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Shot on 4 x 5! Gorgeous....
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Avram / Moderator commented on TIE Fighter made from Starbucks detritus
I think some people are reading the textures in the photo -- the wood grain in the background, the vertical corrugations from the hot-cup sleeves in the side panels of the TIE fighter -- as pencil marks....
ill lich commented on TIE Fighter made from Starbucks detritus
I don't think I ever realized how stupid the tie- fighter design is. . . the pilot's line of sight is insanely limited by those "wings." Why even have that domed window in front, might as well be flat....
Xopher commented on TIE Fighter made from Starbucks detritus
Ill Lich, if you're going there, why does it have wings? No air in space. Except in the Lucas Stupidverse, there IS air in space so the TIE fighters can make that threatening whine as they pass. The wings make no sense anyway, because they have no aerodynamics of any kind. You never see a TIE fighter pilot. I contend that this is because there are none; TIE fighters are entirely automated, the "wings" are covered with sensors, and so blowing them up is just so much destroyed equipment. Hope that doesn't happen to this one, though!...
Anony Mouse commented on TIE Fighter made from Starbucks detritus
@ 27/28 I always thought that they were meant to be solar panels. Also, the sound is being transmitted through the interstellar hydrogen. Twin Ion Engines are that loud. Part of the Imperial Navy entrance exam is to ascertain that applicants are 90% deaf....
Takuan commented on TIE Fighter made from Starbucks detritus
of course the sound is generated in cockpit to enhance the pilot's experience. It can be a caring Empire at times....

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