The 4 Horsemen of the Empire: The Terrifying Tie Fighter Variants that Dominated the Galaxy

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:50 TIE
2:23 The Fighter and the Advanced
6:08 The Bomber and the Interceptor
9:58 Outro

[@tacticaldroidtx22]

The images used for the TIE advanced are actually TIE inquisitors. The TIE advanced wings have abrupt diagonal bends while the TIE inquisitor wings have a smooth curve.

[@viperson9818]

They’re both called Tie advanced. Just the variant the inquisitors used were the prototype of the tie advanced.

[@springy194212]

its images of the TIE advance V1 a competing design to the X1@@viperson9818

[@dragonweyr44]

It's strange that the Inquisitors' TIEs only have solar panels on the inside of the panels and not on the outside where they could absorb more energy

[@silverschannel8578]

@@viperson9818but the audio talking about the longer wings and larger size is obviously talking about the x1 variant

[@sumukhvmrsat6347]

Inquisitors used Tie advanced V1 Vader and Steele used Tie Adv X1

[@quantemwensday]

0:30 from the darkest depths of the European Union

[@nathanshkopiak9060]

I’ve always loved how strange but awesome the Tie Bombers look

[@clubkid13]

My wife doesn’t know anything about Star Wars, but she recognizes a tie fighter as soon as she sees one and hears one

[@vehnashur2771]

The Tie Fighters are iconic and just plain cool. Who in their right mind would fly them, though?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Force sensitive aces, just as their Eta Actis predecessors were.

[@vehnashur2771]

@@michaelandreipalon359 A narrow list, but it answers the question.

[@zexalbrony4799]

Insanely loyal imperials. And also people with half a brain. lol.

[@GGBlaster]

@@vehnashur2771It guarantees that the population of Palpatine’s greatest potential rivals remains small and under control. A simple strategy, but still effective.

[@watercannonscollaboration2281]

It’s interesting that imperial fighter doctrine is basically a page out of Confederate Vulture droid + Hyena bomber combo, but without the benefits of those being droids: not requiring a pilot and ease of production. Then again, this is the Galactic empire we’re talking about and there’s a lot of ideological factors and general incompetence involved

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodNitpicker]

Of course the most ridiculous thing of all about them, are the solar panels. Given that they generally operated far out in space, solar energy would be quite diffuse, and difficult to absorb with any kind of solar panel. Certainly not providing the kind of power needed by Those systems. Solar was never a viable way to run these things.

[@blackore64]

And to add to that, it's a short range fighter, that never operates without dedicated facilities or capital ship nearby anyway, so there's no real need to have the it run on solar panels anyway.

[@dragonweyr44]

I think the solar panels provide energy as a backup power source when a TIE is closer to a star

[@Mr00Ted]

They make more sense as radiators for the high output, yet compact systems.

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodNitpicker]

@@dragonweyr44 yes, and serve as an extreme liability at all other times. A much expanded attack surface, a system that can be damaged and thus cause cascade damage to internal components beyond itself etc. Furthermore, even if it is operating close to a star, it would have to be oriented so that the radiant energy from the star is actually hitting the panels. Meaning it would have a very narrow operating range. It would be much more reasonable, to have a retractable solar panel that could be extended during emergency charge situations while not in combat. No, I can only conclude that the entire reason the panels exist is to look cool. in every other way they are detriment and make no logical sense.

[@dragonweyr44]

@@FriendlyNeighborhoodNitpicker Yes, but, since the panels are on both sides of each "wing" it allows a maximum area possible to collect energy from a star Not from every angle, of course, but the most possible per "wing" design Which is why the "wings" of TIE Advanced, bombers, Interceptors and other similar models have angled "wings". To collect even more available power from more angles Although, this doesn't explain why the Inquisitors TIE Advanced models only have solar panels on the inside of the "wings"

[@romancapulus5577]

I used to have the Lego TIE Fighter and Interceptor as a kid But I never got the advanced Which I was so mad about because it looked so cool

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

No TIE defender?

