“The ability to constantly do accurate flight calculations at all times and fly in combat nearly flawlessly, and simultaneously is astounding, and whenever these interceptors got encountered, they were typically a top target priority since they could also fulfill many roles simultaneously. It had pretty impeccable targeting as well as blinding firepower. While you will never have to worry about one landing on the battlefield and impaling people with its legs, they are lethal against other small craft and small cruisers and corvettes with their missiles. One weakness is, their central unit is quite a target, and all parts that you can hit on the droid is essential to its operation, so they can be destroyed if you can hit them, which isn’t very easy, knowing their small size, they fly erratically, yet fight in formations perfectly.” -CS/CT-8711-12 “Cheng”, former Captain and Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion
There are way more then you think. I play Star Wars Legion and X-Wing miniature games, and the CIS is pritty popular (although Empire still takes the top spot). I love droids and tri fighters are awesome!
The Tri-Fighter was an ideal star fighter because it was fast and deadly, small and nimble, and it kill ratio was straggling during the Clone Wars. The size of the Droid Star Fighter was one of the major reasons why it was difficult to hit, and the speed couldn’t be match without killing the pilot.
each tri fighter also cost equal to like a dozen vultures , as a specialist unit it performed well , but it will never replace the venerable vulture , it will always remain in our hearts
@@arnoldshmitt4969 And that is the main problem - cost. The Empire had the same problem with the TIE Defender and TIE Advanced. They ware miles ahead of the standrad TIEs but to expensive to be deployed in anything but specialist units. When you have an entire galaxy to garrason , something cheap and mass produced is far better.
The Tri-Fighter is an excellent example of how realism and logic based weaponry are far superior than author and screenwriter's conception of weapons, so much so they often rely on plot armor and wizardry
Realism and logic that is often based on guess work by those who don't understand military design never forget that many a "hard" sci fi authors concept of super long range ship battles in space using missiles, rail guns etc would fall apart if you applied actual naval ship design to the problem and leave their "realistic" ships toothless Also many of the more fantatical ones are more iconic and actually visually interesting rather than running into the AR 15 problem or the HEMA problem
If you haven’t already, you could also discuss how the ARC-170 was secretly genius and was misused during the battle of Coruscant. The ARC-170 should have been in a dive bomber role in my opinion. But as a fighter, the rear gunner also helps it during dogfights. It works like a P-51 tank buster/Stuka dive bomber to be able to preform both the role as a light bomber for ground support against tanks or against escort ships in a space battle. It would make a great ship to escort LAATs into where they need to get to from space to ground battles. But it could also provide the role as a fighter in large space battles while getting to a large target. Perhaps adding a minigun could give it CAS abilities similar to the A-10 Thunderbolt Warthog. If anyone has any other suggestions to help the ARC-170’s role in the GAR, please share your thoughts. I really like the ARC-170 and it hurt to see them get taken down in the battle of Coruscant essentially as cannon fodder.
Bomber? That's a recon- and patrol-craft (limited patrols, as it has no bunks or restrooms)! It's hasn't got a large capacity for proton-torpedos, missiles or bombs, so yeah it wouldn't make a good bomber :( Why recon? Well, it has a hyperdrive (internall, no hyperdrive-ring or carrier needed to get it to the ops area) and it is fast, can defend itself - so use it to scout!
@@dreamingflurry2729 That’s a good point about using it as a scout ship. I had put it in a light bomber role against soft targets not hard targets, but I do think it’s worth a look into it having at least some light bomber capabilities. But the ARC-170 may not work in that role. I just think it could’ve been better optimized. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on it being a scout ship 👍
Yes but no. How an army with not enough man can be dumb enough to commission a starfighter that require three pilots?? I feel like the y wing was the best bomber, and v wing and torrent better fighters.
While the Vulture droids gave the CIS navy the numerical(quantity) advantage the Tri fighters were designed for quality. Together they could counter anything the Republic navy deployed and as a result they destroyed Republic fighters.
The Kolokoid Hive's ability to build and produce some of the most deadly or devastating units of the CIS, makes me wonder how they weren't a much bigger threat to the galaxy before. Their creations seem like they would make the Kolokoids a threat on par with the mandalorians
"Warlords us? No no; we just design lovely domestic and industrial robots that so happen to be really good; by complete accident; at exploding other things"
Curious how the Republic even made new fighters. Considering the amount of fighter droids, and the likelihood of GAR pilots dying, wouldn't it be smarter to just build more anti-fighter ships?
