Though it fell out of favor in the Imperial starfleet which preferred the more intimidating Imperial-class, many of the vessels remained in service and even managed to survive to find new life under the resource-strapped Imperial Remnant (famously including their introduction in the Thrawn Trilogy).
In the Legends continuity, it was introduced toward the end of the Clone Wars on the side of the Republic, and continued service in the early Empire. It’s roughly around half the size (900 meters vs. Basically an older, smaller ship that nevertheless has much in common with its more famous cousin, the Imperial-class Star Destroyer. The Secutor also sported two hangar bays, making it formidable as a fighter carrier.Īnother class whose canon status was saved by Tarkin, I’m really glad this one made it into canon because it’s used quite frequently in the Expanded Universe and consequently I grew quite attached to it.
Based on its Legends information, the Secutor-class was actually much larger than its more famous cousin, checking in at 2.2 kilometers to the Imperial-class’s 1.6. Though not actually technically a Star Destroyer, it’s impossible to miss the obvious design similarities between this assault ship which served in the early days of the Clone Wars and the later Republic/Imperial capital ships.Īlso known as the Republic attack cruiser (and later Imperial attack cruiser) or Jedi Cruiser, this class saw action during the later stages of the Clone Wars.Ĭanon by way of being mentioned in the novel Tarkin, there is very little canon information available on this ship so I’m just going to use its Legends information until that’s contradicted by canon (if anyone ever even remembers that this ship is technically canon). Whoops, I’ve been really slacking with these posts lately! Can’t have that, now can we? This time, let’s look at a class of ship whose mere presence changed the balance of any battle it was involved in, and was designed to be capable of subjugating an entire star system. Star Wars: Episode VII ships we know about so far.
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