True, but if they knew an ISD was going to show up, what was the point? The loss of a few fighters and the need to repair some cargo haulers is barely noticeable for an organization as vast as The Empire. The Rebels lost a couple of precious fighters, which they desperately need and can't afford to waste.
Possible explanations: a) A feint designed to draw away the Imperial cruiser from its post. b) The Gazontis held supplies for which delaying their arrival was mission critical in and of itself. c) The Rebels DID want to board/capture, but got word of the cruiser just in time. d) An inexperienced, overconfident, or glory-seeking Rebel commander chose to risk engaging with a real sense of tactical advantage but less regard for losses in the big picture. e) Getting a sense of the Imperial response time was mission-critical and they jumped out the literal first second they had a reading on an approaching ship. I’ve seen a few TV shows seem to indicate one can detect ships approaching with about 5 seconds advance notice, especially if you are expecting them. My wacky theory is that this is the time-dilation as the ship drops below E, arrives back in realspace, and faces realspace physics. It actually takes 3-6 seconds, which to the rapidly-decelerating pilots feels like only a second or so. f) Maybe, maybe your premise is off. I saw the rebels lose only 1 A-Wing against 8 TIEs and crippling, for a while, 2 Gazontis. That seems a lot like many successful guérilla ambushes in military history. The rebels were terribly outgunned in large, full-on warships but the Empire was deeply unpopular. Not counting fighters, the totality of ALL resistance to their rule may have meant that rebels of any and every stripe totaled a LARGER total number of ships - albeit smaller, less sophisticated, and less unified command to start.
Conner Clark all very good points! This story could go in many directions from here. I felt like the cargo was fragile, and now it’s too damaged to use. They didn’t completely destroy their objectives, but they did shoot through the roof and destroy the cargo. And they had some knowledge of when this meeting was to take place, and got there first, knowing the big ship would show up, they hit and run. Or perhaps the cargo ships sent out a distress call as soon as they attacked, and seeing this distress call go out, they knew about how much time they had. Short films like this are great! As they allow the imagination to work, and let each viewer write their own story. Maybe the rebels had a Jedi amongst them, who sensed through the force that the cruiser was coming?! Even more thrilling.
I really like how these videos emphasize the coordinated hit and run nature of the rebellion as opposed to the major conflicts we see in the watershed moments of the movies. Very cool.
This is totally boss! The battle and dogfighting are wonderfully choreographed and a refreshing change from the movies that throw millions of ships onto the screen at once.
I'm really loving this! If I could offer a minor bit of advice, slow down the speed of the composited explosions and flames on the larger ships. That'll really give it a sense of scale! Keep up the good work!
Farseer Animation and also sound design. I’ve noticed that the turret sounds are all the same for the bigger ships, and their needs to be the feeling of velocity form the Tie Fighters and A wing. The sound is great in this, but it sounds too, um, not flat, but simple. Their isn’t depth to it, Edit: you can tell what I mean. When the ships exit out of hyper space, it’s as if you can feel the force, but when they’re flying, it takes you out of immersion.
The explosions on FarSeer do look really nice, which is interesting to me because I don't know alot about animation but the overall resolution on FarSeer looks like it's more old school or less res, like it's for PlayStation 2 or something. But the explosions always look really good.
I love this. I'm imagining how interesting it could be with like, cuts between the space battle and individual crew/pilots communicating and reacting to everything, I think that's one of my favourite things about the battles in the movies (like the little snippets, "Stay on target", and the bit in rogue one where they're ramming the star destroyer "Reverse thrusters, full power!"), because it really allows you to put yourself in these epic situations. I can imagine how it would be like 1000x harder to have this stuff though lmao
Great work! The Gozanti is one of my low-key fave ships and it's great seeing it in action like this ... even if only to see them get wreaked by the Rebels.
Looks good, almost two years later. The moment that took me out of the action was the cargo vessel "falling" when the engines were destroyed. I didn't see a large celestial body or Death Star exercising gravity to make the fall happen.
@@enermaxstephens1051 That's the thing. There was no outside force acting on the cargo vessel. It wasn't already moving in the direction of the "fall", and nothing else was affecting its movement in the way presented. A ship in space moves in the same direction it was going if the engines are destroyed; the ship does not move sideways, up, or down. So yes, that took me out of the action. And yes, the ship should have had the same trajectory, before and after the engines were destroyed.
@@PaulVandersypen That doesn't seem likely. The explosions may have generated such force that it was enough to start making the ship drift in a certain direction.
It’s like I got into the future when all Star Wars books have been made into films! Like all Howard’s works this is a masterpiece beyond imagination! I still cannot understand how such brilliant masterminds like: Howard Day, EC Henry, Ansel Hsiao and Keith Hazelet are still not working for Disney, or Twentieth Century, or Paramount. So wonderful professionals stay in the shadow, undetected and unsung! This is outrageous! Thank You 🙏 for uploading this Howard! God Bless You!
