The TIE Defender was designed to serve as a multi-role starfighter, capable and durable enough to take on a variety of missions. The flechette torpedoes proved effective, allowing Rogue Squadron to destroy almost thirty percent of the enemy fighters, before the surviving TIE Defenders retreated, carrying the tracking devices with them.

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With the arrival of Assault Gunboat reinforcements, the Imperials were able to prevent the capture of the corvettes by pirate transports.

Grips on either side had the weapons trigger switches while an array of buttons and switches in the middle controlled other functions, including throttle, weapons selection and target acquisition. Initially, I thought it would have been better as two sets, but how often do we get two more-or-less equal vehicles in one set? The Empire dismissed the theft as unimportant since the prototype lacked most of the systems planned for later models and, despite the prototypes' failure against the Rebels, the data collected during the battle proved useful to Sienar Fleet System's technicians in further developing the fighter.

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The TIE/D Defender is an advanced experimental TIE starfighter from Sienar Fleet Systems, armed to the teeth with four laser cannons, two ion cannons, two warhead launchers, and a hyperdrive. Energy management will be a bit more complex, but the Defender has much more powerful energy systems.

This garish red Interceptor has never been produced by Lego, it is a very distinctive looking expanded universe TIE.

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Players can relive the epic action from the blockbuster film in a way that only LEGO can offer, featuring all of the storylines from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, retold through the clever and witty LEGO lens. The fighters participated in multiple battles during the Yuuzhan Vong War and continued to be used by the Imperial Remnant until at least 44 ABY. Manipulating rudder pedals caused maneuvering planes to expand or contract to angle engine thrust and quickly alter the ship's trajectory.

The module had room for a single pilot, [1] 65 kilograms of cargo [9] and consumables for up to one week.