The Tie Defender is my favorite star fighter. if it wasn't for its expensive cost it would definitely gave the rebels a run for the money if not worse.
"The writers don't know anything" The writers know a fuck ton about Star Wars. They're all fans, but Disney wants to ditch EU because it's too much of a contradictory clusterfuck so they started again. Don't act like the entire EU is a goldmine of Star Wars lore because it's not, most of it is shit
I think we are all aware the EU had some issues, not nearly as many as your acting, but some. The exact samething will happen to canon, give it 10-15 years and it will get convoluted 20-30 it will contradict itself. Just remember Disney made sabercopters and a psychic vampire with a parasite issue. Yeah, disney is already screwing up and they have a story group
Inquisitr Mikey well, when they were deployed, they were piloted by TIE Intercepter Aces, either the luckiest or best pilots in the Imperial Navy, my guess is a squadron of TIE defenders could take on two squadrons of X-Wings
The first game wasn't the hardest once you learned the quirks about it. The hardest thing about it was knowing what exactly the mission objectives were. The actual starfighting wasn't all that difficult once you learn to max speed and use quad shots and lead the target. The other games can be painfully difficult especially when you select the higher difficulties. I think X-Wing VS Tiefighter was the hardest because all the ships were balanced for multiplayer. The AI was programed assuming that it would be facing several thinking and coordinated human beings working together.
+Chris Pearson I know I am not who you were asking, but no, in my opinion X-Wing was the easiest of the X-Wing games. in the first X-Wing game there was no capital ship which was a serious threat to your fighter, however in Tie Fighter not having sheilds on half the missions made it much more chalanging as 1 hit could cripple your ship, then in Aliance there were capital ships which would shread your fighter in seconds even with sheilds. in X-Wing the worst threat was a swarm of ties, and all you had to do was make sure not to attack them head to head.
Agree to disagree about #1. If you are including Legends material then the most undisputed best Starfighter is the Missile Boat. That sucker is twice as fast as A-wings, has more ordinance than several B-wings (up to 40 concussion missiles, or 20 and 5 space bombs) and was designed to manauver even better than TIE Defenders and killing them in staggering ratios. It's fully capable of destroying MC80s or ISD IIs solo with a competent pilot. No Starfighter line in the Star Wars universe has that things kill ratios shy of the flying Mary Sue called The Sun Crusher. The Missile Boats only real flaw is it has 1 weak laser cannon. It is literally designed to be the modern jet with missiles verses WW2 dogfighting planes, it even has after burners. It was designed by Thrawn himself.
@@brentbartley6838 That's why it had an afterburner and hyperdrive. You can kill why you can't catch up to. Plus really? There's a solution to running out of missiles besides the obvious reloading. Having a Squadron of backup missiles boats. A wing of these takes down the entire Rebel Alliance. A wing of these is 2,880 concussion missiles and 1,440 proton torpedoes. Even if only half the missiles hit that's every fighter in the Rebel Alliance. Then 1,440 proton torpedoes to rend asunder the fleet.
I'm so so SO glad somebody actually recognizes the TIE Advanced. It was definitely my favorite fighter to fly when I played the TIE Fighter games, and it never really got much attention afterwards.
Wait, what about that fighter that was the exact same as a missleboat, but faster? (No, not a modified one, has one massive engine for a fighter, same payload, etc.)
I miss the TIE Phantom on this list. Cloaking itself, sneaking up on it´s enemy and striking with a blast from it´s 5(!) cannons... Wouldn´t that be a really deadly craft?
The Phantom dosen't have a lot of versatility or flexibility. It has no Ion Cannons or warhead launchers, and besides its cloak and slightly larger number of laser cannons it's pretty much the inferior to the X-Wing. Phantom would probably make a good #6 or #7 though.
It certainly is a dangerous ship, but yes, little in equipment and all in all very situational. But the list was about the deadliest, and a backstabber like the Phantom sure fits that bill.
Don't get me wrong, the Phantom is very deadly and I really like its design, But this is a list of the top 5 most powerful, most destructive, most lethal fighters in the galaxy. The TIE Phantom is quite deadly, but the only thing it has over the ships on this list is the cloaking device. The other ships on the list have equal or better firepower, defenses, and speed. In a scout, ambush, and assassination role the Phantom is unmatched by any other starfighter. But it's just not quite as powerful as ships like the TIE Advanced. Like I said, 6th or 7th place for the Phantom would be perfect, and if you argue that the X-83 is just a more advanced X-Wing, then the Phantom would take 5th place.
I wrote that too strong, sorry. I did not disagree with you. You are correct, the Phantom is too situational. An honorable 6th place is perfectly appropriate.
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Speaking of the destruction of the Executor at the hands of that crashing A-Wing, I've long wondered why Kamikaze attacks like that aren't more common. Design a small ship like a stripped down A-Wing with nothing but a power generator, engines, and a droid brain. Make it a very solid design with as little empty space as possible. Make it sturdy and durable without devoting too many resources to making it heavily armored. Then, program it to fly straight into the most vulnerable section of an enemy capital ship at maximum speed.
Diego Rodriguez Not really. Happens all the time. My hair was so blond it was almost white when I was 8. Now I'm 42 and it's brown. Bleaches out when I'm in the sun a lot.