Heh...the aforementioned authors won't be working for Disney (anytime soon) for the same reason those A-wing pilots kicked Imperial ass...there wasn't a single Gender Studies graduate / diversity hire amongst them. 😏
@@ironwolfF1 Thank You 🙏 for answer! To be honest, such things like genders and diversity, very unavoidable nowadays have become too toxic, and annoying(at least for me), so that’s why the new Star Trek discovery makes me feel vomiting , despite the great visual))))
Absolutely incredible! It felt like something on the big screen. More than that, it felt like a real SW battle! Great work with the ship movements past each other as well as the leaking gases (great touch, that doesn't show up very often). Excellent, and I look forward to your future work!
It's cool thinking about how this channel will develop. This is already really good, and as time goes on and the artists gain more experience and hear more feedback, it will get better.
This animation is gorgeous. To credit it realistically, I'd say it's on par with the prop quality of Ep.V. Where I _really_ think this stands out is in the audio. The musical scoring, the wide array of familiar sfx all on point. The hyperdrive on the ship getting blasted before it can jump was a sweet touch. All and all... Id say this fits as a nice fan promo for the upcoming starfighter game... which I'm soundly skeptical will have dogfight choreography of this caliber :D
My friends think I like BIG Star Wars space battles! But no- I’d prefer to watch battles like these! I always like the designs of the small corvettes and frigates too
Ngl it’s the best fan films I’ve ever seen. And trust me I’ve seen a lot. Wait, second best. The maul film was better but his looks so good! It seems like a clip from Star Wars rebels but with much better graphics. Great work my friend! :)
Really cool. Only critique: there is a serious scaling / perspective issue on the shot where the last TIE is destroyed. I noticed something similar in Flight of the Valiant but this one is a lot more notable.
Not quite. There's alot of little details that you notice that don't match what you'd expect from a AAA production (or a fan production that is AAA quality, like Astartes). It looks very good for the most part though.
Gunship Captain: "Imperial crews, your ships are disabled. Prepare to be boarded; we assure you will not be harmed." Comm Officer: "...No response, sir." Gunship Captain: "Fierfek, another diehard. Get me some extra hands for the bording party--" *An alarm blares as crews' consoles flash red* A-Wing Pilot (through comms): "Blast it, they've got backup! I just intercepted an Imperial signal...dammit, it's a Star Destroyer!" Gunship Captain: "For a milk-run convoy...? Never mind; all ships begin Escape Course 2! Abort the raid!"
This animation shows to true heart of Star Wars fans. It's a beautiful film with lots of originallity, and straight - forward concepts. My only Critique: " More 'splosions! "
Excellent work! I have some minor quibbles, but I'm not going to mention them out of respect for the amount of work you put into this and the fine result you achieved.
@Daniel Fedor: I didn't mind the fire-- looks great, if unrealistic. But I didn't like the black smoke-- that pushed that special visual-effect a little too far.
Fires and explosions, yeah I like that. There can be fireballs but they should be immediately extinguished as the heat and gasses are vented into space.
Perhaps a jet of flame as fuel is ignited, or a pure oxygen leak catches fire, in which case make it a different colour. And to emphasise that it's a jet of gas/liquid that's acting like a rocket - have it act _like a rocket._ Make it give Delta V and push the ship in a spin in the opposite direction.
@Daniel Fedor: Unlike, say, _Star Trek_ , _Star Wars_ doesn't have to be quite so concerned with realism, can do with a little unrealism for the sake of the grandeur of the spectacle. Yeah, a "little." Not even _Star Wars_ should go too very far with that, shouldn't go all kooky off the rails (like Disney's space bombers, for one dumb, awful example). I'd say: Leave the level of unrealism to, say, some bits of fire and no more, OR go more for the realism of Space (not bad for _Star Wars_ ) and get rid of the fire, and leaving all else (explosions, etc.) as is in the short VFX demo-film above. I like the fire but not the smoke, but I could do without the fire, myself hehehehehe P.S.: It might be, honestly, that casbott has given the best advice/feedback in this thread so far. Well, I think maybe so hehehehe
A-Wings are that small. If you watch the hangar scene on Home One in Return of the Jedi you will see an A-Wing sitting near the Falcon and a Y-Wing, they really are tiny.
First, just want to say that I love this. It's a wonderful little short. I do personally dislike the trope of ships "falling" when they get damaged in space, but I also get that it is a pre-existing element of Star Wars... so I can't really fault you for it. Big thumbs up. Subscribed and eager for more.
The ISD hyper spaces in and sees the aftermath of the raid. "Well looks like our supply of booze and beer is going to go dry, until we find a Imperial Supply Depot. The Rebellion knows exactly where to hit us in our weak spot."
I think they shouldn't but should definitely list the the side do to imbalance of thrust. Maybe starting to do so depending to blast points/engine alignment.
If the engines get damaged enough to flame out and explode, that could impact enough force to send the ship into a slow spin as its thrusters go offline
@@renaissancenovice7202 Totally agree, even when a starfighter gets hit by its engines it wouldn't go down so easily. For example, an X-wing has 4 thrusters yet one blast does not disable or blow up the entire fighter it can still fly but without some way to steer it.
Something to keep in mind: Your ships all have multiple turrets and cannons. Keep in mind the sight lines and how many weapons can see the target, and then fire them. It kinda takes you out of the emotion of the fight if you're only ever firing one weapon at a time.
