I am a big fan of the Defender since it appeared in original Lucas Arts games. Let me drop on some technical trivia about the ship. It is faster than the A-wing, carries cannons more powerful than the X-Wing, has tougher shields than a B-Wing and manoeuvers far better than an Interceptor. It also carries as many missiles as an Y-Wing, has ion cannons, tractor beam, jamming unit, and one of fastest hyperdrive units available on starfighter-sized ships. If there is any measurable quantity on any starfighter, the Defender does it better. And then there is the Missile Boat which is a ship designed to *effortlessly* kill TIE Defenders. And oh it does.
Scharnvirk-Jerac 2 years ago (edited) Same here too, even though I'm more into mainly building ships from Star Trek franchise out LEGO's such as Klingon and Romulan starships. I'm not always into TIE Fighters because in most of the Star Wars movies and TV Shows I've seen, the standard Imperial TIE Fighter has always had too many flaws in it's very WEAK design that I would like to point out. List of Standard TIE Fighter Design Flaws: 1. It doesn't have any shields. 2. It is fast, but lacks maneuverability, because of the shape of it's terribly designed bow tie shaped wings. 3. It lacks a hyper-drive. The Imperial TIE Defender however, is in my opinion the much faster, more maneuverable, and much deadlier TIE Fighter design than any other TIE Fighter design, and here is why this ship is my ONLY favorite TIE Fighter design that I really like. List of Reasons why I like the Imperial TIE Defender Fighter More: 1. This ship has much better speed and maneuverability. 2. It also has a hyper-drive. 3. Better shields, so that it could take more hits. 4. It's three wings are designed and angled much better, which makes it much faster and more maneuverable than the standard TIE Fighter. 5. And finally it also has much better added firepower, as it has a total of six blasters on three wings.
And those heavy bombers from Galactic Battlegrounds, experimentals from X-wing Alliance, submarines from WEG sourcebooks... Decade ago, before Disney, there were over thirty TIE designs. :P
This looks amazing! I just finished building Jerac's TIE Fighter, and intended to build the TIE Interceptor next, but seeing this, now I'm going to build the TIE Defender first. Amazing work, and it is my favorite TIE variant.
The Phantom certainly breaks the family mold with its elongated cockpit but whoever said Corellian Engineering had a corner on that market? Maybe cloaking a spherical ship is too difficult and the engineers needed the space for the cloaking system and the second crew member. A Tie Avenger would be cool to see since the Defender replaced it. People seem to be mentioning the Hunter a lot too. Always look forward to seeing your designs.
To be brutally honest, aptly named TIE brute is not very popular design, appearing in a single short scene in a single not very popular or successful movie. On top of that, we're probably going to slow down with TIE craft to give Bricklink some breathing time to regrow the stocks of common pieces I've used perhaps a bit too much.
Really cool, I love it! With Christmas in the doorstep, I'd like to see something Winter/Christmas related though. Not even SW related, just something that has that holiday cheer.
LightsaberProductions Yeah but that’s another builder. Even though it’s very inspired by the Jerac-Tie’s, I specifically wrote “the day Jerac builds the Tie Striker,”. But I get what you mean, so alls good from here.
LightsaberProductions oh yeah you are! I hadn’t noticed. You did a great job on it though. If I didn’t know better I’d say it was from the same “series”.
Wonder if they'll do a TIE Phantom next. My other favourite EU TIE next to the Defender. Hope to see a K-Wing too at some point. Would love to see all those guns and missiles.
You just have a few more tie fighters to make: the tie striker, tie reaper, tie brute, the mining guild tie fighter, the inqusiter’s tie fighters, tie silencer, and the red first order tie interceptor from Star Wars resistance
The smaller engines on the back aren't more ion engines but maneuvering thrusters. The TIE Fighter has two as well as the Interceptor, which is why the Defender is more maneuverable, and why it sometimes is shown having six thrusters.
@@Scharnvirk Not exactly sure where the engine is located on Vader's TIE, maybe behind or in front of the hyperdrive, but it does show the maneuvering thrusters on the lego model. It has four of them as well, which is how many it should have. The Defender is supposed to have six to my knowledge, three around the engine and one on each wing.
Would've been sweet if LEGO did a UCS version of this. Still, for a minifigure scale this is art. I would've only changed the ovular cockpit for a rounder one and sacrifice the minifigure fitting part of it.
