TIE fighter | |
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Star Wars vehicle | |
First appearance | Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (1976 novel) |
Created by | Colin Cantwell |
Information | |
Affiliation | |
Made by | Sienar Fleet Systems Sienar-Jaemus Fleet Systems |
Auxiliary vehicles | Ejection seat |
General characteristics | |
Class | Space superiority fighter |
Armaments | SFS L-s1 laser cannons (2) |
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Propulsion | SFS P-s4 Twin Ion Engines |
Power | I-a2b Solar Ionization Reactor |
Length | 7.2 meters (23 ft 9 in) |
Width | 6.7 meters (21 ft 11 in) |
Height | 8.8 meters (28 ft 11 in) |
Population volume | 1 pilot |
The TIE fighter or Twin Ion Engine fighter is a series of fictional starfighters featured in the Star Wars universe. TIE fighters are depicted as fast, agile, yet fragile starfighters produced by Sienar Fleet Systems for the Galactic Empire and by Sienar-Jaemus Fleet Systems for the First Order and the Sith Eternal. TIE fighters and other TIE craft appear in Star Wars films, television shows, and throughout the Star Wars expanded universe. Several TIE fighter replicas and toys, as well as a TIE flight simulator, have been produced and sold by many companies.