Maybe the power levels of the main/secondary reactors can't provide enough to fire all weapons at once, so you have to choose slow firing main guns or faster firing secondary guns? Just a rationalization.
@@KentonBenfield Well we know that isn't the case, since these ships have been shown to fire more than one gun at once. Plus, what would be the point of having more than one weapon if you can't use them all?
@@LordVader1094 Some could be for defence against fast moving targets like squadrons, others to be used in dreadnaught vs dreadnaught attacks where the tiny cannons would be useless and therefore it is a waste to have a larger reactor to power them all, because there isn't often a situation where you could or would have the manpower to be able to use all the guns at once. Another reason could be that they are diverting more power to the shields. In other scenarios the shields are useless because of the magnitude of the enemy weapons or the size of the attacker and you could divert all power to the guns. If you were a lone ship attacking the death star on its own, you wouldn't have much need for shields giving the power of the superlaser, and you would use more energy for propelling yourself around the death star to the other side of the superlaser and for firing the guns. And small anti-squadron defence guns would be useless against a death star.
Yep. I mean, at 1:19 you can see three other gun turrets just...sitting there. I would have chosen a different shot, maybe a POV from over the firing turret or something.
It looks amazingly good. I found only one little oddity blatantly out of place- the TIE Fighter @1:35 is not scaled down for distance and looks enourmous beside the A-Wing. But overall a bloody great short!
If he was using a wide angle lens, then distant objects wouldn't look too much smaller than near objects. It's a cinematic trick that helps pull the viewer into the action. However, it relies on having a background to scale against, which is probably why it looks a bit odd here. Stars are a poor background to shoot moving action against.
It is not a lens or background issue, the a wing is superimposed on top of the Tie Fighter and is as small as the engine housing. At first I thought it had gone in front of the Tie Fighter and was shooting backwards at it because the a wing was so much smaller and in the distance but somehow gotten composited on top of the Tie Fighter
The A-wing is a tiny craft. Most people overestimate its size and assume it is rendered or shown too small when it is actually to scale. The A-wing can easily fit inside the wingspan of a Tie Fighter.
@@holden88 naw.... there is no excusing this size discrepancy. If you watch it the a wing is so small that it would fit within the cockpit of the Tie Fighter and the pilot would have to be one foot tall. It was merely a composition error, the a-wing should have been behind the Tie Fighter and explosion not in front of it from our point of view.
@@Jack_Stafford Huh? At 1:35 you can see the A-wing behind the Tie Fighter and blowing it up. It is clearly sized correctly here (just fitting inside the Tie Fighter panels). At no point can I see is it "so small that it would fit within the cockpit of the Tie Fighter". What are you looking at?
Why is it your stuff feels like it comes from 1980 and are rejected scenes from Empire? Whatever modeling effects you're using is on-point. Good Job and keep it coming!
Thank you! I can't take credit for modeling, however - a lot of it is done by others - especially the wonderful Corellian gunship by Howard Day! I'm more of an animator, than anything.
Basically 2 minutes of the empire getting kicked in the ass. Amazing work, I would love to be able to do something like this but I don’t even know where to start.
I'm just saying, usually during a Cargo Raid, you want to actually steal the Cargo, it just seemed like they disabled two Gozanti's and left at the cost of 1 A-Wing
@@tomaskops7119 Yep, disabling the cargo ships or destroying the cargo with minimal losses on their side is still a win for the Rebels. Now repeat 100 times and the Imperial Navy has a big problem. If they're flitting about chasing commerce raiders, they're not tracking down and destroying the Rebel fleet.
While I can suspend my disbelief for sounds in space and banking in flight since George did want to feel like a WW2 dog fight. I cannot accept the falling of ships like we see in TLJ. Ships don’t fall in space. Don’t have large ships start falling down when they lose engines. There’s no reason for it, they’d just keep coasting in the same direction they were going. The only time ships might “fall” is if they’re over a planet or a body of large mass.
I thought the same thing, but I remembered Darth Vaders ship in Return Of The Jedi. Also, as the main engines are destroyed, there might be manouvering thrusters that start to malfunction, causing a change in attitude.
@@johnmccnj In regards to that scene in ROTJ, the Dtar Destroyer was over both the moon of Endor and the Death Star II so I’m assuming the mass of both objects pulled it down.
Wait, the Rebels don’t steal the cargo? They don’t even destroy the ships to prevent the Empire from recovering the cargo with a detoured patrol?? That’s just delaying the inevitable!! . . . And the ending proves it! That ISD can just swoop in and recover the cargo; barely any time lost! Just the cost of replacing the TIEs & repairing the Gozanti’s.. :/
I really like the design of the ships. It feels "Starwarsy" and the imperial freighters are absolutely spot on! The idea of being their own "escort carrier" with piggyback-TIEs is awesome.
I love it too, and I love it more after watching Rebels and getting all the references. This clip here now, it might as well be a cut scene from Rebels, maybe a Phoenix Squadron jaunt… In my head, after the Battle of Scarif, I'm pretty sure that the Ghost flew down at the end and snatched Jin and Cassian off the beach… Hera was always doing stuff like that.
