Rogue-class Porax-38 starfighter

This article is about the starfighter. You may be looking for the similarly named and designed Rogue-class Gunship.

Rogue-class Porax-38 starfighter

Production information

Manufacturer

Model

Rogue-class Porax-38^[2]

Type

Starfighter^[3]

Technical specifications

Length

12.7 meters^[2]

Width

12.88 meters^[2]

Height/depth

2.71 meters^[2]

Maximum acceleration

3,300 G^[2]

Maximum atmospheric speed

61,000 kph^[2]

Hyperdrive rating

Class 2^[2]

Hyperdrive range

Sector^[4]

Hyperdrive system

Hyperdrive motivator^[4]

Power plant

Port and starboard wing-mounted reactors^[4]

Shielding

Equipped^[2]

Sensor systems

Airpseed sensors^[4]
Active scanner array^[4]

Targeting systems

Rangefinder with targeting processor^[4]

Navigation system

Local-range navigation computer^[4]

Avionics

Pilot-assist flight instruments^[4]

Countermeasures

Jamming device^[4]
Data buffers^[4]
Cloaking device (modified)^[5]

Armament

Heavy laser cannons (2)^[3]

Crew

Pilot (1)^[6]

Passengers

1 small droid^[7]
1 baby^[8]

Life support

Equipped^[2]

Communication systems

Wing-mounted comlink ^[4]

Other systems

Wing-mounted maneuvering repulsorlifts^[4]
Inertial compensator^[4]

Usage

Affiliation

"I want a Rogue-class starfighter with elite weapons, cloaking device, the works."

―Cad Bane, to Darth Sidious^[5]

The Rogue-class Porax-38 starfighter, also known simply as the Rogue-class starfighter, Porax-38 starfighter, or P-38 fighter, was a model of starfighter manufactured by Baktoid Armor Workshop and Buuper Torsckil Abbey Devices and used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars. Often flown by specially programmed IG-100 MagnaGuards, it came to informally be known as the MagnaGuard Fighter. The bounty hunter Cad Bane owned a modified Rogue-class starfighter known as the Xanadu Blood.

Characteristics[]

Durge-SWZ97 — Durge's *Rogue*-class starfighter

Manufactured by both Baktoid Armor Workshop^[1] and Buuper Torsckil Abbey Devices,^[2] the Rogue-class fighter was a bigger starfighter with a bulbous cockpit and heavy laser cannons on both wings. It measured 12.7 meters in length.^[3]

History[]

Rogue-class starfighters were used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars.^[6] They were often flown by specially programmed IG-100 MagnaGuard, though they were also piloted by Separatist leaders and hirelings.^[3] During Count Dooku's failed plot to secure access to Hutt Space during the Clone Wars, he had two of his MagnaGuards fly Rogue-class starfighters. Though the fighters were destroyed, they were successful in shooting down his arch-nemesis Jedi General Anakin Skywalker’s ship, the Twilight.^[6] During the Battle of Abrion Bridge, Separatist-led units were used to destroy Skywalker’s Master Obi-Wan Kenobi's forces.^[9]

The bounty hunter Durge also piloted a Rogue-class starfighter over a green astronomical object when he worked with the Confederacy.^[10]

CadBaneScum-SWZ92 — Cad Bane pilots his *Rogue*-class fighter away from Jabba's palace

Cad Bane was then given a fighter, the Xanadu Blood, by his Sith Lord client and Dooku's Master Darth Sidious equipped with a cloaking device as part of his payment for stealing a Jedi holocron along with his usual payment times three.^[5] Bane used his Rogue-class starfighter to kidnap two Force-sensitive children; Wee Dunn and Zinn Toa, from Rodia and Glee Anselm and took them to Mustafar. Bane and his ship were captured by Skywalker and his apprentice on Naboo. Onboard the Resolute, Skywalker and Tano searched his ship but his navigation logs were wiped, eventually discovering that he also went to Mustafar due to his ship collecting a lot of ashes and checking his fuel computer.^[8]

At some point, Bane was able to reclaim his fighter, using it during his work for the Hutts.^[11] Bane and his droid Todo 360, then used it to track Ziro to his father's grave on Teth. Bane and Todo manage to escape Quinlan Vos and Obi-Wan Kenobi using the fighter.^[7] Rogue-class starfighters were also used on Utapau by the Utapau Skyforce. Near the end of the Clone Wars, the skyforce allied with the Republic and engaged the Droid Army in the Battle of Utapau.^[12]

Behind the scenes[]

Fighter Concept — Concept art of what would become the *Rogue*-class starfighter, by Ryan Church.

The Rogue-class Porax-38 starfighter was originally created for the 2005 film Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.^[12]

It was a late addition to the film and, though a digital model was created for the starfighter, it was never completed to the level originally planned.^[13]

The P-38 fighter was inspired by the real-world Lockheed P-38 Lightning, a World War II fighter aircraft. It shares a number of characteristics with the P-38 Lightning, including a pair of twin tails and similar engine scoops.^[14]

A gunship baring a strong resemblance to the Rogue-class appeared in "Chapter 6: The Prisoner," an episode from the 2019 Disney+ television series, The Mandalorian. Concept art showcased in the episode's credits depicted the ship as appearing closer to a stock Rogue-class than in the final episode.^[15] Star Wars Outlaws established this craft to be the Rogue-class Gunship.^[16]