Spearheaded by Grand Admiral Thrawn’s new fighter initiative in the year 2 BBY, the TIE/D Defender was a prototype fighter-bomber that was armed and outfitted according to principles developed by Thrawn himself.Īnd you can see the difference in the TIE Defender’s capabilities. The infamous shipyard designed the TIE Defender to compete with the advanced starfighters of the Rebellion. Where does it all begin? Like most things in the Empire, it starts with Sienar Fleet Systems. The Tri-winged ship was powerful enough to take on even the most advanced starfighters of the Rebellion, and had the Empire not decided to throw it away, the Galactic Civil War might have turned out very different.
The average life expectancy of a TIE pilot was very short indeed, as the typical TIE-series starfighter had neither shields, hyperdrive, nor life support.īut that principle was turned on its head with the development of the TIE Defender. They’re also emblematic of its principles, for the Empire favored cheap, disposable starfighters that cost almost nothing to make, and could sow terror wherever they went–in both the enemies targeted by them, and the pilots inside of them. The TIE-series starfighters are synonymous with the Galactic Empire’s rise to power.
In order to crush the Rebellion, the Empire built the best fighter ever, and then decided to throw it away.
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