You really get a good idea of how powerful the Advanced A-wings are, and why they would play such a pivotal role in the Battle of Endor. The TIEs might have more cyclic firepower and better shields (and the ability to launch proton torpedoes, as well), but those cannons on the A's ... brutal! Plus, their maneuverability is on par with the X-wing stalkers. Really, they're that good!
I thought it was really good, all I would say is it’d be awesome to get some closeups of the command ship (like in the bride), like commanders shouting out orders and such
I like how it shows that rebel ships even when outnumbered are dangerous. They weren't using old worn out weapons but modern fighters that were more than a match for a Tie.
Shields - they has it. I’m so glad to see new SW material that remembers this fact. Much as I love Rebels and Clone wars, every laser blast that makes contact seems to just tear into ant ship.
Great! I love how hi tech space battles and 18th Century naval battles have exactly the same tactical strategy. Just pull up next to the other ship and shoot your cannons into them until one sinks.
Incredible work! Would be cool to see a force made up of these small Imperial cargo ships turn things around by attacking a rebel fleet and defeating it...
This kind of work is really hard to do, good job. I think a little bit of radio chatter might’ve made it a little easier to follow, especially when they bugged out at the last moment. Keep going do more!
"Why didn't they board the ships and steal the cargo?" * ISD drops out of hyperspace * ......."Thats why..."
True, but if they knew an ISD was going to show up, what was the point? The loss of a few fighters and the need to repair some cargo haulers is barely noticeable for an organization as vast as The Empire. The Rebels lost a couple of precious fighters, which they desperately need and can't afford to waste.
The only reason would be that the Rebels have someone on one of the Gozantis.
And the empire wouldn't look at someone who had been on an attacked ship
Possible explanations:
a) A feint designed to draw away the Imperial cruiser from its post.
b) The Gazontis held supplies for which delaying their arrival was mission critical in and of itself.
c) The Rebels DID want to board/capture, but got word of the cruiser just in time.
d) An inexperienced, overconfident, or glory-seeking Rebel commander chose to risk engaging with a real sense of tactical advantage but less regard for losses in the big picture.
e) Getting a sense of the Imperial response time was mission-critical and they jumped out the literal first second they had a reading on an approaching ship.
I’ve seen a few TV shows seem to indicate one can detect ships approaching with about 5 seconds advance notice, especially if you are expecting them. My wacky theory is that this is the time-dilation as the ship drops below E, arrives back in realspace, and faces realspace physics. It actually takes 3-6 seconds, which to the rapidly-decelerating pilots feels like only a second or so.
f) Maybe, maybe your premise is off.
I saw the rebels lose only 1 A-Wing against 8 TIEs and crippling, for a while, 2 Gazontis. That seems a lot like many successful guérilla ambushes in military history.
The rebels were terribly outgunned in large, full-on warships but the Empire was deeply unpopular. Not counting fighters, the totality of ALL resistance to their rule may have meant that rebels of any and every stripe totaled a LARGER total number of ships - albeit smaller, less sophisticated, and less unified command to start.
Conner Clark all very good points! This story could go in many directions from here. I felt like the cargo was fragile, and now it’s too damaged to use. They didn’t completely destroy their objectives, but they did shoot through the roof and destroy the cargo. And they had some knowledge of when this meeting was to take place, and got there first, knowing the big ship would show up, they hit and run. Or perhaps the cargo ships sent out a distress call as soon as they attacked, and seeing this distress call go out, they knew about how much time they had. Short films like this are great! As they allow the imagination to work, and let each viewer write their own story. Maybe the rebels had a Jedi amongst them, who sensed through the force that the cruiser was coming?! Even more thrilling.
@@connerclark3678 A, B and C
Excellent work!
The rebels are one of the best pilots in the galaxy
I'm new to this channel but dam it is fantastic looks so cool
If someone told me these were Ireland models from 1983 I would believe them. Not even the new movies are that polished
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@James Gallarelli Wait, which ship?
So freaking cool
Good to see you, Captain!
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I really like how these videos emphasize the coordinated hit and run nature of the rebellion as opposed to the major conflicts we see in the watershed moments of the movies. Very cool.
They were called Hit and Fade strikes in many EU books.
really good. and i wasn't expecting the Cantwell design at the end. they really should Canonize that.
A suprise to be sure, but a welcome one
kingofmonsters14 you mean the incursor class?
Trey Stephens so rogue on, clone wars, rebels, the mandalorian, BF2 and squadrons is all shit is it??
Trey Stephens wow....
@Trey Stephens i disagree but this is a funny metaphor
This is totally boss! The battle and dogfighting are wonderfully choreographed and a refreshing change from the movies that throw millions of ships onto the screen at once.
I'm really loving this! If I could offer a minor bit of advice, slow down the speed of the composited explosions and flames on the larger ships. That'll really give it a sense of scale!
Keep up the good work!
Farseer Animation and also sound design. I’ve noticed that the turret sounds are all the same for the bigger ships, and their needs to be the feeling of velocity form the Tie Fighters and A wing. The sound is great in this, but it sounds too, um, not flat, but simple. Their isn’t depth to it,
Edit: you can tell what I mean. When the ships exit out of hyper space, it’s as if you can feel the force, but when they’re flying, it takes you out of immersion.
