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Get Up Close and Personal With Lego Star Wars‘ Amazing New TIE Interceptor

io9 got our hands on this year's big May 4 set for Star Wars day, and now you can see just how good the final model is.

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook May 10

This Week’s Toy News Boldly Goes Where the Force Will Be With You

Lego goes big on Star Wars , adorable new Pokémon plushes, and get ready to race Mario movie style

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski May 1

Andor‘s Cool Imperial Cruiser Has a Long Star Wars History

"Daughter of Ferrix" put a spotlight on a little-seen, but long-lived classic Star Wars ship design.

Television James Whitbrook Nov 16

The Moment Andor Went Full Star Wars

Episode 11, "Daughter of Ferrix," featured a moment of true excitement and genius.

Television Germain Lussier Nov 16

Star Wars Concept Artist, Colin Cantwell, Dies at 90

The architect and artist designed many of the iconic spaceships for the science fiction franchise.

io9 Linda Codega May 23

Citizen’s New Star Wars Watches Strap an X-Wing or Tie Fighter Cockpit to Your Wrist

Horologists like Breitling are known for their watches with faces full of complications designed to assist pilots, but Citizen has a pair of new timekeepers that explore what a watch worn by an X-wing or TIE fighter pilot in the Star Wars universe might look like. Sure, a pilot’s watch in that far away galaxy…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Apr 28

A New Ship From Colin Trevorrow’s Star Wars Episode IX Is Revealed

A San Diego Comic-Con panel Thursday revealed a very cool piece of Star Wars trivia we did not expect. Speaking to Collider, director Colin Trevorrow revealed a brand new Star Wars ship he designed with his nine-year-old son during the development of Star Wars Episode IX. The ship is called the TIE Marauder and, as…

io9 Germain Lussier Jul 24

Alphabet Squadron Is the Closest Thing to an X-Wing Book Star Wars Has Had in Years, and I Love It

When you announce a new Star Wars novel about a ragtag team of hypercompetent pilots, it’s hard not to immediately draw connections to Michael A. Stackpole and Aaron Allston’s work on some of the best Star Wars books of all time: the X-Wing series. Alphabet Squadron, this Disney-canon successor to the throne, is the closest…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jun 18

A New TIE Fighter Book Reveals a Surprising Part of Kylo Ren’s First Order Duties

Supreme Leader Snoke wasn’t the only being Kylo Ren reported into. He was also beholden to Sienar-Jaemus Fleet Systems. WTF is “Sienar-Jaemus Fleet Systems?” Well, it’s the company that made Kylo’s prototype TIE Silencer. And, in a new book called Star Wars: TIE Fighter: Owners’ Workshop Manual, it’s revealed that he “gave detailed post-flight reports”…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier May 22

TIE Fighter, and Star Wars‘ Idea of the Good Imperial

Today Marvel Comics launched TIE Fighter, a miniseries about an elite squadron of Imperial pilots who find treachery among their ranks. It ties into the upcoming novel Alphabet Squadron, starring an ex-TIE pilot who defects to the fledgling New Republic, but it got me thinking about another story of a TIE pilot, one with intriguing…

Games James Whitbrook Apr 17

Rebel and Imperial Pilots Duel in a Post-Return of the Jedi Book and Comic Crossover

When the news you are about to read landed online, io9 writer James Whitbrook broke into song… …in the style of “Star Wars” by Nick the Lounge Singer on Saturday Night Live: “Starrrrr shiiiiiiiips, Nothing but Staaaaaaaaaaar Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiips, Gimme those Staaaaaaaaaaaaaar Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiips, Don’t let them eeeeeeeeeeeeeeendddddddddddd.” Yes, we are huge fans of not just Star…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Jan 18

Star Wars’ Ships Have Terrible Aerodynamic Designs

When you’re flying around in space, where there’s no air or wind resistance, aerodynamics aren’t important. That’s why the Star Trek Borg ship is just a giant cube and still works just fine. But when ships are also visiting planets with atmospheres, aerodynamics do come into play—and apparently neither the Rebels nor the Empire in…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Jun 20

The First Order Doesn’t Have a TIE Bomber, So This Star Wars Fan Designed One for Them

