DuracellEnergizer said:

Fang Zei said:

There wasn't much (any?) overlap of vehicle designs between the OT and PT. Sure, they foreshadowed the OT vehicles in the designs of the PT, but we never blatantly saw an X-Wing or TIE fighter flying around.

That's because the PT was dumbfuck bullshit made by a creatively-bankrupt revisionist asshat. Departing as far as possible from its stillborn tropes is a definate must.

Please, give detail, because for all the flaws of the prequels, I don't think going a far as possible from the prequels actually results in any good in the context of ship design. Most prequels ships are actually pretty awesome, and probably a good indicator of where Episode VII should go, assuming the New Republic is doing well 35 years later. Would be rather silly for ship design to remain stagnant and militaristic if there has been a rather peaceful Republic, unless they indeed are still using old Imperial Ships. Hopefully more practical models, but the design itself should be different than OT. If the Republic ends up being rather behind, and decides to revel in nostalgia of an era of oppressiveimperial rule, then sure, I can see being less like the PT and more like the OT, but otherwise no.