The explosions on FarSeer do look really nice, which is interesting to me because I don't know alot about animation but the overall resolution on FarSeer looks like it's more old school or less res, like it's for PlayStation 2 or something. But the explosions always look really good.
I'm happy yall watch eachother's work and help eachother out on things like that
@@_vasty3776 "Science Fiction" mean anything to you?
@@_vasty3776 Actually it can if there is a leak of oxygen from the ship. It would probably look different though.
I love this. I'm imagining how interesting it could be with like, cuts between the space battle and individual crew/pilots communicating and reacting to everything, I think that's one of my favourite things about the battles in the movies (like the little snippets, "Stay on target", and the bit in rogue one where they're ramming the star destroyer "Reverse thrusters, full power!"), because it really allows you to put yourself in these epic situations. I can imagine how it would be like 1000x harder to have this stuff though lmao
My biggest issue with these videos is....I WANT MORE! they are awesome. I know they take a lot of effort to make, thanks for doing it.
Great work!
The Gozanti is one of my low-key fave ships and it's great seeing it in action like this ... even if only to see them get wreaked by the Rebels.
Looks good, almost two years later. The moment that took me out of the action was the cargo vessel "falling" when the engines were destroyed. I didn't see a large celestial body or Death Star exercising gravity to make the fall happen.
It did not fall it started to spin,
So anything must always maintain exactly the same trajectory even though there's an outside force acting on it? That takes you out of the action?
@@enermaxstephens1051 That's the thing. There was no outside force acting on the cargo vessel. It wasn't already moving in the direction of the "fall", and nothing else was affecting its movement in the way presented. A ship in space moves in the same direction it was going if the engines are destroyed; the ship does not move sideways, up, or down. So yes, that took me out of the action. And yes, the ship should have had the same trajectory, before and after the engines were destroyed.
@@PaulVandersypen That doesn't seem likely. The explosions may have generated such force that it was enough to start making the ship drift in a certain direction.
It’s like I got into the future when all Star Wars books have been made into films!
Like all Howard’s works this is a masterpiece beyond imagination! I still cannot understand how such brilliant masterminds like: Howard Day, EC Henry, Ansel Hsiao and Keith Hazelet are still not working for Disney, or Twentieth Century, or Paramount. So wonderful professionals stay in the shadow, undetected and unsung! This is outrageous!
Thank You 🙏 for uploading this Howard! God Bless You!
This is Ryan's work, not mine. I did the gunships, thats all
Man, will we ever see the Yuuzhan Vong war be translated into a film or series?
Heh...the aforementioned authors won't be working for Disney (anytime soon) for the same reason those A-wing pilots kicked Imperial ass...there wasn't a single Gender Studies graduate / diversity hire amongst them. 😏
@@ironwolfF1 Thank You 🙏 for answer! To be honest, such things like genders and diversity, very unavoidable nowadays have become too toxic, and annoying(at least for me), so that’s why the new Star Trek discovery makes me feel vomiting , despite the great visual))))
Absolutely incredible! It felt like something on the big screen. More than that, it felt like a real SW battle! Great work with the ship movements past each other as well as the leaking gases (great touch, that doesn't show up very often). Excellent, and I look forward to your future work!
Hell yeah! I absolutely love how the Star Wars fan community works together to create these beautiful pieces of work.
It's cool thinking about how this channel will develop. This is already really good, and as time goes on and the artists gain more experience and hear more feedback, it will get better.
These videos are absolutely stunning visually, and gorgeously made. SO much respect for you all, thank you for such quality content
This deserves so much more recognition
Excellent! Great little Starwars video!!
This animation is gorgeous. To credit it realistically, I'd say it's on par with the prop quality of Ep.V. Where I _really_ think this stands out is in the audio. The musical scoring, the wide array of familiar sfx all on point. The hyperdrive on the ship getting blasted before it can jump was a sweet touch. All and all... Id say this fits as a nice fan promo for the upcoming starfighter game... which I'm soundly skeptical will have dogfight choreography of this caliber :D
Thank you for creating these. I've been a fan of Star Wars since 1977.
waaay to few clicks
wonderful lighting and even more wondetful materials, you nailed that oldscool starwars look
My friends think I like BIG Star Wars space battles!
But no- I’d prefer to watch battles like these! I always like the designs of the small corvettes and frigates too
Ngl it’s the best fan films I’ve ever seen. And trust me I’ve seen a lot. Wait, second best. The maul film was better but his looks so good! It seems like a clip from Star Wars rebels but with much better graphics. Great work my friend! :)
Battle of the Dreadnoughts Is also great. What was the anime one, Tie Fighter or something. There's just so many great ones.
SC38 reimagined is by far the best
And the one with Nihlus had to be one of the worst.
The Lightsaber fight with the constant spins.
It was more of a Beyblade fight.
you have the high ground, the visual effects are really amazing
Really cool. Only critique: there is a serious scaling / perspective issue on the shot where the last TIE is destroyed. I noticed something similar in Flight of the Valiant but this one is a lot more notable.
