Star Wars: B-wings

[Legoman]

I've been wondering about this for a while, and hope someone can help.

My question is fairly simple. How do you get a B/b from a B/b-wing?

I get the A-wing, X-wing, Y-wing, even V-wings, but not the B-wing

Any help is appressiated

[Dark Sword Ragnarok]

You know, I'm not really sure. I think they might've just slapped it on the design, since, you know, X-wing and Y-wing match, but A-wing and, say, lowercase T-wing don't really match up. So instead, they just used the name that fit better with the whole letter-ship idea instead of a name that would've made literal sense.

Just my opinion.

DSR

[Legoman]

Great answer!

But i'm looking for somthing more... Logical, that gives a good explination (in the SW universe)

[Siegfried]

According to Wookiepedia...

The name B-wing came from the craft's remote similarity in appearance to the lowercase letter "b", although its swordlike shape in attack mode has earned it the nickname "blade-wing", which may be another reason for the "b" prefix.

Vague I know...

[green dewback]

[Legoman]

OK, here's some maths:

You know, I'm not really sure. I think they might've just slapped it on the design, since, you know, X-wing and Y-wing match, but A-wing and, say, lowercase T-wing don't really match up. So instead, they just used the name that fit better with the whole letter-ship idea instead of a name that would've made literal sense.

Just my opinion.

DSR

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According to Wookiepedia...

The name B-wing came from the craft's remote similarity in appearance to the lowercase letter "b", although its swordlike shape in attack mode has earned it the nickname "blade-wing", which may be another reason for the "b" prefix.

Vague I know...

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SNIP/

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Because Lucasfilm sucks

[RileyC]

they couldve named it before they designed it. but that would seem really stupid to do though

[Icesaber]

they couldve named it before they designed it. but that would seem really stupid to do though

In-universe? Cause they were originally called Fighter A and Fighter B during production of the movie.

[prof1515]

Back in 1983, the explanation given in an interview with the B-Wing's designer said that it was called so because the ship resembled a blade. While is not something stated in the film (or probably the novelization, it's been a long time since I read it) it was the answer given during pre-production for the film when the name was conceived.

[prateek]

i dont know about the bwing but if you look at the awing from the top and the back at the bottom, it looks like an A