I looked online but can’t remember where I read it from. There’s also Vader’s head on the early full size Vader tie box. It was originally going to be a “collectors line of vehicles”. Vader’s tie fighter was the only vehicle they produced, before someone scrapped the idea , and just added it to the regular vehicle line. They then removed the “Collectors Series” text from above Vader’s head from the later boxes. They left the head because it was his starship. Maybe when they did the die cast run whoever was in charge of the card back print, looked at one of the early boxes and figured it was just part of the packaging. Not sure if that is the exact story, but it was something along those lines.
the die casts were awesome awesome. it was a way to get the vehicles early on when it was hard to get them and when they may have been too expensive to produce for 3 3/4 inch size
I think these would be nice to have so you can have some ships off in the distance, or optimize your playing by merely adusting the scale instead of carrying the bigger ships around. :)
I had the Landspeeder. Took to school, and some kid stole it. To answer your question, did the other vehicles have the pilot's name on em? Well, there ya go, and Luke was already on the logo to the left, so no need to put his face on there twice for the X-Wing. Plus, Vader was cool.
Are you sure it was a kid and not Sand People? Or maybe they tried, but ran away when they saw the kid coming. Because, you know.... Sand People scare easy!
Did that picture of his head ever get used as a sticker? Was it used from a still of a scene that made it on to a card or into books? Kind of hard to figure that out since its a mask and not an actual face thats capable of expression.
If Darth Vader was supposed to be the best star pilot in the galaxy and a cunning warrior, why did his TIE fighter have aim assist to shoot rebel ships during the assault on the Death Star?
Who's to say he paid attention to it? :) When Anakin became mostly machine, it affected his Force abilities, but I don't know if that's exactly why he had a targeting computor or if they went that far with it. Another reason might be, maybe regular TIE pilots used this fighter and having a targeting computer is a standard feature and in a more refined TIE Advance that was strictly Darth Vader's there wouldn't be one. That's speculation, though. :)
oh ok, so Han should be on the Falcon, and Luke should be his X-wing? oh its so people know its Vader's tie, well doesnt the title on the name "Darth Vader's Tie Fighter" do that?
Great video as always, Junkman. But you completely ignored the fact that the Death Star on this cardback is UPSIDE DOWN!! What kind of craziness is Kenner trying to sell us here??!??
There's no up or down in space and that's nothing compared to the Rebels having the WRONG PLANS in the movie! The scan the Rebels stole clearly shows the Superlaser on the central equatorial trench rather than set in one of the hemispheres. It's a wonder the Rebels could find the target at all, let alone hit it!
According to my uncle, it was done as a joke, by one of the designers, but it somehow slipped passed the final QCM, sorry . . . insider lingo . . . Quality Control Manager. After the printing of the cardback was nearly completed, the Darth Vader head was discovered and it was deemed to costly to go back, remove the head and do a reprint, so they just let it ride and the rest is history.
I was about to suggest something like this. It happens an AWFUL lot in toy and film industries, and once something is signed off on and approved it's easier to just move forward than it is to try and correct something that doesn't need correcting and risk disciplinary action as well.
Except the same head appears on the full sized box as well... If I was going to make up something like that, I would have said, "My dad was a production coordinator for Ben Cooper masks and told my brother that Vader was being promoted because they realized they had overproduced Halloween costumes featuring the character. They also didn't expect to sell as many since they went off bad Lucasfilm stills and put the white around the eyes. Dad's boss called up some buddies at Kenner and tried to get Vader imagery pushed just a little more on certain items. The company that made the pajamas also bought into the erroneous Vader pre-marketing skew."
@@jimjam51075 I think most of the time people drop things like that as little pranks (like the 'smegma' sticker on the G.I. Joe vehicle) thinking it doesn't go through and it won't matter if it does. Once it was there everyone assumed the Bosses wanted it there for Vader and just applied it to other boxes as well. Think of the famous Iron Man nose from the comics.
What a lovely subject for a discussion, Junkman! I suspect it was a means of differentiation in that the vehicle‘s name was practically the same as the regular TIE.
