The Coolest Pile of Junk in Star Wars

[@Goingwithafakehandlehere]

Wouldn't the thrusters blast the tail?

[@ECHenry]

Seems that way! I actually considered mentioning that the tail is part of some elaborate electromagnetic thrust vectoring system, so the two work in harmony, rather than the tail obstructing the engines. Because otherwise, it does seem a bit impractical! Haha

[@alexpembury4307]

Maybe by being slightly elevated above the tail, it prevents this and add to in atmosphere qualities.

[@Goingwithafakehandlehere]

@@ECHenry that's a good explanation.

[@26th_Primarch]

​@@alexpembury4307 replied in another comment that the engines rotated on rings according to the og concept art.

[@50043211]

Thats what I wanted to ask! 😢

[@TLhikan]

“Nobody comes to Tatooine because his life is going well.” That line deserves to be in one of the films.

[@xidada666]

It really doesn't though, ya know?

[@dplocksmith91]

Unless you're a Hutt XD ...then again, Gardulla only came to Tattooine to get away from Jabba, not realizing he'd had a presence there for centuries.

[@theopenrift]

​@@xidada666 explain your reasoning

[@Sleepysod]

Star Wars CCG had a card called “Crash Site Memorial” which had the same image of a crashed ship. The text explained that Mos Eisley was based around the wreckage of a colony ship called the Dowager Queen. Of course that was probably retconned or never had any official status in the first place.

[@brendanhurley5433]

I remember The Dowager Queen in Tales of the Mos Eisley Cantina. I remember it being described as an impressive hulk. 20m seems small for that. A rare time for EC Henry to overwrite as opposed to expand on an existing lore. Great reconstruction though.

[@Hello-bi1pm]

Dowager Queen is the big ship in the Special Edition now

[@Toon_Lucario]

The Dowager Queen is the one in the Special Edition.

[@Bubba-Fudd-bulletsmith]

I was just about to mention the star wars ccg card crash site memorial

[@Shot5hells]

That’s still on wookieepedia

[@TKnightcrawler]

"How do we know what it should look like...?" *Glances at ILM paper that literally says "The Complete Ship."* "Well okay, then." It looks great, Henry! Thanks for all your great artwork, research, and imagination! And thanks for the reminder to back your project. I hope it reaches its goal soon!

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

Certainly makes it easy lol.

[@M60gunner1971]

​@@5peciesunkn0wndo klingons yearn?

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

@@M60gunner1971 ?

[@mikedrop4421]

Wow credit to the set designers. They made that massive skeleton practically identical to the concept art. That's truly incredible

[@coltnichols4502]

YES! these are my favorite videos on the entire Internet

[@emptyhad2571]

Well good for all of us.

[@theopenrift]

2:12 I absolutely ADORE this screenshot. It has this mix of original trilogy composited-miniature style and the more streamlined, smooth look of prequel designs. If the prequels were made in the 80s, that would be what it would've looked like!

[@JainaSoloB312]

And it looks like it's docking on something akin to Starlight Beacon, perfect for being "long before the Clone Wars", around the High Republic era

[@LtCWest]

My own headcanon would be that some down on his luck salvager from Mos Eisley found the wreck out in the desert, stacked a claim, then had a repulsor lift hauler freight it over to the town and simply drop it in his front yard so he could just pick it clean from the comfort of his own home. Problem was he owed the Hutts a lot of money and they came to collect, he couldnt pay and got iced by a bounty hunter. This happened in plain view, so most people thought the wreck belonged to the Hutts now and nobody dared to touch it, leaving it to decay in the middle of town. ^^

[@Amogoos4690]

I think it’s kinda neat how you look at seemingly inconsequential details and make them a part of the ship’s story

[@xidada666]

Do you see the world in blob texture? Time to upgrade your graphics card perhaps.

[@russc788]

It is neat

[@wolfybuilder]

Your ability to create an entire backstory for a prop that was on screen for just a few seconds never ceases to amaze me

[@philismenko]

Man can I relate with the whole "not being able to stop myself from making up my own lore"

[@jordantm16]

"The Setback Dream" is a SUPERB name for a ship! Maritime/spaceship vessels with names that feel like they have a story behind them are some of the best out there. Kudos. Brilliant video.

