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Concept
TIE fighter
Summary
Infobox fictional vehicle
| name = TIE fighter
| series = Star Wars
| first_major = Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (1976 novel)'
| last =
| image = TIEfighter.jpg
| caption = A pair of standard TIE/LN starfighters
| creator = Colin Cantwell
| affiliation =
| maker = Sienar Fleet SystemsSienar-Jaemus Fleet Systems
| aux_vehicle =Ejection seat
| class = Space superiority fighter
| armaments = SFS L-s1 laser cannons (2)
| defense =
| max_speed =
| propulsion = SFS P-s4 Twin Ion Engines
| chassis =
| 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.
Colin Cantwell created the concept model that established the TIE fighter's ball-cockpit and hexagonal panels design for Star Wars (1977). Star Wars creator George Lucas liked the basic design consisting of two panels connected by a stick with a ball-shaped cockpit, but Cantwell's concept had few details. Joe Johnston created additional details, such as the cockpit window and the attachment points between the solar panels and the hull.
Initially given a blue color scheme, the TIE fighter models for the first film were grey to film better against a bluescreen; TIE fighters in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983) shifted back to being a muted blue. Sound designer Ben Burtt created the distinctive sound effect of TIE fighter gunfire by combining an elephant call with a car driving on wet pavement.
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