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4''Star Wars: TIE Fighter'' is a 2019 ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] limited series comic written by Jody Houser (the ''Film/RogueOne'' comic adaptation, the ''[[Literature/StarWarsThrawn Thrawn]]'' comic adaptation, ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAgeOfRepublic Age of Republic]]'').
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6Taking place after the end of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', the story follows a mysterious elite TIE fighter squadron known as the Shadow Wing in the final days of the Galactic Civil War and the fall of the Empire as they continue to protect Imperial interests.
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8Not to be confused with [[VideoGame/TIEFighter the video game of the same name released in 1994]], which is a ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' entry.
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10The first issue was released on April 17th, 2019.
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14!!Tropes in this comic include:
15* ChekhovsGunman: Lyttan Dree, a fellow cadet of Han in ''Han Solo: Imperial Cadet'' to the point that Han tried to save him some trouble at the cost of being demoted to the infantry corps in the ''Film/{{Solo}}'' novelization, is now a member of Shadow Wing. Doubles as a case of UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom and FromNobodyToNightmare.
16* EarlyBirdCameo: Yrica Quell, the main character of ''[[Literature/StarWarsAlphabetSquadron Alphabet Squadron]]'', appears during a flashback in Issue #1.
17* TheQuisling: Admiral Gratloe, who plans to sell his Star Destroyer to the New Republic in order to keep a Governorship of a mining outpost as a retirement package.
18* SimultaneousArcs: The comic will crossover with ''[[Literature/StarWarsAlphabetSquadron Alphabet Squadron]]''.
19* TwoGirlsToATeam: Zin and Jeela are the only two female members of the Shadow Wing squadron made of five pilots.

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