[@tf330129]

EC Henry: notices something obscure in a background shot. Everyone Else: Here we go again. Proceeds to stop what they are doing to view the video. Because it's too damn tempting.

[@catfish552]

Awesome ship! That pile of junk next to the cantina is so recognizable, but to be honest, this is the first time I've realised it is mostly one shipwreck. A fun tidbit to learn, and you've made another great reconstruction out of it.

[@asphaltmemories4597]

Astounding I honestly didn’t even know that back wing assembly seen in the film was even attached to the wreckage it just looked like part of a junk pile.

[@TomBrawns]

I know Jakku was basically Tatooine again, but this take it to a whole new level! Like I have literally never noticed these crashed ships until now.

[@HowdyItLovll]

Ah yes, Tatootine, the far away planet, where no one goes, only seen in the Star Wars universe 20 bazillion times

[@FreddieHg37]

I would always thought it would be the equivalent of an old Jeep rusting in the backyard and not that it was a revered relic of sorts, but it makes sense that it's a wreck that was just left there and it's now somewhat of a landmark in Mos Eisley.

[@Penultimeat]

I think, as opposed to the special edition crash, this one looks more like the junk had been moved from an original crash site to a more convenient location.

[@SJReid82]

Man, it's content like this that makes me wish someone would do a television series akin to the one Lucas wanted to do before selling SW to disney; more of an anthology-type series detailing more of the 'day-to-day' SW universe not necessarily about Manalorians or Jedi or bounty hunters. You get a little taste of it in both Mandalorian and Andor, but something a little less 'rigid' in terms of plotting. I think artifacts like the ship presented in this video demonstrate just how many interesting stories could be told about the Star Wars galaxy at large.

[@mluby7828]

The design reminds me of an ekranoplan, particularly the cluster of engines on either side. Speaking of, the VVA-14 is one of the most Star Wars-looking vehicles ever.

[@ToggerstheFroggers]

This is definitely a neat one! I love these explorations into the background ships and lore of Star Wars and this is one that never really occurred to me, but I can’t unsee it now. Nice job, and good luck on the fanfilm. May the force be with you.

[@Unknown13x]

I thought it was an old ship that had about 5 or 6 owners in the past, and it was starting to show in age and it was starting to fall apart, so it had landed there, because it needed some repairs to fully go into hyper space and it couldn’t. But the owner and it’s crew couldn’t afford the cost because it was an old ship, and the parts they needed were hard to come by. So they eventually gave up on trying to repair the ship, and sold it to a scraper for a fair price. And the scraper salvaged what ever it could from the ship. And left the rest behind. Other people tried to build a living place in the remains but eventually it didn’t work out for long and abandoned it. Over time other scrapers took what’s left and erosion wore it down. And now it’s just the remains of a ship, that they stopped making long ago.

[@jamesh2321]

I seem to remember one of the 'tales of' anthology books giving some backstory to the large wreck in the center of Mos Eisley as well- they called it the 'Dowager Queen' and if memory serves, Lady Valarian, the closest thing Jabba had to competition in the system, used it as a base sometimes...

[@HeliosFive]

Always a joy and inspiring to see new ship creation videos!

[@cdbtheclaw]

I always had the head canon that the ship was part of a huge disaster in Mos Eisley, in which a ship that was about to land lost control of its systems and crashed into the city killing a lot of people. The wreck was left there as a memorial for the lost souls.

[@joshuaescobar2673]

I would love to see more of the blurry tattooing ships in a new hope. Great work

[@MechaTrekAD]

Wow. I not only really like the Star Clipper's design but I've also always wondered about that wreckage. Very cool EC.

[@Vermilionleader]

0:17 Really reminds me of the noonah from the first A-wing mission from N64 Rogue Squadron a lot. Even how it is half crashed in the water is how that ship crashed in the game as well.

[@Jesse12489]

When you think that there were so many engines laying around they thought "hey let's make podracing."

