Which is more iconic?

[Deset Gled]

The falcon. Reason being is that the DeLorean at the end of the day, is also a car. So its meaning is split between two iconographies.

The falcon is the falcon. There is nothing else, there is no other interpretation, no other meaning. The symbol = the star wars corvette, pure and simple.

This was my logic as well. Going further, the design of the DeLorean is uncommon, but not completely unique. Things like the wing door are rare, but have turned up in other designs (including a Tesla). At the end of the day, it still looks basically like a car.

The Falcon, on the other hand, is fairly unique even by spaceship standards. The assymetric outline looks like no other standard spaceship design, making it instantly recognizable.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

And I'm pretty sure that, ultimately, they were all named after the US Navy Brig from the 18th Century.

Arguably, the first (U.S.) navy enterprise was a British ship that Benedict Arnold comandeered.

But the space shuttle would never have been named Enterprise but for Star Trek.

 

[payn]

The Falcon is a garbage scow.

 

[Thunderfoot]

And I'm pretty sure that, ultimately, they were all named after the US Navy Brig from the 18th Century.

HMS Enterprise British early 18th C.

 

[Thunderfoot]

The Death Star... If only because of the smartass butt crack comments it spawned....
"That's no moon, that's a, no wait, that IS a moon."

 

[Ryujin]

Arguably, the first (U.S.) navy enterprise was a British ship that Benedict Arnold comandeered.

But the space shuttle would never have been named Enterprise but for Star Trek.

Arguably, as that ship was captured by the Continental Militia, it could be termed an Army ship

 

[Ryujin]

HMS Enterprise British early 18th C.

Yeah, no. An American SciFi series didn't name their flagship after a British sailing vessel

 

[Thunderfoot]

Yeah, no. An American SciFi series didn't name their flagship after a British sailing vessel

Yeah...but it WAS the first.

 

[MarkB]

Yeah, no. An American SciFi series didn't name their flagship after a British sailing vessel

But it was in the lineage. Just watch the opening titles of Star Trek Enterprise if you don't believe me.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

The starship Enterprise was directly named after the WW2 aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, which earned "heroic ship" status at the battle of Midway.

But that carrier was named after a long line of ships, including the British HMS Enterprize that was captured by colonial rebels. But that ship wasn't the first. The first Royal Navy ship named Enterprise was a captured French ship, originally L'Entreprise.