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This is a reminder that we have another fun #Wingnut event happening on Discord this morning! Join us at noon EST/9 AM PST for a fun filled morning of television... that all connect to Wing Commander somehow! This month we're starting a multi-part look at some of the many Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes that have inspired Wing Commander in some way! You can find details on the shows included as well as how to watch along with us in the announcement post here. Be sure to download the episodes so they're ready to play with the group!

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Everyone in the Wing Commander movie club seemed to be very excited to watch Mobile Suit Gundam with friends! And that's certainly something to be happy about. For something made from television episodes, the film looked incredible. Colorful and vibrant. And the story holds up maybe better than it ever did as what seems like a teenage fantasy about flying a robot to save the world (and your mom) meets the grim realities of war. Another one of those wonderful anti-war stories that it's too easy to convince yourself isn't.

We talked a lot about the influence Mobile Suit Gundam had on the style of the Wing Commander I concept art. Here's a good look at White Base and the Snakeir whose look it touched!

And here's a quick comparison of our Newtype heroes…

The movie's story opens at a human colony located at an Earth Lagrange point. The Wing Commander IV novel seems to reference this Gundam backstory exactly

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This is a reminder that we have another fun #Wingnut movie night planned on Discord this evening! The ongoing theme will be movies that are referenced by Wing Commander in some way. Tonight's film is Hard Target (1993) and you can find details on why we're watching it in the announcement post here. The movie will start at 7 PM PST/10 PM EST but feel free to drop by and hang any time!

And don't forget our seventh Wing Commander Cartoon party is early tomorrow!

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Here's a great video: gaming news site Polygon recently did a 'Criterion Closet' style video with Matthew Lillard where he poked through a vintage game collection. It's incredibly entertaining on its own because he's very charismatic and seems to be very genuine in his gaming background… but he also tells a wonderful story about the Wing Commander movie that I'd never heard pop up in an interview before.

This is crazy. I literally just saw this as we walked in. This is a movie I did called Wing Commander. Um, it's so funny. It's with Mark Hamill. Oh, that's so funny. So, yeah. So, I was in Wing Commander. I played Todd Maniac Marshall. One of my favorite lines I've ever said in any movie. It's stupid. This isn't going to be that fun for you, but I literally said in the middle of this movie, "I'm on it." As I'm sliding across the bridge of this spaceship and I'm trying to get us into warp speed and I

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Core Dynamics has confirmed the successful conclusion of its Kestrel field trials, with pilots proving its fighter superiority in conflict zones.
A Core Dynamics press statement described the results as "confirmation that the Kestrel is the best small combat ship available." Engineers monitoring combat situational data reported that the Kestrel outperformed every other ship encountered, better than they had anticipated.
CEO Owen McKenna provided this statement:
"We have a long history of producing high-performance combat ships and always wanted to build a successor to the incomparable Eagle Mk II when the time was right. I'm pleased to announce that the Kestrel is that ship having exceeded all our expectations."
With the successful trials now concluded, Core Dynamics predicts that the Kestrel will be adopted by the Federal Navy and independent combat pilots as the small fighter of choice.
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Last year sci-fi sandbox game No Man's Sky premiered a new "corvette" mode that allows players to design and construct their own spacecraft. In the past we've shared some great reconstructions of Wing Commander fighters and corvettes... and now a Reddit user named CaptainJayne-05 has created something a little bigger. It's the TCS Tiger's Claw herself, complete with working flight deck! Pretty neat:

This is inspired by one of my favorite space flight games of all time, Wing Commander. My brain wasn't creative enough to make an exact replica, but I think it is a decent homage to, what I consider, a classic game. For those not old as dirt, like myself, the Tiger's Claw was the space carrier that you flew from as a fighter pilot in the original Wing Commander game. Anyhoo, hope you like it. Interior is as yet unfinished.