This was my favorite part of the film - I've read for years about this A-wing ability, so it's more than amazing to actually see it exploit that function! :-)

Where did y’all read this? I’ve a pretty solid handle on the EU, and the most I ever remember is them having gimbaled cannons for a slightly wider field of fire

@BIGHappyG33 Wraith Squadron books talked about it, but these ships were post-endor.

I know about it from the micro machine a-wing toy model. The blasters would swivel 360

Yeah, that was awesome! Have you made any videos with Y-Wings doing their omnidirectional bombing? Not many people know they can do that.

Visual storytelling at its finest.

Which also means, 1 less voice actor and much less equipments required! Brilliant!

Indeed.

In the *voice* of Count Dooku

Ah, I thought it was the shields he had taken down, but that makes more sense.

Hey, it would make sense to have some micro grav generators since it would help to keep people sticking to the floor and Aldo prevent something like the Holdo maneuver. Seriously, how did Snokes ship not have Gravity well generators. It could follow ships through hyperspace but not hold them?

Thanks for telling me that i hadn't a clue what was going on 😩

@@That-No-Moon yet another reason why disnep star wars makes no sense

@@That-No-Moon of course it has artificial grav systems, just like almost all other ships in Star Wars. That is way different than a hyperdrive inhibitor grav-well generator. As for why the Supremacy or whatever it is called didn't have any: I thought that the FO changed to a mobile fleet doctrine after their big base was destroyed. The Supremacy or whatever it was named served as a mobile base for its entire fleet. Maybe they were so confident in their ability to follow their prey anywhere they went that they didn't think that big gravity well generators/hyperdrive inhibitors would ever be necessary. Plus that might be more intimidating. The Holdo maneuver wasn't supposed to happen. If I accepted the sequel trilogy as canon, I would have to say that it only worked because of an anomaly that changed reality in that area.

This pilot deserves the tier of, *“Never tell me the odds!”*

@@OhOh996 Tell me about it. Never underestimate the non force sensitives.

Interestingly, a *lot* of rebels deserve credit for this escape. Pilots were the most scarce and valuable resource the rebellion had, and they abhorred the Empire's strategy of throwing lives at a problem until it disappears, so they leaned hard into training Rebel pilots to their peak and equipping them with the best fighters available. The A-Wing shown here is basically a Porsche with custom upgrades. They also chose their battles accordingly, launching surprise attacks against lightly defended targets where they'd be unlikely to lose too many irreplaceable pilots and fightercraft. Clearly something went disastrously wrong. And yet, this is the payoff. A pilot escaping to relay first-hand what happened could be critical to preventing a similar disaster in the future.

@@jaiclary8423 That is true.

I don't know who that name pilot is but he still in one piece

Hey 1 A Wing can destroy a Super Stardestroyer 🤭

​@@matthiasszillat6890after one of its thruster was smoked and being duelled by everyone including a Nebulon B

It's not unrealistic. Back in X-Wing Alliance i took on an entire Stardestroyer including it's fighter squadrons ... and won. Yes, i'm THAT old. 😉

Hopefully the Rebellion will come back and finish the job, no more gravitywells to worry about.

Funnily enough, all the way back in the DOS sim X-Wing, it was mentioned that Tie Fighter pilots had reported that the A-Wing could, in fact, shoot backwards. This wasn't included in the sim but was used as a bit of lore. Of course, the higher ranked officers scoffed at the idea and did everything to deny it as they knew it could do a number on morale.

Visor down.... "lets do this"

A wing was always my favorite rebel scum fighter since I first saw it when return came out. It was the only toy I had that would survive the Empires wrath when I was a kid in the early 80s.

If memory serves, the A Wing was the most advanced and expensive of the Rebel Alliance fighters. I believe it also shared some design traits with Jedi Starfighters. If so, it certainly didn't get the recognition it deserves.

@@tb7771 I collected all the crafts and would spend hours playing space battles while running around outside. Those were the days. You rebel scum you 😜

@@canwenot573 A wing was substantially more expensive, more difficult to operate, and not as durable as the xwing which made it more for advanced pilots to use. It's speed and maneuverability are unmatched, concussion missiles, and 180 blasters made it the peak dogfighter vs X Wings which were multipurpose. As far as complicated I'd have to say admiral akbars B wings were the most difficult. Imagine how hard it is flying sideways (granted it's space). I believe you are right it followed (or at least inspired) the jedi starcraft back in the clone wars as it dies have a similar appearance and performance. Can't be certain though 😕

A Wing took down a super star destroyer

Thanks Shack! Glad you enjoyed it!

What tension?, he had plot armor and nothing to fear.

@@Mrwednesday84 I have to agree the only real difference is that it is an A-wing instead of a X-wing.

@@Mrwednesday84 Oh, shut up! This short still is hugely superior to Disney's blasted new trilogy.

@@rosesareredbutzerglingssti9290 I agree it's way better than the crap Disney puts out, but I am sick of the super untouchable rebel who kills a lot of Imperials.

@@Mrwednesday84 Star Wars is a heroic fantasy/sci-fi with Larger than Life heroes, fool. Did you want realism? Go watch the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica or The Expanse instead.

gravity wells dont fry anything at all, they just emit a "shadow" of a planetary body/star that confuses the hyperdrive sensors to shut down early or they can outright PULL a ship towards it like your entering an actual planets gravity field

@@aurorathearcticwolf4243 forcing a stop might have possibility of frying the system though

@@aurorathearcticwolf4243 Unfortunately we see this rule broken in Rogue One, Rise of Skywalker, and Star Wars Rebels. Unless they've somehow disabled the safety sensors built into hyperdrives

Man a great movie. You did well making this. Very well indeed. Impressive...most Impressive

So you're 54 years old now, right? 🤔

Most likely ace in a day. While it takes five kills to make ace (the TIE that took itself out early on doesn't count), I'd say we can safely speculate that that pilot got at least four kills during the previous battle, if not more. He's probably ace x2 or x3 in a day.

@@kylecrawford7641 actually, the tie that took itself out does count, at least it would in most modern Air Forces. Causing an opponent to crash is considered a "maneuver kill"

rotating Guns is canon. I'm rolling my eyes. Frankly, why does it have concussion missiles.

@@slewone4905 yes it IS canon...why wouldnt it have a concussion missile lmfao? many ships can have them installed easily.

@@slewone4905 Because canonically, the A wing is armed with 2 concussion missile launchers with a total of 12 missiles between the two of them

@@ooneybird27 they actually had that? I have been wondering since TLJ why they wouldn't use YT1300 as a bomber when its modifiable, cheap and absolutely OP against starfighters. Can you tell me which comic line?

@@nemdenemam9753 funnily enough a bomber YT1300 is actually canon in legends: When Corellia broke away from the New Republic and a war broke out, Corellia fielded a bomber that was described as basically a YT1300 frame set up as a bomber

I think it is

There are some other good fan films too, with good acting. Boba Fett: No Disintegrations, Bucketheads, Darth Maul: Apprentice and Kenobi are four great films from the top of my head.

Its something they can do but its never been shown, its canon in reference books that they can rotate to shoot behind them

The high end Reece sensors also on brilliant display, second mission from X-wing I'm looking at you lol

5 seconds later: HOW THE HELL DID 1 TINY INTERCEPTOR WIPE OUT ALL 3 GRAVITY WELL GENERATORS

Rebels, Rogue One, Clone Wars season 7, Mandalorian, Boba Fett, The Bad Batch, Kenobi, Visions, Tales of the Jedi, Andor. Ye so much "lackluster" content isn't there lmao. Even Solo is underrated. Sorry but I hate these kinda comments. These fan films are good. But undermining recent Star Wars like this is just delusional.

Well done

@@unincognito3689Kenobi was 💩💩💩

@@unincognito3689they failed the sequel trilogy, dishonored George Lucas and what he has created and destroyed one of the best characters ever; Luke. Rogue One was really great because of luckily competent people who created it. Same with Andor now. CW S7 was great but not because of Disney. Disney actually wanted to cancel CW S7 because they are anti Star Wars/just stupid/or whatever. A very very high demand lead to the creation of S7 by the original guys. But everything else… The Bad Batch and The Mandalorian still actually pretty good, Boba Fett already way worse (with too much talking like the actor said, cringe chases with meaningless, soulless cringe woke trash characters, cringe fights, etc.) but with good scenes with the Slave 1 or fight against Cad Bane. Visions is for small girls. Tales of the Jedi again by the original guys with old animation, etc. but way too short. Kenobi was complete trash with one of the most iconic, most famous and objectively best characters just dishonored and trashed. Rebels sadly underperformed because they made it for very young kids. CW is fine but they messed up Rebels to show it on their kids channel. Characters were never alone and never developed (Zeb not at all). There is always an annoying Ezra or Chopper to ruin everything. Maul was fine (I loved it when he slaughtered the cringe ass flying inquisitors) but in the episode in which Maul and Obi Wan fought again Ezra was there to do nothing but taking screen time from Maul and annoy. Also the episodes were structured very similar. Got just boring very fast.

@@silasd5269 Thanks you just proved my comment correct.

Thank you for your return on the movie and the score! Glad that you liked it!

He was probably one of the last starfighters deployed. His ship had barely any signs of recent damage, if any at all. That could have just been due to shields though.

I agree, the face was SO good

it has to be, or maybe he took the animations from cinematics from squadrons

Thank you for your awesome comment! - The composer of the soundtrack

makes it ***less*** impressive if you know what that speedy little stunt fighter is truly capable of. it's actually canon in star wars that A-wings have taken out capital ships. because "MUH GAME BALANCE" people tend to forget that concussion missiles can absolutely take out hardpoints on a star destroyer or something comparable. pop the reactor or something important and watch it burn.