Probably more or less to try and grab people’s attention to have something like that. Also, nice to see some Shadows of the Empire gameplay in the video, always wanted to play that one.
maybe the image and name Darth Vader sold more so they were like, let's put the picture of Darth Vader on it, but also, the toy has his name in the title, none of the other ships have the character's names in the title, so this one was special
Many times graphic designers overshoot everything get the word from above to remove certain elements and miss details. Why you need a good project manager. Or maybe that's all they had at the time.
Maybe it was because all the other ships were supposed to be mass produced ships and Vaders was a prototype and unique to him alone? Lukes X-Wing was just another production X-Wing, Vaders TIE Fighter was his PERSONAL TIE Fighter, designed and flown only by him. It's just a thought, who really knows what the marketing department were thinking?
Watch it Junkman some of those Disney Star Wars weirdos might actually try to cancel you for saying it & not blocking the name on the package of Slave-1 remember it's "Boba Fett's starship" now 🤣
This is only related to the gameplay, but I think it would be great if you could switch settings to a particular era to something like Dark Forces or Shadows of the Empire in SW Battlefront.
at 2 min in junkman, you are swoop biking through the streets? of tatooine, what song is playing on the radio/mp3 player on the bike? any suggestions from anyone in the comments?
I actually know why! A Kenner executive had a Time Machine and traveled into the future where he watched UA-cam videos. Seeing the Junkman, he thought it would be funny to do this just to mess with him.
That was one of the first Star Wars toys I ever got, August 78. Still got it. but why did the also put a mini Darth Vader pilot in the Tie Fighter? (... because they cheeped out)
I don't know why there was this inconsistency, but it was consistant with the 3.75 inch scale DV TIE Fighter. It also has a Vader head on the box. Probably both for the reasons @luvz2reed says right below me.
That video game looks sweet. Maybe it was because Vader is awesome, and they wanted people to buy both TIE fighters. (Vader should have been in the AT-AT!) I like the regular TIE. The landspeeder looks familiar. (My fan theory is the landspeeder is like a classic car, and that's why Luke gets good money for it. Too bad Lucas didn't put it in the prequels.). The Cloud Car Pilot is sweet.
The way it sounds, Luke didn't get very much for the landspeeder. Luke: "Alright, give it to me, I'll take it." "Ever since the (such n such model) came out these speeders just aren't in demand." Ben: "It'll be enough."
@@tperson8347 Good point, but he got enough for space transport with a junker, and selling it was their plan. Maybe Ben had some cash. The landspeeder's Art Deco, Buck Rogers look fits with the Naboo tech in The PhM. There is an (armed) Naboo landspeeder in it, but it looks more modern. I wish Lucas would have put the 77 landspeeder on Naboo (and called Naboo Alderaan). The Cloud Car Pilot is one of the best of the original figures. I was impressed by him when I was a kid.
@@tomcruisenukedmyaccount5388 Yep, Obi-Wan had money already. :) I like the accessories, how the left arm is bent, and love the uniform of the cloud car pilot. Here lately, I've been thinking about collecting a several vintage Lobot figures and making them clones. Something about the headgear pushes that idea. :)
@@tperson8347 I wonder if Bespin was going to be a clone refuge originally. Lando was a clone in the original draft, though I haven't read it all the way. This would explain Lobot and the Cloud Cars. The original (real) Boba Fett also seems cloneish. (In my galaxy, the bounty hunters are vets from the Clone Wars.) I don't like the modern CC Pilot figures.
Thank god you're weird and odd. :) It seems like more of a Star Wars card thing, it gives it flavor to that era. I'm glad Darth Vader's was the only one. I think it might be because they wanted to make sure everyone knew that was Darth Vader's TIE fighter. When Star Wars was getting made, they were going to make ALL the TIE fighters the same, only Darth Vader's would just only be distinguished by some sort of marking on the panels. Loved the video Thank you, sir :)
I think they wanted people to buy both TIEs, and Vader is sweet. I wish Vader would have been in the AT-AT instead of Veers. Who cares about Veers (who kind of had two figures)? It seems the AT-ATs, which hold troopers, were sent after the generator just so Vader can land. Vader and Luke could have had a telepathy thing. I have several issues with the Hoth battle, though it's cool. It's maybe the weakest part of the OT. It's dull and silly while looking cool. Also, Vader seems wrong when talking to Veers earlier. Lucas kind of made Vader look dumb and cowardly, though this clashes with the 77 movie. You have to think about it though. The ESB is like a dream and fantasy (it has iffy logic), so it shouldn't be completely logical (the 77 SW, my favorite, is a legitimate Sci-Fi movie and mostly makes sense), but they should have put more work into making the Hoth battle more compelling and believable. I think we begin to see Lucas's weird decision making with it and the dumb edit at the end (though supposedly he was reluctant to do it). (RothJ has many more issues though.) Why didn't Vader just send (special?) TIE Bombers??? He seems to want a sneak attack when talking to Veers. How can they do a sneak attack with giant walkers??? I guess the rebels haven't been on Hoth long, but this is unclear. I think Lucas wanted to spice the movie up with a Death Star like situation and sell (cool) toys. I'm not sure an on planet fighter battle would have worked though. The AT-AT battle feels tagged on. In the original draft, tanks attack the base, and there isn't a battle. The battle is with the Wampas which is weird. In the movie, it's not clear how Vader blasts into the base.
