In The Rise of Skywalker,       Kylo Ren takes an Imperial TIE Fighter from the Death Star II ruins to Exegol. Presumably he found the TIE Fighter in the Death Star ruins, since that's where he was left.   These ships have only ever been depicted as short-range fighter craft, and it seems to be from the Original Trilogy era, given where it apparently came from. How could it get between systems with no hyperdrive?
Near the end in amongst the battle, Kylo Ren lands next to his ship that Rey stole. I understand that at a stretch (or through the will of the Force) Kylo found a TIE Fighter in the wreck he was in, but to my understanding those TIEs would not have had hyperdrives, so how did he travel that far without a carrier ship? I suppose I'm guessing/assuming that he travelled on his own (Solo if you will), and not with his Star Destroyer, as the Knights who travelled with him on his Star Destroyer were already at the destination. But if the Force willed him to find the TIE Fighter, why not a shuttle with a hyperdrive? It would be iconic enough to use in the film, surely.  How did Kylo Ren travel to another system in a civil war era TIE Fighter with no hyperdrive or carrier ship?
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