TIE Tech Tree

An interactive version of u/GuderianX's TIE Tech Tree v8 — the development lineage of (nearly) every TIE-series ship across Canon and Legends (EU), with Wookieepedia links for every ship.

Credit

The research and the original chart are not mine. This is a web adaptation of the TIE Tech Tree v8 infographic by u/GuderianX, posted on r/StarWarsShips. Ship names, dates, lineage arrows, and annotations are transcribed from that chart.

How to read it

Node color is continuity: Canon and EU, just Canon, just EU (Legends). Solid arrows are direct development; dashed arrows are a loose connection; a ? marks links the original chart flags as uncertain.

The chart is a timeline: a ship's horizontal position is its date of introduction, from the Republic era on the left to the Legacy era on the right, with the Battle of Yavin (0 BBY/ABY) marked as a dotted line. Ships whose date the chart lists as unknown are placed near their parent. Non-starfighters and unplaced ships sit below the timeline.

Scroll to zoom, drag to pan, hover a ship for a quick look, click it — its summary, notes, and Wookieepedia links open in an In Detail tab in this sidebar. Arrows are clickable too: each one explains what changed between the two ships it connects. Press Esc or close the tab to come back here. The Legends/EU button hides or shows everything that exists only in the Expanded Universe.

About the dates

Per the original chart: all dates for ships that are not exclusively Canon are the Legends date of introduction, and most dates are approximations — sometimes based on the first battle a ship was seen in. Where the chart gives both, the tooltip shows the Legends and Canon dates separately.

License

Site code is MIT · source on GitHub. Star Wars and all ship names are the property of Lucasfilm/Disney; this is a fan resource with no affiliation. Ship data belongs to the community — original research by u/GuderianX, article links to Wookieepedia.