The droid's ridged, three-armed design was based on the skull features of a fearsome predator native to the planet Colla IV. The droid tri-fighter was designed by the Colicoid Creation Nest-makers of the deadly droideka-and manufactured by Colla Designs and Phlac-Arphocc Automata Industries. It would be used in large numbers throughout the Clone Wars.įive years after the conclusion of the Clone Wars, tri-fighters could still be seen harassing the nascent Galactic Empire under the command of dissidents.
The droid tri-fighter, also known as the tri-droid fighter or simply tri-fighter, was a deadly Confederacy droid starfighter designed as a fast, agile and powerful space-superiority starfighter, built to excel in dogfighting.