Droid tri-fighter/Legends

Droid tri-fighter The droid tri-fighters, also known as tri-droid fighters or tri-fighters, were deadly Confederacy droid starfighters designed as fast, agile space-superiority fighters 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 tri-droid.

Trivia


In the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series, a sleeker variant of 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.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars Battlefront II