Darth Vader and a TIE Bomber in Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire’s deadly TIE Bombers may have made their live-action debut in The Empire Strikes Back, but their first appearance in the Star Wars franchise was actually two years before the film. TIE Bombers are the Galactic Empire’s go-to bombing craft, with a vast payload of explosive ordnance and extremely precise long-range targeting systems making up for its lack of maneuverability and shielding.
The TIE Bomber Made Its Debut Two Years Before ESB ✕ Remove Ads Two years before the release of Empire Strikes Back, readers of Marvel’s classic Star Wars comics would see TIE Bombers deployed for the first time. As the pirate captain Crimson Jack explains, he and his crew encountered a heavily damaged Imperial Star Destroyer that battled Rebel forces during the Battle of Toprawa – a major Rebel victory that concluded with the Rebellion’s theft of the Death Star plans.
✕ Remove Ads During the initial skirmish with Crimson Jack’s frigate, the Star Destroyer deployed TIE Bombers and TIE Fighters, which were easily shot down by the pirates. After Crimson Jack and his crew appropriated the vessel, its complement of TIE craft also fell into their hands, along with captured Rebel X-Wings and Y-Wings. These stolen Rebel and Imperial fighters would form the Raider Squadron, which he would deploy against the Millennium Falcon after the events of A New Hope.
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