The Resistance Bomber isn’t just unique in the Star Wars cinematic pantheon – it stands out within the 40-years of storytelling canon. Whilst real strategic bombers have featured heavily in film (not to mention memoirs and other mediums), the Star Wars Universe doesn’t have a ship which matches something like a B-17, B-29, B-36 or B-52.
If the X-Wing is an F-15 or F-16 with a dozen or less hardpoints, then a Resistance Bomber is our B-52 with the capacity to carry every bomb that you own. That size means it doesn’t just carry a lot of bombs it can carry all of the bombs. Both trailers for the film have shown the ‘Resistance Bomber’, a ship which appears significantly larger than your 12.48-metre-long T-70 X-Wing but probably a touch smaller than the 126-metre-long Corellian Corvette. The Last Jedi will change this in December. There’s one American air power staple however that’s been surprisingly missing from the eight live-action Star Wars films run (not including the two Ewok ventures) – a hulking, vulnerable, heavy-with-ordnance strategic bomber. The Air Force can take its pick – X-Wing fighters, Shuttle pilots, and even an Air & Space Operations Centre on Yavin. So long as Incom keeps delaying Snowspeeder’s Cold Weather Upgrades, this stinky bastard is sitting alone at the Mess (Lucasfilm) Imperial Star Destroyers have largely stood in for the Navy, whilst the Army and Marines forces have been shown on all sides of the Galactic Civil War with armoured units, littoral forces, and even mounted elements. To date, the Star Wars Universe has provided a science fiction examples to many real-life military roles (with varying degrees of artistic licence). Formations of Resistance Bombers with T-70 X-Wing Starfighters.
The Last Jedi promises something not seen before – a Star Wars equivalent of a strategic heavy bomber.
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