And I think they should have mentioned or showed the rebels have mobile robotic mines to kind of explain why the Empire uses AT-ATs. (EC Henry (awesome channel) tried another explanation related to shields which fits into the larger continuity, but it sounds like magic. Going by the 77 movie, I don't think the walkers going through the shields is an issue. RothJ changed the shields, and this was used in the prequel era.) The Hoth battle is too long and there should be three AT-ATs instead of five. It's somewhat compelling, but I'm very happy when the movie gets back to Han and crew. There are other issues. It's very confusing what is attacking the base and where the base is, and it doesn't seem the Imperials need to destroy the generator except to help Vader land. It seems the rebels coincidentally have the cables, and it's not clear how they blow up the first AT-AT. (Veers had more figures than Vader. I think the Imperial snow trooper and Emperor's guard costumes should be Sith related. The Hoth battle foreshadowed the noisy blockbusters we got in the 00s and 10s like Bayformers.)
@@tomcruisenukedmyaccount5388 The AT-AT blows up due to the snowspeeders shooting the neck of the walker. The neck is always the most vulnerable spot. :) The tow cables on the snowspeeders are common features left present, because these were domestic vehicles since the Rebels have very little in the way of support or funds, they had to use common airspeeders. The few things they've added were canons and the vents on the the back in order to keep the airspeeder warm in the freezing temperatures. The shields on Hoth, you can still drive a ship through, it just prevents bombardment just like in the start of the Naboo battle.
@@tperson8347 Then why didn't the rebels attack the AT-ATs from the side? They walk in the same direction with not much ability to turn and no side weapons. Lucas should have had it fall all the way over and the rebels attack the belly (like Luke later). (Klaatu also got more figures than Vader. The Snowspeeders' guns don't look added on.)
@@tomcruisenukedmyaccount5388 I think it needed to be downed to really sell the visage of the small victory, if that makes sense. The way I see it, there are alot of jokes in Star Wars that make up the action, drama, and so forth that surrounds the core/true meaning of Star Wars. Not that Lucas was going for straight comedy, it's that there are temporary limitations on every situation that characters are put in. There's always an impromptu way of doing things when there's a particular challenge that set before the characters.
Yeah, somehow just mentioning the word "slave" implies that you advocate for slavery. 🤣 Soon, the Language Police will be taking the "Wars" out of "Star Wars," because, y'know, war is bad and we don't wanna promote it. Let's call it "Star Adventures"!
I disagree on that. That's more of a post prequel propaganda. Luke SHOULD trust the Jedi, but I'm coming from the standpoint of original trilogy. This might be unpopular, but I feel that Obi-Wan lying to Luke was necessary. It would have compromised the whole thing to tell him the truth. The galaxy depended greatly on Luke. He was their ONLY chance defeat the Empire. But you gotta remember, Darth Vader wasn't Luke's father in the original Star Wars, so what Obi-Wan said wasn't a lie, from a certain point of view. :) No one really says much about Merlin's lies and mistakes. I see this as the same thing, Obi-Wan made a mistake and he admitted it. I resent that the way the Jedi order came off as corrupt as the Catholic Church, and that's not the case. They're more so to blame for being arrogant in a time when they should've been staying alert and readying themselves. They were focused on the wrong thing and becoming more involved in politics than they should have. Look at the way the prequel Jedi are address vs the way Luke is dressed. Luke, Yoda, and Obi-Wan are dressed appropriately, the prequel Jedi were pretty much in costume. That's one more thing that makes Anakin and Luke so similar and unique is that they actually earned their Knighthood, because they've done so in battle instead of just in ceremony. Not all padawans have experienced battle to the same degree Anakin has. Obi-Wan wouldn't have mentioned Qui-Gon whether he was a character yet or not. Any story or mentioning of Qui-Gon would've been irrelevant to Luke.
