The Rogue-class Porax-38 starfighter, also referred to as the Rogue-class starfighter, the Porax-38 starfighter, or the P-38 fighter, represented a starfighter model produced by both Baktoid Armor Workshop and Buuper Torsckil Abbey Devices. It saw action with the Confederacy of Independent Systems during the Clone Wars. Frequently piloted by specifically programmed IG-100 MagnaGuards, it gained the informal title of MagnaGuard Fighter. A modified Rogue-class starfighter, known as the Xanadu Blood, belonged to the bounty hunter Cad Bane.
The Rogue-class fighter, jointly manufactured by Baktoid Armor Workshop and Buuper Torsckil Abbey Devices, was a larger starfighter characterized by a bulbous cockpit design and powerful laser cannons mounted on each wing. Its overall length measured 12.7 meters.
During the Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems utilized Rogue-class starfighters. While often flown by specially programmed [IG-100 MagnaGuard](/article/ig-100_magnaguard], Separatist commanders and hired mercenaries also piloted them. During the Clone Wars, Count Dooku's unsuccessful scheme to gain access to Hutt Space involved two of his MagnaGuards flying Rogue-class starfighters. Although the fighters were ultimately destroyed, they successfully shot down the Twilight, the ship of his nemesis, Jedi General Anakin Skywalker. In the Battle of Abrion Bridge, Separatist forces employed these fighters to overwhelm the forces of Skywalker’s Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Durge, a bounty hunter, also flew a Rogue-class starfighter above a green celestial body while in service to the Confederacy.
Darth Sidious, Dooku's Master and a Sith Lord, provided Cad Bane with the Xanadu Blood, a fighter equipped with a cloaking device, as part of his payment (along with a triple bonus) for stealing a Jedi holocron. Bane then used his Rogue-class starfighter to abduct Force-sensitive children Wee Dunn and Zinn Toa from Rodia and Glee Anselm, transporting them to Mustafar. Skywalker and his apprentice captured Bane and his ship on Naboo. A search of his ship aboard the Resolute by Skywalker and Tano revealed wiped navigation logs, but by examining the ashes clinging to the ship and analyzing his fuel computer, they deduced his trip to Mustafar.
At a later time, Bane regained possession of his fighter and used it during his work for the Hutts. Bane, along with his droid Todo 360, subsequently utilized it to track Ziro to his father's grave located on Teth. Bane and Todo successfully evaded Quinlan Vos and Obi-Wan Kenobi by using the fighter. The Utapau Skyforce also deployed Rogue-class starfighters on Utapau. Towards the conclusion of the Clone Wars, the Skyforce joined the Republic and fought the Droid Army in the Battle of Utapau.
The Rogue-class Porax-38 starfighter was initially conceived for the 2005 movie Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
Its inclusion in the film occurred late in development, and despite the creation of a digital model, it was never fully realized to the originally intended degree of detail.
The P-38 fighter drew inspiration from the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, a real-world fighter aircraft from World War II. It exhibits several similarities to the P-38 Lightning, notably its twin tail configuration and comparable engine intakes.
A gunship bearing a striking resemblance to the Rogue-class made an appearance in "Chapter 6: The Prisoner," an episode of The Mandalorian, a Disney+ television series from 2019. Concept art displayed during the episode's credits showed the ship looking more like a standard Rogue-class than what was ultimately shown. Star Wars Outlaws has since identified this craft as the Rogue-class Gunship.