EX-1-2
EX-1-2 was an Imperial TIE/sa bomber[2] manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems.[1] As a TIE/sa bomber, EX-1-2 boasted incredibly precise computers that allowed its pilot to destroy specific buildings or vehicles.[3] In 4 ABY,[4] EX-1-2 was secured above a hangar bay floor on the Empire's Death Star II superweapon when the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader arrived to discuss the Death Star's lagging construction schedule with Moff Tiaan Jerjerrod, the Imperial officer in charge of the Death Star.[2]
Behind the scenes
EX-1-2 first appeared in the 1983 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.[2] In 2003, it received a name on a card for the Empire Strikes Back expansion set of the Wizards of the Coast Star Wars Trading Card Game. Though that card game is set around the 1980 film, Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back,[3] EX-1-2 does not appear in that film. Furthermore, while the film's 1997 Special Edition release uses alternate footage of Vader's Death Star visit to represent him arriving aboard his flagship, the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor, following his duel with Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker on the planet Bespin, EX-1-2 is not visible in the footage that is used.[5]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi PhotoComic
Sources
- Return of the Jedi Sketchbook (Picture only)
- Return of the Jedi Official Poster Monthly 3 (Picture only)
- Strike Force: Shantipole (Picture only)
- Starfall (Picture only)
- From Star Wars to Indiana Jones: The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Chronicles
- The Art of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Behind the Magic
Star Wars Trading Card Game – The Empire Strikes Back (Card: TIE Bomber EX-1-2) (backup link) (First identified as EX-1-2)- Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 13 (In Command: The TIE bomber) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 22 (In Command: The Imperial shuttle Lambda-class; Movie Magic: Tydirium: step-by-step modelling) (Picture only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
TIE bomber in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link) states that all TIE/sa bombers were manufactured by Sienar Fleet Systems.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Star Wars Trading Card Game – The Empire Strikes Back (Card: TIE Bomber EX-1-2) (backup link)
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back