Imperial Class
| First appearance | A New Hope |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | Galactic Empire New Republic |
| Launched | 19 BBY |
| Decommissioned | Active |
| References | Imperial Navy Ship Identification Guide |
| General characteristics | |
| Class | Initially Imperator, later Imperial |
| Fighters | 6 TIE squadrons (72 Ships) |
| Auxiliary craft | 2 Lambda-class shuttles |
| Armaments | Turbolasers Ion cannons Tractor beam projectors |
| Defenses | Shield generators |
| Propulsion | Solar ionization reactor |
| Length | 1,600 meters (5,200 ft) |
| Width | 1,015 meters (3,330 ft) |
The Star Destroyer first appears in the original Star Wars trilogy. In the 1977 film Star Wars, Han Solo refers to them as "Imperial cruisers". The term "Star Destroyer" is not used in dialogue until Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
In the original draft scripts of the movie that would become Star Wars, the term "Stardestroyer" refers to two-man fighters flown by what would become the Galactic Empire in later drafts. Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) built a 91-centimeter (36 in) shooting model of the ship for A New Hope. ILM built another model measuring 259 centimeters (102 in), equipped with internal lighting to provide a better sense of scale, for The Empire Strikes Back.
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