Diego Rodriguez. My oldest daughters hair has went from red to strawberry blond to blond, now its darkening to a light brown. I was born a blonde, now my hair is plaid... Lol.
the e wing is a buggy ship that had a lot of errors and it was made of crappy metal, that's why it wasn't used a lot and the people who used them modified them
One Clone Wars-era ship I'd consider was the Droid Tri-fighter. Small, fast, nimble and warmed extremely well. The Buzz Droids can do some massive damage and do their job barring the best of pilots
ARC, StarVipers and/or Chiss Nssis fighters are my some of my favorites. The Nssis especially, as when they enter combat they use their manuvering thrusters to put them into a spin and fire the cannons, creating an impossible-to-evade assault! They are also shielded, have a class 1.5 hyperdrive and have decent armor when compared to the normal tie, but are slightly slower, and often lack nav-coms relying on Chiss hyperspace bouey systems.
Great video as always! Favorite ships Star fighter: ETA 2 Class Light Intercepter (The ship Anakin uses in Revenge of the Sith) Capitol ship: Venator Class Star Destroyer
Don't see how the E-wing is better than the X-wing. Ewing had countless problems from faulty lasers to a single proton torpedo launcher. Yes it has 16 torpedoes it could fire but it had to fire them one at a time. Requiring a specialized astromech just to handle its systems, would make maintenance a nightmare. Its shields were not much better than the Xwing either. As a side note the E-wing could be argued to be a modified X-wing as the designers for it were from Incom.
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My dream starcraft is definitely the TIE Defender! So gorgeous and deadly, plus shielding, a ton of weaponry, and a hyperdrive!! Always imagined myself flying one when I was younger!
I was wondering about that too. Shields, hyperdrive, tractor beam, comparable speed and maneuverability to the TIE advanced series and Defender (or at least the Interceptor), and a heck of a lot of ordnance. When you use it in the TIE Fighter game, you could be asked to do just about anything short of actually disabling ships like the Defender could, but you could do seemingly any other role from space superiority to destroying or at least crippling capital ships as big as ISDs and Liberty Mon Cal Cruisers. One of my favorite missions in that game is when you use a Missile Boat to almost single-handedly cripple something like a Liberty Mon Cal by destroying all its weapon hardpoints with 40 missiles and 30 proton torpedoes, not to mention its fighter escorts.
I love the B-wing EC Henry designed. With the crew of 3 to do long range or medium range patrols. He's great at making legendary ships even better. For the X-wing... If it ain't broken don't fix it. Just a beautiful rendition of a P-38 in space. The X-83 Twin Tail.
Also, I've seen the Missile Boat mentioned in the comments. I agree that it was a fantastic starfighter, and just another example of Thrawns brilliance. However, once it runs out of ordnance, it's useless in an offensive role Give it at least 2 heavy laser cannons and a heavy ion cannon in addition to its standard configuration (though remove the medium laser cannon first, it's obviously unnecessary) and you've got something that can definitely give the TIE Defender a run for its money, and have minimally decreased effectiveness after it has exhausted its supply of ordnance. This next bit is a little off topic, but personally, if I were the commander of my own faction within the Star Wars universe, I would try to get a hold of Thrawn so I could scan his brain and make an advanced droid with his personality and memories, albeit altered so it would be utterly loyal to me. I would give it extremely high processing power like that of a super tactical droid, and it would be equipped with a heuristic processor so it could learn through experience. I would also build it without a creativity damper, so that it could use Thrawns personality to the best of its abilities and think of new tactics and ship designs. I think another way to improve your ships would be to become allies with the Chiss Ascendancy, and send them any new designs or technology you come up with, and see how they modify and use them.
may the force be with you also 👍 I have always enjoyed watching and reading about the regular X wing class of fighters. they are so manoeuvrable and versitile, just a joy to watch 👀
Actually, I was always under the impression that technology is slowly degrading in the SW universe. Due to all the planetary catastrophes created by all the Force Wars.
As others have noted... the Virago (StarViper) deserves a place here if you're doing the real Star Wars (EU). While Xizor's was really the only one we saw functioning at it's best.... S-foils controlling interdependent maneuvering jets on the end of four distinct 'wings' that keep the vehicle in a constant undulating motion, 4 power plants (one on each wing) with independent fuel supplies offering four times redundancy on core functions, cutting edge weapons targeting suite independently controlling a pair of heavy laser cannons on a swivel (shoot behind you or beside while in motion), paired with dual proton torpedo launchers? Pew-pew-pew, right? But how does it stack up against your list? Better accel/max sublight/turning than an x-wing, better firepower/turning (and almost as fast in sublight) as an a-wing, all around better anything the Empire was fielding at the time (in fact it was all around better than even Vader's Tie-Advanced), class 1.0 hyperdrive (military capital ship speed) with a backup hyperdrive if the primary failed... but wait, there's more! What if you want to take a long trip? Well, with it's 1 METRIC TON of storage and two month supple of provisions... you can also smuggle with it or even carry small groups of personnel. It's not built for fighting in atmosphere... but if you keep it in space, you won't have much to fear from anything smaller than a gunship. That is a notable starfighter... certainly more than the bizarre and obscure twin-tail.
I personally prefer the design of the TIE-Advanced over the Defender despite it being weaker. The Defender just looks weird to me. I wonder how the TIE silencer (forgot the other name of Kylo Ren's TIE) stacks up against the Advanced/Avenger since their design seems pretty similar visually. EDIT : Nvm, this video exists on this very channel.
Among these, I choose the TIE Advanced, I choose it for two main reasons. The first is because it does not have any of the defects of the classic TIE, but rather all the characteristics that the hunting of the republic has, and I do not choose the other TIE, because being too expensive, I do not see it well for mass production.
