LEGO 75044 Star Wars Droid Tri-Fighter

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Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the Battle of Sullust to 20 BBY. " Nightsisters" establishes that tri-fighters fought in the battle, meaning they were deployed at least by 20 BBY. By the time of the skirmish aboard a cruiser stolen from the Pyke Syndicate by the mercenary Ledesmar, there was a collection of droid tri-fighters onboard the ship. [32] Behind the scenes [ ]

Later in the war, General Grievous and Count Dooku attempted an arms deal for a massive kyber crystal with Sugi arms dealers on Utapau. Eventually, Jedi Generals Kenobi and Skywalker arrived on Utapau and tried to stop Grievous, although the Separatists eventually took the crystal aboard a Maxillipede shuttle [29] to bring it to a supply ship. The Jedi pursued the crystal using a freighter, but Grievous, using his personal starfighter Soulless One, and three tri-fighters chased after their ship. As they flew through a Separatist fleet, three vulture droids also began to pursue the Jedi. Kenobi took control of the weapons systems, however, and he managed to take out all three of the tri-fighters and one of the vultures. [27] Manufactured by Phlac-Arphocc Automata Industries, [3] tri-fighters served as part of the Separatist navy during the Clone Wars, [10] a three year long conflict fought between the Separatists and Galactic Republic. [14] The tri-fighter was deployed by the Confederacy military during the later period of the Clone Wars, [1] seeing use by 20 BBY. [15] At one point during the war, the tri-fighter designated DIS-347 critically damaged a Republic BTL-B Y-wing starfighter/bomber. [16]During the Battle of Ringo Vinda, droid tri-fighters were present in the Confederate held part of the Ringo Vinda space station, along with vulture droids and other combat droids, just as General Skywalker, Clone Captain CT-7567 "Rex," and ARC trooper CT-5555 "Fives" launched a rescue mission to free clone trooper CT-5385 "Tup," who was being transported on a Maxillipede shuttle to be taken for examination by the Sith. The three were able to successfully rescue the captured trooper. [28]

A short time after the Battle of Coruscant, Chancellor Palpatine, secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, transformed the Republic into the First Galactic Empire. Anakin Skywalker, now newly christened to be the Sith Darth Vader, had all Separatist droid units, and therefore their droid tri-fighters, shut down. [2] They're all over me! Get them off my—" ―A clone trooper pilot whilst being pursued by a droid tri-fighter during the Battle of Coruscant [2] Tri-fighters later took part in the Battle of Lola Sayu as part of the Lola Sayu defense fleet. However, the Republic forces were able to escape the planet. [18] They were also involved in the Battle of Umbara and fought alongside the Umbaran Militia. [17] Despite the betrayal of Jedi General Pong Krell, the Republic managed to win the battle. [19]

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During the ensuing Imperial Era, some tri-fighters continued to see use as part of the Free Ryloth Movement [8] and Berch Teller's rebel cell. [9] Age of the New Republic [ ] The droid tri-fighter was a model of droid starfighter utilized by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars. It was specifically designed to engage and excel in heavy dogfighting. Despite being the smallest starship in both the Republic Navy and Confederacy navy, the tri-fighter was heavily armed, and possessed an advanced droid brain, which gave it an advantage when dealing with organic pilots. These droid brains were more advanced than those intergrated in various other droid starfighters manufactured for the Confederacy. Conceived for the total destruction of an enemy, it possessed an array of missiles and other armaments.