Starfighter combat

Republic and Separatist starfighters engaging in combat.

"Blast! This is why I hate flying!"

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

Starfighter combat, also known as  dogfighting or starfighting, referred to combat engagements fought by starfighters in space or a planet's atmosphere.

Appearances

The High Republic: Light of the Jedi (and audiobook) Darth Maul (2017) 1 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace The Phantom Menace Read-Along Storybook and CD Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones Attack of the Clones Read-Along Storybook and CD Star Wars: The Clone Wars film Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Supply Lines" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Shadow of Malevolence" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Destroy Malevolence" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Downfall of a Droid" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Storm Over Ryloth" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Liberty on Ryloth" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Holocron Heist" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Landing at Point Rain" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "ARC Troopers" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Nightsisters" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Citadel Rescue" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Darkness on Umbara" (In flashback(s)) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Escape from Kadavo" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Bound for Rescue" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Sabotage" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Unknown" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Bad Batch" (In flashback(s)) Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Unfinished Business" Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Old Friends Not Forgotten" Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith Revenge of the Sith Read-Along Storybook and CD Kanan 3 Lost Stars (and audiobook) Kanan 5 Star Wars Rebels — "Fire Across the Galaxy" Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal Star Wars Rebels — "Wings of the Master" Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow Star Wars Rebels — "The Antilles Extraction" Star Wars Rebels — "The Last Battle" Star Wars Rebels — "Zero Hour" Star Wars Rebels — "In the Name of the Rebellion" Star Wars Rebels — "Rebel Assault" Star Wars: Starfighter Missions Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization (and audiobook) Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel (and audiobook) Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance) A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy (and audiobook) A New Hope Read-Along Storybook and CD Star Wars (2015) 54 "Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook) (In flashback(s)) Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side! (and audiobook) Shattered Empire 1 "A Race for Answers" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 23 Shattered Empire 3 Star Wars: Squadrons Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (and audiobook) Aftermath: Life Debt (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) "Blade Squadron: Kuat" — Star Wars Insider 168 (reprinted in Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 1) (Mentioned only) Victory's Price: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (and audiobook) Aftermath: Empire's End (and audiobook) Before the Awakening Star Wars Resistance — "The Recruit" "The Recruit - Part 1" — Star Wars Resistance Animation 1 (In flashback(s)) Star Wars Resistance — "The Triple Dark" "The Triple Dark" — Star Wars Resistance Animation 3 Star Wars Resistance — "The Core Problem" Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel (and audiobook) The Force Awakens Little Golden Book The Force Awakens Read-Along Storybook and CD The Force Awakens Adaptation 4 Chaos at the Castle The Force Awakens Adaptation 5 The Fight in the Forest The Force Awakens Adaptation 6 Star Wars Resistance — "No Escape: Part 2" Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi Star Wars Resistance — "A Quick Salvage Run" Star Wars Resistance — "Live Fire" Star Wars Galactic Pals — "Ortolan" (Appears through imagination) Star Wars Resistance — "Rendezvous Point" Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker Star Wars: Battle Pod (Non-canonical appearance)

Non-canon appearances

• LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales — "Exit from Endor" (In flashback(s))
• LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales — "Crisis on Coruscant" (In flashback(s))
• Disney Infinity 3.0
• LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales — "Mission to Mos Eisley" (In flashback(s))
• LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales — "Gambit on Geonosis" (In flashback(s))
• LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens DK Reader
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "A Hero Discovered"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Zander's Joyride"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Return of the Kyber Saber"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens picture book

Sources

• Star Wars: Card Trader Set: Base Series 1 (First identified as starfighting)

• Star Wars: Card Trader Set: Base Series 1, Card: Naboo Pilot - Galactic Republic
• Star Wars: Card Trader Set: Base Series 1, Card: Uncle Owen - Moisture Farmer

• Star Wars: Ships of the Galaxy (First identified as Starfighter combat)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens: New Adventures
• Star Wars: Finn's Mission
• Star Wars: The Adventures of BB-8
• Star Wars: A-wing Deluxe Book and 3D Wood Model
• Star Wars Bust Collection: Darth Vader Behind the Cameras: How the Death Star Was Created

• Star Wars: Build Your Own X-Wing 1

• Star Wars: Build Your Own X-Wing 1 Creating a Starship Fleet: Ralph McQuarrie — The Man Who Drew Star Wars
• Star Wars: Build Your Own X-Wing 1 Rocket Science: Fighter Design

•  Star Wars: Destiny — Across the Galaxy Card: Dogfight (backup link) (First identified as dogfight)
• TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
• Rise of the Separatists
• "Imperial Troops" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "Republic, Rebel, and Resistance Starfighters" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "The Battle of Hoth and the Second Death Star" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Anakin Skywalker in the Databank (backup link)
• B-wing Fighter in the Databank (backup link)
• Jarek Yeager in the Databank (backup link)

Non-canon sources

• Strap in Starfighter, Star Wars is Taking Over in Fortnite: GALACTIC BATTLE! on Fortnite's official website (backup link)

Notes and references

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