''TIE Fighter'' is a 2015 short '' Star Wars'' animated

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, depicting a space battle between the

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and the

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from the Imperial TIE pilots' point of view. It was created by Paul Johnson (known as "OtaKing77077" on

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) over four years worth of weekends. Johnson stated that the film is an homage to not only the

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style of the 1980s, but also the 1994 ''Star Wars: TIE Fighter'' video game, which the film uses sound effects from and borrows the logo design of. A remastered version, using

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s and

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from ''Star Wars Battlefront'' and ''Rogue One'', was released in 2017 from "J Ramseier", with Johnson's approval.

Reception

Nolan Feeney of ''

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'' described the film as, "...incredibly detailed..." Christopher Curley of ''

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'' praised the detail of and animation itself and the soundtrack, and called it "a great could've been" for adult-oriented ''Star Wars'' cartoons. Rich McCormick of ''

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'' described the film as, "...action-packed, beautifully drawn, smoothly animated, and — most importantly — impressively accurate to ''Star Wars fiction." Luke Plunkett of ''

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'' described the film as, "...one of the most laborious letters of love to a video game I've ever seen." Ryan Lambie of ''

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'' praised Johnson's "hard work", and said, "...if a full series of this suddenly appeared somewhere, we'd happily watch it." Peter Sciretta of ''

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'' described the film as, "amazing," "incredible," and "beautiful."

References

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* * Fan films based on Star Wars 2010s American films {{StarWars-stub