A light deflector shield wouldn't help, they would have still gone down when hit 9 times out of 10, powering it would not be worth it and it would add costs, it would be better to simply produce less transport ships and rely on orbital support to let your army amass and have enough of these things that they can quickly take out spacecraft
@@calebbarnhouse496 a deflector would absorb the shots that hit with no damage and a chance at dodging and regenerating shields, even a single barrage absorbed gives time to react for a droid brain
@@clydecraft5642 no, because most the times a kill shot is put onto a tridroid it's with multiple cannons, even shielded starfighters often go from full shields to dead in only a shot or 2, deflector shields also not only make the craft larger, but it also slows them down, and makes them more energy hungry, which means you have refuel your more expensive craft even more often for a slight increase in survability, it's just really not worth it, the more features you add the less of them you'll field, and in this case the amount of survability added isn't worth it, there's a reason why even the rebel alliance didn't shield there interceptors with them having super high reliance on skilled starfighter pilots unless you make the shield a powerful one it won't do all that much, but then your stuck in craft similar to the xwing, which are good ships, but they benefit from faster interceptors to fight alongside them
Considering how talented the Colocoid creation nest was at designing and creating pretty top-notch machines of war, I wonder to what extent Empire decided to joink their homework for their own research and development programs? Or just force them to hand over stuff, and work on parts of projects?
As Mathhew said, the Empire would never want to admit that alien designers were better than human ones. Also, Palpatine probably did not like droids as they were too useful as anti-Jedi/Sith so he would want fleshy pilots which his inquisitors would stand a chance against incase of a rebellion.
Tri-fighter all the way. And I don't know how exactly true this is, but I imagine that as with most colicoid designs, the Tri-fighter didn't continue to see service elsewhere because the designs were kept to their foundries and select others while being very costly to keep the colicoid's paid and willing to continue licensing sales. After all, you don't pay them in credits (For the most part) but exotic meats. Including those of some sentients...
Buzz Droids also must have been a huge deal, as while we see that Jedi can deal with them through extreme piloting skills and plot armor, they seem like they would've been a guaranteed kill against any ship they latched onto.
There were two other, “concept fighters” that did rival the tri-fighter. The first was a version of the vulture droid modified by the Valahari, simply known as the advanced vulture droid, And the second was the TIE/d automated starfighter.(which wasn’t produced until after the battle of Endor). The TIE/d had most of the advantages of the droid tri-fighter on paper, (small target profile, capable armament, extremely high speed and maneuverability, etc.) but imperial favoritism, and budget got in the way.
I always felt that the Sequel Trilogy should have gone with the idea of the First Order Military being a combination of Droids and Troopers. For example having the spiritual successor of the Tri-Fighter being used as support craft alongside living pilots.
As a kid I wasn't much of a fun of this fighter, mostly cause I thought it had just that one gun in the front, and the size too was too compact for my linkings. Now that I grew up, and after watching this video I appreciate much more this droid, real engineering masterpiece.
To juxtapose, a video about the old Scarab Droid that predated the Vulture would be welcome. Destroyed thousands of those with all the hours I spent playing both Starfighter games. Great Times thanks to LucasArts. 🎮
You forgot about another fighter which could perhaps stand against the CIS Tri-Fighter and that was the republic V-Wing fighter. It wasn't as heavily armed as the Tri-Fighter but it was built primarily as an interceptor and was perhaps the only ship that could stand a chance against the CIS fighters.
@@michielkudova3887 I know, all I was saying was that in this video he mentioned the only fighter being able to match the Tri Fighter was the Jedi Interceptor without mentioning the V-Wing. It just seemed like a bit of an oversight. Great video nonetheless.
@@Alexcarter27 That was not an oversight, the alpha-3 nimbus v-wing was introduced so late in the war that it didn’t actually make that much of a difference, The only place it saw significant action pre-empire, was at the battle of Coruscant.
I feel the TIE defender took some design inspiration from the Tri fighter. And if the Empire hadn't been so committed to using living pilots, it may have been an even deadlier weapon.
I remember reading in one of the Star Wars Rogue Squadron X-Wing books (can't remember which one, long time ago) that some of the members went undercover by using customized Tri-Fighters where the central dome was refitted for a pilot to enter.
I'd like to see the Vulture Droid Vs. The Cylon Raider video! How would they compare to each other! As for the Tri-Fighter, I'm surprised the later Rebel Alliance wouldn't have gotten their hands on these to use against the Imperial Tie fighters!
Yeah, I think in the OT the explanation is that everyone was super wary of droid armies after the clone wars, but I feel like by the sequels people would have mostly moved on. It would've been really cool if in the sequels, the "Resistance", instead of being sort of vaguely a terrorist organization was instead a frontier militia on the border with the First Order, with other militias in different sectors having different compositions, like more droids or unusual ships, and a more centralized standing army having newer equipment instead of X-Wings-but-pointier.
I think the excuse was that Droid armies were made very illegal under the Empire, and there were anti-droid sentiments so anyone caught using combat droids got a dim view from most of the populace.
The clones wars so interesting to me and I wish it was more elaborated on in the movies. They make the CIS seem just terrible like the Republic was just OP. I don't buy it, machines are always going to be better. No fear, no questions just the mission and getting it done.
from playing battlefront 2 i always had this and the vulture droids as my favorite starfighters, i'm so glad to know they're not only good looking, but also the best fighters there are
Tri fighter has always had a special place for me with the predatory aesthetic, aggressive intelligent brain and the sound of the engine's it's bound to give all who encounter it nightmares
Whenever I'm farming LEGO studs in The Complete Saga--via Episode 3, Chapter 1 of course--I always use the Tri-Fighter. The fact that it uses 3 lasers, and they're oriented toward a central point more sharply than most, makes it way more reliable.