[@jeffreycarman2185]

1:35 Oh wow! What a gem!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Reminds me of certain GDI aircraft designs from the Tiberium series, this. Now all it needs to look the part is gold paint and livery.

[@adorimirable]

This seems like a really good ship to make for space engineers

[@StuartLugsden]

You’ve done it again, Henry! I can’t get enough of these videos.

[@andersonic]

Just pledged. Thank you so much for the beautiful imagery and lore.

[@blethigg9320]

IIRC in Legends the wreakage was the remains of the first (or at least an early) colonist ship to arrive on Tatooine. I think this came from the West End Games RPG, possibly the Tatooine Manhunt adventure.

[@joeraymond6054]

Digging this ship design. Love the little detail in the history.

[@TheLeatheryman]

Thank you for making Star Wars even more awesomely immersive.

[@l6ki]

I hope we get a lot of really interesting EC Henry-exclusive space ships!

[@GiantBoarMonster]

By jove you've done it again! Ever since I was a kid I wondered how it would look. I never expected they'd illustrated the complete ship or that there was much rhyme or reason to the wreckage.

[@jawa3680]

I love this ship, it feels like a classic pulp sci fi design. idk what it is specifically, I think it's the big external thrusters, the blue and white, the curves, and the big tail. I could just as easily see it on an old anthology cover as in star wars. I think you did a really good job with this one.

[@mazack00]

It's awesome how you come up with lore for ships like this. I noticed that one in the background of the original version as a kid and was like "damn, this town got some hard-core junk going on" so it's cool to get a story behind it! :D

[@NickMichalak]

I’d imagine the shipwreck was cannibalized for parts and left as a husk over time. Maybe one merchant laid stake to it to sell off whatever was salvageable.

[@LtCaveman]

Amazing video, as always! It should be criminal that you don't have more subs, such great stuff!

[@cmedtheuniverseofcmed8775]

Amazing work, as always, EC. You could have almost called the ship the "Brush Cover" or the "Hinderance" for the craft blocking the Tunesian trees in the background. :)

[@darthmandalorian9]

Again, an amazing video, by far one of the best star wars channels, great job

[@xlskull4639]

Once again the quality of your content is exceptional & also essential for any Star Wars fan. Excellent work to you and your collaborators sir & as always…

[@drnobody418]

I look forward to these. Every click!

[@chrisbuckley7630]

It's also a good size for a courier, or a scout ship. The type of ship that a single guy and his droid would try to find new trade worlds, or map hyperspace lanes in, hoping for a lucky strike. Really, it's a slightly more streamlined Eagle 5. ;)

[@mitchsorenstein2242]

These videos are always triple s tier. I'm also hyped for Trial on the Island Moon.

[@anthonypc1]

This is so cool! I never really realized that pile of junk was a wrecked ship. And your reconstruction of couldn't look more quintessentially STAR WARS. ALSO your shots for the fan film look so good. Idk where you're shooting but it's something I'd be happy to volunteer on...

[@adamcoxworthy9373]

This ship used to be the Dowager Queen, a colony ship used by early settlers of Tatooine, but that name was retconned to be the Special Edition-added ship after its release.

[@Hello-bi1pm]

One source accidentally called it Dowager Princess, what a happy coincidence to have 🤨🤔

[@Molten_Freddy.]

I swear every time I look at the shapes you make they’re beautiful man keep going!

[@BowmanBro]

Another awesome detail we didn't want but absolutely needed

[@awareimawolf]

Great video! This takes me back to playing hours and hours of battlefront 2 with my sister, and we would choose heroic battle and play "force basketball" where you force pushed the enemy into the "basket" which was the circular bowl part of this ship!

[@skiper7795]

Amazing work!

[@zorkindustries]

He does it again!

[@kaltenstein7718]

I always thought this debris was a matte painting, cool to see they built this for real

[@andreykuzmin4355]

You have been a great source of inspiration for me, EC. I have used your Imperial Nebulon-B for a flagship of proto-First Order, and Colin Cantwell's Star Destroyer as two patrol pocket Star Destroyers. I looked for a scout ship for my GFs character's parents, who went missing at the Unknown Regions. Now I have found it!

