Predator-class fighter



The Predator-class fighter was a starfighter produced by Sienar Fleet Systems and used by the Empire as of 130 ABY.

Considered a successor to the older TIE Interceptor, Predators were still highly manouevrable and heavily armed, but unlike most previous TIEs, they were also equipped with hyperdrives, and they generated deflector shields through their blade-shaped wings. As with the earlier Chiss Clawcraft, these wings could adjust to a variety of positions, aiding the Predator's manoeuvrability, and they foldeded back fully for docking mode.

It seems that Predators with TIE-style cockpits were paired with larger numbers of fighters with horizontal slats across the front of the central fuselage. These may have been droid starfighters comparable to the older TIE/D, perhaps slaved to flight leaders with live pilots in the manner pioneered by Warlord Zsinj.

Sienar Predators were used in the Sith attack on the Jedi Academy on Ossus.

Appearances



 * Star Wars: Legacy 0