Pirate the galaxy in style with the Typhoon and Tarantula starships

Official Star Wars media runs the gamut from abysmal to sublime, but the best Star Wars stories will always be the ones that exist in our heads. Perhaps no other fictional universe has spawned as many fan works where foundational canon serves as a launchpad for creativity. In the LEGO community, RPGs like Star Wars: Factions are collaborative playgrounds for stories told with visual accompaniment in the form of original builds. Sentinel_Brix is one of the more prolific members of that community, leaning heavily into the “opera” side of space opera with a complex serial story with a sprawling cast. One of the builder’s latest arcs features pirates and includes original designs for a galleon and starfighter.

Per the builder’s lore, the DY-76 “Typhoon” is a starfighter from the Clone Wars era built by Koensayr Manufacturing. If the vessel’s cockpit looks familiar, it’s because it comes from the same company the made the Y-Wing. I especially like the biplane wing design and the color details in sand red and light blue.

For the full technical breakdown, Sentinel_Brix provides a handy fact sheet.

When they aren’t out dogfighting, the Typhoons dock in the pirate star galleon Tarantula, helmed by Aquilish Captain Arrick Click. It’s a wonderful microscale design that is both distinctly Star Wars and unmistakably pirate, thanks in large part to the broadside of projectile cannons.  Again, the builder provides plenty more lore on the ship and her crew.

As a fun detail, Sentinel_Brix built a few locations of the Tarantula’s interior at minifig scale, including this wonderfully greebly pipe organ. Because of course every pirate captain needs their own pipe organ, even if they have a hook for a hand.

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