Abhi’s Tiering of Star Wars Vehicles & Vessels

Not every ship can the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.

Star Wars vehicles and vessels tiered on their cool factor. For brevity, includes only ships mentioned or shown in the movies (excluding Rogue One to avoid spoilers).

TIER I: X-WING

X-Wing.

T-65 X-Wing
T-70 X-Wing

X-Wing.

TIER II: INDISPENSABLE INTERSTELLAR STARSHIPS

It’s just not Star Wars without them.

Slave I
Millennium Falcon
TIE Fighter
Y-Wing

Slave I, like Boba Fett, deserved way more screen time.

TIER III: UNDENIABLY COOL UNIVERSAL CRAFT

Maybe they don’t drive the story — but they definitely drive a good childhood play session.

Scimitar
Delta-7 Aethersprite (Jedi Starfighter)
LAAT (Clone Gunship)
AT-AT
T-47 Snowspeeder
A-Wing
B-Wing
TIE Interceptor
Executor

TIE Interceptors are really cool.

TIER IV: ESSENTIAL EXTRATERRESTRIAL VESSELS

Okay, it’s not Star Wars without these either. But are they really that cool?

Tantive IV
Death Star
Speeder Bike
XJ-6 Airspeeder
AT-TE
X-34 Landspeeder
TIE Advanced
Nebulon-B Frigate
Cloud Car
Jabba’s Sail Barge
Lambda-Class Shuttle
MC80 Home One

Basically totally designed so the Rebellion could have some big ships too. But I can live with it.

TIER V: VERY NEAT VEHICLES

Say what you will about the storytelling, but George Lucas and his colleagues’ imaginations never flag.

Bongo
Naboo N-1
Vulture Droid
Geonosian Starfighter
Hailfire Droid
ARC-170
Solar Sailer
Munificent-Class Frigate
Emergency Firespeeder
Soulless One
Sandcrawler
TIE Bomber
MC80 Liberty Star Cruiser
Kylo Ren’s Shuttle

Kylo Ren’s shuttle was a highlight of The Force Awakens (apart from the X-Wings).

TIER VI: NOW THIS IS PODRACING

In a league of its own.

Podracer

The Phantom Menace’s saving grace.

TIER VII: THE FILLER FLEET

Did you even notice these?

Consular-Class Cruiser
Gian Speeder
Flash Speeder
Neimoidian Shuttle
Coruscant Airbus
Sentinel-Class Lander
Quadjumper
Assault Lander
Banking Clan Transport
Rebel Transport

Do you have any memory of seeing this thing?

TIER VIII: WORLDLY WARSHIPS

Barely disguised stand-ins for things we have on Earth.

C-9979 Lander
AAT
Naboo Royal Starship
Padme’s Yacht
SPHA-T (Republic Artillery)
Providence-Class Dreadnought (Separatist Flagship)
Juggernaut
Tank Droid
Desert Skiff

It’s a tank. Big hecking deal.

TIER IX: I DON’T LIKE YOU EITHER

Not that cool.

Homing Spider Droid
MTT
STAP
Trade Federation Command Ship
Zam Wessel’s Airspeeder
Droid Tri Fighter
AT-ST

I really don’t like AT-STs. This is me being kind.

TIER X: WELL I GUESS IF YOU WANT TO WHOOP WOMP RATS

We don’t really ever get to see it do anything.

T-16 Skyhopper

If we included Star Wars: Rebel Starfighter in the points for this tiering, I’d be able to place the T-16 better. But we’re not, so I can’t.

TIER XI: BORING BOATS

“Hey, we designed this one ship, and this one other ship, let’s do another one in between.”

J-Type Diplomatic Barge
J-Type Star Skiff
Alpha-3 V-Wing
Actis-Class Jedi Starfighter
Acclamator-Class Assault Ship
AT-RT
Tantive III/ Sundered Heart
Death Star II
Special Forces TIE

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