TIE Advanced x1

The TIE Advanced x1 was an advanced prototype starfighter that was part of the TIE line manufactered by Sienar Fleet Systems. A further evolution of the TIE Advanced v1 prototype, the TIE Advanced featured a highly sophisticated target tracking system, which made them useful against shield generators. Several years before the Battle of Yavin, the Sith Lord Darth Vader piloted a TIE Advanced without any backup into the midst of a Rebel fleet in a daring attack that resulted in the destruction of the Rebels' flagship, Phoenix Home. Later, during the Battle of Yavin, Vader again piloted a TIE Advanced to pursue and eliminate the Rebel fighters attacking the first Death Star. In this, he was almost entirely successful, until his fighter was unexpectedly knocked out of the battle when a TIE/LN starfighter collided with it after a surprise attack by the Millennium Falcon. After the collision, Darth Vader regained control of the starfighter and escaped the destruction of the Death Star.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Story Before The Force Awakens
 * Lost Stars
 * Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
 * Star Wars: Battle Pod
 * Star Wars: Darth Vader 1: Vader
 * Star Wars: Darth Vader 2: Vader, Part II
 * Star Wars: Darth Vader 3: Vader, Part III
 * Star Wars: Darth Vader 4: Vader, Part IV
 * Star Wars: Darth Vader 6: Vader, Part VI
 * Star Wars: Commander