I heard somewhere that the reason that The Empire dragged it's heels when giving the TIE fighters hyperdrives was that it was afraid that squads or individual pilots would disappear off into hyperspace. Also, aren't hyperdrive systems expensive and the TIE fighter was supposed to be extremely cheap? They were essentially metal crates with engines strapped to them.
Shame the SW universe never thought of a design like the Colonial Viper from BSG. The BSG Mark VII (with tail cannon) with hyperdrive, wing lasers, and a proton launcher and missile racks would have trashed most any TIE variant and even gone to to to with a Skipray Blastboat.
The TIE Advanced should've been the only TIE fighters present in TFA. They were too busy making a nostalgic New Hope feel that the forgot that the Advanced debuted in ROTJ in the Space Battle of Endor and being a much more superior star fighter, should have replaced the outdated standard TIE completely. They updated the star destroyers and storm troopers but not the TIE, nope dumb
The Tie advance was abandoned by the empire because in practice it wasn't much better than a standard tie fighter. The only advance worth anything was Vaders and even then it was because Vader modified it.
I'm REALLY supprised the B-wing wasn't on this list. The non cannon and cannon abilities it demonstrates are nuts. While not good in fighter vs fighter combat. it carried the firepower equal to a small capitol ship while still keeping the speed and maneuverability of a fighter bomber. In the animated series a b-wing has a death star style super laser that cuts through an undamaged Imperial cruiser with 1 shot and kills it. In some sources the ship carries a capitol scale tubolaser.. in others its heavy laser can be used to "scan" the shields of capitol ships allowing its torpedoes to bypass their shields. For pure firepower, sheilds and such the b-wing was simply in a class of its own. Seriously any fighter that could come in, take hits from a cruisers guns then... oneshot said cruiser... should be on the list.
Nathan Ross well in Star Wars there isn’t that much technological advancement. The rebellion has used 4000 year old ships I think. That ship took out 2 star destroyers
I like how in this list he put the TIE Defender as number 2. Then later does a verse video of a TIE Defender and a X-83 Twin Tail. Where he called the TIE Defender the winner. Funny how time can change your opinion of this stuff. I be if he did this list again. We would get the same 5 craft only with first and second spots reverse.
And what about the Ginivex class-starfighter? Although It was a limited manufactured ship It was pretty outstanding starfighter, and It was stealthy, had absurd dodging capabilities, powerfull shields and was really versatile
What about the missile boat? I'd blow anyone back in the days with my tractor beam and missile lock. Hell it even had a SLAM boost to get the hell out of any starfighter.
what about an advanced A wing fighter? it had a cluster self homing torpedos. twin cannons with a hyper firing mode that fired faster then a x wings quad cannons and a sleek body. I love it. it could fly in areas wings were to wide to fly. had better weapons and it was faster.
The E Wing was a failure. it was fast with good shields, sure, but it also had glitches. It was only intended to take over the X Wing, but never did. if you were the imperial remnant, and you came across a group of E Wings, then they were no problem, while X wings would have made them turn tail and run. (although that might also have to do with reputation)
The E-Wing had a lot of problems when it was first released, but those were rectified in future variants. After those upgrades, it became a very capable and deadly starfighter.
Since we're in legends, look into the game SW Rebellion for specs on ships. Also the game Tie Fighter has 2 other ships for the imperials including the gunboat...whichim surprised wasnt on here
I love all of these fighters, but my favorite are the TIE Defender, the E-Wing, and the X-83 Twin Tail. I think they could all be improved though (optimizing star wars ships and vehicles is a hobby of mine). For example, take the TIE Defender: Give it a more powerful, though preferably not too much larger, reactor. Then, equip each wing with 2 heavy laser cannons, put 2 (preferably heavy) ion cannons on the fuselage just in front of the cockpit i.e. where the laser cannons on a standard TIE are, and either put one launcher in between the ion cannons, or put one on each side of the cockpit at about mid-level. Would this be expensive to build and difficult to maintain? Yes. It would also be cramped inside, but that's beside the point. Would it be a superior starfighter when combined with the TIE Defenders already outstanding performance? Absolutely. Feasible to equip all your pilots with one? No. What about your elite fighter aces? No, they get standard TIE Defenders, and you can give this variant to the best-of-the-best, your most elite fighter pilots within your already skilled group of elite pilots.
How about the Coral skippers? Molten asteroids that pierce most shields, super maneuverable, mini black holes to suck up torpedoes and blaster fire. Seriously, it takes 2-3 Xwings to take down one coral skipper.
Cognus Thorne Once they learned that shooting fast volleys of low powered shots with their x-wings would saturate the animals ability to generate black holes, not so much. The unknown factor gave them much of their edge.
The B-Wing was designed to replace the Y-Wing, it didn't. The E-Wing was designed to replace the X-Wing, it didn't. The X and the Y were too good and if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Hi there, Can you please do a vid on all fighters. even the jedi class fighters... All things Canon rebelion, republic, imperial... everything. even u wings from rouge one.... like your style bud
Correct. Best rebel interceptor Best rebel bomber Better than either of those next gen line fighter Even better at everything fighter The King Hell God Starfighter of Death. And no, you can't have it.
Didn't mandalorians have something called besuliik? Armorplating made out of mandalorian iron so strong that in their first engagement their pilots let enemy to know where and when they coming in advance, only for shots to ricothet of the armor?
