Ch-ch-changesEdit

Explaining the changes I just made:

1. There is no evidence that the Clutch is an official part of the TIE series, and at no time in "I, Jedi" was it referred to as a TIE Clutch. I'd have moved it to "Tri-fighter," which seems to be the more official name, but that could cause confusion. It might be good if someone wants to do that and then make a disambiguation page, but I don't think it's necessary.
2. The fins aren't referred to as "solar panels." They're just called "blades" or "fins." Either Stackpole got some sense about how physics work, or we got lucky.
3. There is no evidence that the Galactic Empire or Imperial Remnant ever used the Clutch, just the Invids.
4. That image was fanon, from Darksaber's X-wing Station. Since there is no canon depiction of the Clutch, this article just doesn't get a picture.

I did a pretty exhaustive source search before I did this, but please let me know if there is any valid canon evidence to contradict these points. —Darth Culator (talk) 03:41, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

• • I think Ive seen a pic for it somewhere... just the ball cockpit with fins on it... not sure if that and the clutch are the same thing --Razzy1319 03:47, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Don't confuse it with the TIE Raptor Dangerdan97 15:04, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Well, there could always be another image that could be confused with the TIE Raptor. Admiral J. Nebulax ^(talk) 19:34, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
      • Scum and Villainy clarifies that the three fins on the Clutch are indeed rebuilt solar panels - as could have been expected from a modified TIE. Lynata 18:00, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Origin of nickname?Edit

Presumeably the 'tri-fighter' moniker was adapted because they somewhat resemble a droid tri-fighter in appearance.Tocneppil 05:02, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Other way around. "Tri-fighter" was the semi-official name of the ship, "clutch" was simply the nickname given to it by Rebel pilots (like "eyeball," "bright," "dupe" and "squint"); the two names should be switched, with Tri-fighter being the official one. (And we could simply add a disambiguation page, with "Tri-fighter: Separatist droid fighter" and "Tri-fighter: Invid fighter" for clarification).