Because of the shape and proportions of the TIE, I had assumed it would be impossible to make using a single sheet of paper. That’s probably not true and someday I’ll spend some time working on a single sheet TIE. This TIE fighter came about as another of my “doodling” moments. I was passing time in line at a store playing with a flower base. Just to see what would happen, I flipped it inside out and the result was a hexagon. Something about it looked familiar but I couldn’t put my finger on it. A few days later I realized what it was. It was perfect for the solar panel of a TIE fighter. I had two thirds of the TIE in my hands already. The trick was to take a third sheet, make the ball cockpit with wing pylons, and find a way to connect it to the wings without glue. As you can see from the picture, I was successful. The TIE fighter is one of two compound figures in my first book. (one made with multiple sheets of paper) The other is the Y-Wing.