship design.
I wish major studios would hire you to design ships for their scifi series, because they have lasting appeal unlike modern day designs which are overly generic and unimaginative.
Very well done Henry. Amazing design.
Wait, so ROTS had tons of unique ships for that massed fleet shot, while reusing the Rogue One model for the Sith Fleet, wtf?
The Xyston is NOT just a reused model.
I don't recall a massed fleet shot in Revenge Of The Sith.
Anzac-A1 welllllllllllllllllllllllllll it kinda is
@@damandelorean Just joking ;)
@@anzaca1 Nope, it's an original model which is literally made by enlarging a Star Destroyer and adding an ugly cannon and a red paint job (sorry, I meant red stripe.)
Henry I love your Redesigns of these obscure forgotten ships without you I doubt Star Wars media would ever give these forgotten ships any attention like we are right now so i am grateful you restored the forgotten ships
Really love the "battle shots" I'm this video. excellent work!
yeah especially since they incorporated his older fan fiction ships
You can find this battle shot here! www.artstation.com/artwork/Yaw3o6
Dude the amazing lore pluses the God tier design. Ur so good at this wtf
Sorry 3 ships +lore should have watched the whole thing before commenting
2:28
How the hell do you do that model so good
I always thought it was a really wide Mon Calamari starship because of how organic it looked from that shot.
Absolutely love your take on it, and the model itself looks like an actual highly detailed model used for the original trilogy.
I am curious as to how you would make a sequel A-wing look, that would be a tall task.
Found you through AT-AT Chat. I love your puzzle / mystery solving approach to this design. So cool how you all use this as a launch pad for the realized designs and fantastic lore / backstory / hypothetical specs. Top that off with the fantastic design and modeling, and this was an EASY subscribe. Looking forward to digging through your back catalog of videos. Thank you for your awesome work!!!
I hope your designs get into the EaW mods
ngl when i saw the initial top-down view of the revamped ship at like roughly 5 or 6 mins in i didnt expect it to be such a good story because you changed the design so much but it actually looks a lot better and a lot more unique and i really like it
You should talk to so Empire At War modders, I’m sure they would love to add your ships to their mods
I feel like I've said this before, but I LOVE how you render your models to look like they were real miniatures from the original trilogy, film grain and all. Great stuff man.
I'm usually irked by asymmetrical ships.... But your YX-960, YT-2400, and the YT-1300 are special exceptions :)
While asymmetrical, there is still a balance to the ships.
@@Janoha17 very true.
Best “obscure ship” vid yet! The droid story - chef’s kiss!
I hate to say all the design ideas look wrong, at least to me. It's most like the 3rd one but in as narrow lengthy-width ratio as the 2nd one, but the rear is also more rounded
None the less, I love these videos to which literally nobody else makes the same ones ❤️
So I stumbled over your Channel ...and Buddy i'am Speechless.
what you have done with all the Rebel Background Ships beats everything Star Wars related Disney has put out since acquiring the Rights to it.
This checks so many Boxes
They are aesthetically on Point (In- and Exterior)and would seamlessly go into the Original Trilogy.
Even the tiny bits and Ideas in Terms of Background and Lore for this Ships you put in fits way better then the Disney Stuff.
I don't think you ever talked about the coreillian tug ship.
I really love the YT-950's assymetry in it's design you made. Modular elements from smaller models, Fits like a glove with the millennium falcon, that in itself is a lopsided spaceship. Pizza pan, meet Burger with olive
Can you do this for the prequel movies also
Make a missile out of the kitchen sink in ROTS.
4:05 I like how this scene shows an Imperial Nebulon-B (Which you covered in another video) and this obscure ship going toe-to-toe. It shows how much effort you put into these things.
0:12 Does anyone else see the imperial escort carrier from Rogue Squadron 3: Rebel Strike?
Wow - simply wow. I'm SO blown away by ALL of your ship designs. They scream more "STAR WARS" than any ship that has been designed since the original series. And i'm baffled how well you nail the design each and every time, while all "new" design ideas since the prequels struggle so much to convey this unique "Star Wars" feeling.
Uploaded 35 seconds ago when I clicked it. Cool.
I am very impressed. Kudos to your team. You definitely captured the "Star Wars Look". I am a design engineer and also create 3D ships as a hobby (mainly Star Trek) so I understand the time involved in the endeavor. Excellent work!
I thought the auxiliary craft was the oversized reactor dome.
Wow, one of my favorites you've done. This entire series is incredible and the ships are fantastic!