The BTL-B is apparently the stock version of the "stripped-down" Rebel ships.Ī version of the BTL-A4 Y-wing starfighter seen in the original trilogy reference book Star Wars: Incredible Cross-Sections depicts the "original" version of the starfighter encased in armor plating. When Joe Johnston refined the Colin Cantwell and Ralph McQuarrie Rebel Alliance Y-wing designs for construction into a visual effects model for Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, he posited that the starship was once a sleek vessel that was chopped and stripped like a hot rod by Rebel Alliance technicians. "The Y-wing was a really fun project, bringing it back fully faired," he says.
Chong spearheaded the ship's development. Y-wings also served in the Battle of Umbara and the attack on Obi-Wan Kenobi's fleet. Īround 21 BBY, the Y-wings were used as a decoy in the battle of Ereesus. One Y-wing, painted light green, was used by both R2-D2 and C-3PO to escape Adi Gallia's doomed flagship when General Grievous ambushed her fleet.īTL-Bs were subsequently issued to Blue and Red, and were repainted with their respective squadron's colors. Koensayr testing facilities could barely keep up for the demand on the fighter, and in addition to the ships that were acquired by Skywalker, two squadrons of BTL-B's were issued to Hunter Squadron, who participated in the Battle of Gwori, led by Jedi Generals Plo Koon and Saesee Tiin. Īfter receiving the fighters, Skywalker formed Shadow Squadron of the Republic's most skilled Clone trooper pilots, and began using the ships immediately to hunt General Grievous's flagship Malevolence, the secret weapon of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Anakin Skywalker led an unsanctioned mission to retrieve them. To aid them in their operations, they also made use of an astromech droid.Įarly in the Clone Wars, the BTL-B Y-wing was acquired from a Koensayr testing facility in orbit around Bormus where they were undergoing prototyping. They possessed a hyperdrive system allowing them to jump into hyperspace without the reliance on a carrier or hyperspace ring. It also was equipped with two medium laser cannons mounted on the front of the starfighter. The bubble-turret utilized two light ion cannons for defense against enemy starfighters.
The BTL-B was designed as a bomber, using such weapons as proton bombs. A bubble-turret provided clear view for the gunner.
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Unlike the BTL-S3 Y-wing and its successor designs, the BTL-B model had a full covering of both the primary fuselage and engines.
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