It was because if you already had a tie fighter, this would remind you that Vader didn't fly a regular tie and you would want to get this one. Maybe.
the face that launched a thousand ships
Tells us a bit too much about junkman hearing that he spent all morning searching the internet for a little head.
A little head and a lot of heavy breathing. :)
I looked online but can’t remember where I read it from. There’s also Vader’s head on the early full size Vader tie box. It was originally going to be a “collectors line of vehicles”. Vader’s tie fighter was the only vehicle they produced, before someone scrapped the idea , and just added it to the regular vehicle line. They then removed the “Collectors Series” text from above Vader’s head from the later boxes. They left the head because it was his starship. Maybe when they did the die cast run whoever was in charge of the card back print, looked at one of the early boxes and figured it was just part of the packaging. Not sure if that is the exact story, but it was something along those lines.
Time to double this mystery. The Vader head also appears on the full size tie fighter toy box!
Oh yes. I should have added that
the die casts were awesome awesome. it was a way to get the vehicles early on when it was hard to get them and when they may have been too expensive to produce for 3 3/4 inch size
I think these would be nice to have so you can have some ships off in the distance, or optimize your playing by merely adusting the scale instead of carrying the bigger ships around. :)
Watching this video makes me wish you’d do a full playthrough of a star wars game
I had the Landspeeder. Took to school, and some kid stole it. To answer your question, did the other vehicles have the pilot's name on em? Well, there ya go, and Luke was already on the logo to the left, so no need to put his face on there twice for the X-Wing. Plus, Vader was cool.
Are you sure it was a kid and not Sand People? Or maybe they tried, but ran away when they saw the kid coming. Because, you know.... Sand People scare easy!
@@benrositas8068
That was racist.
Jus kidding. :)
I have that card back. I guess they wanted further package differentiation for Vader.
Kenner just liked giving Darth Vader lots of head, HEY NOW!!!
Lmao 🤣
Did that picture of his head ever get used as a sticker? Was it used from a still of a scene that made it on to a card or into books? Kind of hard to figure that out since its a mask and not an actual face thats capable of expression.
If I recall correctly, my regular die cast tie fighter came with a Vader in the pull out pilot seat, not a tie fighter pilot.
yep
Redarded 😂
If Darth Vader was supposed to be the best star pilot in the galaxy and a cunning warrior, why did his TIE fighter have aim assist to shoot rebel ships during the assault on the Death Star?
Who's to say he paid attention to it? :)
When Anakin became mostly machine, it affected his Force abilities, but I don't know if that's exactly why he had a targeting computor or if they went that far with it.
Another reason might be, maybe regular TIE pilots used this fighter and having a targeting computer is a standard feature and in a more refined TIE Advance that was strictly Darth Vader's there wouldn't be one.
That's speculation, though. :)
I don't know why, but it would've been even weirder if they used the un-helmeted head from Return of the Jedi!
🤔🤔🤔🤔
It was Vader’s Tie Fighter that’s why his image was on that product.
oh ok, so Han should be on the Falcon, and Luke should be his X-wing? oh its so people know its Vader's tie, well doesnt the title on the name "Darth Vader's Tie Fighter" do that?
Great video as always, Junkman. But you completely ignored the fact that the Death Star on this cardback is UPSIDE DOWN!!
What kind of craziness is Kenner trying to sell us here??!??
It's in space, though, so it's not exactly upside down. :)
It’s not upside down if you’re upside down
There's no up or down in space and that's nothing compared to the Rebels having the WRONG PLANS in the movie! The scan the Rebels stole clearly shows the Superlaser on the central equatorial trench rather than set in one of the hemispheres. It's a wonder the Rebels could find the target at all, let alone hit it!
