Making a Civilian T-47 Snowspeeder

The snowspeeder is an iconic Star Wars vehicle, but canonically it was developed from a stock civilian airspeeder. In this video, I design what that might look like.

[@kitfistosdentalplan1319]

“EC headcanon vehicles” are my favorite genre on youtube.

[@maarchalk2840]

same, he makes such good models and gives them some fun extra lore

[@alem1655]

@@maarchalk2840 very true

[@KrypticElement]

Exactly

[@ChrisAkaMastermind]

man im so glad you posted that. i was not able to form that sentence xD

[@alem1655]

I love when he makes those 3D models for ships in a fleet scene, they'rr my favourite and I've seen them all numerous times. Wish he would do another vid like that.

[@StuartLugsden]

Henry needs to be hired by Industrial Lights and Magic.

[@michaelmoses8745]

No. It would infringe upon the man's artistic freedom considerably. None of his Lucasfilm designs would be as good.

[@Arashmickey]

Hire? Given all the uncredited and poorly-edited fan art appearing in Star Wars Marvel comics, more likely Disney is going to move on from stealing fan designs to stealing the artists themselves.

[@prtfdc2]

@@Arashmickey as fur as I know Disney hasn't stolen from EC, yet

[@StuartLugsden]

It's not Disney who traces designs it's the artists hired by Marvel. Do your homework.

[@Arashmickey]

@@prtfdc2 If they do, going off past experience what will probably happen is someone decides to feature the Snowspeeder used on Hoth in their comic, googles "T-47 snowspeeder" and stumbles across EC Henry's unarmed civilian design, uses that without double-checking and calls it a "Rebel snowspeeder" XD

[@nilok7]

EC Henry: "This is basically just fan fiction." Nope, you said it, it is now Canon. Right below Lucas.

[@braddl9442]

Ill take his stuff over disney at this point

[@a.morphous66]

The Xenomorphian Bruh, ship design in the last couple of years has been hit or miss but the hits have been bullseyes. Have you even seen the U-Wing? The Razorcrest? The Resurgent? There’s a lot of good stuff going on over at Lucasfilm these days. Screw those dumb not-ISDs in TROS, though, those are really uncreative.

[@chaosphoenix2838]

I love the civilian design. It just looks so smooth. But what if we did this in reverse? Take a random civil vehicle and make some rebel modificatons?

[@TheLPRnetwork]

Lol an AT-AT or Juggernaut for Cargo Trucking. Edit: wait, isn't their a construction type At-at? With a crane on the back?

[@stephenpatterson2860]

I like this idea, I vote he does this :P

[@andyrihn1]

Battlefront 2 does have just a standard civilian landspeeder with a heavy blaster strapped to the front

[@raklibra]

Like the Incom Skyhopper

[@danielkorladis7869]

@@raklibra I second this idea. Armed T-16.

[@ATATChat]

*This week on cribs we go inside EC Henrys very own civilian Death Star.*

[@brandoncastillo_05]

The Death Star is an orbital battle station that is used for military purposes, the fact that it can destroy a planet pretty much solidifies the fact that it's not meant for civilian use...

[@grand-dadmiral]

@@brandoncastillo_05 That's the joke.

[@brandoncastillo_05]

@@grand-dadmiral I know, Grand admiral...

The main weapon could be replaced with huge docking and repair facilities and the reactor could power large holographic arrays on the surface for advertising purposes.

[@ATATChat]

@ 😂

[@Shax_is_tired]

i'd like to see a civilian u-wing, just for the sake of finding out henry's head-canon lore

[@calebstuart1335]

I believe that is actually a thing in canon that we haven't seen yet

[@deadshot5007]

I think rebels already showed it

[@calebstuart1335]

@deadshot 500 was that it? I thought it was supposed to be an older model?

[@jamesstudholme3161]

In profile I think it would probably be pretty similar but I'd still love to see what Henry could come up with.

[@stephenpatterson2860]

In Rebels, Ryder Azadi has an old fixer-upper U-wing with a buster hyperdrive (which Sabine fixes) and missing the U-foils

[@kronosaur417]

Next video idea, because you did a “what the millinium falcon looks like in Star Trek”, I want to see a “what the USS Enterprise would look like in Star Wars”.

