Today's project is one of the (many) times I'm glad there are some measure of instructions.
"Oh," Bunny said immediately, "it's a Y-wing fighter."
We then looked it up to be sure and found that the official name, according to LEGO, is "Anakin's Y-Wing Starfighter."
Bunny has some thoughts about that, with help from Wookieepedia...
"Whatever...it's a smelly old republic y-wing fighter...This is essentially like claiming every 1940s sedan is "Hitler's Death Car" because Hitler once got a ride in one to pick up some blintzes...
Anyhoo...
The BTL-B Y-wing starfighter flew combat missions for the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. The BTL-B was designed as a bomber, using such weapons as proton bombs. The bubble-turret utilized two light ion cannons for defense against enemy starfighters. It also was equipped with two medium laser cannons mounted on the front of the starfighter.
They possessed a hyperdrive system allowing them to jump into hyperspace without the reliance on a carrier or hyperspace ring. To aid them in their operations, they also made use of an astromech droid.
Apparently Anakin flew in one of these...he also drove a GM car once but they haven't marketed Anakin's Red Geo Metro........... yet......
3 out of 5 parsecs."
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