[@jansonvocmf]

Nice work, as always! This is a fun ship. Reminds of a family minivan of the Star Wars galaxy.

[@HereticalKitsune]

Gorgeous artwork and nice starship!

[@adannojaeger7275]

I never thought that a pile of garbage would end up being an amazing design for a ship.

[@neflesward2727]

Amazing content as always! Good luck for the fanfilm!

[@andylivstirling]

wow great ship and great video

[@jeffreycarman2185]

So great! As always, excellent work! Disney needs to hire you to flesh out concept art for tech and backstory.

[@emmitgandlodder]

I absolutely love these videos, and it just feels so very Star Wars to take background details and expound upon them in a sort of fractal storytelling. I have to ask, though, a Clipper with blue and white paint? Could it be that the base model was equipped with proton cannons and javelin rockets?

[@treystephens6166]

Star Wars used to be that way once …

[@ignazioacerenza9881]

It'd be nice to have the tail and the thrusters act like some sort of vector propulsion. Also I think the side turrents look cool but it wouldn't really make sense having a ship that heavy with no back coverage on the turrets. Airlocks seem like the best option for that part of the ship. But your renders are so cool i'm super jealous.

[@gordonhaverly196]

Is that a Cape May Concrete ship (SS Atlantus) Cameo I see in your film trailer footage?? Cool!

[@DanielBrainbox]

Man i love every single ship of yours. What you are always making is amazing.Huge Fan :)

[@jamesfavell1731]

Was that a Starlight Beacon cameo? I love it

[@HitomiOokami]

I adore the lil lore you drumed for that ship let alone the overarching sentiment of why so many recks can be seen on Tauten mostly undisturbed to various extents.

[@griffinwittum5526]

Amazing work, as always. Never get tired of these

[@ignaciorodriguez5636]

I love this! Never stop creating 👏🏻👏🏻

[@kevinmencer3782]

It looks more like a Corellian design, with those "knuckles" just forward of amidships just like the Hammerhead or Blockade Runner.

[@grishg9536]

Brilliant!

[@jessehorn6180]

Hope to see more designs of the wrecked ships soon, and Good Luck on your Kickstarter project.

[@Havoclegionpainting]

Looove this!

[@ReySkywalker2]

I would love some tips (or even pseudo-tutorials) on your 3D modelling process. As a beginner/moderate 3D modeller, your models are of an unbelievably high quality with all the detail of a feature length film. Stunning.

[@Angelos_K]

Definitely join the patreon for discord access. You will find plenty of that there

[@ReySkywalker2]

@@Angelos_K Great! Thanks! 👍

[@HighRaptorjr]

I gotta say your fan film is already looking ten times better than anything Disney will ever spit out

[@killerhertzmercedes]

According to the Star Wars customisable card game card, 'Crash Site memorial' it was the original colony ship called the "Dowager Queen".

[@26th_Primarch]

That was the one standing up like the leaning tower of Pisa in the Special Editions

[@Sleepysod]

Just posted virtually the same comment 😂

[@killerhertzmercedes]

@@26th_Primarch my reply keeps getting deleted. If you Google star wars customisable card, dowager queen - you will see it is infact the original one as per this video and not your comment

[@isaace436]

It could also easily be that the ship was left to rot, or blown up in a deal gone wrong or double cross, and the run down and seedy crime ridden town just never cared to clean it up, or deemed it too difficult because of how large it was, and or that it wasn't in too inconvenient a spot for traffic. Or maybe it *was* moved, and just that's as far as it got. Many desert roads in America you can find flipped and sideways cars from old wrecks, sometimes just left there, sometimes literally pushed there on purpose, either for erosion control or just to get it out of the way. And in old, run down crime heavy towns, where law is scarce, lots of junk and rotted cars and houses can be found. I think George was going very much for those aesthetics when he was depicting mos eisely, and it makes sense for what it is, and where it is. Just too hot, in both senses of the word, to bother moving the wreck any further than there if at all.

[@stratometal]

The Setback Dream... now that is homage and foreshadowing! Love it!

