It is the best armed of the starfighters: it has four laser cannons, two ion cannons and two missile launchers, each capable of carrying four. It has Novaldex shield generators and hyperdrive. The new fighter had to be superior in everything. The Defenders, like many other heavy TIE fighters, emerged from the mind of Grand Admiral Demetrius Zaarin.
Many TIEs existed with these characteristics before the Defender, such as the Advanced, the Avenger or, outside of the TIE range, the Skipray Blastboat.
The Imperials decided to create new fighters based on the style of the rebel fighters: heavy fighters, with shields and hyperdrive. This was not very profitable: great pilots were lost (superior to the rebels given the academies on Coruscant and the rest of the planets). characteristicsĭue to the great success of the Rebel fighters against the Imperial fighters, the Imperial Navy had to rethink its doctrine of launching hundreds of weak fighters. In the expanded universe of Star Wars it is one of the best starfighters in the Galaxy during the time of the Galactic Civil War.
The TIE Defender is, in the space simulation video game Star Wars: TIE Fighter, one of the most powerful TIE fighters in the Galactic Empire.
