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The distinctive T.I.E. fighters (Twin Ion Engine) were the bane of the rebel resistance fighters; highly maneuverable, they swarmed like hornets in defense of Imperial space fortresses. The Star Wars Databank describes them as follows:
Let's pick up the action at the Deathstar...
I'm betting those "leaflike" fragments were bits of solar panel. And yes, in my 1970's vintage copy of the novel Star Wars, they are called "Tie (not T.I.E.) fighters."
![]() (From Star Wars T.I.E. Fighter) Who among us can forget the thrilling climax in the first (okay, the fourth) movie in which Luke Skywalker uses the Force alone in outwitting both Darth Vader and two other pilots, all chasing his X-wing craft with their T.I.E. fighters. As I recall, Vader's fighter had some special modifications. See the ion drive from Jack Williamson's 1947 story Equalizer for the earliest use of "ion drive." Comment/Join this discussion ( 12 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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