And it really doesn't make sense that there isn't the occasional frigate with a compliment of them still in Imperial service
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Which means we have to assume that the Empire really is following the oldEU "China in Korea" throw-lots-of-shitty-equipment-at-them plan
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Because a Y-Wing, albeit piloted by a Force user, can canonically defeat a TIE Defender, and every other class of TIE pre-TFA is inferior
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The black First Order TIE can plainly kick any other TIE's ass, but the upgraded X-Wings are still ridiculously stronger
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It's part of their political doctrine that giving individual pilots too much power is dangerous
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In the quasi feudal structure of the old school Republic a fighter ace was something like a knight
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Many of them literally were Jedi Knights
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In TIE Fighter your character eventually earns the rank of "Tan", a title previously held by Anakin Skywalker
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And it's pretty much stated the TIE Defender project is stalled not just bc the fighter is expensive but bc it needs an elite pilot
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And the bureaucracy is scared of how influential and essential you've become
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(Reflected in Empire at War when as the Underworld faction TIE Defenders are one of the "corruptible" units you can buy)
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