[@mill2712]

Unfortunately those are very rare. These are your more common models of TIE.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

​@@mill2712 Less common than the TIE Advanced?

[@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462]

​​@@mitwhitgaming7722 Yes. "The ship was very expensive, with each unit costing 300,000 credits - more than five times the cost of a standard TIE fighter - or 80,000 credits used. High maintenance and training costs added further to the expense of the fighters." Excerpt from Wookiepedia Legends.

[@BennyLlama39]

Pat: "It was super compact, allowing for the construction of tiny, and extraordinarily fast space superiority fighters." Me: Except for the giant solar panels on either side, which practically yelled, *"AIM LASER CANNONS HERE!"* 😀

[@grandmoffscott143]

The Tie series shown the love it deserves.

[@michaelpriestley1304]

Tie interceptor is a beast. I'd love to see you do an in-depth video of the tie phantom series though

[@shanenolan5625]

I thought i read in eu / legands. During thr civil war . The empire decided to upgrade the tie interceptor and give them a shield and replace the entire starfire corp . Gradually. With about 25 percent of fighters shirlded by endor . They were losing to may to x wings and other rebel craft.

[@brokenbridge6316]

The TIE Fighter was proof that the Galactic Empire's Military was technologically advanced but poorly led from the top.

[@coisasdewookie8668]

As a wise TIE fighter one time said: " AHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA"

[@codename618]

Now I kinda want to see a comparison between the TIE Fighter, TIE Interceptor, Vulture Droid, and Tri Fighter, strictly in terms of space battle capabilities. (I brought up that last point since the Vulture Droid can also fight on land)

[@jamiewalsh3349]

The TIE Defender is basically of 4 of these in one (well maybe less so of the TIE Bomber but you get the idea)

[@MrJuliansnow]

Man, I miss X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter.

[@luccanicoletto2338]

"What's a horse? Are those a thing in the Unknown Regions?"

[@seanmurphy7183]

Tie Defender scariest one

[@viperson9818]

A tie fighter have no way for a pilot to get back inside without proper landing structures. But somehow pilots found a way to get back in without a proper landing structure.

[@brettphillips9949]

I think biggest flaw especially with the TIE series is lack of visibility for the pilot, this a flaw on most star wars space fighters but unless your a force sensitive I don't see how you be able to react to threats coming from anywhere but straight ahead, you have a small view port and two big ass solar panels blocking even more of your field of vision a enemy from your side or rear and your dead before you know what happened

[@robertagu5533]

Dunno if would think of them as "Horsemen" unless of course you also think of their 6 or 7+ Rebel counter parts as "Archangels".

[@mikkelnpetersen]

TIEs would've been more effective if crewed by droids ("flying is for droids") instread the empire made people into droids including treating them much as such.

[@lacucaracha111111]

I dont know which I like best .... I guess thats a TIE

[@Eintracht-uy3cz]

🤔 apparently lightsaber battles and combat styles for ANH were inspired by traditional Samurai sword techniques and space battles were inspired by WW2 air combat. It seems as if the Rebel machines were designed akin to American planes: mostly sturdy multi-purpose fighters. Judging from this video, you might argue that Imperial machines in contrast were more like Japanese fighters: small and nimble dogfighters, but much less sturdy.

[@fremenchips]

True, but they reversed the doctrine. It was the US with a much larger industrial capacity and population pool that valued the lives of its pilots and the industrial might allowed them to mass produce fighters like the F6F and F4U that poorer and more inefficient Japanese industry could never have.

[@jiyuhong5853]

2:01 unfortunately it was actually extremely hard to become a TIE pilot

[@2mccue4u27]

I'm sorry, "times one?" 😅 Guys, it's X1, as in "experimental one". Putting x as a designation for an experimental model is common.