@Piotr Walczak Oxygen leaking from the internal atmosphere of the ship...it's a pretty common thing in official Star Wars space battles
1:35 I saw it. But I also see the passion inthis project. Good work!
Interesting Corvette design, keep it up, great work here
THANKS GUYS!!! AWESOME. MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!!!
Ngl. I’ve watched for, at least 10 times now. It’s just So Good!
This was fricken incredible my guy!!
Damn, those imps are quick with the distress signal response! Most impressive.
1:08
That genuinely looked like an actual high budget Star Wars film
Not quite. There's alot of little details that you notice that don't match what you'd expect from a AAA production (or a fan production that is AAA quality, like Astartes). It looks very good for the most part though.
Lmao the joke that thats the original special effects used in the original film
I love this, it has that same feel to it as Rogue One and the In the Name of the Rebellion arc from Rebels.
SD: Drops out of hyperspace
Suspenseful ambiance plays
Me: "Do I hear breathing?"
That is either a huge TIE Fighter or a really small A-Wing at 1:35, but really nice visuals! Beautiful job!
Gunship Captain: "Imperial crews, your ships are disabled. Prepare to be boarded; we assure you will not be harmed."
Comm Officer: "...No response, sir."
Gunship Captain: "Fierfek, another diehard. Get me some extra hands for the bording party--"
*An alarm blares as crews' consoles flash red*
A-Wing Pilot (through comms): "Blast it, they've got backup! I just intercepted an Imperial signal...dammit, it's a Star Destroyer!"
Gunship Captain: "For a milk-run convoy...? Never mind; all ships begin Escape Course 2! Abort the raid!"
LMAO
Hate to be that guy but it isn't a Star Destroyer.
@@geekiusmaximus1882 it is, it’s just the original concept design for one.
@@aresthecrazy9335 Yeah I know but EC Henry made that 3-D model and called it the "Incursor Class Cruiser" Too small to be a Star Destroyer.
@@geekiusmaximus1882 did not know that part, thank you for correcting me.
This animation shows to true heart of Star Wars fans. It's a beautiful film with lots of originallity, and straight - forward concepts. My only Critique: " More 'splosions! "
Fabulous work. You guys should be in charge of putting together cut scenes for the next X-wing game, which is the highest compliment I can think of.
Excellent work! I have some minor quibbles, but I'm not going to mention them out of respect for the amount of work you put into this and the fine result you achieved.
I LOVE this. make more please. Very inspirational and impressive. You deserve more support. more subscribers. more views
For all these vignettes the rebels seem to win. You would never know they were the underdog….
fire in space. like that.
so unreal.
otherwise: very nice work
Yep, or very good model or very bad CGI
@Daniel Fedor:
I didn't mind the fire-- looks great, if unrealistic. But I didn't like the black smoke-- that pushed that special visual-effect a little too far.
Fires and explosions, yeah I like that. There can be fireballs but they should be immediately extinguished as the heat and gasses are vented into space.
Perhaps a jet of flame as fuel is ignited, or a pure oxygen leak catches fire, in which case make it a different colour.
And to emphasise that it's a jet of gas/liquid that's acting like a rocket - have it act _like a rocket._
Make it give Delta V and push the ship in a spin in the opposite direction.
@Daniel Fedor:
Unlike, say, _Star Trek_ , _Star Wars_ doesn't have to be quite so concerned with realism, can do with a little unrealism for the sake of the grandeur of the spectacle.
Yeah, a "little." Not even _Star Wars_ should go too very far with that, shouldn't go all kooky off the rails (like Disney's space bombers, for one dumb, awful example).
I'd say: Leave the level of unrealism to, say, some bits of fire and no more, OR go more for the realism of Space (not bad for _Star Wars_ ) and get rid of the fire, and leaving all else (explosions, etc.) as is in the short VFX demo-film above.
I like the fire but not the smoke, but I could do without the fire, myself hehehehehe
P.S.: It might be, honestly, that casbott has given the best advice/feedback in this thread so far. Well, I think maybe so hehehehe
This is exactly what Star Wars Squadrons needs, in a big way!! Very cool 😎
I love the ending. 1:52: The reinforcements have arrived.......oh no... I am so getting fired for this
Well, I don't understand why this doesn't have 8,000,000 views and George hasn't called you to help him remake episodes 7,8 and 9. Great work. :)
I love these, but I just noticed the A-Wing models are crazy small next to the TIEs. Might have been a small oversight?
Also noticed that the guided missile corvettes aren't shooting guided missiles!
A-Wings are that small. If you watch the hangar scene on Home One in Return of the Jedi you will see an A-Wing sitting near the Falcon and a Y-Wing, they really are tiny.
First, just want to say that I love this. It's a wonderful little short. I do personally dislike the trope of ships "falling" when they get damaged in space, but I also get that it is a pre-existing element of Star Wars... so I can't really fault you for it. Big thumbs up. Subscribed and eager for more.
The ISD hyper spaces in and sees the aftermath of the raid. "Well looks like our supply of booze and beer is going to go dry, until we find a Imperial Supply Depot. The Rebellion knows exactly where to hit us in our weak spot."
