"Starfighter" is a science fiction term used to describe small, fast, usually one-manned craft designed for armed combat (cf starship).
The appearance and use of fictional starfighters is often modeled on fighter aircraft, with little regard for the actual physics of spaceflight. Exceptions include the Gunstar from The Last Starfighter, the Viper from the reimagined series of Battlestar Galactica, and the Starfury from Babylon 5, which are capable of multidirectional orientation. In some cases, the Starfighters are used as atmospheric fighters as well, explaining their looks.
Starfighters are popular as the subjects of flight simulator-like space combat video games, such as the "Wing Commander" and "X-Wing" series. This connection was made explicitly as early as the 1984 film The Last Starfighter in which a video game on Earth is used as a recruiting device for an alien civilization whose starfighters require the same skills as the video game.
In the Star Wars universe, a Starfighter is a blanket term for all small combat space craft, regardless of shields, hyperspace capability, weaponry (unless it carries none), armor, maneuverability and crew. "Snubfighter" (a term first used in Star Wars), though no concise definition has been given, often refers to a fighter carrying shielding, secondary weapons systems such as Proton Torpedoes or concussion missiles, and being hyperspace capable. Starfighters sometimes bear mission designations similar to modern fighter aircraft, such as "strike fighter" and "space superiority fighter".
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25 years ago, He saved the Star League and hundreds of worlds, including Earth. Now He's returned ... and Earth's got company coming.
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The Last Starfighter [1984] [Modern Trailer]
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The Last Starfighter Theatrical Trailer
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Starfighter Mit Hightech in den Tod Doku
1.
Franz Josef hat dem deutschen Volk
die Starfighter gekauft,
und immer, wenn einer vom Himmel fiel,
dann hat sich der Dicke voll Mitgefühl
ein Haupthaar ausgerauft.
2.
Von vorne kannst Du es nicht sehn,
auf seiner feisten Fratze
Doch knapp über dem Nackenspeck
von kalt und heißem Schweiß bedeckt
da hat er 'ne kleine Glatze.
3.
Das ist sein kleiner Friedhof für die 95 Toten.
Die Heldensind verscharrt im Sand,
die starben nicht für's Vaterland,
die Bundeswehrpiloten.
4.
Die starben nicht für mich, für Dich,
die starben für den Krüppel.
Der Vogel, der nicht fliegen kann,
'Strauß' will jetzt an den Knüppel ran,
den großen Steuerknüppel.
5.
Es ist genug! Schmeißt auf den Schrott
die teuren Todesvögel!
Ja, und wenn überhaupt noch ein
Starfighter runterstürzen muss
Dann soll es, dann soll es
dann soll es der Dicke sein.