Starfighter/Legends

"Blast! This is why I hate flying!"

- Obi-Wan Kenobi, being chased by Jango Fett's Slave I

A starfighter was a small, maneuverable starship designed for military combat.

Characteristics
The majority of starfighters were piloted directly by living beings, although some were either controlled remotely or by artificial intelligence. These light craft were designed to carry out attacks on sensitive installations and targets that required immense precision.

In fleet battle, starfighters worked in concert with capital ships, harassing warships and striking once their weakened shields, failed or were re-aligned  due to enemy capital ship-fire. Alone, fighters had little to no chance of penetrating the shields of capital ships, but most starfighters worked in squadrons and carried weapons like proton torpedoes and concussion missiles. These squadrons could take out a large capital ship with precision fire.

Galactic Republic

 * Koros Spaceworks interceptor
 * Koros starfighter (Great Hyperspace Wars)
 * Koros starfighter (Unification Wars)
 * Light tactical fighter
 * Tott Doneeta's starfighter
 * Oss Wilum's starfighter
 * S-100 Stinger-class starfighter
 * Star Saber XC-01 starfighter
 * S-250 Chela-class starfighter
 * Aurek-class tactical strikefighter
 * CloakShape fighter
 * C-73 Tracker starfighter
 * Lancet
 * Tikiar Starfighter
 * Z-95 Headhunter starfighter
 * Delta-6 starfighter
 * Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor
 * Delta-7B Aethersprite-class light interceptor
 * Delta-12 Skysprite
 * Sharp Spiral
 * Cord-class starfighter
 * H-60 Tempest bomber
 * Whitecloak fighter
 * Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor
 * NTB-630 naval bomber
 * PTB-625 planetary bomber
 * V-19 Torrent starfighter
 * Aggressive ReConnaissance-170 starfighter
 * Alpha-3 Nimbus-class V-wing starfighter
 * BTL-B Y-wing starfighter

First Sith Empire

 * Sith Starfighter
 * Blade-class starfighter

Krath

 * Chaos Fighter

Mandalorians

 * Cabur-class starfighter
 * Davaab-type starfighter
 * Bes'uliik
 * Aggressor assault fighter
 * Gladiator-class assault fighter

Sith Empire (Jedi Civil War)

 * Sith Fighter

Naboo

 * N-1 Starfighter
 * N-1L Light Starfighter
 * N-1T Advanced Starfighter
 * N-X Police Cruiser
 * NB-1 Royal Bomber
 * NB-1S Royal Bomber
 * NB-1T Royal Bomber

Confederacy of Independent Systems

 * Vulture-class droid starfighter
 * Advanced Droid Starfighter
 * Light Droid Starfighter
 * Scarab droid starfighter
 * Geonosian Fighter
 * Nantex-class Territorial Defense Starfighter
 * Advanced Geonosian Fighter
 * Cavik Toth's starfighter
 * Sabaoth defender
 * Sabaoth starfighter
 * Commerce Guild Advanced Bomber
 * Commerce Guild Bomber
 * Commerce Guild Enhanced Bomber
 * E-STAP Droid Starbomber
 * E-STAP Advanced Droid Starbomber
 * E-STAP Shielded Droid Starbomber
 * Hyena-class bomber
 * Ginivex-class starfighter
 * Droid tri-fighter
 * Belbullab-22 starfighter
 * Mankvim-814 Light Interceptor
 * CIS-Advanced starfighter
 * Trade Federation droid bomber
 * Unidentified minelayer

Imperial

 * T.I.E. starfighter
 * TIE Advanced x1
 * TIE Advanced x2
 * TIE Advanced x3
 * TIE Advanced x7
 * TIE Aggressor
 * TIE/ad Avenger
 * TIE/sa bomber
 * TIE/D Defender
 * TIE Fighter
 * TIE/D automated starfighter
 * TIE/fc Fighter
 * TIE/gt Fighter
 * TIE Experimental M1
 * TIE Experimental M2
 * TIE Experimental M3
 * TIE Experimental M4
 * TIE Experimental M5
 * TIE Hunter
 * TIE/In interceptor
 * Emperor's Royal Guard TIE/In starfighter
 * TIE Interdictor
 * TIE/LN fighter
 * TIE Light Duty
 * TIE Oppressor
 * TIE Phantom
 * TIE Raptor
 * TIE Sentinel
 * TIE/rc Fighter
 * TIE Vanguard
 * Missile Boat
 * Alpha-class Xg-1 Star Wing
 * Skipray Blastboat
 * Scimitar Assault Bomber
 * Shadow Droid
 * A-9 Vigilance starfighter
 * I-7 Howlrunner starfighter
 * CCIR Needle
 * Preybird-class starfighter
 * Toscan 8-Q starfighter

Fel Empire/Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire/Empire-in-exile

 * Predator-class fighter
 * Neutralizer-class bomber

Rebel Alliance / New Republic / Galactic Alliance

 * BTL Y-wing starfighter/bomber
 * T-65 X-wing starfighter
 * T-65BR X-wing reconnaissance starfighter
 * XJ3 X-wing starfighter
 * XJ5 X-wing starfighter/ChaseX
 * XJ6 X-wing starfighter
 * XJ7 X-wing starfighter
 * StealthX
 * B-wing assault fighter
 * R-22 Spearhead interceptor
 * RZ-1 A-wing interceptor
 * Defender starfighter
 * General Purpose Attack Fighter
 * E-wing escort starfighter
 * BTL-S8 K-wing assault starfighter
 * Toscan 8-Q starfighter
 * H-60 Tempest bomber
 * Aleph-class starfighter
 * Eta-5 interceptor
 * Incom A-24 Sleuth
 * X-83 TwinTail starfighter
 * CF9 Crossfire starfighter
 * BB-2 Starfire fighter-bomber

Ssi-ruuvi Imperium

 * Swarm-class Battle Droid
 * V'sett-class Fighter

Corporate Sector Authority

 * Authority IRD
 * Authority IRD-A

Yuuzhan Vong

 * Yorik Et
 * Grutchin
 * Yorik-Akaga

Killiks

 * Dartship

Chiss Ascendancy

 * Nssis-class Clawcraft
 * Chiss heavy fighter

Others

 * Agr
 * Advanced Agr
 * Fast Agr
 * Blade
 * Advanced Blade
 * Heavy Blade
 * Blade-32 Superiority Fighter
 * Chir'daki
 * Clutch
 * D'Astan starfighter
 * Dianoga Starfighter
 * G-59 Cannibalizer
 * Galan starfighter
 * Havoc
 * I-BEAM Star Fighter
 * IG-2000
 * Manta-class starfighters
 * Miy'til starfighter
 * Morningstar
 * Planetary Fighter
 * Pinook Fighter
 * R-41 Starchaser
 * Screamer
 * StarViper-class attack platform
 * Supa Fighter
 * Tenloss Hornet Interceptor
 * T-wing interceptor
 * Tof starfighter
 * Utapaun Porax-38 starfighter
 * Vagaari fighter
 * X-TIE Fighter
 * Yinchorri Fighter
 * Zebra starfighter
 * Zonama Sekotan Fighter
 * YT-5100 Shriek bomber
 * Unidentified bomber
 * Gand Starfighter

Behind the scenes
Star Wars 1 refers to the Tantive IV as a starfighter. This is inconsistent with how the term has come to be used in subsequent literature.

Non-canon appearances

 * LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 game
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 film
 * LEGO Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick
 * Star Wars: Visions of the Blade
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * LEGO Star Wars: Bombad Bounty