GhostTaker No, but I look up the wiki. I'm not so much interested in Star Wars as far as designs and technology go. The reason being it's pretty much fantasy pseudo technology for ~12-14 year old kids. Pretty primitive stuff. And most of the designs or art these days have their inspirations from 30's scjfi mags, anime, design studies etc. Nothing I haven't seen in their original form already. New things are very rare about 1-2% at most.
For example:
From an old anime, The Enemy's the Pirates, from 1989. Or maybe it's Gall Force from 1986.... Note the similarity to Star Wars/Battlestar Galactica 2003.
Or the new Star Trek Beyond movie, Starbase Yorktown.
From Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness from 1998.
The list is too long so I don't bother. Funny thing is I made a design as a kid that not only looked exactly but functions the same (no surprise of course) to the new X-wing. I was also inspired by some anime I don't remember which one to create a tactical hologram projector long before Star Trek Voyager showed it. Then again NexGen, DS9, VOY, ENT,+ Star Trek is full of anime references, designs, and names.
