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- "Yes—unfortunately, my dear estranged family builds TIE fighters for the Empire."
- ―Gracalia Vatara Sienar, on her family, the controllers of Sienar Fleet Systems
Sienar Fleet Systems (SFS)[27] was one of the foremost starship, arms, and drive manufacturers within the galaxy, best known for its TIE fighter series craft during the reign of the Galactic Empire. It was formerly known as Republic Sienar Systems during the Republic Era.[4] The company reorganized into Sienar-Jaemus Fleet Systems and Sienar-Jaemus Army Systems following the Galactic Concordance to avoid arms restrictions against selling weaponry to the First Order.[31]
History[]
- "The latest from Sienar!"
"Rocket launchers?"
"Shoulder-fire. Very expensive." - ―Hondo Ohnaka and Ahsoka Tano during the Clone Wars
A SFS mural on Lothal painted by Saespo Choffrey.
Sienar Fleet Systems manufactured much of the Galactic Republic's military shuttles and landing craft during the Clone Wars. The Republic Navy also commissioned Sienar to manufacture a prototype corvette, a stealth ship equipped with an experimental cloaking device—reportedly developed by Republic engineers—that rendered the ship invisible and undetectable to scanners and sensors. Republic forces used the spear-shaped stealth ship to destroy a Separatist dreadnought, but the cloaking technology's enormous expense and maintenance requirements discouraged the Navy from commissioning additional stealth ships.[16]
By the end of the Clone Wars, they were bankrupt and owned by the InterGalactic Banking Clan. After the invasion of Scipio, SFS' holdings fell to the office of the Chancellor.[1]
Upon the rise of the Galactic Empire, Raith Sienar became the head of SFS, designing the Imperial TIE/ln space superiority starfighter personally. A competitor to Kuat Drive Yards, the rise of the Empire saw Sienar acquire key assets and engineers formerly employed by KDY, leading to the design and manufacture of the TIE fighter series.[4] The Sienar family made a fortune producing TIE fighters for the Imperial regime, only for one of its members, Gracalia Vatara Sienar, to defect and fight for the Alliance to Restore the Republic.[2] By the time of the First Order's rise to power, SFS had been succeeded by Sienar-Jaemus Fleet Systems and Sienar-Jaemus Army Systems.[31]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
Star Wars Helmet Collection 49 (Databank A-Z: Serenno–Anakin Skywalker)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Squadrons
- ↑ Tarkin
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Ultimate Star Wars
- ↑
"Secrets of Sienar" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 13
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars Rebels — "Art Attack"
- ↑ Lando 1
- ↑ Poe Dameron 9
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- ↑ Starships and Speeders
- ↑ Solo: A Star Wars Story The Official Guide
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
- ↑ Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 17 (Starship Fact File: TIE Advanced x1 Prototype)
- ↑ "Starships of the Empire and the Rebellion" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
- ↑ Star Wars: Card Trader
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Star Wars: TIE Fighter Deluxe Book and Model Set
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 51 (Starship Fact File: TIE/sa Bomber) (First identified as M-s3 concussion missile launcher)
- ↑ Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure
- ↑ Fully Operational
- ↑ Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide
- ↑ Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- ↑ Rise of the Separatists
- ↑ Imperial Sentinel-Class Shuttle in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Starships & Vehicles 76 (History of the Ship: Tala Durith's Imperial Shuttle ‡)
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy
- ↑ Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels — "Empire Day"
- ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Tipping Points"