[@vitorpanca4832]

Oh this would be cool

[@kronosaur417]

Vitor Pança I’m thinking something along the lines of, “Kuat Drive Yards Entrepreneur class cargo vessel”. Or something....

[@pwnmeisterage]

A Battlestar Galactica would visually fit quite well in Star Wars. A greebled Defiant or Bird of Prey might work, too, but I think the usual style of Federation saucer-pylons-tubes just wouldn't fit into Star Wars at all. Though I'm sure that EC Henry could still make it work, somehow, if he wanted to.

[@kronosaur417]

P look up Ralph Macquarie’s USS Enterprise concept. Looks pretty Star Wars to me.

[@McGowanForge]

Being a star Trek fan, I honestly am curious on both of those because I feel like the falcon, xwings, ywings and the naboo fighter Would look good in the trek universe

[@scarletspdstr_]

I really like this design, if I lived in the Star Wars Universe I’d buy one of those for sure.

[@movieguyproductions4865]

I dunno, seems a bit too small for my taste

[@nilok7]

@@movieguyproductions4865 Think of it not as a truck, but more as a reinforced motorcycle or dirt bike that can fly.

[@nilok7]

@Mitch Lang I mean, if you kept your head down, you may be fine. Though on the outer rim, there is a reason why most everyone carries a baster and civilian crafts are at least lightly armed...

[@scarletspdstr_]

Mitch Lang not necessarily. Life on Coruscant has its perks, Stormtroopers there were more average cops than soldiers.

[@CaptainShack]

I love this channel. Its like hes just dug into those random daily thoughts and modeled them out. -CaptainShack

[@bagelbite99]

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[@canoewithmeat]

:o your like him too?

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

The snow speeder, modified with armor plating, stronger outboard laser cannons, and a harpoon tow cable for the rear gunner is not a true flight craft but a repulsor craft. So the flight ceiling is quite low. It hugs the ground well and is quite maneuverable but the addition of deflector shields was deemed costly and time consuming so watch yourself. The controls are quite similar to the X-Wing so don't worry about additional training.

[@mr_h831]

I can see that you too have played rouge squadron.

[@randomstormtrooper3345]

And then the speeder gets out of the hangar and flies in space like its no big deal

[@wilhufftarkin8543]

@@randomstormtrooper3345 This always annoyed me a bit.

[@Avenger85438]

@@randomstormtrooper3345 And people accuse the sequels of being contradictory to lore. While the speeder was so for certain immediately after it's lore was exposited.

[@greggv8]

In other words that game specced it out like a WIG or Win In Ground-effect craft. kzbin.info/www/bejne/omHJl6KfaLBskLs

[@ToddTalksTech]

I would buy a coffee table to hold a big book called "Interpretations of expanded Star Wars Lore "by EC Henry. From warships and speeders to bases, cantinas and sewer hatch designs.. interpreted and extrapolated by EC Henry. Careful, Favreau and Feloni might try and poach your stuff!

[@jlokison]

Favreau and Feloni tend to give credit where credit is due. Marvel and some of the other book publishers only loosely associated with the film/tv side have been plagiarizing fan made stuff alot, still uncertain if it is happening at the editorial level or artist level though.

[@Coley0120]

They might but I feel like feloni and favreau care about Star Wars and the fan base so they prob give credit

[@nusstorteblitz9418]

I swear, your "Ideas" are cannon to me. Keep up the good work.

[@davidty2006]

Well they sure don't overlap with anything major atm so it's really personal opinion.

[@jakebesing6071]

EC Henry: just released a new video Me: My day just got better

[@richardpatton6691]

The Imperial version of the T-47 is EPIC. Between this and the Imperial Nebulon B (and the TIE Vector), you really have an eye for the Imperial aesthetic. Keep it up!

[@DanBen07]

In Legends Imperial escort fighter

[@mitchellhayward6492]

I couldn't agree more. These designs are fantastic.

[@zingtea]

Stormtroopers: "I can't see a thing in this helmet" TIE pilots: "I can't see a thing in this cockpit" Imp T-47 pilots: "That's cute"

[@chaosfire321]

I can't get enough of your redesigned ships dude! They fit so perfectly into the settings you work with, it's insane. Lucasfilm needs to hire you!

