Droid tri-fighter/Legends

Droid tri-fighter The droid tri-fighters, also known as tri-droid fighters or simply tri-fighters, were deadly Confederacy droid starfighters designed as fast, agile space-superiority starfighters built to excel in dogfighting.

The droid tri-fighter was designed by the Colicoid Creation Nest&mdash;makers of the deadly droideka&mdash;and manufactured by Colla Designs and Phlac-Arphocc Automata Industries. The droid's ridged, three-armed design was based on the skull features of a fearsome predator native to the planet Colla IV. The droid tri-fighter had three independent thrusters providing it with agility and a powerful reactor and control/comms tranceiver that provided unusual range for a fighter drone.



The droid was capable of deploying buzz droids via discord missiles and quickly became rival to the ARC-170 starfighter and the V-wing starfighter.

It was armed with one heavy laser cannon; a light ion cannon for each of the three "arms" and two to six missiles (variable payloads). The nose-like cannon makes it similar to the Dwarf spider droid.

Following the execution of the Separatist Council by Darth Sidious's new apprentice, Darth Vader, these units were de-activated.

They were not to be confused with the ground-based tri-droid.

Behind the scenes



 * In the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series, a sleeker, more numerous variant of droid tri-fighters appear, armed only with a central cannon (seen on the left). These fighters swarmed the skies of Coruscant during the battle leading up to the third film. There is still discussion amongst fans as to whether this is a different variant of the droid tri-fighter or simply a design error in the cartoon, which has come into conflict with canon in some areas.


 * In Star Wars: Battlefront II, the laser cannon is replaced with a chaingun.

Appearances

 * Jedi Trial
 * Obsession
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * Chapter 22
 * Chapter 23
 * Chapter 25
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars Rebellion: My Brother, My Enemy