[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

How did you leave out the four best TIE variants? TIE Defender TIE Avenger TIE Phantom TIE Raptor

[@crusher8017]

Maybe because they were not in the original trilogy.

[@NareshSinghOctagon]

TIEs will forever be cool for a multitude of things,regardless of which one they are. What's not cool,though? Scrolling down the comments and finding that there are still crazy people who post things that have nothing to do with the video in question,KZbin at its' finest.

[@thekaxmax]

Doesn't make sense that those are solar panels; that amount of sunlight, even at 100% conversion efficiency, would about run a room heater and a fridge. As stated early on, though, as radiators they make a lot of sense to cover waste heat from the tiny but overtuned thrusters. Curved panels won't 'eliminate' the side target size issue, it reduces it by about 20% at best. What it does is force pilots to face their foes head-on, none of that namby-pamby 'manoeuvring for position'.

[@inductivegrunt94]

Four Horsemen? What about Pestilence? Or would that be the TIE-Wing? Regardless, TIEs are so cool and iconic that every variant has its own unique charm to it. These four may be the standard ones, but ones like the TIE Defender, TIE Avenger, TIE Phantom, TIE Punisher, and TIE Scout were all really cool models of TIEs.

[@Voidliife]

I'm glad you brought up true legends characters like Coran Horn. That made this video way better. Gave it that authentic Star Wars feel 🙌🏻 (The one we all miss)

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

Tie for every role

[@merafirewing6591]

Standard TIE: Noob TIE Interceptor: Profesional TIE Bomber: Chad TIE Advanced: Legendary

[@ThePrecipice66]

The Phantom TIE will always and forever be my favourite variant.

[@silverchairsg]

With regards to the video on how Grevious organized the CIS armies (Why General Grievous was an Underrated Tactical GENIUS), could you guys recommend any real life military-related reading material in this vein to learn more about military stuff? Organization, logistics, tactics, whatever.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

I still think the Avenger is better than the Advanced. Having two extra laser weapons is always a boon, regardless if one thinks of that craft as a lesser Defender. Bummer that the Interceptor only got four live missions in the TIE Fighter video game (i.e. am not counting the Combat Chamber simulations), all while I'm shocked that the Bomber got seven in comparison to the Fighter's six.

[@SKINWALKER]

| The Tie Hunter!

[@isaackim7675]

Inferno Squad in Cannon should’ve been given TIE Interceptors rather than the regular TIEs in my opinion

[@SupremeKingToshiro]

Agree. I also think they should be customized too.

[@isaackim7675]

@@SupremeKingToshiroto think that Special Forces would’ve been given better fighters, right?

[@SupremeKingToshiro]

@isaackim7675 Yup, you would think

[@kingbooomer9231]

@@isaackim7675but since they're the Spec Ops that the regular troops aren't supposed to know are in the immediate vicinity, giving them regular ties to slip in and out of areas of operations makes sense imo. Would never want to fly it though

[@kevinkidd3691]

The TIE defender is my all time favorite

[@OptimusMaximusNero]

2:28 Speaking of Corran Horn, he's actually part of the new Canon, as he was mentioned in a X-Wing card game released in 2018. Also, the name of his father Valin Halcyon appears craved on wall in the Kenobi show

[@user-yq9im9dk9z]

Canon namedrops are not actual canon until they have a story.