[@Happy_Tunafish]

I'd love to see some stuff on the Firespray Class Patrol Ship, like Slave 1. I always thought it was unusual that such a weird looking ship was designed to guard a prison. When I was young I thought "Firespray" literally meant the ship was used to firefighting, with hoses instead of guns on the tail. Would love to see your take on prototypes or different versions of this weird ship.

[@danielkorladis7869]

I assume it must have been a very high security prison for high profile prisoners.

[@ncapone87]

I haven't seen Rebels or Clone Wars, but does any other Firespray show up that's not Slave I? I know it's a starting ship in the Edge of the Empire TTRPG, but I've never seen anyone other than the Fetts use it.

[@Happy_Tunafish]

@@ncapone87 It doesn't look like any Firespray other than Slave 1 has been in anything. Granted, only 6 were ever made, and Jango destroyed the other 5.

[@ncapone87]

@@Happy_Tunafish I didn't know that! But I guess canonically it wouldn't work for it to be in the RPG, would it?

[@legacythegame]

Beginning of video: the snow speeder is my favorite ship End of video: police snow speeder is my favorite ship

[@kirkkerman]

I love how it's basically a Star Wars version of the police Vipers from Elite!

[@vulpemarine2057]

police versions of vehicles are some of my favorite variants , particularly the paintjob and the addons

[@k-874]

Yeah it looks awesome! Instantly my Top 1 favorite Airspeeder

[@a.morphous66]

Maybe people would like cops in real life better if they had cool blue airspeeders instead of dumb vans.

[@Call_Me_The_Storyteller]

You got me! The only thing I would add to this model would be the wing fins of the civilian model.

[@darkscorpion6534]

Dude the lore you've written for the civilian version is fantastic. Star Wars should adopt it all into canon

[@RoemDaug]

Can't wait for this to be stolen by an officially licensed Star Wars book.

[@TheArbiterSux]

It's only a matter of time, really.

[@darthvengeance59]

If marvel does that in one of their Star Wars comics then i think they’ve crossed the line

[@Numero103]

@@darthvengeance59 um they did that already check out exchthardladder

[@darthvengeance59]

I have

[@ExternalDialogue]

@@Numero103 Marvel at one point traced a Hammerhead from 40k and used it in a background in a spiderman comic or something. Lazy fucks.

[@Ebakthecat]

Everything you make I adopt into my RPG sessions as canon until contradicted by sources. You creativity around ships has lead to fantastic adventures including an entire session revolving around my players hijacking one of the few Imperial Nebulon B's enlisted into service.

[@chr0min0id]

The curves, the wings, the colors, the open cockpit. *I’m in love with your design!*

[@DudeMcDudeum]

I love how your headcanon is essentially "It's a flying skid steer" and that IT WORKS SO GOOD LORE WISE

[@angry_eck]

the lore says the radiator looking things were to generate heat and they were modifications

[@stormtrooperstormtrooperst7644]

A suggestion for an upcoming video: what if you custom designed your own “Letter Fighter”. You’ve already created your own tie fighter (looks awesome btw) but you haven’t made a custom Rebellion ‘Letter’ Starfighter. They have the X-Wing, Y-Wing, U-Wing, A-Wing, B-Wing, K-Wing and others throughout the Star Wars universe. I was curious if you’d design your own “Letter” ship, perhaps an E-wing or C-Wing considering your channel title. I look forward to seeing what else you create man!!!

[@Janoha17]

The E-Wing was an attempted successor to the X-Wing. Due to an over-reliance on specially-made components, including the astromech droid, the New Republic stuck with the X-Wings.

[@swan3swan]

Oooh, I would love to see his take on the E-wing--hopefully he could solve the "cannon over the canopy" problem.

[@valiatus6719]

Marvel & Disney: Wow interesting, we are gonna steal this now.

[@yurabuchkov8138]

Marvel & Disney: but in cualite like shit or meaking ugli.

