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- "I want a Rogue-class starfighter with elite weapons, cloaking device, the works."
- ―Cad Bane, to Darth Sidious
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.
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Characteristics[edit | edit source]
12.7 meters in length, the Rogue-class starfighter had a bulbous cockpit and heavy laser cannons on both wings.[3]
History[edit | edit source]
Rogue-class fighters flown by IG-100 MagnaGuards
Manufactured by Baktoid Armor Workshop,[1] Rogue-class starfighters were used by the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars.[4] 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 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 Jedi General Skywalker's ship, the Twilight.[4]
Cad Bane was then given one by his Sith Lord client, Darth Sidious, equipped with a cloaking device.[5] Bane then used his Rogue-class starfighter to kidnap two Force-sensitive children from Rodia and Glee Anselm, eventually taking them to Mustafar. Bane and his ship were then captured by Skywalker and his apprentice on Naboo. Onboard the Resolute, Skywalker and Tano searched his ship, eventually discovering that he also went to Mustafar.[6]
At some point, Bane was able to reclaim his fighter, using it during his work for the Hutts.[7] Bane and his droid, Todo 360, then used it to track Ziro to his father's grave on Teth.[8]
Rogue-class starfighters were used on Utapau near the end of the Clone Wars.[9]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
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.[9]
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.[10]
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.[11]
A gunship that bore 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.[12]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Duel of the Droids"- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Holocron Heist" (Mentioned only) (First identified as Rogue-class starfighter)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Children of the Force"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Evil Plans"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Hunt for Ziro"
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance)
Sources[edit | edit source]
- The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Duel of the Droids on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link) (First identified as P-38 fighter)
- The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Holocron Heist on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link) (as rogue-class starfighter)
- The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Children of the Force on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link) (Picture only)
- Cad Bane in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- "Holocron Heist" Episode Guide – The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link) (as rogue-class starfighter)
- "Children of the Force" - The Clone Wars Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
- Ultimate Star Wars (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 24 (Weapons & Uniforms: Terror of the IG-100s)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 25 (Weapons & Uniforms: The Utapauns) (First identified as Porax-38 starfighter)
- Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- Star Wars: Complete Vehicles (First identified as Rogue-class Porax-38 starfighter)
- Rise of the Separatists
- Star Wars Complete Vehicles, New Edition
- Confederacy of Independent Systems in the Databank (backup link)
- MagnaGuard Fighter in the Databank (backup link) (First identified as MagnaGuard Fighter)
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Star Wars: Complete Vehicles
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3
MagnaGuard Fighter in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Holocron Heist"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Children of the Force"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Evil Plans"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Hunt for Ziro"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ P-38 starfighter in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Every Starfighter in Star Wars Explained By Lucasfilm | WIRED on the WIRED YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ The Mandalorian – "Chapter 6: The Prisoner"