I'd like to see what would happen if you took the best parts of every star fighter and combined them. Like an ugly but if it was well built and cared for aka not prone to exploding
I'd make the case that the T- 70 x- wing should be counted separate from just an x- wing. You are using different tie fighters but no matter the model there still ties.
phil unbekant TIE is just the name for their powerplant. Twin Ion Engine. Thats like saying an Altima and an R35 are the same because theyre both Nissans.
Duncan McGee I disagree with your assessment sir. It's more like each tie is more like a Nissan sentry. speed and agility improve in the newer models. bombers and defenders are akin to the differences between the 2 door, 4 door, and hatch back.
phil unbekant no the bomber fills an entirely different role, you're essientally saying a car meant for cruising and luxury is in the same class as a high power work truck with 4 wheel drive, sure they're made by the same company but they serve vastly different purposes and cannot be called the same car at all.
NinjaTyler true but with the exceptions of the tie bomber, punisher, and phantom all ties serve the same roll. A t 70 x- wing is superior to a t 65 but it's still an x- wing. in that way how is it different between a tie fighter and a tie interceptor?
What about the star killer? The fighter was designed to fly into a sun and drop a bomb. It flew through a star destroyer and took no damage. It was so powerful Luke dropped it into the middle of Bespin so no one could have its technology.
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Obviously, the deadliest star fighter is Jabba's Sail Barge
Hell yeah
jabba alone would be considered a freighter
Dat burn
yeahhh totally
Jedi Archives jabbas sail barge is not a star fighter it's an air speeder
The Tie Defender is my favorite star fighter. if it wasn't for its expensive cost it would definitely gave the rebels a run for the money if not worse.
Until plot dictates the pilot is a fucking potato
Inquisitr Mikey then the XD wing comes out !!!!!
"The writers don't know anything" The writers know a fuck ton about Star Wars. They're all fans, but Disney wants to ditch EU because it's too much of a contradictory clusterfuck so they started again. Don't act like the entire EU is a goldmine of Star Wars lore because it's not, most of it is shit
I think we are all aware the EU had some issues, not nearly as many as your acting, but some. The exact samething will happen to canon, give it 10-15 years and it will get convoluted 20-30 it will contradict itself. Just remember Disney made sabercopters and a psychic vampire with a parasite issue. Yeah, disney is already screwing up and they have a story group
Inquisitr Mikey well, when they were deployed, they were piloted by TIE Intercepter Aces, either the luckiest or best pilots in the Imperial Navy, my guess is a squadron of TIE defenders could take on two squadrons of X-Wings
Hmmm...
X-83...
X-38...
P-38...
I see what you did there star wars...
Explain please
Jai Parwani The p-38 is a ww2 American plane that looks very similar to the x-83. In fact the first p-38 was called the XP-38
starwars.fandom.com/wiki/XP-38_sport_landspeeder
The X-83 looks like a plane in real life
*Sad villager noises*
The tie defender is now canon
chris pearson hey you also play x wing ? nice
chris pearson the tie aggressor is coming out in wave 11
chris pearson yes the board game ive got alot also the gozanti in my profile pic
The first game wasn't the hardest once you learned the quirks about it. The hardest thing about it was knowing what exactly the mission objectives were. The actual starfighting wasn't all that difficult once you learn to max speed and use quad shots and lead the target. The other games can be painfully difficult especially when you select the higher difficulties. I think X-Wing VS Tiefighter was the hardest because all the ships were balanced for multiplayer. The AI was programed assuming that it would be facing several thinking and coordinated human beings working together.
+Chris Pearson
I know I am not who you were asking, but no, in my opinion X-Wing was the easiest of the X-Wing games. in the first X-Wing game there was no capital ship which was a serious threat to your fighter, however in Tie Fighter not having sheilds on half the missions made it much more chalanging as 1 hit could cripple your ship, then in Aliance there were capital ships which would shread your fighter in seconds even with sheilds.
in X-Wing the worst threat was a swarm of ties, and all you had to do was make sure not to attack them head to head.
Agree to disagree about #1.
If you are including Legends material then the most undisputed best Starfighter is the Missile Boat.
That sucker is twice as fast as A-wings, has more ordinance than several B-wings (up to 40 concussion missiles, or 20 and 5 space bombs) and was designed to manauver even better than TIE Defenders and killing them in staggering ratios. It's fully capable of destroying MC80s or ISD IIs solo with a competent pilot. No Starfighter line in the Star Wars universe has that things kill ratios shy of the flying Mary Sue called The Sun Crusher. The Missile Boats only real flaw is it has 1 weak laser cannon. It is literally designed to be the modern jet with missiles verses WW2 dogfighting planes, it even has after burners.
It was designed by Thrawn himself.
"The flying Mary Sue called the Sun Crusher" I died laughing
It’s a gunship, this list was focused on the most deadly starfighters.
what about the q-wing?
You forgot about the parody series called Freemaker adventures, i would classify the arrowhead as an fighter
@@brentbartley6838 That's why it had an afterburner and hyperdrive. You can kill why you can't catch up to.
Plus really? There's a solution to running out of missiles besides the obvious reloading. Having a Squadron of backup missiles boats. A wing of these takes down the entire Rebel Alliance. A wing of these is 2,880 concussion missiles and 1,440 proton torpedoes. Even if only half the missiles hit that's every fighter in the Rebel Alliance. Then 1,440 proton torpedoes to rend asunder the fleet.
