Despite having a reputation for being hero fodder (due to movies) TIE pilots are an elite corps of pilots. Not vaporize a planet, but a single Imperial II class Star Destroyer can easily Base Delta Zero a planet, wiping all life and resources from a planet, turning the planet's upper crust into molten slag, or even atomizing said planet's entire upper crust.Īnd you are underrating TIE fighter pilots here. Star Destroyers are named such because they possess enough firepower to wipe out entire solar systems.