DS-73-5 was an Imperial Navy TIE/LN starfighter[2] which was manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems.[1] The TIE fighter was active[2] around 0 BBY.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
The "DS-73-5" name was coined by Wizards of the Coast in their 2003 Battle of Yavin expansion of the Star Wars Trading Card Game. DS-73-5's card uses an image[2]—taken from the 1977 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope[4]—of a TIE fighter that was previously identified as "Black 4" in the 1996 A New Hope Limited expansion set of Decipher, Inc.'s Star Wars Customizable Card Game.[5] This article treats the TIE fighter in the Star Wars Trading Card Game DS-73-5 card image as a misidentified Black 4, and further avoids linking the DS-73-5 name to any of the onscreen TIE fighters in the 1977 film.
Sources[]
Star Wars Trading Card Game – Battle of Yavin (Card: TIE Fighter DS-73-5) (backup link) (First mentioned) (Visual misidentification of Black 4)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
TIE fighter in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link) states that all TIE/LN starfighters were manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7
Star Wars Trading Card Game – Battle of Yavin (Card: TIE Fighter DS-73-5) (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Trading Card Game – A New Hope takes place around the time of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 BBY.
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ Star Wars Customizable Card Game – A New Hope Limited (Card: Black 4) (backup link)