This has such an old school Star Wars feel to it. I dig it. I want more and more!
Isn’t it weird when taking out the engines, the ship plummets down? Weird right?
BP_CherryBlossomTree no if the reactor is close to them or all the stabilizer engines are connected to the main engine some how
I think they shouldn't but should definitely list the the side do to imbalance of thrust. Maybe starting to do so depending to blast points/engine alignment.
If the engines get damaged enough to flame out and explode, that could impact enough force to send the ship into a slow spin as its thrusters go offline
@@pretzelbomb6105 exactly, I'd love to see a bunch of that
@@renaissancenovice7202
Totally agree, even when a starfighter gets hit by its engines it wouldn't go down so easily. For example, an X-wing has 4 thrusters yet one blast does not disable or blow up the entire fighter it can still fly but without some way to steer it.
Wow, this is really impressive work. I love the motion blur of the background stars, it really sells the harsh turns of the fighters.
Something to keep in mind:
Your ships all have multiple turrets and cannons. Keep in mind the sight lines and how many weapons can see the target, and then fire them. It kinda takes you out of the emotion of the fight if you're only ever firing one weapon at a time.
Maybe the power levels of the main/secondary reactors can't provide enough to fire all weapons at once, so you have to choose slow firing main guns or faster firing secondary guns? Just a rationalization.
@@KentonBenfield Well we know that isn't the case, since these ships have been shown to fire more than one gun at once. Plus, what would be the point of having more than one weapon if you can't use them all?
@@LordVader1094 Some could be for defence against fast moving targets like squadrons, others to be used in dreadnaught vs dreadnaught attacks where the tiny cannons would be useless and therefore it is a waste to have a larger reactor to power them all, because there isn't often a situation where you could or would have the manpower to be able to use all the guns at once.
Another reason could be that they are diverting more power to the shields. In other scenarios the shields are useless because of the magnitude of the enemy weapons or the size of the attacker and you could divert all power to the guns. If you were a lone ship attacking the death star on its own, you wouldn't have much need for shields giving the power of the superlaser, and you would use more energy for propelling yourself around the death star to the other side of the superlaser and for firing the guns. And small anti-squadron defence guns would be useless against a death star.
Yep. I mean, at 1:19 you can see three other gun turrets just...sitting there. I would have chosen a different shot, maybe a POV from over the firing turret or something.
This is your best one yet. Love seeing A wings. Speed up the fighters just a little more and I think you've got it.
This is like, the ultimate typical rebel attack. Imagine this same thing multiplied by a thousand. That's how the rebels won.
The quality and sound is so good on these.
It looks amazingly good. I found only one little oddity blatantly out of place- the TIE Fighter @1:35 is not scaled down for distance and looks enourmous beside the A-Wing. But overall a bloody great short!
If he was using a wide angle lens, then distant objects wouldn't look too much smaller than near objects. It's a cinematic trick that helps pull the viewer into the action. However, it relies on having a background to scale against, which is probably why it looks a bit odd here. Stars are a poor background to shoot moving action against.
It is not a lens or background issue, the a wing is superimposed on top of the Tie Fighter and is as small as the engine housing. At first I thought it had gone in front of the Tie Fighter and was shooting backwards at it because the a wing was so much smaller and in the distance but somehow gotten composited on top of the Tie Fighter
The A-wing is a tiny craft. Most people overestimate its size and assume it is rendered or shown too small when it is actually to scale. The A-wing can easily fit inside the wingspan of a Tie Fighter.
@@holden88 naw.... there is no excusing this size discrepancy. If you watch it the a wing is so small that it would fit within the cockpit of the Tie Fighter and the pilot would have to be one foot tall. It was merely a composition error, the a-wing should have been behind the Tie Fighter and explosion not in front of it from our point of view.
@@Jack_Stafford Huh? At 1:35 you can see the A-wing behind the Tie Fighter and blowing it up. It is clearly sized correctly here (just fitting inside the Tie Fighter panels). At no point can I see is it "so small that it would fit within the cockpit of the Tie Fighter". What are you looking at?
I love that suppressed entry sound bite when the destroyer came out of hyper speed ❤️
AMAZING VIDEO!!! More like attack and destroy 2 gozanti but still amazing
Great work on the models of the space ships and the animation/cgi was great! Good sound design and vfx overlays! Amazing work
Why is it your stuff feels like it comes from 1980 and are rejected scenes from Empire? Whatever modeling effects you're using is on-point. Good Job and keep it coming!
Thank you! I can't take credit for modeling, however - a lot of it is done by others - especially the wonderful Corellian gunship by Howard Day! I'm more of an animator, than anything.
Amazing work. Happy to see animation and work go towards SW. SW itself has so much room to expand upon. :)
Basically 2 minutes of the empire getting kicked in the ass.
Amazing work, I would love to be able to do something like this but I don’t even know where to start.
I like to think of it as the Rebel's battle doctrine working as intended. that force would've been wiped out if that Star Destroyer came in sooner
I love the Hyperspace sound, very nicely done:)
I'm just saying, usually during a Cargo Raid, you want to actually steal the Cargo, it just seemed like they disabled two Gozanti's and left at the cost of 1 A-Wing
They picked up that there was a Star Destroyer inbound an aborted the raid.
