- "Do all the Emperor's Moffs rate one of these?"
"Only Tarkin, as far as we know."
"A testament to his friendship with Sienar." - ―Anora Fair, Artoz, and Berch Teller
Raith Sienar was a wealthy male engineer and starship designer who was active during the reign of Emperor Sheev Palpatine.[1] He was the Chief Executive Officer of Sienar Fleet Systems,[5] one of the Galactic Empire's foremost military manufacturers.[6] Sienar produced the heavily customized Star Courier, the Scimitar.[7] It was Sienar who designed the original TIE starfighters, drawing influence from Kuat Systems Engineering's Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor.[1] According to Sava Korin Pers, Palpatine's luxury pleasure craft Imperialis might have been a custom job by Sienar himself.[8] Moff Wilhuff Tarkin was a friend of Sienar's. The insurgent Berch Teller attributed Tarkin's ownership of the corvette Carrion Spike to that friendship, although many other shipbuilders played a part in outfitting that vessel.[3]
Personality and traits[]
Raith Sienar was known to head his corporation with minimal self-promotion, and was, according to numerous reports, less interested in recognition than technical challenges and customer satisfaction. Sienar devoted himself to designing advanced starships while maintaining professional discretion for his more secretive clientele.[9]
Appearances[]
- Tarkin (First mentioned, simultaneous with audiobook)
- Tarkin audiobook (Mentioned only)
- Lando 2 (Mentioned only) (First identified as Raith)
- Aftermath: Empire's End (Mentioned only)
- Aftermath: Empire's End audiobook (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 17 (Starship Fact File: TIE Advanced x1 Prototype)
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 22 (Starship Fact File: Lambda-class Shuttle)
- Star Wars Rebels: Visual Guide: Epic Battles
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 49 (Databank A-Z: Serenno–Anakin Skywalker)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 54 (Databank A-Z: Tauntaun–TIE Craft)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
- Collapse of the Republic
- Star Wars: Build Your Own X-Wing 60 (Starfighter Aces: Lando Calrissian – Galactic Adventurer)
- "TIE Fighters" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Wars Rebels: Visual Guide: Epic Battles
- ↑ Tarkin indicates that Raith Sienar was the head of Sienar Fleet Systems, and according to Grace Sienar in the Databank (backup link), Sienar family was infamous for manufacturing Imperial TIEs, so we can deduce that Raith Sienar was part of Sienar family.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Tarkin
- ↑ Collapse of the Republic
- ↑ TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
- ↑ Sienar Fleet Systems in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- ↑ Lando 2
- ↑ TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual