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TK-425 Destroyed!

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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject: Republic Gunship Question |
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As the thread title suggests, I have a question relating to the Republic Gunship, or LAAT/i. I did a search and I found nothing pertaining to this, so I shall start this thread.
My question is:
What types of Phase I clones would ride in the bubble turrets on the wings of an LAAT/i? Would they be regular clones? Pilots? Does any know?
Thank you in advance for any responses. _________________ Am I the only one who sometimes comes here, logs in, and fools around?
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ZombieKenobi Destroyed!

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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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By Phase I you mean Episode II clones correct? According to wookiepedia, the turrets on the wings are two of four fully "automated" composite-beam, pin-point laser turrets, that do not contain any clones. Click the link and read the end of the third paragraph.
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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I believe that the two bubble turrets do have gunners. On the Crew description for the ship, it states that it has two clone gunners. What they look like, I'm not sure. But maybe they are the new gunners in the new battle packs...I'm not sure though. _________________ BOO! |
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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Based on foggy memories of ATOC, I think they were regular clones in the bubbles, but possibly pilots. _________________
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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the way i've always understood it was that the first wave of troops within the army that were at Geonosis, were rushed into service, so the manufacturers never had a chance to define different armor classes. hence the massive changes when the phase 2 clones were introduced....
but to be more relevant, i believe the troopers in the bubble turrets were just standard troopers as far as the armor goes.
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TK-425 Destroyed!

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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:57 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for all the replies. It seems we have conflicting resources here, Wookieepedia and AOTC. I guess I'll just watch AOTC again when I have time and see if I can't spot them. _________________ Am I the only one who sometimes comes here, logs in, and fools around?
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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In response to the thrasher, the new clone in the BP is an AT-TE gunner seen briefly in the movie.
As far as I know the turrets are remotely controlled.
What I did was take two of the remotes(you get three in the set) and put one in each turret. That way, if it is indeed hand controlled it has a somewhat competant and of significantly less worth hand controlling it. |
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Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 4:12 am Post subject: |
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TK-425 wrote: |
Thank you for all the replies. It seems we have conflicting resources here, Wookieepedia and AOTC. I guess I'll just watch AOTC again when I have time and see if I can't spot them. |
Are they really conflicting, actually? I don't remember ever seeing any clones in the wing bubbles in the film, and couldn't see any in screenshots taken from the film. _________________ Brickshelf|Majhost.com
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ZombieGIR Destroyed!

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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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The Star Wars: Complete Cross-sections book has an illustration of the RGS as having standard white troops in the bubble turrets. _________________
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TK-425 Destroyed!

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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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GIR3691 wrote: |
The Star Wars: Complete Cross-sections book has an illustration of the RGS as having standard white troops in the bubble turrets. |
Cool. I don't actually have that book. Thanks for looking that up. _________________ Am I the only one who sometimes comes here, logs in, and fools around?
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:03 am Post subject: |
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Galagoo they did show regular clones in the bubble turrets it was only briefly though. If memory serves me right it was during that whole arena rescue.
I always just figured they could be either manned or automated depending on the situation. We see them manned in AOTC, but in ROTS they aren't. _________________
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:56 am Post subject: |
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Well, there aren't any in this screenshot (via Wookieepedia and ScreenThemes), which is the largest and best-quality shot of LAAT/i I could find.
I really have to get my hands on AOTC again to check the thing. _________________ Brickshelf|Majhost.com
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Galagoo wrote: |
Well, there aren't any in this screenshot (via Wookieepedia and ScreenThemes), which is the largest and best-quality shot of LAAT/i I could find. |
I might end up sounding really stupid, and I re-read this 4 times to make sure... but doesn't that picture show two regular clones in the bubble turrets? _________________ The rattle is a lethal weapon. |
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ZombieKenobi Destroyed!

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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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It's not stupid, but his question pertained to the bubble turrets on the wings, not the two turrets on the sides of the crew compartment. But yes, the two attached to the crew compartment do hold regular white clones. _________________ Do or do not, there is no try!!! |
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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The picture that Galagoo linked to is the answer to this question. There are gunners in the side turrets, but not in the wing turrets.
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four composite-beam, pin-point laser turrets, two of which were automated bubble-turrets located on either wing; |
Also the crew list states that it has a pilot, co-pilot, and two gunners, one for each bay turret. The wing turrets are automated and Lego only put seats in them to make the gunship more playable. _________________
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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The co-pilot controls the wing turrets, I think. _________________ Oh, signatures are so over rated. =D
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ZombieGIR Destroyed!

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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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GIR3691 wrote: |
The Star Wars: Complete Cross-sections book has an illustration of the RGS as having standard white troops in the bubble turrets. |
Those guys I referred to are actually the two controlling the laser turrets on either side of the ship, not the wings. Sorry about that. The wings have no clones in them. _________________
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Reaper

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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Ah whoops misread the thread, never mind what I said then. _________________
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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AJayIrish wrote: |
the way i've always understood it was that the first wave of troops within the army that were at Geonosis, were rushed into service, so the manufacturers never had a chance to define different armor classes. hence the massive changes when the phase 2 clones were introduced....
but to be more relevant, i believe the troopers in the bubble turrets were just standard troopers as far as the armor goes.
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Agreed. Also because the colors on the armor were meant in the movies (and AOTC video game, of course) to signify rank, not class of soldier, as they do in Battlefront. So if they did have yellow armored clones in the bubbles (which I distinctly remember plain "shinys"), it must have been an all commander gunship.  _________________ You can never eat too many brains, because there will never be a shortage of them. Oh wait, there already was before the zombie outbreak!
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:18 am Post subject: |
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The Brain wrote: |
Agreed. Also because the colors on the armor were meant in the movies (and AOTC video game, of course) to signify rank, not class of soldier, as they do in Battlefront. So if they did have yellow armored clones in the bubbles (which I distinctly remember plain "shinys"), it must have been an all commander gunship.  |
Not quite. Are you saying that every single member of the 212th attack battalion happened to be a commander? _________________
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Master Fetty wrote: |
By ROTS, I think the class colourism has gone. |
Once again, that's what I had thought.  _________________ You can never eat too many brains, because there will never be a shortage of them. Oh wait, there already was before the zombie outbreak!
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TK-425 Destroyed!

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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, once again, thanks for the replies. So I guess we've decided that the bubbles are unmanned? _________________ Am I the only one who sometimes comes here, logs in, and fools around?
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Outrider

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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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No, the bubble turrets (the ones on the sides of the gunship, not on the wings) are manned.
Reference picture:
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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While that may be the actual take on the ship arrangement from the movie and video games, it would appear that Lego wants us to put clone minifigs in the wing bubbles. They created a cradle area for a minifig to sit, and even made us apply the computer sticker near where the bubble is (God, I hated doing that!) So, yes and no. I don't think it really matters--this new RGS isn't actually the same as the old one, so I think you should put minifigs in if you want to. _________________ You can never eat too many brains, because there will never be a shortage of them. Oh wait, there already was before the zombie outbreak!
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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The original question was:
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What types of Phase I clones would ride in the bubble turrets on the wings of an LAAT/i? Would they be regular clones? Pilots? Does any know? |
which has nothing to do with Lego's latest version of the Gunship. _________________
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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, but he might have thought there would be clones in the wing turrets because LEGO's gunship has places for them to sit. And, it seems, LEGO is retarded when it comes to movie accurateness. _________________ Oh, signatures are so over rated. =D
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The Brain Eater Undead!

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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:11 am Post subject: |
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Exactly. I know that the wing turrets are unmanned, but since Lego made a spot on this Gunship for them, I say why not put some spare clones in there? _________________ You can never eat too many brains, because there will never be a shortage of them. Oh wait, there already was before the zombie outbreak!
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Outrider

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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:20 am Post subject: |
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Really? I haven't seen the latest Lego Gunship up close yet but that's just crazy. I'll look up some pictures.
EDIT: I just looked up a picture. Very strange. A clone would only be able to shoot up.  _________________
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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, and how practical would it be for a clone to get in there? Not very. So if I were to mod the RAG, I would make little computers to sit in there. _________________ Oh, signatures are so over rated. =D
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