To bad that not many defenders made their way in the Galactic Civil War since the tie defender project was halted thanks to the Spectres and Governor Price.
An awesome build and final product. Bought the instructions and parts list from brickvault. If you’re willing to buy non LEGO blocks, the cost of the non printed bricks is only $45 usd shipped.
Yeah the one shown in the movie is a prototype, it doesn't differ much from final version but it in instructions the top cannons are a bit different to signify them being something else than the main laser cannons.
Why don't you guys try an Ark Angel MOC? I think it is an amazing ship, and so far I haven't seen any MOC of it, but surely you have the skills and the bricks :)
It would be boring. You have to take the ball and add some black weird shapes framed by grey. There is not much you can do to make it original and distinct and still a TIE.
This is a very sturdy connection, surprisingly so. Additionally, it is in a place which is not very likely to be touched when swooshing the thing, so don't worry! The X-Wing actually relies on such a connection for structural stability and it just works fine, too.
I am a big fan of the Defender since it appeared in original Lucas Arts games. Let me drop on some technical trivia about the ship.
It is faster than the A-wing, carries cannons more powerful than the X-Wing, has tougher shields than a B-Wing and manoeuvers far better than an Interceptor. It also carries as many missiles as an Y-Wing, has ion cannons, tractor beam, jamming unit, and one of fastest hyperdrive units available on starfighter-sized ships.
If there is any measurable quantity on any starfighter, the Defender does it better.
And then there is the Missile Boat which is a ship designed to *effortlessly* kill TIE Defenders. And oh it does.
Scharnvirk-Jerac
2 years ago (edited) Same here too, even though I'm more into mainly building ships from Star Trek franchise out LEGO's such as Klingon and Romulan starships. I'm not always into TIE Fighters because in most of the Star Wars movies and TV Shows I've seen, the standard Imperial TIE Fighter has always had too many flaws in it's very WEAK design that I would like to point out.
List of Standard TIE Fighter Design Flaws:
1. It doesn't have any shields.
2. It is fast, but lacks maneuverability, because of the shape of it's terribly designed bow tie shaped wings.
3. It lacks a hyper-drive.
The Imperial TIE Defender however, is in my opinion the much faster, more maneuverable, and much deadlier TIE Fighter design than any other TIE Fighter design, and here is why this ship is my ONLY favorite TIE Fighter design that I really like.
List of Reasons why I like the Imperial TIE Defender Fighter More:
1. This ship has much better speed and maneuverability.
2. It also has a hyper-drive.
3. Better shields, so that it could take more hits.
4. It's three wings are designed and angled much better, which makes it much faster and more maneuverable than the standard TIE Fighter.
5. And finally it also has much better added firepower, as it has a total of six blasters on three wings.
Pro trick : you can watch series on flixzone. I've been using it for watching loads of movies lately.
@Kai Ramon yea, I've been using flixzone for since november myself =)
@Kai Ramon definitely, I have been using Flixzone for months myself =)
@@jamieolberding7731 Erm its sheild is not a spowerful as B-wing may for a Ywing but not B-wing
B-wing is equivalent to Corvette CR-90
All we’re missing from the tie series is a tie heavy from solo, and the two tie’s from rogue one
And those heavy bombers from Galactic Battlegrounds, experimentals from X-wing Alliance, submarines from WEG sourcebooks... Decade ago, before Disney, there were over thirty TIE designs. :P
Could you please do a Republic Gunship
You never know... :)
@@BrickVault the hype lol
Amd an at te
Lukas romania!
@@BrickVault OMG THANKS FOR REPLYING :-)
These tie fighter Mocs are better than actual Lego models.
I have been expecting you. Looks great guys.
This looks amazing! I just finished building Jerac's TIE Fighter, and intended to build the TIE Interceptor next, but seeing this, now I'm going to build the TIE Defender first. Amazing work, and it is my favorite TIE variant.
Would love to see Jerac's take on the Tie Phantom. Who wouldn't want that collection of Ties?
But the Phantom is so damn ugly. And how did Corellian Engineering end up working with Sienar Fleet Systems?
