10 REASONS why Tie Fighter Pilots were the BEST 

The Tie interceptor was being adopted to replace the regular tie fighter. It can use shields and missiles. Unfortunately no weapon can get through the rebels plot armor.

Imagine training your entire life just to get killed on your first day by some random space wizard

"Tie fighter pilots are crazy, tie defender pilots are blood thirsty, tie interceptor pilots are blood thirsty and crazy".

No shields, all guts! For the Empire baby! Thanks for the thumbs up brothers & sisters of the Empire!

More and more, I get the impression that the standard TIE fighter was a "fighting the last war" sort of design. An outgrowth of the ideas behind some of the best Republic-era interceptors, the TIE is great for running down pirates and hunting insurgents that don't have sophisticated anti-aircraft defenses, and is so inexpensive and low-maintenance that just about any model of light cruiser can host at least a few. Perfect for a government interested in extended peacekeeping, anti-smuggling, and anti-piracy missions. (As a side note, being able to field them just about anywhere like that is the _real_ advantage of inexpensive ships. Being cheap to replace is helpful, but being cheap enough to bring them along as a matter of course in the first place is what really counts.) The basic TIE design is less effective at fighting an open civil war against an organized, well-equipped Rebel Alliance. When Rebel units began fielding advanced fighters like A- and X-Wings, the TIEs still tended to give as good as they got, despite having lighter weapons and thinner defenses - but as the saying goes, fair fights are for suckers. Cue the rapid development programs of newer and more capable Imperial fighters. The X-1 Advanced that Vader flew, the blisteringly fast and heavily-armed TIE Interceptor, or the face-wreckingly powerful TIE Defender - many gamers described it as the "God-mode fighter" in the old TIE Fighter flight sim games - were all responses to the arrival of powerful Rebel fighters that started showing up and giving standard TIE fighters problems.

I mean, they were willing to get into those space coffins.

I love the guts and glory approach of the Tie fighters, their desire for firepower and especially maneuverability and relying on skill rather than equipment to keep them alive. Throughout the Empire however, both in the pilot corp and the storm trooper corp, this entire "hunger games" approach where they weed out the weak and try to destroy relationship between soldiers rather than foster camaraderie, seems very stupid and I can only really explain it by poor writing... Even the Nazis put HUGE emphasis on the band of brothers and that officer from Star Wars Rebels going "No friendships in war, only victory matters" is just mind baffling. That's not how you train soldiers, that's how you train gangsters... And they should KNOW this. So it really just strikes me as bad writing where they want to give the empire no redeemable qualities.

#11 always well dressed, after all, you wear a suit with your Tie … …

Ah, the memories! Oooh-Rah! for the class of '94! Never forget clearing a laser-minefield in a tie interceptor under fire...

I find it weird that they’re not putting shields or things like that to save their experienced pilots

Really enjoying this series. Very good sir, Keep it up.

I always wanted to see a Top Gun style Star Wars movie with the Imperial Pilots.

They could survive in that death trap no further explanation needed

Tie fighter pilots are the best because they produced many best pilots for the rebels

Tie fighters remind me of the Zero fighters from WW2. Not entirely sure, but weren't most pilots samurai, who didn't see the danger of an unarmored ship, instead focusing on its speed, handling & firepower. I'm guessing tie fighter pilots training made them have a similar viewpoint.

Think of all the Imperial pilots who defected...they basically gave the rebellion its biggest weapon. And to think, he did it all to save them from extragalactic invaders.

Well, realistically, a TIE fighter wouldn't need shields because it could just zoom away from an X-wing or out turn an A-wing. It really wasn't that bad of a design when you give it say... a really well trained, dedicated pilot

I love the suit of the tie pilots really cool

The fact that the TIE fighter pilots are efficiently piloting what's basically a metal coffin with guns strapped to the sides is a testament to how skilled they are.

