LEGO Star Wars Darth Vader's TIE Fighter (8017)

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In April 2014, most of the licensed Star Wars novels, games, and comics produced since 1976 (and prior to 2014), were rebranded by Lucasfilm as Star Wars Legends; and therefore declared non-canon to the franchise. [48] [49] Star Destroyers feature in numerous Legends publications, with a considerable amount of additional notable information. According to West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game sourcebooks and other texts, Imperial-class Star Destroyers are constructed by Kuat Drive Yards and hold a distinguished place in the Imperial Navy, symbolizing the Empire's military might with a peak number of more than 25,000 vessels. [50] Like the Venator and Victory-class ships that precede it, the Imperial-class is a multi-role capital ship combining the roles of a battleship, starfighter carrier, and troopship. Notable for its massive size and overwhelming firepower compared to its fore-bearers; a single Imperial-class ship is capable of singlehandedly taking on a fleet of enemy vessels or "reducing the surface of a planet to a slag" (known as "Base Delta Zero"), and its mere presence is often enough to deter rebellion. [50] At 1,600 meters (5,200ft) long, Imperial-class Star Destroyers are crewed by 9,235 Officers, 27,850 enlisted personnel, and 275 Gunners. The Imperial I is armed with 60 turbolasers, 60 ion cannons, and 10 tractor beam projectors for space combat. [50] The standard complement is 72 TIE fighters (including 12 TIE Bombers and 12-24 TIE Interceptors), and a variety of support craft including shuttles and transports. Unlike other comparable capital ships like the Mon Calamari MC80 Star Cruiser of the Rebel Alliance (later New Republic), an Imperial-class Star Destroyer carries a full array of ground forces (including 9700 stormtroopers, 20 AT-ATs and 30 AT-STs) with dropships for rapid deployment to planetary surfaces, plus a prefabricated base if a permanent planetary garrison is required. [50]

The second Death Star was defended by the Executor and a fleet of Imperial Star Destroyers in the Battle of Endor. As the home of pop culture, we offer tons of officially licensed toys based on films, TV series, and video games. These include the Star Wars LEGO theme, a line of products that was originally licensed by the brand in 1999, when the franchise belonged to Lucasfilm. The LEGO Grouphas extended their license on multiple occasions, partnering with The Walt Disney Company after they became the new owners of the franchise. Isard, Ysanne (Expanded Universe)". Star Wars Databank. Lucasfilm. Archived from the original on 2007-12-12 . Retrieved 2007-12-15. If a model of the Executor was built to scale and placed hovering over New York City, it would cast a shadow over the island of Manhattan. [24] [25] Cultural impact [ edit ] Allain, Rhett. "Happy May the 4th! Let's Break Down a Super Star Destroyer's Death". Wired . Retrieved 2021-07-02.Starship Battles Preview 1". Wizards of the Coast. 2006-10-19. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007 . Retrieved 2007-07-12.

There are also 12 mini build toys including the Millennium Falcon, an A-wing, TIE Fighter, X-wing, Droid Control Ship, Anakin’s Podracer and Darth Vader’s Castle to spark kids’ imaginations in the run-up to Christmas. Rhett Allain, an associate professor of physics at Southeastern Louisiana University, examined the death of the Executor in a Star Wars Day-themed article for Wired. According to him, the Executor impacted the second Death Star traveling at 3.5km/s (7,800mph), which - assuming the collision was strictly a result of gravitational interaction between the two objects - would require a super-dense Death Star to achieve such an impact velocity. Additionally, the Executor had a near constant angular velocity of 0.159 radians/second during the scene where it rotates to face the Death Star. For the crew at the front of the ship, this would result in a centripetal acceleration of 39 G. [23]CES 2016: Star Wars Star Destroyer PC Case Mod is Jaw-Dropping". IGN. 10 January 2016 . Retrieved 28 March 2021. Built by Kuat Drive Yards, [2] the Executor was part of a class of Star Destroyers of the same name, which were the fruit of a project the Sith Lord Darth Vader had been pushing for. [35] The Executor was intended to take the place of the Annihilator as the flagship of the Supreme Commander, Grand General Cassio Tagge, and therefore assume the position of the greatest starship in the entire Imperial Fleet. [21] By the aftermath of the War on Shu-Torun, the Super Star Destroyer was entering the final stages of its construction at the orbital shipyards of Kuat. [36] Barr, Patricia; Bray, Adam; Jones, Matt; Horton, Cole; Wallace, Daniel; Windham, Ryder (2019). Ultimate Star Wars New Edition. United States: DK Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4654-7900-6.