The TIE Phantom is, as best as I can tell, considered a canonical ship. It features 3 laser cannons, along with 2 ion cannons (I'm loathe to use ions in XwA because it seems to cause the game to crash a lot), and it actually feels more like a gunship than some of the other "gunships" in XwA. Apparently the ship has a cloaking device as well, but I'm not sure that's a thing in XwA. At any rate, it's fairly challenging to pilot in a dogfight. Cockpit visibility is poor, and the massive rear profile makes it not as fun as other ships to fly in 3rd person. I felt starved for power in this match, trying to keep shields up so I could survive approaches, and sacrificing engine speed just so I could transfer energy from lasers to shields. I feel like this ship probably relies more missiles and heavy ordinance than lasers/ions.