LMAO. I don’t know how you do it but the humor in your videos, are so subtle yet hilarious. I literally LOLed when the Men In Black cutscene popped up “best of the best of the best. Sir!”

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There's no way Porkins is a former Imperial pilot.

Great video and these tie pilots look cool and if they had better star fighters they might have stand a chance.

Best, *of the best, of the best, of the best* of the best

Deflector shields are a feelgood word for pilots.

I believe to have read that if a Tie fighter pilot survived a couple of missions (Can't remember the number) they were classified as Elite pilots, and could be asigned to fly the Tie interceptor. (My favourite imperial starfighter)

Tie Fighter Pilots didn’t use protection...

I love that you maintain the Fourth Wall.

I can’t speak for the tie fighter but the tie interceptor from rogue squadron is a brilliant ship although it takes more skill to use similar to the a wing it is fast and nimble and has a very fast rate of fire

I give the pilots as either being brave or really dedicated. I always took the T.I.E. fighter as the Japanese zero. Started off as fast nimble planes, that were also cheaply made with including little to no shielding for the pilot and no self sealing tanks. Once the U.S. developed planes like the Corsair and Hell cats, they had a harder time surviving.

I like how you read from the smart phone. That's really smart!

Where did he get the solo video

Super cool insight into TIE Pilots.

You need to do a series on "Top 10 reasons human are the best/worst" and "Top 10 reasons dolphins are the best/worst"

So there like the Japanese pilots during ww2

Based on your economic argument, the lack of protection for the Tie pilots appears to be a feature, rather than a flaw. The Empire had a never ending wave of new recruits, and not enough billets for them. Thus, they built in features that would shorten to lives of the recruits, so that more can be taken on.

Not many people remember that Luke wanted to join the Imperials in Ep:IV and he would have had not the Empire killed his aunt and uncle. That means Vader's destiny about Luke joining him as "Father and Son" in Ep:V would've happened.

human pilots are always the best.

Tycho Celchu, Bigs Darklighter, Hobbi Klavian,Han Solo of the real star wars canon, were all training under Soontir Fel. The Empires greatest fighter pilot. Remember the 187th worse, he got them in tip top fighting trim. I think it was the 187th, or 87th. Been a long time since l read the Fel series.

As a TIE Fighter pilot myself (X-wing vs TIE fighter game especially), I LOVE the lack of shields, the thrill of mortality. I’m wicked fast, packing very centralized lasers (VERY good hit/shot rate), and as tough as tissue paper :)

You have mentioned in several of these series that windows are unnecessary in a space craft where you could use sensors and VR. You are completely correct, but sensors and VR systems can fail or be damaged in combat. The windows are a backup plan; if your sensors fail for whatever reason, having windows means the pilot can still navigate safely. Its not combat effective, but it is enough to run away. In the legends X wing series of games, all of the fighters were equipped with sensors to "see" in all directions via radar, and you actually do use a HUD. If those sensors were damaged though, which could happen in the game if you got hit, you could still fly. It did make things a lot harder, but not impossible. I would argue that having at least one forward window of some sort in any starfighter, or any small vehicle for that matter, is absolutely essential. It might be a flaw, but removing the windows would be an even bigger flaw. They can potentially be concealed behind armor panels - and on some large capital ships there were panels of that sort (we see this in episode III) but windows are essential as a backup in case the sensors fail.

Imperial combat doctrine seems quite similar to that of the USSR's. In the Soviet military you didn't send reinforcements to save threatened units, you sent reinforcements to the forces that were achieving the objective. Sounds cold, but unlike the Empire from Star Wars, the Red Army survived its major combat test.

When you have the ability to go through an entire campaign in a tie, then nothing will ever scare you

Fascinating theory.

When people ask me what's it like to pilot a crotch rocket, I tell them that it's like having Han Solo skillz whilst flying in a TIE Fighter.

6:30 I thought you are not supposed to leave a comrade behind enemy lines in a war zone

#11 They were brave. "No shields, all gut".