[@estherholt8435]

I'd like to see theoretical imperial descendents of clone wars era capital ships, similar to how the security is developed from the venator. One idea for this would be an imerial model of a lucerhulk II bringing the design more in line with imerial design language and repurposing the central computer core space with a huge hospital and troop support system. I imagine the imperials would have commissioned this design and ordered a small number after the conclusion of the clone wars in order to anchor blockades and support troops fighting to expand imperial rule and subjugate dissident planets. I would see this as a sharper, leaner version of the CIS lucerhulk, with the ring being less of a doughnut and more of a frisbee, removing most of the huge dishes and antenna and replacing the central sphere with something more angular, perhaps a sort of blunted wedge shape. Typically imperial designs are primarily angular with a few rounded elements like sensor domes, reactor spheres and cockpits so I'd like to see a design with these rounded elements forming the primary framework, making the angular elements secondary.

[@brycevo]

This is awesome. This is like a Land Rover/ Jeep of the Star Wars world

[@inertloki5193]

Would love to see a “legends” New Republic refit of the Nebulon-b where they return it’s armour and expand it fighter bay to accomodate x-wings. It be awesome to see the evolution from your Imperial ship of the line, to the striped down saviour on the Rebellion and finally the New Republic escort frigate.

[@philismenko]

I absolutely love your design language, it is absolutely my favorite design language

[@CyarSkirata]

I like that he included industrial uses as part of this, since from what I've seen and heard it seems the snowspeeders were indeed once something along the lines of industrial tugs. :)

[@Samskustomclones]

Your headcanons are completely canon to me. They always blend so seamlessly into the canon.

[@RoachDoggJr2112]

I like how the lore you came up with basically makes them the Star Wars equivalent of the Toyota trucks terror groups drive lol

[@TheLPRnetwork]

But wait... Wasn't it a cargo speeder? That's why they had the cablegun? Edit: Oh. Your implying it was always being modified.

[@danielkorladis7869]

I think it's how like, if you're ordering a fleet of commercial vehicles (cargo vans, for example) from like, Ford, you have a bunch of different options as far as what exactly you want Ford to put on them.

[@Jaydee-wd7wr]

But this comment wasn’t edited, if you knew his intention before writing the comment, why write it at all?

[@TheLPRnetwork]

@@Jaydee-wd7wr LMAO wow your right. i guess i forgot to post it. starting watching the video. then scrolled back down to to add the edited part without realizing i didn't post the original.

[@neanderthalknight9417]

Star Wars has just as many background ships as star trek, you're just bringing them to life.

[@HerobrinesPizzaGuy]

The display on the back of the pilot seat is such a small detail but works so well, awesome model!

[@TheJedaiHero9000]

These variants of the Snowspeeder look REAL AWESOME, my dude. Really enjoyed watching another GREAT, QUALITY vid.

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

Oh this just looks insane. And the way you graft your vehicle’s info into wider Star Wars lore is just seamless. Well done yet again, man. It’s always a pleasure to see content from you.

[@kirkus4400]

The model looks simply stunning

[@danielwick7756]

Thanks for this video, EC Henry. These are always fantastic. I especially love the head-canon explanations for the design choices, and totally-made-up-but-totally-plausible backstory.

[@brambo3011]

Your creativity never ceases to amaze me, all of your work fits so well in canon, it's apart of my own head canon, keep up the great work!

[@spamviking]

T-47 is the Star Wars equivalent of a Toyota Hilux, stick a heavy machine gun on the back and you got a combat vehicle.

[@JebHoge]

Or stick a crane hook on the back and you have a light tow truck.

[@Verbose_Mode]

I love the lore concept. It's a Toyota Hillux. Indestructible, ubiquitous and often turned into a combat technical.

[@eternal5930]

Please redesign the Xyston Class Star Destroyer

[@michaelmoses8745]

Yes. Actually in an intelligent manner.

[@marcosbravo9645]

Up

[@marcosbravo9645]

@@hawkbatcustoms3172 since when Henry cares how laborious a task can be?

[@eternal5930]

@@hawkbatcustoms3172 He redesigned the Mandator-IV

[@DerCharacter]

You don’t really need to, just take the Onager class, and give it the Xystons upgraded gun. Maybe you could also modernize it by giving it a more first order styled bridge

[@infinitecanadian]

This is absolutely my favorite Star Wars lore channel. I can hardly believe the detail of how far he goes into the storyline.