I'm so so SO glad somebody actually recognizes the TIE Advanced. It was definitely my favorite fighter to fly when I played the TIE Fighter games, and it never really got much attention afterwards.
What about the Missle boat? She was designed as a TIE Defender killer.
Wait, what about that fighter that was the exact same as a missleboat, but faster? (No, not a modified one, has one massive engine for a fighter, same payload, etc.)
Primaris Marine. K wing?
I think the Missile Boat was classified as a gunship, not a starfighter
I miss the TIE Phantom on this list.
Cloaking itself, sneaking up on it´s enemy and striking with a blast from it´s 5(!) cannons...
Wouldn´t that be a really deadly craft?
The Phantom dosen't have a lot of versatility or flexibility. It has no Ion Cannons or warhead launchers, and besides its cloak and slightly larger number of laser cannons it's pretty much the inferior to the X-Wing.
Phantom would probably make a good #6 or #7 though.
It certainly is a dangerous ship, but yes, little in equipment and all in all very situational.
But the list was about the deadliest, and a backstabber like the Phantom sure fits that bill.
Don't get me wrong, the Phantom is very deadly and I really like its design, But this is a list of the top 5 most powerful, most destructive, most lethal fighters in the galaxy. The TIE Phantom is quite deadly, but the only thing it has over the ships on this list is the cloaking device. The other ships on the list have equal or better firepower, defenses, and speed.
In a scout, ambush, and assassination role the Phantom is unmatched by any other starfighter. But it's just not quite as powerful as ships like the TIE Advanced. Like I said, 6th or 7th place for the Phantom would be perfect, and if you argue that the X-83 is just a more advanced X-Wing, then the Phantom would take 5th place.
I wrote that too strong, sorry. I did not disagree with you.
You are correct, the Phantom is too situational. An honorable 6th place is perfectly appropriate.
@@michaelandreipalon359 Given the overall age of Star Wars as a franchise, it´s still kind of impressive.
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Funny that the Empire has a quantity over quality, at least when it comes to fighters, but when they *do* make a quality fighter, damn is it badass.
My top 5 BTW love the video. 5 Gunboat, 4 A-wing- Tie 3 Add- 2 Tie Def- 1 the Advanced missile boat.
Speaking of the destruction of the Executor at the hands of that crashing A-Wing, I've long wondered why Kamikaze attacks like that aren't more common. Design a small ship like a stripped down A-Wing with nothing but a power generator, engines, and a droid brain. Make it a very solid design with as little empty space as possible. Make it sturdy and durable without devoting too many resources to making it heavily armored. Then, program it to fly straight into the most vulnerable section of an enemy capital ship at maximum speed.
The Chiss Clawcraft should have been on this list.
It could easily take on an X wing or TieAdvanced.
I love the chiss clawcraft, i suggested it vs the A wing in his versus series, everyone do the same so we can get a match up.
I agree
BUT can it take the high ground?
Am I the only one who is still wondering how anakins hair went from blonde to brown in between episode 1&2
Diego Rodriguez Not really. Happens all the time. My hair was so blond it was almost white when I was 8. Now I'm 42 and it's brown. Bleaches out when I'm in the sun a lot.
Diego Rodriguez. My oldest daughters hair has went from red to strawberry blond to blond, now its darkening to a light brown. I was born a blonde, now my hair is plaid... Lol.
its just a different actor
happends when you get older i was a ginger now i have brown hair
+they needed diffrent actors
Diego your either the dumbest kid or you have never had a blonde haired friend.
You’ve gotten so much better in 2 years. Always believed in you.
the e wing is a buggy ship that had a lot of errors and it was made of crappy metal, that's why it wasn't used a lot and the people who used them modified them
One Clone Wars-era ship I'd consider was the Droid Tri-fighter. Small, fast, nimble and warmed extremely well. The Buzz Droids can do some massive damage and do their job barring the best of pilots
ARC, StarVipers and/or Chiss Nssis fighters are my some of my favorites.
The Nssis especially, as when they enter combat they use their manuvering thrusters to put them into a spin and fire the cannons, creating an impossible-to-evade assault! They are also shielded, have a class 1.5 hyperdrive and have decent armor when compared to the normal tie, but are slightly slower, and often lack nav-coms relying on Chiss hyperspace bouey systems.
Great video as always!
Favorite ships
Star fighter: ETA 2 Class Light Intercepter (The ship Anakin uses in Revenge of the Sith)
Capitol ship: Venator Class Star Destroyer
Uhh The tie defender is cannon bro!
Colin van der Voort actually, the TIE Defender was ORIGINALLY Legends but it is now Canon courtesy of SW Rebels.
Colin van der Voort So is the X-Wing?
He is talking about within legends and x-wing and the tie defender is part of legends but also part of canon
It wasn't at the time of recording.
the k wing is pretty darn powerful, its a capital ship nightmare its packed
Don't see how the E-wing is better than the X-wing. Ewing had countless problems from faulty lasers to a single proton torpedo launcher. Yes it has 16 torpedoes it could fire but it had to fire them one at a time. Requiring a specialized astromech just to handle its systems, would make maintenance a nightmare. Its shields were not much better than the Xwing either. As a side note the E-wing could be argued to be a modified X-wing as the designers for it were from Incom.
It's classified as an entire new ship by incom
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My dream starcraft is definitely the TIE Defender! So gorgeous and deadly, plus shielding, a ton of weaponry, and a hyperdrive!! Always imagined myself flying one when I was younger!
