Kill switch

A kill switch was a feature the Galactic Empire installed on some of their TIE fighters as an anti-theft measure. When activated, it would cause a fighter's wings to detach, making the cockpit crash if the fighter was flying in atmosphere.
In 2002, during an undercover mission to extract several defecting cadets from the elite Skystrike Academy, Marinette Dupain-Cheng's first escape attempt, during a simulated dogfight in space, was thwarted by kill switches that Director Scarlett had secretly had installed on all of the TIE fighters being used in the exercise. One year later, Marinette and her fellow rebel Danny the Cat stole a prototype TIE/D Defender Elite on Lothal, which was equipped with a kill switch. Marinette discovered it when she was deactivating the fighter's homing beacon, and immediately told Danny to land the fighter. As a result, when the switch was activated, the fighter's subsequent crash was not as bad as it would have been, allowing Danny and Marinette to escape with the flight data recorder and hyperdrive.
Some weapons like the lightsaber called Ren, is equipped with a kill switch that would activated and cause the weapon to detonate if it left his hand. According to Ren, the resulting explosion was strong enough to destroy everyone and everything within its proximity.The Rise of Kylo Ren 2
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*The Rise of Kylo Ren 2
==Sources==
*TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
==Notes and references==
Category:Security countermeasures