[@justarandombird]

I dont know why but i really would love to see henry create his own yuuzhan vong dreadnaught (idk if the idea is that good but yeah..) Ps. Keep up the great work henry!

[@Nintendofan570]

This is like when the Toyotas were used as terrorist vehicles EDIT: Or the Toyota war

[@marsar1775]

look up the toyota war if you havnt yet

[@dakn-kb5dw]

😂

[@Gigas0101]

@@marsar1775 One man's Toyota is another man's anti-Gaddafi freedom rig.

[@brandoncastillo_05]

Oh yeah something like that happened 5 years ago... a guy sold his truck to a Toyota dealership, eventually it was sold off at an auction and then eventually ended up in the hands isis terrorist with the man's business logo still on truck door, they even tweeted about it

[@jaydawg7]

@@brandoncastillo_05 he got all kinds of calls to his business & death threats to the point that he had to change the name & number etc. Even had to sue the auction company iirc

[@charlymacias5369]

Your design looks like a nice and enjoyable recreational vehicle. Just imagine flying it over Naboo or Alderaan fields, enjoying the landscapes and the fresh air.

[@Hadanelith1]

A spectacular re-imagining. The civilian applications of the T-47 have always intrigued me, and you've made it make excellent sense. Well done!

[@chrisbritt4266]

That was cool I like the way that t47 looked also I read somewhere that the Rebel Alliance use the cockpit arrangement to see y Wing Starfighter so they're Pilots have an easier time of operating the upgraded civilian airspeeder

[@smittenthekitteninmittens2679]

One of my favourite Star Wars ship design!!

[@roderickhyam3703]

This videos always make my day keep up the good work. Also these should be considered canon you do such a good job filling out the back story.

[@liamcullen3035]

Oh yes, this is awesome! All makes excellent sense, and those designs are beautiful! Well done!

[@OdariArt]

Han: Are the speeders ready? Rebel Trooper: We're having trouble adapting them to the cold. This vehicle was not designed for snow or extreme cold. People just watch Star Wars but don't listen to what anyone is saying.

[@JebHoge]

The trouble was that its radiator fins were too efficient in Hoth's cold, so they needed to insulate them. Sort of like how cars in cold climates often have block warmers.

[@TheADHDNerd]

Outstanding work AS ALWAYS! I love your explanations and the Imperial speeder looks perfect! Keep at it bro!

[@hornet718]

One of my favorite Star Wars vehicles!!! It reminds me so much of Starfighter from Buck Rogers.

[@jeremybaker195]

I always loved the snow speeder as a kid. One of my favorites.

[@weldermike433]

Love the multiple designs. The law enforcement and imperial versions are my favorites.

[@andrewmartin2567]

LEGO did a sand speeder version of the t-47 I’m not really sure if it is a canon version though (set number 75204)

[@hobowithanoboe]

I think it was based on a cancelled toy. It's very strange.

[@DanBen07]

I sew that on Google today. Hear the sandsperder : starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:T-47_airspeeders But also in Star Wars Legends there where other ones like : "Deathhawk" combat airspeeder/T24 airspeeder/Moon Speeder/Imperial escort fighter/Shark Airspeeder/ T-47I Airspeeder/ Combat Aquaspeeder/ There may be others....

[@AdmiralBlackstar]

In legends they had mods for the T-47 for just about every environment. A very robust and versatile vehicle.

[@Asurnasurpal]

Honestly I would love to see you tackle designing your own setting, or collaborating with other creators to design one, and just go hog wild inventing stuff like this whole cloth. I absolutely love these videos you do, and would be curious to see where you’d land if unconstrained by existing limitations.

[@ThatWolfFromHyruleGaming]

The description from Rogue Squadron (N64/PC) suggests the T47 was already equipped with blasters as said in the description by Riekin: "The Snowspeeder, modified with armor plating, stronger outboard laser cannons, and a harpoon tow cable...". It is also said that they scrounged spare armor and canopy parts from Y-Wings for the modifications. A number of heating, insulation, and de-icing systems went into the squadron of speeders as well, who knows where those parts came from.