@@acrodave9287
That would be funny if they did have the wrong plans. :)
According to my uncle, it was done as a joke, by one of the designers, but it somehow slipped passed the final QCM, sorry . . . insider lingo . . . Quality Control Manager. After the printing of the cardback was nearly completed, the Darth Vader head was discovered and it was deemed to costly to go back, remove the head and do a reprint, so they just let it ride and the rest is history.
Not much of a joke, though. If it were, say, Princess Leia's head, that would've been funny (but probably got someone canned, big time)!
I was about to suggest something like this. It happens an AWFUL lot in toy and film industries, and once something is signed off on and approved it's easier to just move forward than it is to try and correct something that doesn't need correcting and risk disciplinary action as well.
Except the same head appears on the full sized box as well...
If I was going to make up something like that, I would have said, "My dad was a production coordinator for Ben Cooper masks and told my brother that Vader was being promoted because they realized they had overproduced Halloween costumes featuring the character. They also didn't expect to sell as many since they went off bad Lucasfilm stills and put the white around the eyes. Dad's boss called up some buddies at Kenner and tried to get Vader imagery pushed just a little more on certain items. The company that made the pajamas also bought into the erroneous Vader pre-marketing skew."
@@jimjam51075 I think most of the time people drop things like that as little pranks (like the 'smegma' sticker on the G.I. Joe vehicle) thinking it doesn't go through and it won't matter if it does. Once it was there everyone assumed the Bosses wanted it there for Vader and just applied it to other boxes as well. Think of the famous Iron Man nose from the comics.
It's cool that Shadows of the Empire is playing in the background of the video because I just finish playing it on my N64 for old times sake.
What a lovely subject for a discussion, Junkman! I suspect it was a means of differentiation in that the vehicle‘s name was practically the same as the regular TIE.
Probably more or less to try and grab people’s attention to have something like that. Also, nice to see some Shadows of the Empire gameplay in the video, always wanted to play that one.
maybe to just make sure everyone knew the difference between vader tie and regular tie???
maybe the image and name Darth Vader sold more so they were like, let's put the picture of Darth Vader on it, but also, the toy has his name in the title, none of the other ships have the character's names in the title, so this one was special
Many times graphic designers overshoot everything get the word from above to remove certain elements and miss details. Why you need a good project manager. Or maybe that's all they had at the time.
Maybe it was because all the other ships were supposed to be mass produced ships and Vaders was a prototype and unique to him alone? Lukes X-Wing was just another production X-Wing, Vaders TIE Fighter was his PERSONAL TIE Fighter, designed and flown only by him.
It's just a thought, who really knows what the marketing department were thinking?
Scraping the ground underneath the barrel now, Junkman.
Lol
I love it though!
Now??
What about the upside down deathstar on that card?
Only Darth Vader gets a little head.
You said "A little head" so many times, now I want a little head.
Watch it Junkman some of those Disney Star Wars weirdos might actually try to cancel you for saying it & not blocking the name on the package of Slave-1 remember it's "Boba Fett's starship" now 🤣
This is only related to the gameplay, but I think it would be great if you could switch settings to a particular era to something like Dark Forces or Shadows of the Empire in SW Battlefront.
Junky, we’re all weird and odd. Hearing you admit it, helps us all live better with our own unique oddness. 🐸
at 2 min in junkman, you are swoop biking through the streets? of tatooine, what song is playing on the radio/mp3 player on the bike? any suggestions from anyone in the comments?
I actually know why! A Kenner executive had a Time Machine and traveled into the future where he watched UA-cam videos. Seeing the Junkman, he thought it would be funny to do this just to mess with him.
True
That was one of the first Star Wars toys I ever got, August 78. Still got it.
but why did the also put a mini Darth Vader pilot in the Tie Fighter? (... because they cheeped out)
I don't know Junkman.
Somethings...are not meant for mortals to know!
I don't know why there was this inconsistency, but it was consistant with the 3.75 inch scale DV TIE Fighter. It also has a Vader head on the box. Probably both for the reasons @luvz2reed says right below me.
That video game looks sweet. Maybe it was because Vader is awesome, and they wanted people to buy both TIE fighters. (Vader should have been in the AT-AT!) I like the regular TIE. The landspeeder looks familiar. (My fan theory is the landspeeder is like a classic car, and that's why Luke gets good money for it. Too bad Lucas didn't put it in the prequels.). The Cloud Car Pilot is sweet.