I actually took inspiration from the tri fighter in a first order redesign personal project. the motivation came from the templin institute’s first order reimagining. And one of their key military doctrines was a heavy use of droid, either as auxiliary troops or full on replacement. And I thought the same philosophy would also apply to their star fighter Corp. the idea was the following “Make a droid ship that is good enough to go against pilots, but cheap enough to deploy on mass” What I came up with was essentially a flying solar panel with guns. I would remake it in the future long after the original upload, and I’d say it turned out well.
I’d love to see a video about Thrawn’s Tie defender project because they definitely could have won the 2nd galactic civil war if they’d been more mass produced
Been binging your content over the last month. Absolutely great stuff! Would love to see a video on the Belbullab-22 heavy starfighter. Always thought it looked cool and stood out from the Confederacy's other fighters given that it needed an actual pilot (droid or otherwise).
Definitely helps that they didn't need to worry about pilots. Cis probably would of won if it wasn't for Palpatine making them lose certain battles on purpose.
one of those moments that you realize if it wasnt for meddling by palpatine the CIS would have easily ran the clone army over lol. I would say i cant have a favorite between the 2 as they are designed to serve with one another rather then replace each other. There roles are very different making them more compliments to one another.
Two video requests... 1) Thanks to you I understand hyperdrives and lightspeed much better, but what made regular propulsion work (also, what was the process of hyperspace/lane mapping... would be interested to know). And 2) With so many changes between the Republic and Empire what vehicles significantly outclassed the Imperial versions (besides the tri-fighter, and for that matter what were the best of each class of vehicles of all time)???
I love the Tri Fighter. I thought of a variant lol. Replace the medium laser with an ion cannon and give it concussion missiles. The light lasers can still rip apart other fighters, the ion cannon and missiles lets it go after bigger ships.
TIE-Interceptor would be enough to offset the fighter advantage already. It could take on any Rebel fighter and cheap enough to replace all TIE-Fighters.
In the old EU the Empire started to use Droid Tie Fighters and later the Emperor in Dark Empire used new droid fighter design that had nothing to do with TIE designs.
Now, I wonder why they did not learn. Sure, the costs must be quite high. But considering the Tri-Fighters' performances in the Clones Wars, I think they are worth it. If only the Empire or the Rebels decided to use this type of droid starfighters, the war between them will be in the users' side favor.
Just think if the Empire had kept these around. They don't need life support, so you could have these attached to the outside of their ships. A Star Destroyer gets attacked, at a push of a button hundreds of them can detach and swarm any attacking fleet.
7:40-7:45: Wait, what do mean those Jedi Fighters weren't as well armored, didn't they have shields thus allowing them to take a few hits before going down unlike the Tri-Droids which didn't have any shields so one solid hit could take it down?
@@marcelxd1633 They don't? Once again, Jedi arrogance, they don't wear armor in battle and now they don't put shields on their ships. Half the time it feels like they're asking to get killed.
Tri-Fighter is my favourite fighter from all of Star Wars, it really sucks how we never get to see them outside of the Clone Wars. Not a single post-war faction thought it'd be a good idea to get some?
Man if Palp had decided to keep some of these droids around and make them a staple of the Empire military they'd be a lot scarier and harder to deal with
@@bluerobin2982 If their fighters aren't massacred by vultures and tri-fighters first and it isn't swarmed by buzz droids then probably a decent chance of taking one out yeah
@@bluerobin2982 This is true and it makes sense. Though I will agree an empire ship probably has the better chance of winning if the admiral is competent with all the fire power they have
The Tri-Fighter is my favourite fighter, but not for a lore reason, it was my favourite fighter to fly in the original PS2 Star Wars Battlefront 2... *nostalgic sigh*... if only I still had a PS2
I literally just did some cross references. These bad boys from what I'm looking at would give Tie interceptors or a-wing Pilots one hell of a run for their money on speed, not even mentioning anything on the armaments
From the minute i found out about its status awhile ago i knew it was an op fighter.. give it lock to hook onto ships like the vulture droid u have a fighter suted for almost everything
This has me thinking: what if the decomissioned tri-fighters had their droid brain replaced with a remote pilot link? That could be something, assuming the latency was minimal. If communication can reach across the galaxy in real time, I'm sure the delay with a nearby (adjacent capital ship) remote pilot would be just fine.
Republic solving a problem: all problems are a nail if your hammer is big enough Cis so living a problem: if you can’t fix it with duct tape you aren’t using enough duct tape
A properly refitted ARC-170 would mop the floor with the tri fighter. Reduce the crew compliment to 1, add rear dorsal and foward ventral gatling laser turrets operated by a droid brain, increase the engine speed, better shields, hull armor, and exchange the slow firing medium laser cannons for gatling laser or similar cannonswith high rates of fire. Suddenly there are overlapping fields of rapid fire comming from a fast moving gunship that can take quite the pounding from heavy fire. It won't be as good as a purpose built fighter but it will cause massive devastation to starfighter squadrons.