[@SpikeyTortoise]

OMG I love your original ship ideas. the fit so perfectly into canon

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

I always thought the civilian version was an industrial vehicle, with the tow cables used to tow stuff. I don't think it feels right as a people mover.

[@TheLPRnetwork]

Same

[@sirboomsalot4902]

He said he made industrial versions

[@davidty2006]

It's basicly a single design that could have god knows modifications to it depending on what it's meant to do.

[@leandersearle5094]

And a civilian T-47 *was* visualized in the EotE core rulebook.

[@a.morphous66]

It feels a bit like a pickup truck. Some people will use it just to drive around the city, but it was designed to carry cargo and tow things and is probably better used to that end.

[@raenfox]

Yes! Another classic EC Henry design. It looks really cool and makes a lot of sense, as always. Love it.

[@Zeoinx69]

Belbullab-22 Starfighter design actually can work as a civilian Single Occupant equivalent to a modern day Luxury Car, such as a Rolls-Royce or Bentley. CEOs of companies often fly them to office meetings due to there smooth lines and and fins (reminiscent of 70s cars) along the engines. Can even add a hood Ornament on the nose of the craft to really draw in the "expensive luxury ship". Now remember, this is to be equivalent to a car, or speeder, not a yacht, or larger cruiser. The Incom U-Wing can actually be retrofitted quite well to have its dropship bay for troops to be turned into a luxury private jet similar to that of a modern day Golfstream G500, and the slick lines of the U-Wing can really make have a impact as it lands in a space port with its unique appearance.

[@therealneal9980]

I love your designs, but even more I love the lore you come up with them. Keep up the good work!

[@project4061]

The variety of the designs you used makes a lot of sense for each environment. I also like the lore you made, and kept a kitbash appearance. One ship that has only appeared in writing is "The Mighty Oak" from "Lost Stars." It's been described as an odd ship that's had parts attached.

[@catfish552]

So the T-47 is basically like one of those pickup trucks with guns on it? I like it!

[@darthmop1]

the antenna is a nice touch to an already great presentation

[@souleatingpanda]

That Empire Speeder looks so badass! Goodluck flying that with those slit windows!

[@blackdog6969]

T-47s, the space technicals. Love the models and that piece of headcanon

[@Mythonaut]

You’re honestly better than any of the canon writers right now

[@ingenjelly5480]

It's like the Jeep of Star Wars, and I love it.

[@dagur500]

HOW ARE YOU SO GOD DAMN ENTERTAINING TO WATCH!!! Everytime I watch a video of yours... I FEEL LIKE IM IN HEAVEN!!!

[@isaacmallorn9137]

Yes! I love these videos, where you showcase a 3d model and build a lore around it. I would be very interested to see you expand beyond Star Wars and Star Trek into other series, like Halo or Mass Effect.

[@zenkomenhi]

These videos of yours are genuinely some of my favorites on all of youtube

[@Jagent]

I love that you highlighted several variants of your variant :)

[@MasterCrash123]

If anyone here remembers the old PC game Star Wars Force Commander, the intro video with the Imperial invasion shows off some Rebel airspeeders with what looks like quad lasers instead of a rear-facing tow cable.

[@davidthomas2870]

So it's like a hotrodded out forklift with oversized guns strapped to it. I love it. That's such a rad idea

[@erichludwig2095]

I have yet to disagree or be disappointed by your designs and expanded lore. Please keep up the great work you’re doing

[@lucasnascimentosantana7564]

Your designs fit so well in the Original Trilogy!! I love it!!

[@RomLoneWolf23]

I like the idea of the T-47 being the Star Wars equivalent of a Technical.

[@armchairphilosopher6880]

Henry literally makes my week every time I see an upload.

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

I like how you left an area for a turret, maybe a harpoon cannon, to be attached to. Maybe its a premium addition you can have the dealership add on your speeder. You never know when you'll need to harpoon someone when driving through the skies of Coruscant.

[@pappafett9826]

I was just looking up replacement stickers for my kenner snowspeeders today, and was wondering what they looked like Before being militarized..great vid!!!!

