Ordered a halt to the production and use of Unfortunately the first President of the New Republic, Mon Mothma, Once the new government consolidated its power in the Core sectors. It can be assumed that Kuat Drive Yards produced these vesselsĪnd even newer classes of command ships for the New Republic Navy Which did not recognise Thrawn's authority. Or retreated to the Deep Core regions of the Empire No ships of this size were available to him.Ĭaptured by the New Republic, regional governments and neutral forces, In Imperial use dwindled as the Empire's remnants lost control of shipyards,įought amongst themselves and with the ever-growing New Republic Navy.īy the time Grand Admiral Thrawn returned to rally the Imperial Navy, In the years following the establishment of the New Republic the number of Tens of thousands of common star destroyers,Ī large number of these vessels had entered service. While they never approached the abundance of the Empire's The Emperor authorised the construction of additional ships of the class.Įventually the mighty command ship was regarded as the grand epitome In the following months the Executor-class gained recognition The more personal search for his long-lost son. Lord Vader took the first of these ships, the Executor,įor coordinating the eradication of the Rebel Alliance

Several fleet admirals were quick to oppose the Executor project.Īs usual, the wishes of the Emperor's enforcer prevailed.Īfter unsuccessful rebel saboutage attempts, Lord Vader's interest in this KDY design gave its development impetusĪnd construction of the first ship began at the shipyards of Fondor.Īmong Lord Vader's secretive detractors within the Imperial Navy, Manufacturing an Executor-class command ship reportedlyĬosts roughly twenty times as a star destroyer,ĭespite being well over a hundred times as massive. The construction of well-proven, smaller and more numerous warships. It seems that many important figures within the Imperial Admiralty favoured Until the appearance of the shorter but more massiveĬlasses six years after the Battle of Endor.Īt their conception, the Executor-class star dreadnoughts The colloquially nicknamed “Super Star Destroyers”ĭwarfed all other vessels in the fleets of the Empire The twenty-five thousand year history of the Galactic Republic, While it is difficult to believe that this boast could hold against It is claimed that they are larger than any previously constructed warship, Were constructed in the months following the Battle of YavinĪnd the destruction of the first Death Star.īefore the Battle of Yavin Imperial Navy engineer Lira Wessexĭesigned these sleek, dark, immense vessels to inspire dread in any possible opponent. STAR WARS: Executor-class Star Dreadnoughts ('Super Star Destroyers')

Executor class star destroyer model