Why wasn't the B-wing included? Is it not classed as a fighter?
read description...
especially since this is legends.
I was wondering about that too. Shields, hyperdrive, tractor beam, comparable speed and maneuverability to the TIE advanced series and Defender (or at least the Interceptor), and a heck of a lot of ordnance.
When you use it in the TIE Fighter game, you could be asked to do just about anything short of actually disabling ships like the Defender could, but you could do seemingly any other role from space superiority to destroying or at least crippling capital ships as big as ISDs and Liberty Mon Cal Cruisers.
One of my favorite missions in that game is when you use a Missile Boat to almost single-handedly cripple something like a Liberty Mon Cal by destroying all its weapon hardpoints with 40 missiles and 30 proton torpedoes, not to mention its fighter escorts.
Nihulistic99th >tfw fighting off 18 Assault Gunboats by myself in a Defender in the TIE Fighter game
and that wasn't a total walk in the park.
Nihulistic99th The defended is also in Rebels
It says something about the Tie-Defender that it took more than century to make a starfighter more deadly that it was.
TIE Interceptor, TIE Advanced, and TIE Defender, in order, are my favourite Imperial Starfighters.
I love the B-wing EC Henry designed. With the crew of 3 to do long range or medium range patrols. He's great at making legendary ships even better. For the X-wing... If it ain't broken don't fix it. Just a beautiful rendition of a P-38 in space. The X-83 Twin Tail.
I hardly see you feature the Tie Hunter. It has shields, a class 1 hyperdrive, laser cabins and ion canons. Basically a better X-Wing
Also, I've seen the Missile Boat mentioned in the comments. I agree that it was a fantastic starfighter, and just another example of Thrawns brilliance. However, once it runs out of
ordnance, it's useless in an offensive role Give it at least 2 heavy laser cannons and a heavy ion cannon in addition to its standard configuration (though remove the medium laser cannon first, it's obviously unnecessary) and you've got something that can definitely give the TIE Defender a run for its money, and have minimally decreased effectiveness after it has exhausted its supply of ordnance. This next bit is a little off topic, but personally, if I were the commander of my own faction within the Star Wars universe, I would try to get a hold of Thrawn so I could scan his brain and make an advanced droid with his personality and memories, albeit altered so it would be utterly loyal to me. I would give it extremely high processing power like that of a super tactical droid, and it would be equipped with a heuristic processor so it could learn through experience. I would also build it without a creativity damper, so that it could use Thrawns personality to the best of its abilities and think of new tactics and ship designs. I think another way to improve your ships would be to become allies with the Chiss Ascendancy, and send them any new designs or technology you come up with, and see how they modify and use them.
I always think TIEs are small. And the TIE dEfender as well...but when you imagine a human next to it ....... Those things are bloody huge.
Bruh... StealthX's bring X-Wings way up on that list. Cloaking, Incredible missile tech, all that.
may the force be with you also 👍 I have always enjoyed watching and reading about the regular X wing class of fighters. they are so manoeuvrable and versitile, just a joy to watch 👀
Actually, I was always under the impression that technology is slowly degrading in the SW universe. Due to all the planetary catastrophes created by all the Force Wars.
What about the Missile Gunboat and the Sun Crusher? These were EU but not mentioned.
As others have noted... the Virago (StarViper) deserves a place here if you're doing the real Star Wars (EU). While Xizor's was really the only one we saw functioning at it's best.... S-foils controlling interdependent maneuvering jets on the end of four distinct 'wings' that keep the vehicle in a constant undulating motion, 4 power plants (one on each wing) with independent fuel supplies offering four times redundancy on core functions, cutting edge weapons targeting suite independently controlling a pair of heavy laser cannons on a swivel (shoot behind you or beside while in motion), paired with dual proton torpedo launchers? Pew-pew-pew, right? But how does it stack up against your list?
Better accel/max sublight/turning than an x-wing, better firepower/turning (and almost as fast in sublight) as an a-wing, all around better anything the Empire was fielding at the time (in fact it was all around better than even Vader's Tie-Advanced), class 1.0 hyperdrive (military capital ship speed) with a backup hyperdrive if the primary failed... but wait, there's more! What if you want to take a long trip? Well, with it's 1 METRIC TON of storage and two month supple of provisions... you can also smuggle with it or even carry small groups of personnel. It's not built for fighting in atmosphere... but if you keep it in space, you won't have much to fear from anything smaller than a gunship. That is a notable starfighter... certainly more than the bizarre and obscure twin-tail.
I personally prefer the design of the TIE-Advanced over the Defender despite it being weaker. The Defender just looks weird to me.
I wonder how the TIE silencer (forgot the other name of Kylo Ren's TIE) stacks up against the Advanced/Avenger since their design seems pretty similar visually. EDIT : Nvm, this video exists on this very channel.
The E-Wing is a colonial Viper, Star-Wars-ified.
hmm, kinda surprised the B-wing wasn't included. Those could sing-handedly take on large cruisers.
Among these, I choose the TIE Advanced, I choose it for two main reasons.
The first is because it does not have any of the defects of the classic TIE, but rather all the characteristics that the hunting of the republic has, and I do not choose the other TIE, because being too expensive, I do not see it well for mass production.
The last one looks like a space P-38 (look it up)
your right it does
ya it looks nothing like a star wars ship should especially an x-wing i mean its cool looking but its to bulky
P51s suck
The pylon Guy how does that relate
You have a p51 mustang as your profile picture!