[@RexExLiberi]

Your designs are hit or miss for me (mostly hits), but your lore is always on point! Love it! I'd buy a book containing all your the illustrations and lore

[@dirus3142]

I think this is one of your best vid for hypothetical Star Wars vehicles. Primary civilian model needs a full canopy though. Different models of swoop bikes would be nice to see. The Ghtroc 720 freighter could use some 3D model work.

[@doc_sav]

Awesome. I am imagining some of the hotrod versions with a big top fin like the T-16, mounted where the harpoon cannon would be, which allows it to move as a control surface.

[@TheArbiterSux]

Star wars Pirates/bounty hunters using the tow cables to hijack other air speeders is a pretty cool image.

[@z3r0_35]

An interesting detail about the T-47 from canon is that the repulsors have a very strong cooling system to compensate for the sheer amount of heat they generate...and as it turned out, they were actually a bit TOO effective and caused the Rebels problems on Hoth. They'd only just managed to finish winterizing all their T-47s in time for the Imperial attack. Also, the Imperial version of this reminds me a bit of a real-world aircraft: the Fw 189C. This aircraft was a prototype ground attack variant of the Fw 189 light bomber/recon plane used by the Germans in World War II, intended to fulfill a requirement for a tank buster (the Hs 129 ended up winning the contract instead).

[@kirkbolas4985]

I imagine that a light armor & blaster option was indeed available to the civilian marketplace as living in the Outer Rim would certainly entail the need to be able to defend oneself from the ubiquitous bad actors that also lived in the outer rim. A light armor/blaster option would be a necessity and offer a competitive marketing edge over another company’s non-armed and armored offering. The Empire did not prohibit privately owned vehicles from being armored & armed. They were realistic enough to realize that they could not cover every corner of the Galaxy all the time. Creating a wholesale prohibition of that nature would result in even more enforcement work to an already thin-stretched Imperial military not only having to deal with legitimate civilian protection needs now being considered criminal, but also the criminal element going to town on the civilian element that complied with the prohibition. Something to think about.

[@michaelabe9572]

I've always wondered what the unmodified snowspeeder looked like, and not only did you deliver on an amazing model and backstory but you included like 4 other renders of different versions? Incredible! I love your videos so much, thank you for making them! Something I'd like to see is your take on prequel era ships like the ARC 170 or even some droid ships that would have been modified by scrappers in the era of the Empire, cuz I've always had a slight disconnect where a lot of the prequel designs have these rounded edges that aren't as common in original trilogy designs, and I'd like to see how you translate those designs into the world of the original trilogy.

[@TauridBorn]

I was not expecting the Imperial T-47! I love this channel

[@DerFinder]

Did you see the sandspeeder from LEGO? I think stuff from LEGO is always canon or atleast really really close to it.

[@galadato7425]

Not everything, the rough shadow isnt canon anymore, but I'm very love the sandspeeder, the fins make him looks more cool

[@ElMoppo1]

The sandspeeder is based on an old, unreleased Kenner toy.

[@jellyray1686]

you never fail to amaze me with your videos quality and your headcanon its great

[@ZeeZeeBun]

Love this design... It's like a flying dune buggy..

[@sunnex474]

Your design is flawless and when i saw the imperial design i just lost my mind

[@novaiscool1]

Personally given the lore you created for the design I would say that the canopy should be the standard version over the windshield. This fits the idea of it being a rugged all terrain and work horse craft,as protection from the elements is something people doing those things want.

[@biglc034]

I always loved the Snowspeeder it's rugged and stout appearance always reminded me of the A-10 warthog(minus the giant gun)

[@fuge74]

I think the second hold down for the cannons are actually a bulkhead for side body storage, it would have the feel of a utility truck and since most basic tools are small some of the larger portable tools are useful to. perhaps the snow speeder also has an attachment for ligh duty power-tools to run off the "tow cable" slot. the tow cable is a standard attachment because the snow speeder is sometimes used as a wrenching vehicle. because of the moniker snow speeder I would believe that the reason for a stock reverse seat is so that the heating element for cold environments is simplified, I also think the hatch is stock because it is also a "rollbar" and is much heavier.

[@Wild-Dad]

Now that is a cool concept and something to consider as a physical kitbash. Thanks