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today we're going to cover some ships particularly anakin's jedi starfighter
now just prior to the onset of the clone wars
the delta 7 aether sprite class light interceptor
or just the delta 7 aether sprite light interceptor
was commissioned however due to the fact that it was most often used by the jedi
it became more commonly known as the jedi starfighter this highly effective
but expensive small interceptor was made of the state-of-the-art technology of
its time with a sophisticated sensor array and
communication systems along with the starfighter's two twin
laser cannons which were later supplemented by an
additional four quad pulse laser cannons concealed behind the ship's breakaway
panels thanks to the modification added to its design by jedi master sazee tin
the delta 7 made for a sleek and deadly opponent to deal with
especially if its pilot was a jedi it was designed by wales blissx
the engineer doctor general who during the time of the empire would together
with one of the rebel alliance's first generals
jan dodona work on the rz1 a-wing interceptor the delta sevens was fast
with extremely powerful sunlight engines that could accelerate up to 5000 g's
but due to its size and the technology of the day the jedi starfighter with a
few experimental prototypes as exceptions
was unable to carry an internal hyperdrive so
to reach light speed the interceptor had to rely on an external hyperdrive
docking ring system unlike the future starfighters to come
like the t-65 x-wing the first generation of delta
sevens didn't allow for a full-size asteric droid navigator
so instead the droid was directly integrated into the jedi fighter
leaving the astromech's head the only thing that was visible
due to how fast the starfighter moved it was nearly impossible for most pilots to
actually hit their targets that's where r3d came in a droid whose
function was primarily to be the ship's targeting system
while r4p was mainly utilized for navigation
however with the introduction of the delta 7b
full factory model astromechs were eventually able to be used as navigators
now the interceptors were given different color markings
turquoise was used for general use jedi starfighters
while red was assigned to specific jedi though other hues of colors soon emerged
as some jedi chose to individualize their ships
such as ant skywalker who painted his fighter the azure angel
similar to the look of his pod racer on tatooine but because skywalker
was skywalker he also heavily modified the craft
installing an experimental built-in hyperdrive and adding large turbine
engines there were even some rare interceptors
that had a forward sonic mine or seismic charge that could unleash a
devastating shockwave or instead in the rear the ship was
given a bomb shoot but again those modifications were very rare
one of the most prominent and iconic moments for the delta seven was shortly
before the battle of genosis when jedi master obi-wan kenobi was
attacked by the notorious bounty hunter jango fett in his slave one after the
jedi master had tracked the infamous killer to an asteroid field
on route to the planet albacus but it was really obi-wan's
padawan anakin who took the starfighter to heart literally in any way
as azure angel was named after senator padme amidala
the young padawan's secret wife skywalker kept modifying his craft
so along with the increased power to the engine to the articulated stabilizer and
the vector thrusters for superior maneuverability
in space and an atmospheric flight anakin also mounted two tame and back
laser cannons to each of the azure's wingtips totaling
four in all but of course he wasn't done in
the center fuselage he also installed a missile launcher
that contained a high volume of missiles and the tame and back laser cannons
could also be fired all at once or individually depending on the
situation they could even hit their targets at extreme off-axis
angles while the heavily modified jedi starfighter swooped by its enemies
then with this missile launcher the young jedi could launch them in rapid
succession as he did at the battle of munilist
where he fired within only a span of a few seconds
seven of them and if that wasn't enough and it can also had a pair of trans-gal
mag hyperdrive thrusters that were used to bypass the use of the
hyperdrive ring however there were some jedi that wanted to spoil anakin's fun
as they were concerned that he thought of the azure angel as his own possession
and saw his modifications as yet another example of his inability
to let go of his attachments however not all agreed
jedi master seizie tin who had made his own modifications to the overall design
of the delta 7 encouraged the inventive padawan to keep
going to test where the limits of the jedi starfighter could be
as he hoped skywalker's improvements could prove useful in the design of the
next generation of the interceptor unfortunately the
original azure angel met an unfortunate end by count dooku's
dark acolyte asajj ventress this was after anakin had
chased her to the jungle moon of yavin 4 where after he landed she destroyed it
anakin fortunately defeated the dark side assassin in a ferocious duel that
they had throughout the jungle and he would go on to pilot several
other starfighters throughout the clone wars
including at least two yellow eta ii actus
a red delta seven a number of yellow delta seven b's
and another blue delta seven named azure angel
two hope you enjoyed this video on all or at least most of anakin's ships
that he used frequently have an awesome rest of your day hit like if you enjoyed
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