In the three-part premiere of Star Wars: Andor Season 2, almost all of Cassian’s journey involves him stealing a prototype TIE fighter from the Empire and smuggling it back to some resistance cells of the burgeoning Rebel Alliance. For longtime Star Wars fans, the shape of this starfighter will look vaguely familiar, resembling a version of the curved-wing TIE fighter Darth Vader flew in the Death Star Trench in A New Hope, but also the pointed-tipped TIE Interceptors from Return of the Jedi.
But which TIE fighter are we dealing with in Andor? It turns out that this plotline retcons a bit of Star Wars starfighter history and pays tribute to a classic 1994 video game in the process.