The First Order in the new Star Wars trilogy has an imposing fleet, but there’s one notable gap in its set of ship designs: a TIE Bomber. So one fan decided to fix it. Prolific video creator EC Henry, who specializes in Star Wars videos, took to his favored design software, Star Wars ships past…

io9 Julie Muncy May 26

Check Out the TIE Silencer, Kylo Ren’s Deadly New Ship In The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is giving us a ton of vehicles, new and familiar, from returning classics like the A-Wings, or the First Order’s hulking new assault Walkers. But one new vehicle just revealed is already turning heads: Kylo Ren’s sleek new personal starfighter, the TIE Silencer. Revealed on the Star Wars Show today,…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Jul 19

Awesome Star Wars Fan Film Imagines an Empire That Never Stopped Fighting After Return of the Jedi

Like how some soldiers never stop fighting a war well after it’s ended, this short film Call of the Empire, by Trevor Kerr, imagines a world where remnants of the defeated Empire are still waging war against the Rebels after the Battle of Endor. It’s like seeing a glimpse of what might have happened in…

Sploid Casey Chan Jul 26

A Lego TIE Fighter Smashed by Asteroids Is Equal Parts Sad and Wonderful

Wired’s ongoing investigative series, Is Smashing Lego in Slo-mo Still Awesome?, continues with a TIE Fighter model that meets its unfortunate demise at the hands of a pair of falling rocks standing in for asteroids. The pilot appears to have survived the attack mostly unscathed, however his TIE Fighter is yet another write-off for the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 10

Listen To an $18,000 TIE Fighter Music Box Play the Star Wars Theme

There’s no denying it anymore, the watchmakers at MB&F must be obsessed with science fiction. That explains why the company’s last few timepieces looked like Deep Space Nine and a robot, and why its new music box is shaped like a TIE fighter, and plays the Star Wars theme. At just north of $18,400+, Maximilian…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jul 13

Re-enact Epic Star Wars Battles In Your Bedroom With These Tiny RC Toys

The same company responsible for those incredibly tiny RC pico helicopter toys, Bandai Namco’s CCP, has created a line of Star Wars-themed flying toys that are small enough to recreate the films’ most epic space battles in your bedroom. Available August 1st for just shy of $50 each, the remote control X-Wing, TIE Fighter, and…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 12

Awesome short film shows Star Wars from the Empire’s perspective

Watch this. Now. TIE Fighter is a short animation by Paul Johnson that shows a bit of Star Wars from the perspective of the Empire. It’s done in the style of anime from the 80’s and shows an aerial fight scene between TIE fighters and X-wings and is pretty much so awesome that Disney should…

Sploid Casey Chan Mar 24

Dashcam video shows Imperial TIE fighter crashed on a highway

German TV channel Dein Sky Film just posted this cool dashcam video showing a TIE fighter crashed on a highway. I don’t know if this is a viral ad for the new Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens or what, but whatever this is, it’s really cool. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Dec 13

TIE fighter

Get Up Close and Personal With Lego Star Wars‘ Amazing New TIE Interceptor

This Week’s Toy News Boldly Goes Where the Force Will Be With You

Andor‘s Cool Imperial Cruiser Has a Long Star Wars History

The Moment Andor Went Full Star Wars

Star Wars Concept Artist, Colin Cantwell, Dies at 90

Citizen’s New Star Wars Watches Strap an X-Wing or Tie Fighter Cockpit to Your Wrist

A New Ship From Colin Trevorrow’s Star Wars Episode IX Is Revealed

Alphabet Squadron Is the Closest Thing to an X-Wing Book Star Wars Has Had in Years, and I Love It

A New TIE Fighter Book Reveals a Surprising Part of Kylo Ren’s First Order Duties

TIE Fighter, and Star Wars‘ Idea of the Good Imperial

Rebel and Imperial Pilots Duel in a Post-Return of the Jedi Book and Comic Crossover

Star Wars’ Ships Have Terrible Aerodynamic Designs

The First Order Doesn’t Have a TIE Bomber, So This Star Wars Fan Designed One for Them

Check Out the TIE Silencer, Kylo Ren’s Deadly New Ship In The Last Jedi

Awesome Star Wars Fan Film Imagines an Empire That Never Stopped Fighting After Return of the Jedi

A Lego TIE Fighter Smashed by Asteroids Is Equal Parts Sad and Wonderful

Listen To an $18,000 TIE Fighter Music Box Play the Star Wars Theme

Re-enact Epic Star Wars Battles In Your Bedroom With These Tiny RC Toys

Awesome short film shows Star Wars from the Empire’s perspective

Dashcam video shows Imperial TIE fighter crashed on a highway

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