The Phantom certainly breaks the family mold with its elongated cockpit but whoever said Corellian Engineering had a corner on that market? Maybe cloaking a spherical ship is too difficult and the engineers needed the space for the cloaking system and the second crew member. A Tie Avenger would be cool to see since the Defender replaced it. People seem to be mentioning the Hunter a lot too. Always look forward to seeing your designs.
Can we get the TIE Heavy from Solo
Heavy tie fighter or tie brute...
To be brutally honest, aptly named TIE brute is not very popular design, appearing in a single short scene in a single not very popular or successful movie. On top of that, we're probably going to slow down with TIE craft to give Bricklink some breathing time to regrow the stocks of common pieces I've used perhaps a bit too much.
Scharnvirk-Jerac then what about the imperial patrol dropship from rebels or the IDT from legends?
They still need to do the tie striker from rouge one
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Wow better than anything Lego has put out
wooooooooooow
Please keep the Arc-170 in mind
man the tie defender is my favorite tie fighter and your vid is awesome!!!!
Lego needs to hire this guy
Really cool, I love it!
With Christmas in the doorstep, I'd like to see something Winter/Christmas related though. Not even SW related, just something that has that holiday cheer.
I love this moc
I like how he casually keeps one of the engines in two fingers at 9:16 looks like not just the lightsaber pieces can fall off ;)
That looks almost as real as the actual models they’d use to make the movies! Super job! You should make a TIE striker from Scarif or the tie gunship
Now THIS thing looks absolutely incredible. 100% beautiful perfect fantastic awesome.
Mind blown by jerac once again
This is my favorite TIE fighter thanks for making it!
As much as I loved the LEGO striker set it needs an update. Waiting for clone Starfighters too; ARC-170 V-wing Torrent
Very nice! Loving this mini figure scale series, it’s nice to see lots of detail for such a cool ship
An AT-DT from Solo would be cool!
Now this is extremely cool! The Tie Defender! I guess you've covered pretty much every Tie Fighter ever made!
Brilliant use of the ball joints pieces in the wings :)
We need a tie striker!!! And tie reaper!!!
and the TIE/rb from SOLO
A new version of the TIE Crawler/Tank.
That new U wing looks amazing
Great MOC!
I freaking love this ship!!!! It looks super epic, oh and btw I think we all know what we want next a minifig scaled MTT from episode 1!!!!
If you play Empire At War, try going for a giant fleet on Defenders. They will crush the opposition!
I'd love to see an updated tie crawler and tie-D
You can actually find both on rebrickable
Do prequel vehicles!!!! Also these mocs are awsome.
They already have a few, the airspeeders from the chase scene in Attack of the Clones.
For a following moc you can perhaps modify the x-wing to the sequel trilogy one
Yep the t-65 (orginal trilogy) and the t-70 (sequel trilogy)
Yeah
Oh my goodness. This is absolutely amazing. I’m looking forward to the day Jerac builds the Tie Striker, the most beautiful of all Tie’s.
They allready have the TIE-Striker in their webstore for 8 months or something.
LightsaberProductions Yeah but that’s another builder. Even though it’s very inspired by the Jerac-Tie’s, I specifically wrote “the day Jerac builds the Tie Striker,”. But I get what you mean, so alls good from here.
@@draagedeh1983 Yeah, I´m the builder, actually ;D
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LightsaberProductions oh yeah you are! I hadn’t noticed. You did a great job on it though. If I didn’t know better I’d say it was from the same “series”.
@@draagedeh1983 Thank you.
YES! I saw this on Jerac’s Instagram and was amazed! It looks incredible!
Amazing build!
Wonder if they'll do a TIE Phantom next. My other favourite EU TIE next to the Defender.
Hope to see a K-Wing too at some point. Would love to see all those guns and missiles.
Damn that’s nicely done
I love minifig scale mocs, I clicked instantly
Thank you for the heart!
Very Nice! Remember wiping out the rebels in the game
Just need the TIE Crawler and I’ll be one happy Imperial pilot!!!
This thing is beautiful!
Gotta love it
Can't wait for a Tie Hunter! No one has made a Tie Hunter yet
And we got another one😲
Seems like a good thing to ask for my b day 😎
I would love to see sabine's tie defender in the moc
You just have a few more tie fighters to make: the tie striker, tie reaper, tie brute, the mining guild tie fighter, the inqusiter’s tie fighters, tie silencer, and the red first order tie interceptor from Star Wars resistance
That is a lot but we are looking into many MOCs for the future!