@@RetroX6 not really, there's examples of them taking more punishment than Interceptors, with the entire top segment of one being blown away in a dogfight above Adumar and still managing to make it back to base. On top of that the Defender has far more offensive options even stripped of shields. Two ion cannons, four laser cannons, two missile/torpedo launchers and a tractor beam. It's the perfect fighter and the Avenger is almost as good. Nothing the CIS made comes close to these pinnacles of Starfighter design.
I just had a thought. Could the redness of their photoreceptors mean that they can see an extreme range on the light spectrum except red, since it's all reflected? Seems kinda counterintuitive, with how important red/infrared would be to see in a battle with a lot of very hot things
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“The ability to constantly do accurate flight calculations at all times and fly in combat nearly flawlessly, and simultaneously is astounding, and whenever these interceptors got encountered, they were typically a top target priority since they could also fulfill many roles simultaneously. It had pretty impeccable targeting as well as blinding firepower.
While you will never have to worry about one landing on the battlefield and impaling people with its legs, they are lethal against other small craft and small cruisers and corvettes with their missiles. One weakness is, their central unit is quite a target, and all parts that you can hit on the droid is essential to its operation, so they can be destroyed if you can hit them, which isn’t very easy, knowing their small size, they fly erratically, yet fight in formations perfectly.” -CS/CT-8711-12 “Cheng”, former Captain and Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion
Glad to here from CS/CT-8711-12 “Cheng” former Captain and scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion again
I just realized how similar the Tie Defender and Tri fighter are, both very good fighters
I bet Thrawn had an inactive Tri fighter droid somewhere in his collection of art and used its prosthetic looks as a basis for the Defender
@@isaackim7675
In the first Thrawn novel (Current canon), he did have access to doonium armored droidikas and buzz droids to ward off pirates.
Imagine an ugly that replaced the cockpit of a TIE Defender with a Tri-Fighter body.
Vulture droid is akin to a tie fighter, hyena is akin to a tie bomber, and tri-fighter is the tie defender.
I was always a C.I.S fan and I’m so happy to hear that some people actually like the droids
There are way more then you think. I play Star Wars Legion and X-Wing miniature games, and the CIS is pritty popular (although Empire still takes the top spot).
I love droids and tri fighters are awesome!
BLAST THEM!!!
Right? Always heart broken that it’s so difficult to find clothing, and other things that give the CIS as much love as the Empire, Rebellion, etc.
Is this the CIS fanboy corner? Count me in!
Same. The Confederacy is often completely underestimated because the Republic had a wall of plot armor. It's a damn shame.
The Tri-Fighter was an ideal star fighter because it was fast and deadly, small and nimble, and it kill ratio was straggling during the Clone Wars. The size of the Droid Star Fighter was one of the major reasons why it was difficult to hit, and the speed couldn’t be match without killing the pilot.
each tri fighter also cost equal to like a dozen vultures , as a specialist unit it performed well , but it will never replace the venerable vulture , it will always remain in our hearts
@@arnoldshmitt4969 And that is the main problem - cost. The Empire had the same problem with the TIE Defender and TIE Advanced. They ware miles ahead of the standrad TIEs but to expensive to be deployed in anything but specialist units. When you have an entire galaxy to garrason , something cheap and mass produced is far better.
It's not the speed that's dangerous, but acceleration.
A perfect SW starfighter fleet would definitely be dominantly a droid one, with organics filling in for some specialized roles.
The Tri-Fighter is an excellent example of how realism and logic based weaponry are far superior than author and screenwriter's conception of weapons, so much so they often rely on plot armor and wizardry
Realism and logic that is often based on guess work by those who don't understand military design never forget that many a "hard" sci fi authors concept of super long range ship battles in space using missiles, rail guns etc would fall apart if you applied actual naval ship design to the problem and leave their "realistic" ships toothless
Also many of the more fantatical ones are more iconic and actually visually interesting rather than running into the AR 15 problem or the HEMA problem
Imagine if the Rebel Alliance got their hands on the Tri-Fighters with Kalani leading them in his own cell of droids against the Galactic Empire.
You could forget about TIEs at that point. I reckon 3 Tri-Fighters could wipe a full complement of TIEs.
@@chaotixthefox Even a Empire Fleet with the good support
Perhaps one of them could land a lucky hit on Vader himself.
@@thanghoang3198 That would be a big "if" since Vader a.k.a Anakin Skywalker does have experience fighting against them
Cham Syndulla managed to get his hands on them and vulture droids
If you haven’t already, you could also discuss how the ARC-170 was secretly genius and was misused during the battle of Coruscant. The ARC-170 should have been in a dive bomber role in my opinion. But as a fighter, the rear gunner also helps it during dogfights. It works like a P-51 tank buster/Stuka dive bomber to be able to preform both the role as a light bomber for ground support against tanks or against escort ships in a space battle. It would make a great ship to escort LAATs into where they need to get to from space to ground battles. But it could also provide the role as a fighter in large space battles while getting to a large target. Perhaps adding a minigun could give it CAS abilities similar to the A-10 Thunderbolt Warthog.
