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[Star Wars] How do you land a TIE fighter?
gpt
Very carefully. It's possible to land one, but not recommended except in emergencies.

They were actually designed to be difficult to land to make it more difficult for the pilots to defect, and to force them to be more reliant on protecting their carriers. The idea was that the pilots would fight harder to defend their capital ships if losing meant they would freeze in the void. Also, they're cheap mass-produced interceptors not meant for interplanetary flights like the versatile hyperdrive-capable X-Wings are.