The way it sounds, Luke didn't get very much for the landspeeder.
Luke:
"Alright, give it to me, I'll take it."
"Ever since the (such n such model) came out these speeders just aren't in demand."
Ben:
"It'll be enough."
You might be the first person I ever heard say that the cloud car pilot is cool/sweet/awsome. :)
The only thing I don't like about it is the helmet.
@@tperson8347 Good point, but he got enough for space transport with a junker, and selling it was their plan. Maybe Ben had some cash. The landspeeder's Art Deco, Buck Rogers look fits with the Naboo tech in The PhM. There is an (armed) Naboo landspeeder in it, but it looks more modern. I wish Lucas would have put the 77 landspeeder on Naboo (and called Naboo Alderaan). The Cloud Car Pilot is one of the best of the original figures. I was impressed by him when I was a kid.
@@tomcruisenukedmyaccount5388
Yep, Obi-Wan had money already. :)
I like the accessories, how the left arm is bent, and love the uniform of the cloud car pilot.
Here lately, I've been thinking about collecting a several vintage Lobot figures and making them clones. Something about the headgear pushes that idea. :)
@@tperson8347 I wonder if Bespin was going to be a clone refuge originally. Lando was a clone in the original draft, though I haven't read it all the way. This would explain Lobot and the Cloud Cars. The original (real) Boba Fett also seems cloneish. (In my galaxy, the bounty hunters are vets from the Clone Wars.) I don't like the modern CC Pilot figures.
Thank god you're weird and odd. :)
It seems like more of a Star Wars card thing, it gives it flavor to that era.
I'm glad Darth Vader's was the only one.
I think it might be because they wanted to make sure everyone knew that was Darth Vader's TIE fighter.
When Star Wars was getting made, they were going to make ALL the TIE fighters the same, only Darth Vader's would just only be distinguished by some sort of marking on the panels.
Loved the video
Thank you, sir :)
I think they wanted people to buy both TIEs, and Vader is sweet. I wish Vader would have been in the AT-AT instead of Veers. Who cares about Veers (who kind of had two figures)? It seems the AT-ATs, which hold troopers, were sent after the generator just so Vader can land. Vader and Luke could have had a telepathy thing. I have several issues with the Hoth battle, though it's cool. It's maybe the weakest part of the OT. It's dull and silly while looking cool.
Also, Vader seems wrong when talking to Veers earlier. Lucas kind of made Vader look dumb and cowardly, though this clashes with the 77 movie. You have to think about it though.
The ESB is like a dream and fantasy (it has iffy logic), so it shouldn't be completely logical (the 77 SW, my favorite, is a legitimate Sci-Fi movie and mostly makes sense), but they should have put more work into making the Hoth battle more compelling and believable. I think we begin to see Lucas's weird decision making with it and the dumb edit at the end (though supposedly he was reluctant to do it). (RothJ has many more issues though.)
Why didn't Vader just send (special?) TIE Bombers??? He seems to want a sneak attack when talking to Veers. How can they do a sneak attack with giant walkers??? I guess the rebels haven't been on Hoth long, but this is unclear. I think Lucas wanted to spice the movie up with a Death Star like situation and sell (cool) toys. I'm not sure an on planet fighter battle would have worked though.
The AT-AT battle feels tagged on. In the original draft, tanks attack the base, and there isn't a battle. The battle is with the Wampas which is weird. In the movie, it's not clear how Vader blasts into the base.
And I think they should have mentioned or showed the rebels have mobile robotic mines to kind of explain why the Empire uses AT-ATs. (EC Henry (awesome channel) tried another explanation related to shields which fits into the larger continuity, but it sounds like magic. Going by the 77 movie, I don't think the walkers going through the shields is an issue. RothJ changed the shields, and this was used in the prequel era.) The Hoth battle is too long and there should be three AT-ATs instead of five.
It's somewhat compelling, but I'm very happy when the movie gets back to Han and crew. There are other issues. It's very confusing what is attacking the base and where the base is, and it doesn't seem the Imperials need to destroy the generator except to help Vader land. It seems the rebels coincidentally have the cables, and it's not clear how they blow up the first AT-AT.
(Veers had more figures than Vader. I think the Imperial snow trooper and Emperor's guard costumes should be Sith related. The Hoth battle foreshadowed the noisy blockbusters we got in the 00s and 10s like Bayformers.)