[@GAJake]

Tie defender is my favorite. If the emperor listened to technocrats and tacticians like Thrawn rather than Tarkin the empire could have been much more efficient. 1. Keep the venator, acclamator, arquitense light cruiser, the clones, and republic starfighters such as the v-wing until upkeep become more expensive than new designs. 2. Combine separatist, republic, and new imperial technology and tactics into new designs. I understand the tie design due to centralized logistics rather than having different manufacturers. There are benefits to having different pipelines incase of parts issues, especially in a republic that wants to encourage competition, however for a command economy like the empire it does make sense.: A. Make the tie interceptor the standard tie to act as a point defense ships for carriers, make the tie defender the main long-range patrol and assault starfighter which can extend the range of an imperial fleet. A pair of defenders could likely take out a whole squad of X-wings. Keep the tie bomber but this is the one time I would include another starfighter manufacturer, keeping and upgrading the Y-wing to be a longer range bomber, or develop another type of tie bomber. B. No death star and instead focus technology on interdictors, and stealth ships like the IPV-2C stealth corvette. Create a new carrier based fleet instead of star destroyers. Focus on shields, point defense, and torpedos and missiles over turbolasers. (But keep some turbolasers since they can be fired indefinitely when missiles run out). Also automate much of the ships tor educe crew requirements. Fleet example: 1. Imperial class Star Carrier - New design based on venator. Tie interceptors, bombers, and defenders. I would also include a handful of heavy starfighters such as the missile boat thrawn used that was based on the starwing 1-2 Sovereign class cruisers - smaller more efficient star destroyers, I'm thinking a cross between a gladiator, victory, and munificent frigate. Focusing on shields, long range turbolaser/ion cannons, some medium turbolasers, and especially a focus on capital grade torpedo's, missiles, and point defense weaponry of all types: Laser cannons, point defense missiles, flak guns, and ion cannons. This ship is a also capable of orbital bombardment. 1-2 Stardestroyer class frigates - Basically an imperial MC30c. The stardestroyer frigate will focus on speed, maneuverability, missiles, and turbolasers to quickly strafe enemy ships and retreat. similar complement to the cruiser but with less point defense. I like the cluster bombs that the MC30c had. 2 Nebulon-b frigates. Originally an imperial design anyway I will use likely one as a medical ship and one for additional anti-starfighter support. I would add torpedos and point defense missiles as well but not flak because the shells take up so much space. The empire nationalized CEC so I would include hammerhead corvettes as resupply transports, and create a new gunship based on the lancer, DP20 and raider corvette. Corvettes are a little too big for this role. Their extra space is great for operating on their own for extended periods of times as system patrol ship where a frigate is too expensive and overkill. Small gunships with only enough space or pilots and gunners can be resupplied by the fleet they support. I would have a handful of two different variants 1 focused on anti-starfighter with Lasers and missiles, and one focused on torpedos for anti capital ship warfare. I would name them the "Firestorm class gunship". If possible I would use a handful of IPV-2c stealth corvette as a torpedo boats but these would be more rare. I would also include interdictors in larger fleets. I would also create patrol ships based on the CEC VCX-100 light freighter and add some additional ion weaponry to disable ships in a policing role. The CR90 would also be good to supplement these and be used as personal transports for high ranking imperials. The quasar carrier would also be great for system patrols and policing. The quasar fractures when moving through hyperspace making it weak for the navy but great as a stationary base for VCX-100 patrol ships and tie-interceptors, or as a starfighter base for independently operating tie-defenders. An independent starfighter corps would work great for the empire to set up in hot-spots where a permanent presence is needed.

[@HisDudenessTK421]

If a pilot knew how to exploit the TIE's strengths, they were damn near unbeatable in a dogfight.

[@zexalbrony4799]

So wait, did the Inquisitors usually fly TIE Advanced or TIE Interceptors? I just would like to know if I made a mistake and made myself look stupid(lol) with the TIEs I had the Second and Ninth Sisters, and Fifth and Eight Brothers fly in my fanfic.

[@HenchmenNo616]

The Tie Bomber with the propaganda leaflet payload gave me unrelated GTA Vice City flashbacks

[@SidorovichGaming]

Contrary to your evaluation, I would say that TIE Fighter was a true victory for the bureaucratic machine and did it's job perfectly. The Empire needed a large amount of cheap fighters to cover the entire gigantic galaxy, they simply couldn't afford a better design at a time. It was basically a temporary solution that did the intended job right as it should.