[@GeekFilter]

That Star Clipper looks great! The Pan Am Space Clipper from "2001: A Space Odyssey" has a similar angled/swooped back (though it held the engines) so that's kind of cool sci-fi symmetry!

[@jedironin380]

I've always thought the bartender in the cantina may have been one of those unfortunate pilots that found themselves stranded on Tatooine.

[@thelazy0ne]

Nice work, will make room for it in my head cannon. 😁👍

[@terranempire2]

Even the history of Tatooine shows foe unfortunate a place it is

[@xraydeadgirl]

Great video! I love your lore. Makes great details for Stsr Wars Legion. Please, Sir. May I have some more?

[@mikefoxtrot4665]

Amazing work as always !

[@andrewreynolds912]

I love how you once again did it again with ship lore like the Xwings history and how it came to be good freaken job!

[@Hans-jc1ju]

I can’t help but see STAR TREK Voyager’s body’s underside in the main part of the space ship. Is this a digital kit-bash?

[@MissHashshashin]

I have a suggestion for a ship could be a cool one to look to at somepoint, while not necisarally a OT ship but the Apex Invader from Kenner's concept line of toys for a proposed post OT expansion which then got later referenced in the (Now legends book) SkyeWalkers: A Clone Wars Story being reffered to as the Skyriver Invader

[@wolfsburg8572]

LFL really needs to hire you and the gents you collaborate with to generate the lore and visuals of these models! So much better looking and thought out than most of what we get!

[@CyberLou]

No doubt nicknamed the T-wing if used by the rebellion!

[@26th_Primarch]

The T-wing is an already existing starfighter the rebels used.

[@joshuagant8396]

Would love to see the Towani family ship in all its glory!! You know, from the Ewok movies!! There is an interesting back story on what the FX crew used to make it!

[@AdamJasper18]

Looks great. The only thing I'd change is reversing the side dishes so they curve inwards like in the wreck

[@officialswordmaster3069]

Hey I wasn't sure where to reach you but I remembered a couple ships from an ill-remembered star wars tv movie series. The Ewok adventures featured two ships (the Towani family star cruiser and Noa's ship) but there's hardly any lore at all on them, and only a few shots that show them. Was wondering if you've ever looked into them given the material's questionably canon status.

[@Angelos_K]

Definitely join the patreon in order to reach out

[@henrikwinther8053]

Superb reconstruction, and an amazing backstory.... However I am fairly certain that the cylindrical tubes are not engines, as they will damage the tail in their current position

[@Angelos_K]

See pinned comment

[@cqtaylor]

2:00 I'm no aeronautics engineer, but the rear wings are directly behind the four engines. That may be a problem for flight.

[@26th_Primarch]

The original concept art shows prominent rings that the engines are attached to... Maybe the engines were supposed to rotate to a vertical alignment during flight, which really wouldn't be unusual for a Star Wars ship.

[@ECHenry]

Wow, that’s a great idea! I had some hand-wave explanations in my mind for how the wings might work behind the engines. But I hadn’t considered a rotating component. Very clever.

[@26th_Primarch]

@EC Henry thank you, and you're very welcome. I just noticed a small detail on the concept art and extrapolated. You could probably add lore about it being an unreliable/complicated system that was expensive to fix, which hurt sales leading to the vessels becoming extremely rare sights to see in the galaxy outside of folks who are collectors or those desperate enough to buy any cheap starship. Edit: On further consideration, it would also allow the laser cannons the ability to rotate nearly 360° to shoot at pursuing craft (similar to an A-wing's laser cannons) to make up for the inability to mount dorsal and ventral turrets.

[@dangwancie4797]

3:35 Henry makes my kid ship design real

[@duartevilelas9688]

The ship is cool but, WHO THE HELL ORDERED AN AWESOME SPACE STATION!?👀🤯 This is what makes EC Henry's videos great no matter the lenght. And now he is making an actual short film!? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!💶💶💶 And bring Angelos Karderinis and crew into it👉 If you all make a project toghether you will make disney bankrupt for sure👌 Can't wait to see the final thing Best wishes mate✌

[@markhenry9043]

Yep... Eric, Angelos, Ryan, the whole crew is involved in this one. I think they're a force to be reckoned with.