If anyone has any other suggestions to help the ARC-170’s role in the GAR, please share your thoughts. I really like the ARC-170 and it hurt to see them get taken down in the battle of Coruscant essentially as cannon fodder.
That would be a cool video. I'm commenting so it has a better chance of being seen.
Bomber? That's a recon- and patrol-craft (limited patrols, as it has no bunks or restrooms)! It's hasn't got a large capacity for proton-torpedos, missiles or bombs, so yeah it wouldn't make a good bomber :(
Why recon? Well, it has a hyperdrive (internall, no hyperdrive-ring or carrier needed to get it to the ops area) and it is fast, can defend itself - so use it to scout!
@@Jakezillagfw thanks
@@dreamingflurry2729 That’s a good point about using it as a scout ship. I had put it in a light bomber role against soft targets not hard targets, but I do think it’s worth a look into it having at least some light bomber capabilities. But the ARC-170 may not work in that role. I just think it could’ve been better optimized. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on it being a scout ship 👍
Yes but no. How an army with not enough man can be dumb enough to commission a starfighter that require three pilots?? I feel like the y wing was the best bomber, and v wing and torrent better fighters.
While the Vulture droids gave the CIS navy the numerical(quantity) advantage the Tri fighters were designed for quality. Together they could counter anything the Republic navy deployed and as a result they destroyed Republic fighters.
The Kolokoid Hive's ability to build and produce some of the most deadly or devastating units of the CIS, makes me wonder how they weren't a much bigger threat to the galaxy before.
Their creations seem like they would make the Kolokoids a threat on par with the mandalorians
I think they're a reclusive cannibalistic race. The main reason they joined the CIS was to keep the republic off of their worlds.
My guess is the desire for conquest waste really there and they'd rather just do business.
Mostly they just didn't care about conquest.
"Warlords us? No no; we just design lovely domestic and industrial robots that so happen to be really good; by complete accident; at exploding other things"
It is also the Undisputed GOAT Starfighter in Star Wars Battlefront 2!
2005 or 2017 ⁉️
Damm he spitting facts
@@treystephens6166 Let’s just say both, my friend. Both OG Battlefront and 2017. :)
In 2017 i make the most kills with the y wing lol
@@marcelxd1633 the Y-Wing a Starfighter/Bomber
Curious how the Republic even made new fighters. Considering the amount of fighter droids, and the likelihood of GAR pilots dying, wouldn't it be smarter to just build more anti-fighter ships?
Behold, the Lancer class frigate. It's in a wiki somewhere.
Look as cool to the kids it would not
If the Separatists had placed a light deflector shield on the Droid-Tri Fighters, capable of these droids would have been nearly invincible.
A light deflector shield wouldn't help, they would have still gone down when hit 9 times out of 10, powering it would not be worth it and it would add costs, it would be better to simply produce less transport ships and rely on orbital support to let your army amass and have enough of these things that they can quickly take out spacecraft
The confederacy will never let bad looking ships go to war.
Style > Practicality.
@@calebbarnhouse496 a deflector would absorb the shots that hit with no damage and a chance at dodging and regenerating shields, even a single barrage absorbed gives time to react for a droid brain
@@clydecraft5642 no, because most the times a kill shot is put onto a tridroid it's with multiple cannons, even shielded starfighters often go from full shields to dead in only a shot or 2, deflector shields also not only make the craft larger, but it also slows them down, and makes them more energy hungry, which means you have refuel your more expensive craft even more often for a slight increase in survability, it's just really not worth it, the more features you add the less of them you'll field, and in this case the amount of survability added isn't worth it, there's a reason why even the rebel alliance didn't shield there interceptors with them having super high reliance on skilled starfighter pilots unless you make the shield a powerful one it won't do all that much, but then your stuck in craft similar to the xwing, which are good ships, but they benefit from faster interceptors to fight alongside them
Considering how talented the Colocoid creation nest was at designing and creating pretty top-notch machines of war, I wonder to what extent Empire decided to joink their homework for their own research and development programs? Or just force them to hand over stuff, and work on parts of projects?
My bet would be genocide on them after capturing what they could
Well we know that Dwarf Spider Droids were used in the early Imperial days, and that the geonosians were forced to work on the Death Star
Probably not as much as they should have, given that the empire were canonically quite xenophobic, being space Nazis and all
@@matthewwypyszinski4873 I blame Tarkin and his stupid doctrine
As Mathhew said, the Empire would never want to admit that alien designers were better than human ones. Also, Palpatine probably did not like droids as they were too useful as anti-Jedi/Sith so he would want fleshy pilots which his inquisitors would stand a chance against incase of a rebellion.
