TIE Fighter

The TIE Fighter is a type of vehicle in the Star Wars continuity.

The TIE Fighter is a vehicle of some sort, always associated with Darth Vader. There are two known types, the plain, Mini-Con, TIE Fighter, with flat wings, and the TIE Advanced Fighter that is Darth Vader's personal vehicle. At least three TIE Fighters defend the Death Star.

Toys

Star Wars Transformers

• Darth Vader TIE Advanced Fighter (2006)

Darth Vader's mecha transforms into a TIE Advanced Starfighter, featuring twin spring-loaded missile launchers. These missiles become "lightsaber" melee weapons for the robot mode. One of the vehicle mode's solar panel arrays forms a "cape" for the robot mode, the other a large deflector shield. Like all Star Wars Transformers toys, it comes with a tiny mini-figure of its pilot.

• Darth Vader/Death Star (2007)

Three TIE Fighters, which have Mech Modes where heads pop out of the cockpits, are included in this package. In both modes of the larger Darth Vader/Death Star toy, panels on the back open to reveal storage compartments for the TIE Fighters.

The compartments on either side of the back are barely large enough to accommodate more than one TIE Fighter at a time without disassembling the solar arrays.

External links

• TIE Fighter at Wookieepedia
  
  
  From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.