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The AT-AT blows up due to the snowspeeders shooting the neck of the walker.
The neck is always the most vulnerable spot. :)
The tow cables on the snowspeeders are common features left present, because these were domestic vehicles since the Rebels have very little in the way of support or funds, they had to use common airspeeders.
The few things they've added were canons and the vents on the the back in order to keep the airspeeder warm in the freezing temperatures.
The shields on Hoth, you can still drive a ship through, it just prevents bombardment just like in the start of the Naboo battle.
@@tperson8347 Then why didn't the rebels attack the AT-ATs from the side? They walk in the same direction with not much ability to turn and no side weapons. Lucas should have had it fall all the way over and the rebels attack the belly (like Luke later). (Klaatu also got more figures than Vader. The Snowspeeders' guns don't look added on.)
@@tomcruisenukedmyaccount5388
I think it needed to be downed to really sell the visage of the small victory, if that makes sense.
The way I see it, there are alot of jokes in Star Wars that make up the action, drama, and so forth that surrounds the core/true meaning of Star Wars.
Not that Lucas was going for straight comedy, it's that there are temporary limitations on every situation that characters are put in.
There's always an impromptu way of doing things when there's a particular challenge that set before the characters.
Nice video junkman very interesting
Maybe it was because the Vader ship was a one-of-a-kind. No one else had one and all the other ships were general production models.
Why do they always show an x- wing shooting at Vaders ship? That never happened in the movie…!?!?!?
Weird and odd deffinately !!!! 😂
You are a fool😂
How hard is it to comprehend that this is Vader's specific Tie. It was unique to him.
I guess the big title "Darth Vader's Tie Fighter" wasn't a clue to that.. also wouldn't the Falcon have Han solo then?
Could have been
I can't believe you're still saying SLAVE 1! This is unacceptable Mr Junk I'm seriously considering unsubscribing!😂
Yeah, somehow just mentioning the word "slave" implies that you advocate for slavery. 🤣
Soon, the Language Police will be taking the "Wars" out of "Star Wars," because, y'know, war is bad and we don't wanna promote it. Let's call it "Star Adventures"!
@@richardb6609 yeah and stars are bad too because they send out dangerous solar flares so that's the end of s*&# w@#$🤣
@@richardb6609How about Trek Through The Stars? 😁
You must be pals with Analog Toys.
Just for fun! 🙂
I guess Darth Vader stuff sold better, so they wanted to draw attention to it.
This vid made me chuckle 🤭
I disagree on that.
That's more of a post prequel propaganda.
Luke SHOULD trust the Jedi, but I'm coming from the standpoint of original trilogy.
This might be unpopular, but I feel that Obi-Wan lying to Luke was necessary.
It would have compromised the whole thing to tell him the truth.
The galaxy depended greatly on Luke. He was their ONLY chance defeat the Empire.
But you gotta remember, Darth Vader wasn't Luke's father in the original Star Wars, so what Obi-Wan said wasn't a lie,
from a certain point of view. :)
No one really says much about Merlin's lies and mistakes.
I see this as the same thing, Obi-Wan made a mistake and he admitted it.
I resent that the way the Jedi order came off as corrupt as the Catholic Church, and that's not the case.
They're more so to blame for being arrogant in a time when they should've been staying alert and readying themselves. They were focused on the wrong thing and becoming more involved in politics than they should have.
Look at the way the prequel Jedi are address vs the way Luke is dressed.
Luke, Yoda, and Obi-Wan are dressed appropriately, the prequel Jedi were pretty much in costume.
That's one more thing that makes Anakin and Luke so similar and unique is that they actually earned their Knighthood, because they've done so in battle instead of just in ceremony.
Not all padawans have experienced battle to the same degree Anakin has.
Obi-Wan wouldn't have mentioned Qui-Gon whether he was a character yet or not. Any story or mentioning of Qui-Gon would've been irrelevant to Luke.
Who cares about this shit for real 😅
You clicked it and watched. So guess you do
@@ThatJunkman Now I'm hearing Luke from A New Hope in my head, responding to Leia: "I care."
@@palpatine775
Luke:
So, what do you think of this card, Han?"
Han:
"I'm trying not to, kid." :)