ray_afraid said:

I know it's only a model either way, but the grey ties just look more realistic to my eyes. The blue ties look like toys- looks like they were made of plastic. And the idea that the Empire would paint their fighters blue just seems goofy and out of place.

But I do understand the want/need to have them stand out against the Stardestroyers/DS... Didn't Ady say that they would be less blue than the DVD/BD but more so than the ANH:R ties? ...They still look awfully blue in the latest clip.

The thing is: the TIES are moving more than fast enough that even being grey you can obviously tell where they are and what they are doing. Was this same argument made with grey TIEs flying over the grey Death Star? Did they get lost in the visual commotion then?

Erikstormtrooper said:

COME JOIN THE IMPERIAL NAVY. OUR SHIPS HAVE FRESH PAINT!

????

RLOL. Okay, I swear, this is it. No more about the grey/blue TIEs from me. Or at least for the next hour...

I'm starting to feel like Al Pacino in GODFATHER III:

"Every time I start to get out of the grey/blue TIE fighter debate (that, granted, I helped to create), they pull me right back in!"