Or they just target cargo to destroy it.
@@tomaskops7119 Yep, disabling the cargo ships or destroying the cargo with minimal losses on their side is still a win for the Rebels. Now repeat 100 times and the Imperial Navy has a big problem. If they're flitting about chasing commerce raiders, they're not tracking down and destroying the Rebel fleet.
Can't believe you're so unloved my friend, stellar work!
While I can suspend my disbelief for sounds in space and banking in flight since George did want to feel like a WW2 dog fight. I cannot accept the falling of ships like we see in TLJ. Ships don’t fall in space. Don’t have large ships start falling down when they lose engines. There’s no reason for it, they’d just keep coasting in the same direction they were going. The only time ships might “fall” is if they’re over a planet or a body of large mass.
I thought exactly this thing, why when star destroyer loosing engines or electricity it start aiming down!?!?
I thought the same thing, but I remembered Darth Vaders ship in Return Of The Jedi. Also, as the main engines are destroyed, there might be manouvering thrusters that start to malfunction, causing a change in attitude.
@@johnmccnj
In regards to that scene in ROTJ, the Dtar Destroyer was over both the moon of Endor and the Death Star II so I’m assuming the mass of both objects pulled it down.
Actual dogfights. Something strangely missing from recent big screen battles I feel. Excellent!
Liked and subbed :)
Thats great, left me wanting more expecting some live action or something. great premise for a short and really COOL ship designs.
Wait, the Rebels don’t steal the cargo? They don’t even destroy the ships to prevent the Empire from recovering the cargo with a detoured patrol?? That’s just delaying the inevitable!!
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And the ending proves it! That ISD can just swoop in and recover the cargo; barely any time lost! Just the cost of replacing the TIEs & repairing the Gozanti’s.. :/
Rebel scums!
I really like the design of the ships.
It feels "Starwarsy" and the imperial freighters are absolutely spot on!
The idea of being their own "escort carrier" with piggyback-TIEs is awesome.
Star wars Rebels show this type pf freigthers
@@Deliciousfoodofficer Ok, cool. I didn´t know that. Thanks!
Best space battle was over Scariff in Rogue One...IMHO
I love it too, and I love it more after watching Rebels and getting all the references. This clip here now, it might as well be a cut scene from Rebels, maybe a Phoenix Squadron jaunt…
In my head, after the Battle of Scarif, I'm pretty sure that the Ghost flew down at the end and snatched Jin and Cassian off the beach… Hera was always doing stuff like that.
You really get a good idea of how powerful the Advanced A-wings are, and why they would play such a pivotal role in the Battle of Endor. The TIEs might have more cyclic firepower and better shields (and the ability to launch proton torpedoes, as well), but those cannons on the A's ... brutal! Plus, their maneuverability is on par with the X-wing stalkers. Really, they're that good!
It’s called hentai, *AND ITS ART*
Very nice use of the gozanit class cruisers.
Nice use of sparks and debris in this one.
Wonderful! All ships aren't static but moving around! Nice
For once UA-cam recommends something good to me. Great work!!!
I thought it was really good, all I would say is it’d be awesome to get some closeups of the command ship (like in the bride), like commanders shouting out orders and such
That was awesome man the rebels were like 10 seconds away from death and destruction. Star ship scenes is soo underrated 🔥💯✅👈🏿
I like how it shows that rebel ships even when outnumbered are dangerous. They weren't using old worn out weapons but modern fighters that were more than a match for a Tie.
Awesome effects, I love the use of lesser-known ships from this universe.
Its so nice to see some older designs showing up again.
I love the Rebel ship designs. First saw them through Howard Day.
Shields - they has it. I’m so glad to see new SW material that remembers this fact. Much as I love Rebels and Clone wars, every laser blast that makes contact seems to just tear into ant ship.
Great job! Your scene setups are perfectly in sync with Original Star Wars!! Great job!
Fantastic you could do do longer episodes with a bit of story , the space bits are spectacular
Came here from Eckharts Ladder. You’re guys stuff is amazing and you deserve credit from Filoni lol
Really like how you framed all this up! It feels like I'm watching a fight from the original trilogy.
This was just wonderful bro :D
The Corellian Gunship deserves more love than it gets. Keep it up!
Dude this is some awesome content. Great job dude
Great! I love how hi tech space battles and 18th Century naval battles have exactly the same tactical strategy. Just pull up next to the other ship and shoot your cannons into them until one sinks.
This reminded me of the old X-Wing vs. TIE fighter cinematics in a great way. Hope to see more!
Very well made. This deserves much more views than it currently has (68K views).
Incredible work! Would be cool to see a force made up of these small Imperial cargo ships turn things around by attacking a rebel fleet and defeating it...
Magnificent space battle. I get rebel vibes of the finest caliber watching this 😀
This is amazing! Awesome work
I love how well done this is
Man, I envy your talent. Loved it
The modelling on all those ships is great. I’m hungry for more.
This kind of work is really hard to do, good job. I think a little bit of radio chatter might’ve made it a little easier to follow, especially when they bugged out at the last moment. Keep going do more!