Darth Vader: Stay in attack formation. Some random smuggler: WOO HOO!

#7 is actually a big one that you pointed out. Flight time, even in a sim is crucial, especially in a craft like a TIE were there's little margin for error. I doubt the rebel pilots had good opportunities for simulator combat and most of their flight time probably was either mundane patrol or actual combat (very risky) whereas a TIE pilot (with the resources of the Empire) could potentially have constant flight time and the ability to learn from making deadly mistakes in a sim. Another factor is that they were trained to fly their specific spacecraft, whereas the rebels seemed to simply ask if they had ANY flight experience, even if it wasn't relevant to an X-wing, Y-wing, etc and plopped then in a fighter. In the real world, there are specific aircraft certifications for a reason *cough* 737 MAX *cough*. Sure, a Cessna pilot could jump on a F-22 Raptor and have the basics of flight down but the difference in engine start up, the cockpit layout and handling of the aircraft is going to be wildly different. They'd be clumsy at best and slow to respond until they've done it and made a few mistakes along the way (and hopefully lived to learn from said mistakes). Just the fact that Red Leader asks Luke if he's sure he can handle the X-wing makes me wonder who in the world they just let fly for them, and what if Luke got up there and couldn't handle it as well as he thought? This isn't as much of a plot hole in Luke's case as it's been said the T-16 and the X-wing had similar controls and both produced by Incom Corp but that does say something of the caliber of people they're willing to bring on board and gives credence to the fact that the rebels were desperate for pilots, even if someone's flight skills flat out sucked. The Empire on the other hand, could afford to be choosey and select the best performers. I mean, we don't make fun of TIE fighter accuracy do we?

ONLY THE BEST OF THE BEST OF THE MIGHTY BEST!! CAN JOIN.

1:15 The “Academy” Luke mentions is actually just a flight school and is not affiliated with the Empire. This is mentioned in a deleted scene with Biggs.

Turn on captions *Thai* fighter pilots

The Empire should have had since the beginning the wastly superior TIE Advance and TIE Defender in big numbers and assign them to the best TIE Fighter pilots. Not only it would have helped the Empire to keep the best of their best alive and make them fullfil their full potential with worthy weapons but would have made the rest of pilots to keep improving.

I love the tie pilots uniform

You should do a video of how the Old Republic would’ve handled the yuusan vang (I spelled that wrong)

Sometimes I just want to see the empire completely crush a rebel cell, make it a detective series, or a fbi, and end the series with a major space to ground battle where the stormtroopers actually do what they can without the rebellions plot armor.

Love the videos and the quality, recommend getting a teleprompter rather than having the camera catch you reading off your phone. It could be as simple as a few properly placed mirrors and an app running on your phone ;) Keep it up!

The little bit that you talked about Han Solo was more interesting than the whole Solo movie.

Something you said just didnt sound right around 2:07 . Palpatine printing more money would do nothing but induce hyperinflation and raise the price of military weapons and products in general because if there are more republic credits then they will lose value therefore requiring more to make basic purchases.

I liked this video because you kept Allen in it

I always liked the creativity in the genres

If the tie design wasnt so bulky (for a fighter) it might have been successful as a shock and awe/hit and run fighter, doing things similar to what we see x wing pilots doing ,dodging through small areas, maneuvering around asteroid fields, and being a huge pain to the enemy

when the simulator pod is better than the actual ship then you know your instructor is doing something right

Tie fighter pilots piloting an A Wing would be equivalent of handing Master Chief the Infinity Gauntlet and saying have fun.

Love yawl's work!!!🤙

This video reminded me that in 1977 the evil empire was USSR. The Empire was patterned after the Soviet socialist economy. Lots of cheap equipment, military was the major employer, and people were replaceable. Since the fall of the USSR, nobody talks about that.

have to overcome loads of plot and hero armor each time out. For the Empire!