Tri-fighter all the way. And I don't know how exactly true this is, but I imagine that as with most colicoid designs, the Tri-fighter didn't continue to see service elsewhere because the designs were kept to their foundries and select others while being very costly to keep the colicoid's paid and willing to continue licensing sales. After all, you don't pay them in credits (For the most part) but exotic meats. Including those of some sentients...
Buzz Droids also must have been a huge deal, as while we see that Jedi can deal with them through extreme piloting skills and plot armor, they seem like they would've been a guaranteed kill against any ship they latched onto.
in legends they were so effective the CIS built larger versions of them to use against capital ships too.
Why didn’t the Colicoid’s dominate the galaxy? They are clearly the best droid builders out there. You’d think their fleet would be unrivaled.
That would mean dealing with other people. They hated other people.
There were two other, “concept fighters” that did rival the tri-fighter. The first was a version of the vulture droid modified by the Valahari, simply known as the advanced vulture droid, And the second was the TIE/d automated starfighter.(which wasn’t produced until after the battle of Endor). The TIE/d had most of the advantages of the droid tri-fighter on paper, (small target profile, capable armament, extremely high speed and maneuverability, etc.) but imperial favoritism, and budget got in the way.
The Tri Fighter does look badass and they do look like precise fighters.
Thank you for the like.
I always felt that the Sequel Trilogy should have gone with the idea of the First Order Military being a combination of Droids and Troopers.
For example having the spiritual successor of the Tri-Fighter being used as support craft alongside living pilots.
As a kid I wasn't much of a fun of this fighter, mostly cause I thought it had just that one gun in the front, and the size too was too compact for my linkings. Now that I grew up, and after watching this video I appreciate much more this droid, real engineering masterpiece.
6:01 _…this was made even deadlier by the Tri fighters tendency to spin in battle._
So they understood that spinning is a good trick?
This (comment) is where the fun begins.
@@daxtertalon4 I mean its a viable / excellent tactic, if the target does not spin with the attacker, they are going to get shredded by laser fire.
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To juxtapose, a video about the old Scarab Droid that predated the Vulture would be welcome.
Destroyed thousands of those with all the hours I spent playing both Starfighter games. Great Times thanks to LucasArts. 🎮
You forgot about another fighter which could perhaps stand against the CIS Tri-Fighter and that was the republic V-Wing fighter. It wasn't as heavily armed as the Tri-Fighter but it was built primarily as an interceptor and was perhaps the only ship that could stand a chance against the CIS fighters.
He didn’t forget. He did an entire video on it.
@@michielkudova3887 I know, all I was saying was that in this video he mentioned the only fighter being able to match the Tri Fighter was the Jedi Interceptor without mentioning the V-Wing. It just seemed like a bit of an oversight. Great video nonetheless.
@@Alexcarter27 That was not an oversight, the alpha-3 nimbus v-wing was introduced so late in the war that it didn’t actually make that much of a difference, The only place it saw significant action pre-empire, was at the battle of Coruscant.
I feel the TIE defender took some design inspiration from the Tri fighter. And if the Empire hadn't been so committed to using living pilots, it may have been an even deadlier weapon.
I remember reading in one of the Star Wars Rogue Squadron X-Wing books (can't remember which one, long time ago) that some of the members went undercover by using customized Tri-Fighters where the central dome was refitted for a pilot to enter.
Vultures and Tri fighters right beside ace pilots would make a devastating fleet
I'd like to see the Vulture Droid Vs. The Cylon Raider video! How would they compare to each other! As for the Tri-Fighter, I'm surprised the later Rebel Alliance wouldn't have gotten their hands on these to use against the Imperial Tie fighters!
Yeah, I think in the OT the explanation is that everyone was super wary of droid armies after the clone wars, but I feel like by the sequels people would have mostly moved on. It would've been really cool if in the sequels, the "Resistance", instead of being sort of vaguely a terrorist organization was instead a frontier militia on the border with the First Order, with other militias in different sectors having different compositions, like more droids or unusual ships, and a more centralized standing army having newer equipment instead of X-Wings-but-pointier.
I think the excuse was that Droid armies were made very illegal under the Empire, and there were anti-droid sentiments so anyone caught using combat droids got a dim view from most of the populace.
The clones wars so interesting to me and I wish it was more elaborated on in the movies. They make the CIS seem just terrible like the Republic was just OP. I don't buy it, machines are always going to be better. No fear, no questions just the mission and getting it done.
Don't forget, Palpatine was deliberately nerfing the CIS in order to prolong the war.
Freak yeah, I've always loved the look and feel of this ship, and love the fame you are showing it here!
Agreed. And it appears to have gotten better as the war progressed
Imagine an Ugly that placed a Tri-Fighter's body in place of the cockpit of a TIE Defender.
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One of my favorite childhood lego sets. I had the one that came with the jetpack droids.