Don’t forget the TIE Phantom
Internet Man I was only including canon ties that one is a legend tie
It’s... It’s beautiful.
Could you do a super star destroyer moc?
That's all the features I'm asking for!
The smaller engines on the back aren't more ion engines but maneuvering thrusters. The TIE Fighter has two as well as the Interceptor, which is why the Defender is more maneuverable, and why it sometimes is shown having six thrusters.
You mean the red dots are not the engines? If it is true, then what is an engine in case of Vader's fighter?
@@Scharnvirk Not exactly sure where the engine is located on Vader's TIE, maybe behind or in front of the hyperdrive, but it does show the maneuvering thrusters on the lego model. It has four of them as well, which is how many it should have. The Defender is supposed to have six to my knowledge, three around the engine and one on each wing.
@@nedwilliams8387 The red dots are engines. Simple as that.
As for the Defender, it is hardly canon so hard to tell what is it supposed to have.
Do the Tie Striker and Tie Reaper!? Those are canon
Absolutely amazing! Cant wait for the next MOC :)
You should also make the Tie Striker
That’s pretty stinking awesome
Y’all should do the tie Barron
Looks great, hope to get it soon!
Could you please make the tie hunter I would really like to see one (;
I hope the defender will be added in a dlc for star wars squadrons
That tie defender 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
More custom star Wars!!!!!
they need to remake the old tie defender lego set
Yes!
I agree. I have the original set, which was based on the legends version. It has a rotating cockpit which the cnon version doesn't have.
U-Wing next?
Funny how those missiles from the clip look almost exactly like the old LEGO chalice piece with a 1X1 cone on top.
Are you guys gonna make a tie heavy fighter from solo?
Looks amazing
I think you guys should try to make a minifig scale TIE D, TIE Striker, TIE Reaper, and TIE Crawler.
Every lego set is a set designers moc
I would love to see the shadow caster from rebels or the outrider
How much would it cost to buy all those Lego pieces? I'm a big fan of this fighter😉
You deserve a lot more subs
Cool and well done
This came out on my birthday
Thrawn would be proud.
Very cool
I like it!!!
Thank you guys!!! (for the heart).
Would've been sweet if LEGO did a UCS version of this. Still, for a minifigure scale this is art. I would've only changed the ovular cockpit for a rounder one and sacrifice the minifigure fitting part of it.
Tie hunter next!
G those corner pieces are so rare to find
To bad that not many defenders made their way in the Galactic Civil War since the tie defender project was halted thanks to the Spectres and Governor Price.
An awesome build and final product. Bought the instructions and parts list from brickvault. If you’re willing to buy non LEGO blocks, the cost of the non printed bricks is only $45 usd shipped.
we need the Tie Striker
Beautifull
The top wing has ion cannons not laser cannons, or it did in legends.
Yeah the one shown in the movie is a prototype, it doesn't differ much from final version but it in instructions the top cannons are a bit different to signify them being something else than the main laser cannons.
Why don't you guys try an Ark Angel MOC? I think it is an amazing ship, and so far I haven't seen any MOC of it, but surely you have the skills and the bricks :)
WOW!!!
Could you please maybe work on some prequel or sequel ships?
Amazing !
Hey brick vault I dare u to create your own custom Tie, by which I mean don’t use a known model , your very own
It would be boring. You have to take the ball and add some black weird shapes framed by grey. There is not much you can do to make it original and distinct and still a TIE.
Brickvault can you build a tie punisher or tie phantom please
Now a tie punisher.
those 1x1 tiles that are clipped in place on the wings look like they could fall off.
This is a very sturdy connection, surprisingly so. Additionally, it is in a place which is not very likely to be touched when swooshing the thing, so don't worry!
The X-Wing actually relies on such a connection for structural stability and it just works fine, too.
Where can you get one of those shelves?
Make a tie phantom
When are you guys going to make an ATTE?
It is not in our immediate queue but who knows? A big maybe :)
WE NEED A CUSTOM BATTLEFRONT 2 CORVUS WITH ENTERIOR! PLS!!!🙏🙏🙏
Any chance of a TIE Striker?
Awesome!
i'm waiting for when you sell the instructions for the y-wing