TIE fighter
The V-wing Fighter or Alpha-3 "Nimbus"-class V-Wing made its theatrical appearance in the "Revenge of the Sith" (2005), as the Galactic Republic is formally transformed into the Galactic Empire. Originally, animation director Rob Coleman proposed that TIE Fighters be featured to signify this transition, but George Lucas pointed out that (in the film's chronology) there were nineteen years between the events of "Revenge of the Sith" and the original "Star Wars". Allowing additional time for the TIE fighter to be introduced, a new starfighter was created instead, purposefully similar in both design and sound to the TIE fighter while also resembling the Jedi's Delta-7 starfighter.