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Not a chance of getting a break from Zaarin's incessant TIE Defenders!" ―Imperial briefing officer — Listen ( file info) [36] This garish red Interceptor has never been produced by Lego, it is a very distinctive looking expanded universe TIE. Unlike the vanilla Interceptors, these variants had a hyperdrive and defense shields. I have also done a revamped TIE Avenger and Defender to go along with the other updated TIEs. The minifigures included are a Stormtrooper with a blaster pistol, and a TIE Pilot with a newly redesigned helmet.

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The TIE/D Defender was a shield and hyperdrive equipped TIE series starfighter and was armed with 4 laser cannons, 2 ion cannons and 2 warhead launchers. This starfighter was utilized in the Empire's campaign against former Grand Admiral Zaarin, and was later used by the Imperial Remnant after the death of Palpatine, also being utilized in the Yuzzhan Vong War. This history would later be reclassified as Star Wars Legends, though the Defender would reappear in canon in Star Wars Rebels. With the Empire's ability to manufacture TIE Avengers severely reduced, Zaarin continued to pursue a technological advantage over the Empire by targeting the research facility where he had overseen development of the TIE Defender. As Zaarin's forces attempted to escape with several TIE Defender prototypes, an Imperial strike force, consisting of TIE Defenders and assault transports, arrived to prevent the loss of the prototypes and to recapture the base itself. The Empire succeeded in preventing Zaarin from acquiring most of the remaining TIE Defender prototypes and, after the facility was secured, the Star Destroyer Adarga arrived to defend it. [11] Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 67 ( A Revolution In Film: Star Wars: TIE Fighter)

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Despite the Empire's long held resistance to the TIE Defender, they would continue to be used by the Imperial Remnant until at least the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War, with the starfighters stationed on many Imperial capital ships including Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon's flagship, the Right to Rule. [13] TIE Defenders appear in Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron and fighters which appear to be TIE Defenders can be seen in Rebellion 5, both of which take place before the canonical debut of the class after the Battle of Hoth, as established by TIE Fighter and repeated in numerous sources. [2] [34] [49] The appearance of the TIE Defender in Renegade Squadron was explained in The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 67 which established them as early TIE Advanced x7 prototypes. [32]

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Following the Battle of Hoth, Emperor Palpatine charged Grand Admiral Zaarin with the continuing development of the TIE series. Zaarin had all ongoing projects transferred to the XQ6 Platform Research in the Parmel system, including the TIE Defender and TIE Avenger, an evolution of Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1 which Zaarin saw as merely a step towards completion of the TIE Defender. Both projects relied heavily upon the development of a hyperdrive which could be mass produced and which would be small enough to fit inside the fuselage of a TIE fighter. When that proved problematic to Zaarin's team, the Grand Admiral managed to acquire the technology from the Habeen through a combination of diplomacy and military action against their rivals, the Nharwaak. [31] By the time that the TIE Avenger, modified by Zaarin to use the Habeen hyperdrive technology, entered service, the TIE Defender project had reached the final prototype stage [2] and the Empire was planning to roll the finished product out as a replacement for the Assault Gunboat. [35] The TIE Defender was created for the 1994 LucasArts video game Star Wars: TIE Fighter in which the craft was flyable by the player. [2] Although this craft was initially left out of the multiplayer Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter ( 1997) for the sake of balance, the game data files still have an entry for the TIE Defender in the craft library, with the description field reading "Advanced space superiority fighter. This craft is too powerful to be put in this simulation. Dream on, fanboy!" [48] The TIE Defender returned in 1999's Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance, making an appearance in the single-player campaign and available as a player craft in the multiplayer mode. [8]In both TIE Fighter and X-Wing Alliance, the TIE Defender is depicted as faster than both the RZ-1 A-wing interceptor and the TIE Interceptor. [2] [8] This was reinforced by Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, which described the ship as the "fastest and most maneuverable craft in the galaxy." [52] The figures given in the New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels do show it as faster than both, but only in an atmosphere, while its acceleration value is slightly lower than the TIE Interceptor and significantly below that of the A-wing. [7] The 2007 edition of Starships of the Galaxy describes the TIE Defender as "much faster than any other TIE variant," though it is unclear if this is referring to atmospheric speed or acceleration. [5] Star Wars: Rebellion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide states that "only the A-wing and TIE interceptor are more agile in battle." [27] This contradicts other sources, including the Databank and The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels, which state that the TIE Defender was more agile than the TIE interceptor. [4] [6] Other inconsistencies [ ] The TIE Defender was designed to serve as a multi-role starfighter, capable and durable enough to take on a variety of missions. [10] Standard Imperial doctrine recommended that TIE Defenders operate in flight groups of four; however, Imperial commanders took advantage of the starfighter's superior abilities to customize mission forces on a case-by-case basis. [4] Defender pilots often found themselves occupying mission roles previously held by older fighters such as TIE Interceptors and Assault Gunboats. [11]