[@DarthJunkie666]

Your channel is so amazing! The multi hour videos are the best, thank you for everything you Do. Oh n smuggler tales is like my favorite KZbin series ever. Lol I wish you made one a day. Ahaha ❤❤❤❤❤

[@shanenolan5625]

But the pilots have favourite ships and could tell them apart by hull marks scratches ect .

[@flashmusicarchive9584]

who wants to see TIE Fighters in action? who wants to pilot the TIE Fighters?

[@philjohnson1744]

When it comes to the best one, I think it is a tie...

[@nightwolfnordberg9476]

This is reason i like tie fighter more then x wings.

[@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462]

I'll take a Hunter, Avenger or Defender anyday.

[@Obiwan7100]

What is your favorite TIE Fighters? My Favorite is the TIE Defender,TIE/sf "Special Forces" and TIE Hunter

[@isaackim7675]

I definitely loved the TIE Reaper from Rogue One

[@nothernstar2576]

TIE Defender ftw

[@digitalhazard2783]

The 4 Horsemen of the Empire Death (dying) Vader Bomb uhhhhh... pointy

[@ignite9724]

And if the tie bomber wasnt destructive enough there is alwaya the tie prowler!!

[@krzosu]

Personaly i love the tie hunter design.

[@viatorius]

Very good little video, but a small correction, the TIE advanced you show pictures of is the V1 and the one Vader uses is the X1. And the TIE fighter short film OTAKING made shows the bomber's potential very well.

[@93earthbound]

I had a TIE Interceptor LEGO set. How about you lot?

[@user-zt8sm2uc5z]

So ducks are cannon?

[@QalOrt]

What no TIE Striker?

[@DarthVages]

👍

[@abdulazizrex]

How could you not bring up the TIE defender?!

[@crusher8017]

It wasn't on the Original Trilogy.

[@willk8717]

Tie Hunter all day long.

[@Obiwan7100]

Four Horseman of the Senate

[@isaackim7675]

I think those four would be Vader, Tarkin, Thrawn, and Mara Jade

[@dragonweyr44]

Why didn't you include the TIE Interceptor?

[@paulsteinhauser434]

He did

[@dragonweyr44]

@@paulsteinhauser434 I saw that after I watched it but, on the thumbnail, they showed the TIE D instead

[@paulsteinhauser434]

@@dragonweyr44 yeah I wonder why.

[@ExpendableSith]

How much of the art in this video is machine generated?

[@hansmerker5611]

I would combine the best qualities of the Tie interceptor with the droid tri fighter.

[@thomaslthomas1506]

From the darkest depths of the EU?? oh yes.....

[@TheFreeBass]

"A rare example of diversity in the Empire". Really? They showed 4 varieties in the OT (one of which was a unique hero version), compared to 6 flavours of stormtrooper. Sure, they added a bunch more as the lore developed but how many were in any way common? I can think of 2 that made it to screen after the OT, easily countered by "new" stormtrooper types. The vast majority of the TIE diversity was displayed in comic books or described in novels & known only to the more diehard SW fans. And even then most couldn't be considered "common" by any stretch. As far as I care, unknown = uncounted.

[@jakto3362]

Aren't TIE fighters below mach 1?

[@aksel8228]

Hello

[@lexington476]

There's still a lot of other TIE variants and versions out there. There's like four versions of the TIR Advance, you didn't mention the TIR Defender. If you were aiming to cover all versions and variance of the TIEs, this video feel very short. 2 out of 5 👎.

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[@kelvingriffiths6017]

Relevant as always. 😒

[@oexplorador6840]

Wai what? Is this the video that you wanted to post?

[@davidkreutter7486]

I’m going to take a nap, let me know when he’s coming back.

[@callumstonehouse8407]

Bruh stfu lmao this is not the place

[@Ilurblur]

And this has what to do with star wars other than Obi Wan looking like Jesus? 😂