2 attack. 4 agility. 2 hull. Would be cool

No more 2 attack ships we got too many as is.

3 is the new 2... eh?

7 imp ships are attack 2

5 rebel ships but two can take cannons.

3 scum.

So yeah imps have enough 2 attack ships to last a life time.

According to The Star Wars Show, Forest Whitaker plays Saw Gerrera from the Clone Wars (from the Onderon arc).

Large base Imperial TIE, maybe?

Like I always say: "MORE TIE's!"

...to blow up.

According to The Star Wars Show, Forest Whitaker plays Saw Gerrera from the Clone Wars (from the Onderon arc).

Wookieepedia is all over it. That was quick.

´TIE Striker: FUGLY as HECK..

So no thanks.

According to The Star Wars Show, Forest Whitaker plays Saw Gerrera from the Clone Wars (from the Onderon arc).

Seeing that made me pretty happy.

I remain deeply curious how they intend to justify the TIE Striker being used in ground assault, but not present at Hoth nor Endor.

Rebel ship designs coming out of nowhere? Yeah, sure - the rebellion was a hodgepodge of craft; I'd entirely believe different craft in different theatres, with only the standouts managing to be everywhere at once. The Empire, though, is a little trickier.

If the TIE Strike is atmosphere only as rumored, then it would be like the imperial equivalent of a snowspeeder or cloud car. Hence why you don't see them in the OT, they were never needed or able to be used.

If the TIE Strike is atmosphere only as rumored, then it would be like the imperial equivalent of a snowspeeder or cloud car. Hence why you don't see them in the OT, they were never needed or able to be used.

Apart from, you know, that whole ground assault against a fortified position on Hoth; where the Empire lost troops and equipment due to the enemy having complete air superiority.

How many AT-ATs do you think would have been lost if Rogue Group was forced to tangle with opposing air assets whilst trying to bring down the walkers?

1 attack

4 AGI

2 HULL

10 pts ps1

Wow that's one hot TIE figh... Oh sorry that's Jan Ors. Gabba-gabba what now? TIE Fighter? Oh right, yeah... TIE Fighter...

Mmmmmm TIE Fighter...

:squealslikealittlegirlwhojusttouchedapopsinger

DARTH VADER IS BACK!!!!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeck!

If the TIE Strike is atmosphere only as rumored, then it would be like the imperial equivalent of a snowspeeder or cloud car. Hence why you don't see them in the OT, they were never needed or able to be used.

That's unfortunate. They look pretty cool.

I should reaaally look at the entire thing before posting thoughts.

This is all very exciting. There are many things that I am excited about. In a very reserved and respectful (Marry me Jan) way of course. I will now wait patiently for...

DARTH VA...

Sorry. Darth Vader is back everybody, and Jyn Erso is a thermal detonator.

I remain deeply curious how they intend to justify the TIE Striker being used in ground assault, but not present at Hoth nor Endor.

Rebel ship designs coming out of nowhere? Yeah, sure - the rebellion was a hodgepodge of craft; I'd entirely believe different craft in different theatres, with only the standouts managing to be everywhere at once. The Empire, though, is a little trickier.

On a more serious note I shall endeavor to explain this perhaps. Jyn Erso Marry Me. I can cook.

The possible reason for the TIE Strikers not being widely used or know about during OT era is perhaps because of the TIE Fighter. Since RO is some 30 years before ANH we can reasonably assume that the Striker is a precursor to the TIE, perhaps a spaceframe in which they tried to have more of a balanced approach. Perhaps the Striker represents an attempt by Seinar to provide a low cost multi-role craft to the Empire in a time before they had settled on a quality in quantity philosophy. I could see the idea of a multi-purpose ship being very tempting, but falling flat on it's face. Another thing to consider is that Darth Vader may well be piloting his TIE x1 in this film and if that is the case then there is a strong argument that the Striker is an adaptation of the TIE Advanced for mass production. Another possibility is that the Striker is a ground assault unit and may well be incapable of space flight. In this case we can explain it's absence in later films by saying that by that time the Empire had abandoned the notion of atmospheric craft and left the duty up to the TIE Squadrons.

I don't think there is much cause to worry about continuity when it comes to the Empire and ship designs. After all, this is the faction that decided to take the absolute cheapest route possible and go with the TIE Fighter as the mainstay of their fighter squadrons. Who can say how many credits and lives were poured into shipbuilding programs that maybe never quite took off? How many of those programs were sabotaged by hard eyed female operatives?

