#TIE fighters

[star-wars-forever]

[onetruechromosome]

So, in hindsight. In my recent rewatch of Rebels, I noticed that Tarkin tells Thrawn that he might cancel his budget for the Death Star.

So the Empire has a budget that can either be spent on a planet sized station, or a single Tie factory?

How expensive is the Defender?!!!

It's just a Tie Fighter with the same capabilities of an X-Wing, and rebels are getting those pre-owned.

[nocternalrandomness]

Imperial Star Destroyer Mk I launching fighters

[dearlittlebuttercup]

Things I like to say to annoy my affianced:

- The Star Trek/ The Star Wars instead of just Star Trek / Wars

- "Mr Vader" for Darth Vader

- "H wings" for TIE Fighters

- "That gay little tailor" for Garak

- All clones are referred to as "my son"

- Health potions in games are all "salad" as in "your health is getting low, better find a salad"

- "The poking-mons" for pokemon

- "Mr Motherfucker" for Mace Windu

- All spaceships are "boats"

I'll update as I remember more.

[kply-industries]

[swtechspecs]

Sienar Fleet Systems TIE/D (Twin Ion Engine Defender)

Source: The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (Del Rey, 1996)

[machetelanding]

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"IT'S NOT A DIFFICULT FILM TO SYNOPSIZE. IN FACT, IT IS STRAIGHT OUT OF "BUCK ROGERS" AND "FLASH GORDON" BY WAY OF TOLKIEN..."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on an original "STAR WARS" (1977) unused painting by Dan Goozee intended for a SW promo poster.

POSTER OVERVIEW: "This painting is a varation of the final art used for an advertising campaign art from the original 1977 theatrical release of "STAR WARS" was painted by movie poster veteran Daniel Goozee ("Moonraker," "Octopussy," "Clash of the Titans," and "Superman IV")."

-- SCIENCE FICTION ARCHIVES

FILM OVERVIEW: "It’s not a difficult movie to synopsize. In fact, "STAR WARS" is straight out of "Buck Rogers" and "Flash Gordon" by way of Tolkien, "Prince Valiant," "The Wizard of Oz," "Boy’s Life" and about every great western movie ever made. Our hero, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) is a farmboy from an arid desert planet called Tatooine who suddenly finds himself – through a series of unlikely events – smack in the middle of a galactic civil war. His allies include Han Solo (Harrison Ford), a daredevil space-pilot-for-hire; Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), a mystical old gent who is the last of a group called the Jedi knights, and who knew Luke’s father when; Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), who is one of the chief rebels opposing the Empire; Chewbacca, the Wookiee, an eight-foot-tall, intelligent and ferocious anthropoid; and two wisecracking robots named Artoo Deetoo and See Threepio (the former speaks android, the latter English) who practically steal the film.

The chief bad guys are Darth Vader (David Prowse) and Grand Moff Tarkin (Peter Cushing), aided by a horde of flunkies and storm troopers. They operate out of the Death Star, an enormous satellite designed specifically to go around the galaxy zapping recalcitrant planets unwilling to side with the Empire. It is clear, early in the film, that confrontations are inevitable. It’s also clear who’s going to win."

-- ROLLING STONE (TV & Film), "George Lucas: The Wizard of "STAR WARS,"" "A conversation with the writer and director, who reveals the voice behind Darth Vader, why robots need love too and where Wookiees come from," c. August 1977

Sources: www.rollingstone.com/feature/george-lucas-the-wizard-of-star-wars-2-232011/amp, Science Fiction Archives, various, etc...

[paulgadzikowski]

I’ve never been more than casually into Star Wars but there’s something about TIE fighters that endlessly delights me.  They’re just so shaped.

[shadowwingtronix]

Saturday Night Showcase> Wingman - An X-Wing Story

BW Media Spotlight's Saturday Night Showcase> Wingman - An X-Wing Story

Our last Showcase went on a mission to find a Doctor Who fanfilm by people who actually still cared about Doctor Who. Tonight I decided to do the same thing with Star Wars. Star Wars fan productions have gone on almost as long as the franchise has existed, so it should be easy. However, most of the offerings were better served to the Daily Video than a standout for Saturday Night Showcase, until…

[star-wars-forever]

[pedroam-bang]

TIE Fighter (2015)

[marleighdrinkscoffee]

My school needs a Tie Dealer

Perhaps I’ll become the Tie Dealer

Anyone to whom I Deal a Tie may then fight alongside me as a brother-in-arms

We, the Tie Fighters, shall fight those who do not wear Ties

To be Dealt a Tie and cease be an enemy, one must show strength in battle

[spockvarietyhour]

Rogue One (2016) directed by Gareth Edwards

[getamovieon]

[nocternalrandomness]

"Nebula Patrol"