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T Tiki-bot Member Joined: Jun 24, 2002 Posts: 1345	T Tiki-bot Posted posted on Wed, May 18, 2005 10:48 AM On 2005-05-17 20:08, Slacks Ferret wrote: I had no idea that TIE was an acronym for Twin Ion Engine... Being the former SW geek that I am, the names given the ships were originally only used by the special effects crew and grew to become common names for those ships. Nowhere in the first SW movie do they mention "TIE fighter" or "X-wing" fighter, but they are called those in TESB. As for "twin ion engine", I think this is a case of making up a name after the fact out of the letters "t-i-e", which was originally used to describe the shape of the ship (like a bow-tie). Geek mode off.

On 2005-05-17 20:08, Slacks Ferret wrote:
I had no idea that TIE was an acronym for Twin Ion Engine...

Being the former SW geek that I am, the names given the ships were originally only used by the special effects crew and grew to become common names for those ships. Nowhere in the first SW movie do they mention "TIE fighter" or "X-wing" fighter, but they are called those in TESB. As for "twin ion engine", I think this is a case of making up a name after the fact out of the letters "t-i-e", which was originally used to describe the shape of the ship (like a bow-tie).

Geek mode off.

Post #159888 by Tiki-bot on Wed, May 18, 2005 10:48 AM