Who can forget the first time they laid eyes on an X-wing as it prepared to attack the Death Star? Or the Millennium Falcon, as it made its escape from Tatooine? You can’t possibly forget the cry of a TIE fighter once you’ve heard it. Since the release of A New Hope in 1977, we’ve seen plenty of awesome ships on screen, on book covers, and in comic book panels.
What would Star Wars be without the many cool space ships that populate its universe? From starfighters to military cruisers and worn hunks of junk that separate Star Wars from the chrome aesthetic of countless other sci-fi stories, this vast armada is a true marvel of cinema and the science fiction genre.