The Separatist A-Wing and TIE Interceptor, this. Really hope they got well used during the Yuuzhan Vong War and other fringe wars.
from playing battlefront 2 i always had this and the vulture droids as my favorite starfighters, i'm so glad to know they're not only good looking, but also the best fighters there are
(When you are early) unlimited power
Tri fighter has always had a special place for me with the predatory aesthetic, aggressive intelligent brain and the sound of the engine's it's bound to give all who encounter it nightmares
Love your Star wars videos
Whenever I'm farming LEGO studs in The Complete Saga--via Episode 3, Chapter 1 of course--I always use the Tri-Fighter. The fact that it uses 3 lasers, and they're oriented toward a central point more sharply than most, makes it way more reliable.
I actually took inspiration from the tri fighter in a first order redesign personal project. the motivation came from the templin institute’s first order reimagining. And one of their key military doctrines was a heavy use of droid, either as auxiliary troops or full on replacement. And I thought the same philosophy would also apply to their star fighter Corp. the idea was the following
“Make a droid ship that is good enough to go against pilots, but cheap enough to deploy on mass”
What I came up with was essentially a flying solar panel with guns. I would remake it in the future long after the original upload, and I’d say it turned out well.
Tri-Fighter was my personal fav of seps craft during the clone wars. I like it for it usually design
Got here early, love the vids never stop!
I’d love to see a video about Thrawn’s Tie defender project because they definitely could have won the 2nd galactic civil war if they’d been more mass produced
Been binging your content over the last month. Absolutely great stuff! Would love to see a video on the Belbullab-22 heavy starfighter. Always thought it looked cool and stood out from the Confederacy's other fighters given that it needed an actual pilot (droid or otherwise).
Definitely helps that they didn't need to worry about pilots. Cis probably would of won if it wasn't for Palpatine making them lose certain battles on purpose.
one of those moments that you realize if it wasnt for meddling by palpatine the CIS would have easily ran the clone army over lol.
I would say i cant have a favorite between the 2 as they are designed to serve with one another rather then replace each other. There roles are very different making them more compliments to one another.
They terrorize the board whenever I field them in Armada, I will never get tired of them
Started playing this bad boy in Battlefront 2, you could say I got first hand experience of its capabilities
Two video requests... 1) Thanks to you I understand hyperdrives and lightspeed much better, but what made regular propulsion work (also, what was the process of hyperspace/lane mapping... would be interested to know). And 2) With so many changes between the Republic and Empire what vehicles significantly outclassed the Imperial versions (besides the tri-fighter, and for that matter what were the best of each class of vehicles of all time)???
I loved the trifighter buzz droid combo and I wish we could see more of that
The droid tri-fighter and droid gunship were awesome because hasbro made some very cool vehicles in those. More toys!
I love the Tri Fighter.
I thought of a variant lol. Replace the medium laser with an ion cannon and give it concussion missiles. The light lasers can still rip apart other fighters, the ion cannon and missiles lets it go after bigger ships.
The Colicoids are such an interesting group, especially the part where eating employees was normal
You should do a topic on how having a fleet’s worth of TIE Defenders and TIE Defenders trumping over the fledgling Rebel Alliance
TIE-Interceptor would be enough to offset the fighter advantage already.
It could take on any Rebel fighter and cheap enough to replace all TIE-Fighters.
Loved this ship since i was a kid, even getting one of the lego sets.
tri fighters: i'll try spinning. thats a good idea
8:44 - “Post-Clone Wars factions learned absolutely nothing from this ingenious design.”
TIE Defender: 😢
Tri-Fighter: *Appears on the battlefield*
Most fighters: *Gets beaten down*
Alpha-3 Nimbus V-Wing interceptor: Omae Wamu, Shindeiru *Obliterates Tri-Fighter squadrons*
The tri-fighter was most definetly a great Design for an expendable starfighter, with a good kd-ratio.
GOOD VIDEO, MAN ! I love both VULTURE and TRI FIGHTERS . I wonder if any Space Pirates have gotten a hold of either of these Fighters ?
Great video bud👊
In the old EU the Empire started to use Droid Tie Fighters and later the Emperor in Dark Empire used new droid fighter design that had nothing to do with TIE designs.
GER Admiral : our pilots and star fighters are supirior;
Chad Super-tactical droids : oh no, anyway... Deploy more droids
Now, I wonder why they did not learn. Sure, the costs must be quite high. But considering the Tri-Fighters' performances in the Clones Wars, I think they are worth it. If only the Empire or the Rebels decided to use this type of droid starfighters, the war between them will be in the users' side favor.
They cost only 40.000 credits
Man not only do I love the tri- fighters but i also like the tie defenders
Just think if the Empire had kept these around. They don't need life support, so you could have these attached to the outside of their ships.
A Star Destroyer gets attacked, at a push of a button hundreds of them can detach and swarm any attacking fleet.
Tri-fighter is like a beta TIE-Defender imo
7:40-7:45: Wait, what do mean those Jedi Fighters weren't as well armored, didn't they have shields thus allowing them to take a few hits before going down unlike the Tri-Droids which didn't have any shields so one solid hit could take it down?
Jedi Starfighter have no shields
@@marcelxd1633 They don't?
Once again, Jedi arrogance, they don't wear armor in battle and now they don't put shields on their ships. Half the time it feels like they're asking to get killed.