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Admiral Thrawn and the Emperor himself are gravely concerned over the possible proliferation of TIE Defenders. So potent a starfighter must not fall into enemy hands." ―Imperial briefing officer — Listen ( file info) [11] The third combat exercise demonstrated the ship's ability to operate independent of capital ships by inspecting vessels passing through a hyperspace jump point and disabling any vessels carrying contraband for capture by Imperial forces. After entering the system, pilots waited as cargo craft began passing through the sector, starting with Modular conveyors. Cargo ferries soon followed, one of which contained Rebels. Pilots could disable the craft for capture immediately upon the discovery, or wait until after inspecting the remaining transports, completing the primary objective. After disabling the contraband-carrying cargo ferry, trainees fended off multiple series of Rebel starfighters, protecting their command ship and boarding craft. All secondary and bonus objectives could be completed by eliminating all non-Imperial craft in the system, and successfully capturing the contraband. [2] There is also some discrepancy among sources as to the length of the TIE Defender. The TIE Defender's Databank entry and The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 67 describe it as 9.2 meters long; [6] [20] however, Star Wars: TIE Fighter had originally given the length as 10 meters, [2] a length which was repeated in The Official Star Wars Fact File 73 and The Official Star Wars Fact File Part 53. [15] [14] Furthermore, both The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels and More Starships! list the length as 6.6 meters. [7] [9] The 9.2 meter length also appears in Coruscant and the Core Worlds as the length of the TIE Advanced x7 which served as the prototype for the TIE Defender. [30]Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 67 ( Welcome On Board: Grand Admiral Demetrius Zaarin) Defenders remained in limited use under the Imperial Remnant, deployed in small numbers to the best pilots, rather than to whole squadrons. Shortly after the end of the Adumari Civil War, the Empire launched an assault on New Republic forces in orbit of Adumar. Among the Imperial fighters were four TIE Defenders in the service of the 181st Imperial Fighter Wing under Turr Phennir, deployed in two pairs. These fighters acquitted themselves well and destroyed or disabled many New Republic starfighters. The Imperial forces were ultimately defeated and at least one of the TIE Defenders was destroyed in combat with members of Rogue Squadron, with Phennir's damaged and forced to withdraw. [45] Yuuzhan Vong War and later use [ ] Many of the starfighter's specifications changed between TIE Fighter and X-Wing Alliance. The earlier game gave a speed rating of 155 MGLT, a maneuverability rating of 175 DPF and a hull rating of 20 RU. [2] These were revised to 144 MGLT, 110 DPF and 14 RU in X-Wing Alliance. [8] The shield rating was given as 200 SBD in TIE Fighter [2] but was listed as 100 SBD in both TIE Fighter: The Official Strategy Guide [1] and X-Wing Alliance. Since it is the latest source, this article uses the values from X-Wing Alliance. [8] Comparison image with the standard Interceptor, with a random cameo by a Grand Admiral Thrawn minifig! Now, some good news for you! You have been selected to receive advanced combat training in the new TIE Defender. Report to the Combat Chamber..." ―Imperial briefing officer [2]

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TIE Experimental M1 · TIE Experimental M2 · TIE Experimental M3 · TIE Experimental M4 · TIE Experimental M5 The high success rate of more advanced Rebel starfighters against standard Imperial TIE Fighters resulted in a mounting cost of replacing destroyed fighters. That, combined with the realization that the inclusion of a hyperdrive would allow the fleet to be more flexible, caused the Imperial Navy to rethink its doctrine of using swarms of cheap craft instead of fewer high-quality ones, leading to the introduction of the TIE Advanced x1 [15] and its successor, the TIE Avenger. [16] The TIE/D Defender, [1] commonly known as the TIE Defender or T/D, [2] was touted as the next "logical advance" of the TIE Series—a starfighter that was fast, well armed and capable of hyperspace travel. [4]

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