#corellian

So remember that thing where I made the Comic Shorts characters but like Star Wars-ified?

Well, I kind of caught a world-building bug lately, and may have sort of started turning those couple of sentences of random lore I wrote about "Star Wars Tailii" into a full blown fanfiction centered around her. I've basically written a whole Wiki page worth of backstory and created 3 completely new OCs (so far) to be part of her story (and have to stop myself from writing spinoff stories about all of THEM because they were also a lot of fun to develop.)

Anyway. More on that in future posts. This one is about Tailii's ship, The Rusty Magpie.

Obviously she needs a way to get around the galaxy, and a way to haul around all the shiny things she picks up along the way. So a freighter, probably. Can't pick something that's already iconic, so the YT-2400 and 1300 aren't even in the running.

Went ship shopping on Wookieepedia, where they helpfully list all of the YT series freighters by number.

The YT-1930 looks really cool, and I was this close to picking it. It was between the 1930 and the 1000, and it was the lore details that made me go with the 1000. Apparently the 1930 had a limited production run, and is therefore quite rare and expensive. Probably not in the budget for a treasure hunter living job-to-job.

The 1000 is regarded as terribly outdated by the post Clone Wars era, and therefore extremely cheap as far as ships go. (20K used? You got a deal!)

It was already an antique when Tailii got it, but she takes good care of it. She refers to it by masculine pronouns, and often affectionately calls it "old man."

Y-8 mining vessels were a type of mining starship found throughout the galaxy. Equipped with mining lasers and tractor beams, Y-8s were well-renowned for their effective ability to extract ore from asteroids. Manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation, the vessels were sometimes modified by pirates for use as makeshift capital ships.

Source - Star Wars: Galaxies Trading Card Game - The Price of Victory card: Y-8 Mining Ship (Art: Chris Ng; 2010)

First Appearance - Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees (2005)

SCOURGE OF THE GALACTIC EMPIRE -- HERO OF THE REBEL ALLIANCE.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega-spotlight on promotional stills of American actor Harrison Ford as scoundrel, smuggler, pilot of the Millennium Falcon, and celebrated hero of the Rebel Alliance, Han Solo, from "STAR WARS: Episode IV -- A New Hope" (1977).

Resolution from largest to smallest: 1285x2493, 1259x2048, 1268x1900, 1190x1513, 820x1291, 401x1117, 768x1333, & 640x968.

"I thought that the luck of the character was that he represented something close to the audience's sensibilities because of his distance and resistance to the mythology." -- HARRISON FORD on his portrayal of Han Solo

"When casting the role of Solo, Lucas sought actors who had individual screen presence as well as chemistry with Skywalker. He wanted Solo to be older than Skywalker and to possess a cynical edge. Lucas desired new and unknown actors to play STAR WAR's major roles, and originally forbade Harrison Ford from auditioning, having worked with him on the 1973 film "American Graffiti." Ford was working as a carpenter on the set of the auditions, and was brought in by Lucas to feed lines to the actors who were auditioning, including Kurt Russell, including Kurt Russell, Nick Nolte, Christopher Walken, and Perry King. While feeding lines, Ford impressed Lucas by giving the character a mix of mercenary swagger and world weariness, and convinced the director to let him play the part."

-- STAR WARS FANDOM (Legends)