Honestly out of all of these I'd fly the E-Wing
I heard somewhere that the reason that The Empire dragged it's heels when giving the TIE fighters hyperdrives was that it was afraid that squads or individual pilots would disappear off into hyperspace. Also, aren't hyperdrive systems expensive and the TIE fighter was supposed to be extremely cheap? They were essentially metal crates with engines strapped to them.
Shame the SW universe never thought of a design like the Colonial Viper from BSG. The BSG Mark VII (with tail cannon) with hyperdrive, wing lasers, and a proton launcher and missile racks would have trashed most any TIE variant and even gone to to to with a Skipray Blastboat.
I'd fly an E-Wing for the only reason of R7 looks awesome!
The TIE Advanced should've been the only TIE fighters present in TFA. They were too busy making a nostalgic New Hope feel that the forgot that the Advanced debuted in ROTJ in the Space Battle of Endor and being a much more superior star fighter, should have replaced the outdated standard TIE completely. They updated the star destroyers and storm troopers but not the TIE, nope dumb
you must mean tie interceptor
TIE Advanced was introduced in ANH, it's Vader's fighter.
+J. Carroll that was a prototype, but yeah, still a TIE advanced.
The Tie advance was abandoned by the empire because in practice it wasn't much better than a standard tie fighter. The only advance worth anything was Vaders and even then it was because Vader modified it.
Tie Advanced is a testbed , the Full production nameis. Tie Avenger
I'm REALLY supprised the B-wing wasn't on this list. The non cannon and cannon abilities it demonstrates are nuts. While not good in fighter vs fighter combat. it carried the firepower equal to a small capitol ship while still keeping the speed and maneuverability of a fighter bomber. In the animated series a b-wing has a death star style super laser that cuts through an undamaged Imperial cruiser with 1 shot and kills it.
In some sources the ship carries a capitol scale tubolaser.. in others its heavy laser can be used to "scan" the shields of capitol ships allowing its torpedoes to bypass their shields. For pure firepower, sheilds and such the b-wing was simply in a class of its own. Seriously any fighter that could come in, take hits from a cruisers guns then... oneshot said cruiser... should be on the list.
Yeah, most of that in reality doesn't make any sort of sense. Especialy the stupid laser.
So...my boi the tie defender is only beaten by a ship more than 100 years its superior. Makes it the best in my book
Nathan Ross well in Star Wars there isn’t that much technological advancement. The rebellion has used 4000 year old ships I think. That ship took out 2 star destroyers
I like how in this list he put the TIE Defender as number 2. Then later does a verse video of a TIE Defender and a X-83 Twin Tail. Where he called the TIE Defender the winner. Funny how time can change your opinion of this stuff. I be if he did this list again. We would get the same 5 craft only with first and second spots reverse.
The x83 twin tail sounds kinda like a P38 Lightning.good firepower, sturdy, twin booms. I hope I’m not the only one that recognizes this.
Alex Mayo makes perfect sense with how much world war two aesthetics and movies influenced the original movies.
No missile boat? Really? A ship made for the sole purpose of killing the TIE-D by Thrawn of all people and not on the top five?
Well... the name should tip you off. It's more of a bomber/strike craft.
It's a gunship, this is a list of *FIGHTERS* not gunships
And what about the Ginivex class-starfighter? Although It was a limited manufactured ship It was pretty outstanding starfighter, and It was stealthy, had absurd dodging capabilities, powerfull shields and was really versatile
what happened to the b-wing, k-wing & tie phantom?
What about Star Vipers and M12s both of those ships are extremely deadly.
Since we are including Legacy era fighters why no Predator or Annihilator?
Doesn’t Jek 14 own a modified/customized e-wing?
What about the missile boat? I'd blow anyone back in the days with my tractor beam and missile lock. Hell it even had a SLAM boost to get the hell out of any starfighter.
What about the mandalorian bes'uliik
Only one ship per type? You have 2 TIE fighters and 1.5 X-Wings. That's quite the bait and switch.
I hope you reach 10k soon
All that fan art is SOOOO nice.
Great list, but think #1 would be different than your choice. Also, an honorable mention I think should be the Tie Phantom.
what about an advanced A wing fighter? it had a cluster self homing torpedos. twin cannons with a hyper firing mode that fired faster then a x wings quad cannons and a sleek body. I love it. it could fly in areas wings were to wide to fly. had better weapons and it was faster.
He goes to great lengths to explain that he won’t be discussing multiple variants, and he’s got two Ties and Two X-wings on the list.
You did not Refer to the X Wing series by their canon designations T-65, T-70. I'm not familiar with the id you gave them?
The E Wing was a failure. it was fast with good shields, sure, but it also had glitches. It was only intended to take over the X Wing, but never did. if you were the imperial remnant, and you came across a group of E Wings, then they were no problem, while X wings would have made them turn tail and run. (although that might also have to do with reputation)
Michael McNary yeah it is more of a psychological thing.
The E-Wing had a lot of problems when it was first released, but those were rectified in future variants. After those upgrades, it became a very capable and deadly starfighter.
Since we're in legends, look into the game SW Rebellion for specs on ships. Also the game Tie Fighter has 2 other ships for the imperials including the gunboat...whichim surprised wasnt on here
I’ve always been a huge fan of the Vulture Droid over and ship
For a starship versus you should have the TIE Defender against the X83 Twin Tail
Why no Coralskipper? Is it disqualified for being organic, or was there a flaw I missed when reading the New Jedi Order series?