30 years before ANH? What? Rogue One is within months of ANH. 30 years before ANH, the Empire didn't even exist yet. The Clone Wars hadn't even start yet at that point.

As for TIE Strikers not being used during the assault on Hoth, probably for the same reason that TIE Fighters and TIE Bombers weren't. We never actually saw how the shield over Echo Base worked, but maybe it was like those Gungan shields in TPM and only something as slow-moving as an AT-AT could pass through it.

It says 34 years before The Force Awakens on the ET cover; not ANH...

It says 34 years before The Force Awakens on the ET cover; not ANH...

Well **** that just goes to show the effects of good bone structure on primitive man!

I'm sorry folks. Please disregard my drivel as clearly I have been distracted.

Though still, three years leaves plenty of room for Seinar to try out an experimental build and then scrap it. If it's an atmo craft, well then I think you could still make the same assumption and say that the Empire had given up on variants and gone with the cheaper and thus more desirable TIE/ln.

Why the Striker isn't at Hoth: Too cold, the snow speeders were designed to deal with the cold weather but even Xwings struggled, that's why they mostly just flew out as fast as possible and didn't stick around to fight the At-Ats.

Why the Striker isn't at Ender: Forest, unless it can carpet bomb, it's not going to be much help in the forest.

Finally, it's a introduction to the Interceptor, so the reason why it's not in any movie is the same reason the Bomber and Interceptor aren't in ANH. It was not stationed on the Death Star and became obsolete soon after ANH.

Why the Striker isn't at Hoth: Too cold, the snow speeders were designed to deal with the cold weather but even Xwings struggled, that's why they mostly just flew out as fast as possible and didn't stick around to fight the At-Ats.

Outer space is probably colder than Hoth. Probably.

Outer Space is vacuum though - and not always all that cold:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpaceIsCold

Designing something to cope with extreme cold in atmosphere is a different proposition from designing spaceships- even deep space probes.

Why the Striker isn't at Hoth: Too cold, the snow speeders were designed to deal with the cold weather but even Xwings struggled, that's why they mostly just flew out as fast as possible and didn't stick around to fight the At-Ats.

Why the Striker isn't at Ender: Forest, unless it can carpet bomb, it's not going to be much help in the forest.

Finally, it's a introduction to the Interceptor, so the reason why it's not in any movie is the same reason the Bomber and Interceptor aren't in ANH. It was not stationed on the Death Star and became obsolete soon after ANH.

Snow speeders were not actually called that they were just speeders, in fact in empire they even mention they were having trouble adapting them to the cold that's why Han goes out on a tauntaun.

It looks sleek and fast as hell; first 4 Agility ship?

I don't think we'll ever see a 4 agility ship.

As for why the Striker wasn't at Hoth?

Same reason TIE fighters and TIE bombers weren't and why Vader couldn't land until the shield went down. The shield.

Since RO is some 30 years before ANH

Thirty years before ANH is The Phantom Menace. (Well, 33)

Rogue One is the direct precursor to ANH. It's the Death Star Plans Heist from just before it.

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Though still, three years leaves plenty of room for Seinar to try out an experimental build and then scrap it.

Thirty years before The Force Awakens is Return of the Jedi. Return of the Jedi is four years after ANH.

And once the shield was taken down at Hoth, the Imperial ground forces were already overrunning the base, thus no need for air support.

Now, if TIE Strikers are space-capable (one would think they should be, even if they're optimazed for atmospheric combat), the question would be why they weren't chasing the Falcon into the asteroid field. But the answer is, who says they weren't? If any were assigned to Vader's fleet, they would be a drop in the bucket among the hundreds of TIEs of all models that were present. There were at least 6 Star Destroyers (72 TIEs each) and the Executor (the old Legends stats said 144 TIEs, but given its enormous size I would expect it to be more than that whenever the new canon stats for its completent are given), and we certainly didn't see 500+ TIEs on screen. A squadron or two of Strikers could simply have been off-screen searching other areas of the asteroid field. Rather like how there were surely TIE Defenders at Endor and possibly even at Hoth (Star Wars: Commander establishes them as part of the new canon) but we just didn't see any of them on screen.