Loving this series keep up the good work.

I think the philosophy of the TIE fighter pilots were "If you're not good enough to dodge the enemy fire you don't deserve to be alive" And now I can't stop laughing at the idea of a pilot (or a group of them) defecting to the Rebel Alliance, and when they're found removing the shield generator from their ships and being questioned about and the former TIE pilot replying "If you're not good enough to dodge the enemy fire you don't deserve to be alive" and then not understanding why do their new comrades have an expression of pure undiluted shock, fear, concern and utter respect for their newest recruit(s)

I don't know why people say the solo movie was bad. I liked it and I would recommend it!

No shields, all guts.

To be fair, whenever we see them, even rebel starfighters are reduced to scrap with a few blasts from a TIE's laser cannon. So it's not like their shields matter. Whenever we see TIEs firing at the rebels, either the TIE fighters' laser cannons blow through the shield quickly, or they hit something sensitive and send the rebel fighters plunging to their deaths. That squad of fighters Hera brought to Lothal got wiped out by a swarm of TIEs, and we see TIEs being rather effective at mopping the floor with the rebels in the Battle of Yavin. That's why only a handful of ships escaped the Death Star's explosion. They started with thirty. They had less than five when it was over. Heck, I even tried using a TIE Fighter in Rogue Leader's Battle of Yavin, Imperial version. All you need is to corner and tail rebel starfighters and pump enough fire at them to blow them up. So long as you're good at avoiding fire and tailgating the rebels, your single TIE can wipe out a dozen rebel starfighters.

Tie Pilots: look at this nerf herder with the shields. 😂😂

What about scout trooper training, though seen many videos talk about storm troopers, storm commandos, and other special forces in storm trooper Corp I don’t here much about the scout troopers and what training they go through

Okay Allen, did you make this video because of my comment on the A-wing video?😁 Anyway, as always, an excellent video, very well researched. I would have liked some more info from Legends sources, but that's personal preference. Anyway, you changed my mind, I no longer think that the A-wing wasn't used by the Empire because of pilot skill.

Vader asks one of his Squaderon Leaders what he thinks they need to beat the rebals the Leader proprly says a Squaderon of Xwings =)

Happy Star Wars Day

10 REASONS why Allen's love life is the BEST.

With the twelve days of Xmas...how about a video about the first 12 Grand admirals? the infamous "Circle of Twelve"..

Also do 10 flaws of Crab droids!!!! I want to learn more about those they cool

Generation analysis!!

You shouldn’t put in the bit when your reading off your phone hahahaha

6:55 reminds me of the circle of equals.... seyla!

I like the music you had in the background but maybe try one without words it became kind of distracting

The Empire's strategy reminds me of WW2 Stalin philosophy: quantity has a quality all of its own.

So what happened the the Galactic Republic vs Earth videos?

Please do the 4th Marine Battalion in Clone Wars!

What movie are you using scenes from? I don't recall any of these scenes from the han solo movie

Sith philosophy does not a effective military make

Where did you find footage of Solos time in the Imperial Army/Navy, I don't remember seeing any except one, part in here from Solo that you mentioned

Where are you getting the footage of Solo's court martial? Is that on the Solo DVD?

I like the P-51 Mustang.

So if the Empire got a Star Forge working and slapped shield generators on the TIE Fighters, they'd crush the Rebels like twigs. LOL.

Hey could you do a visor on star wars ships and their ww2 counterparts

This one is great👍👍👍👍

I don't recall seeing those scenes, assuming they're from Solo. Are those deleted scenes? All I recall was Solo joining, then 2 years later...... grunt.

Excellent 👍☯️👍

Who is the Imperial female officer at 5.09 mins in? (Bottom left hand corner of a picture with Darth Vader in the background and a rebel pilot on the bottom right hand side.) Also, which comic is that particular picture from?

They need to make a Maarek Stele series.

Well that is demoralizing when u showed the imp officer dying