I love all of these fighters, but my favorite are the TIE Defender, the E-Wing, and the X-83 Twin Tail. I think they could all be improved though (optimizing star wars ships and vehicles is a hobby of mine). For example, take the TIE Defender: Give it a more powerful, though preferably not too much larger, reactor. Then, equip each wing with 2 heavy laser cannons, put 2 (preferably heavy) ion cannons on the fuselage just in front of the cockpit i.e. where the laser cannons on a standard TIE are, and either put one launcher in between the ion cannons, or put one on each side of the cockpit at about mid-level. Would this be expensive to build and difficult to maintain? Yes. It would also be cramped inside, but that's beside the point. Would it be a superior starfighter when combined with the TIE Defenders already outstanding performance? Absolutely. Feasible to equip all your pilots with one? No. What about your elite fighter aces? No, they get standard TIE Defenders, and you can give this variant to the best-of-the-best, your most elite fighter pilots within your already skilled group of elite pilots.
How about the Coral skippers?
Molten asteroids that pierce most shields, super maneuverable, mini black holes to suck up torpedoes and blaster fire.
Seriously, it takes 2-3 Xwings to take down one coral skipper.
+EckhartsLadder (EckhartsLadder) ok. I guess I can't blame you for that:)
Cognus Thorne
Once they learned that shooting fast volleys of low powered shots with their x-wings would saturate the animals ability to generate black holes, not so much. The unknown factor gave them much of their edge.
What about the TIE Phantom? Cloaking device made it deadly.
The B-Wing was designed to replace the Y-Wing, it didn't. The E-Wing was designed to replace the X-Wing, it didn't. The X and the Y were too good and if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
You want a deadly star fighter?
The TIE Fighter.
It's so useless that it's opponents will die from laughter. There you go.
I’m still going to have to go with the bes’uliik fighter, the mandal motors ship, as my #1
Honorary mention : imperial Missile Boat. Seriously, this is the Mary Sue of EU starfighters (appeared in TIE Fighter game)
Hi there,
Can you please do a vid on all fighters.
even the jedi class fighters...
All things Canon rebelion, republic, imperial... everything. even u wings from rouge one....
like your style bud
My Top 5:
5. A-wing
4. B-wing
3. TIE Advanced
2. TIE Defender
1. Imperial Missile Boat
Correct.
Best rebel interceptor
Best rebel bomber
Better than either of those next gen line fighter
Even better at everything fighter
The King Hell God Starfighter of Death. And no, you can't have it.
And where would the Fang/Mandalorian fighter place in the chart?
Do you think the ARC 170, if redesigned with modern engines, better cannons, and better shielding would be deadlier than the X Wing.
Sooooooo what you're saying is the best star fighter is the p38 lightning?
Didn't mandalorians have something called besuliik? Armorplating made out of mandalorian iron so strong that in their first engagement their pilots let enemy to know where and when they coming in advance, only for shots to ricothet of the armor?
I wonder what would've happened if the Twintails had been designed earlier.
"All in the same category" two ties in the list
I'd like to see what would happen if you took the best parts of every star fighter and combined them. Like an ugly but if it was well built and cared for aka not prone to exploding
Could you make a video with the deadliest star fighters before the battle of Yavin?
I'd make the case that the T- 70 x- wing should be counted separate from just an x- wing. You are using different tie fighters but no matter the model there still ties.
phil unbekant TIE is just the name for their powerplant. Twin Ion Engine. Thats like saying an Altima and an R35 are the same because theyre both Nissans.
phil unbekant AGREED
Duncan McGee I disagree with your assessment sir. It's more like each tie is more like a Nissan sentry. speed and agility improve in the newer models. bombers and defenders are akin to the differences between the 2 door, 4 door, and hatch back.
phil unbekant no the bomber fills an entirely different role, you're essientally saying a car meant for cruising and luxury is in the same class as a high power work truck with 4 wheel drive, sure they're made by the same company but they serve vastly different purposes and cannot be called the same car at all.
NinjaTyler true but with the exceptions of the tie bomber, punisher, and phantom all ties serve the same roll. A t 70 x- wing is superior to a t 65 but it's still an x- wing. in that way how is it different between a tie fighter and a tie interceptor?
I like the ARC-170.
You should do a video on theories about where and when star wars happened in relation to earth.
Meanwhile Sun Crusher while calmly smoking in the corner: none of you can even dent me.
I would have put the missile boat on the list, its a beast
#4 wasn't the TIE Advanced the ship us d by Darth Vader?
I kinda expected the K-wing to be on here
tie defender and twin tail r my favorite designed space fighters
does someone have a link to the pic from 1:22? this piece of art looks so damn cool!
What about the star killer? The fighter was designed to fly into a sun and drop a bomb. It flew through a star destroyer and took no damage. It was so powerful Luke dropped it into the middle of Bespin so no one could have its technology.
Sisno100_-LnT- you mean the Sun Crusher? We don't acknowledge that abomination unless we actually have to. Stupid Mary Sue superweaponstarfighterBS.
It's suncrusher
The tractor beam on the tie advanced is totally cheating. That being said, fighter pilots say "If you're not cheating, you're not trying."
In the PC game Tie Fighter you got to fly most of these such as Tie advanced the Tie Tri wing the intercepter etc.
i loved the advanced
Whats the intro music called?