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Palpatin made that because the order 66 should be easy (when I remember right)
The tri fighter does resemble a cartoon mosquito from old WB cartoons, with the main laser cannon looking like the proboscis.
Imagine if the eternal empire had the tri fighter in their arsenal.
Vulture Droid and Hyena bombers are adorable but I gotta give it to the tri- fighter for its effectiveness.
Man, it was terrifying in the ROTS DS game
6:02 Leave it to the Colicoids to make their best battle droids even better by giving them neat tricks….
Ive awlays been a fan of the awing. A video on the awing would be welcome
Still surprised the Empire didn't utilized these bad boy drones.
Anakin: "only the droids follow me."
Tri-Fighter is my favourite fighter from all of Star Wars, it really sucks how we never get to see them outside of the Clone Wars.
Not a single post-war faction thought it'd be a good idea to get some?
Maybe if that third Empire at War game had got made.
Hey Geetsly's, please do a definitive guide video about Darth Krayt next.
The TIE-D fighter deployed from world devastators were the Empire's version of the Vulture Droid.
Man if Palp had decided to keep some of these droids around and make them a staple of the Empire military they'd be a lot scarier and harder to deal with
Well, yeah...just like those Lucrehulks, which are tough enough that even an Imperial-Class SD can't crack one alone probably!
@@dreamingflurry2729 Nah, an imp one can't but a tector or a imp two could easily.
@@bluerobin2982 If their fighters aren't massacred by vultures and tri-fighters first and it isn't swarmed by buzz droids then probably a decent chance of taking one out yeah
@@zacharyweaver276 everyone loves to talk about the luchrehulk complement but half the time they carried much less than they can have.
@@bluerobin2982 This is true and it makes sense. Though I will agree an empire ship probably has the better chance of winning if the admiral is competent with all the fire power they have
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Can u also please do a video on logistics in Star Wars? It’s criminally under represented
The Tri-Fighter is my favourite fighter, but not for a lore reason, it was my favourite fighter to fly in the original PS2 Star Wars Battlefront 2... *nostalgic sigh*... if only I still had a PS2
I think something like a droid piloted tie fighter would be a great mainstay fighter system for capital ships and fleets
The empire used droid tie fighter.
What's with the eyes being different on most pictures of the Tri-Droid?
I literally just did some cross references. These bad boys from what I'm looking at would give Tie interceptors or a-wing Pilots one hell of a run for their money on speed, not even mentioning anything on the armaments
And to top it off - it looks f*ckin sick
I 💙 separatist droids those sounds 🔥🔥🔥 they are my favourite ships in the new star wars battlefront 2
Got this in lego mini form it's my favorite non custom build.
The Tri-Fighter is a good example of why the C.I.S would have won the Clone Wars if Palpatine had not been holding them back.
I like starfighters with pilots, but these are very cool!
From the minute i found out about its status awhile ago i knew it was an op fighter.. give it lock to hook onto ships like the vulture droid u have a fighter suted for almost everything
This has me thinking: what if the decomissioned tri-fighters had their droid brain replaced with a remote pilot link? That could be something, assuming the latency was minimal. If communication can reach across the galaxy in real time, I'm sure the delay with a nearby (adjacent capital ship) remote pilot would be just fine.
Republic solving a problem: all problems are a nail if your hammer is big enough
Cis so living a problem: if you can’t fix it with duct tape you aren’t using enough duct tape
A properly refitted ARC-170 would mop the floor with the tri fighter. Reduce the crew compliment to 1, add rear dorsal and foward ventral gatling laser turrets operated by a droid brain, increase the engine speed, better shields, hull armor, and exchange the slow firing medium laser cannons for gatling laser or similar cannonswith high rates of fire. Suddenly there are overlapping fields of rapid fire comming from a fast moving gunship that can take quite the pounding from heavy fire. It won't be as good as a purpose built fighter but it will cause massive devastation to starfighter squadrons.
That's cool and all but vulture droids can also double as heavy armor support for ground battles too.
Laughs in TIE Avenger and Defender.
Yet the defender without its shields is little more than a tie interceptor, while the tri fighter lacked shields and could take a beating.
@@RetroX6 not really, there's examples of them taking more punishment than Interceptors, with the entire top segment of one being blown away in a dogfight above Adumar and still managing to make it back to base.
On top of that the Defender has far more offensive options even stripped of shields. Two ion cannons, four laser cannons, two missile/torpedo launchers and a tractor beam.
It's the perfect fighter and the Avenger is almost as good. Nothing the CIS made comes close to these pinnacles of Starfighter design.
Laughs in X-83 Twintail
@@jamesleduke873 better than the TriFighter, still inferior to the Defender I'd say.
@@grandadmiralzaarin4962 X-83 were usually piloted by Jedi.
“Tri-Fighter OP! Please nerf!”-Republic Pilots
I just had a thought. Could the redness of their photoreceptors mean that they can see an extreme range on the light spectrum except red, since it's all reflected?
Seems kinda counterintuitive, with how important red/infrared would be to see in a battle with a lot of very hot things