Every Known Super Star Destroyer in the Empire (Canon/Legends) - Star Wars Explained

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  • @Spacedock
    @Spacedock 8 років тому +167

    My kinda video, Just finished watching the Ravager fall to its doom on Battlefront. :D

    • @StarWarsExplained
      @StarWarsExplained  8 років тому +21

      nice!

    • @Funnecessary
      @Funnecessary 8 років тому +7

      I always love watching it fall when playing Battlefront. I have died many a time because I can't help but watch the space battle happening overhead.

    • @meridgey
      @meridgey 4 роки тому +3

      Just imagine an X-Wing game where you could fly and help bring down that monstrosity.

    • @Sir_Squirrel_TheIV
      @Sir_Squirrel_TheIV 3 роки тому +1

      Fun fact: all Star Wars video games and battlefront 2 are canon all books except the new Jedi order trilogy are also canon the only type of fan creation that isn’t canon are comics

  • @gregorylumban-gaol3889
    @gregorylumban-gaol3889 8 років тому +89

    That moment when you realize most people, even teenagers can utilize the Super Star Destroyers in strategy games better than most Imperial Commanders.

    • @American-patriot.
      @American-patriot. 10 місяців тому +1

      That's virtually if you. If you imagine that if you're really actually piloting not just a superstar destroyer, AK the literal might of the galactic empire not to mention an entire fleet, and you have to keep them all under control while simultaneously attacking rebels. I feel like that's a lot of stress and people can get very incompetent and make bad decisions if they don't think about it correctly

    • @American-patriot.
      @American-patriot. 10 місяців тому

      This just my opinion very nice joke

    • @MarcusReglin
      @MarcusReglin 8 місяців тому

      We’ll also it’s just one of us doing but they have whole crews to help them plan

  • @j.m.mitchell6226
    @j.m.mitchell6226 8 років тому +599

    why are these cool ships so easily destroyed? are they made of paper?

    • @Revanchist
      @Revanchist 8 років тому +49

      they do get destroyed, what is the purpose than, it cant just go on forever to win battles, well forever...

    • @roguelead72
      @roguelead72 8 років тому +46

      Not entirely true, Rogue Squadron along with several dozen armed freighters, hit Lusankya with several hundred proton torpedoes and concussion missiles, yet managed to only blow the bow off, it was destroyed when it was used to ram a Vong Worldship off Borleias. And Razor's Kiss was an unfinished SSD stolen by Zsinj from Kuat, that had it's shield generators destroyed in the opening moments of the battle.

    • @insertusername7342
      @insertusername7342 8 років тому +59

      +J.M. Mitchell
      They are not easily destroyed. They usually end up going down in major battles, as they tend to be a priority target.

    • @imrekalman9044
      @imrekalman9044 8 років тому +8

      The Iron Fist was attacked by a few Mon Cal cruisers and 20+ squadrons of fighters (and some sabotage), and still got away. As it was mentioned in one of the X-Wing series books they can be (and several was) destroyed by large number of smaller ships, but the cost in life/material is tremendous...

    • @roguelead72
      @roguelead72 8 років тому +5

      The force Han attacked Iron Fist with was 2 Mon Calamari cruisers, 2 ISD 2's, a Quasar Fire carrier, and a slew of corvettes and frigates. The force Wedge had at Thyferra during the Lusyanka fight, was Rogue Squadron, a squadron of Twi'lek Deathseeds, about 100 freighters armed with proton torpedoes,and concussion missiles using the targeting data from the fighters, an Alderaanean War Frigate, and an ISD 2 that had defected. The ISD that became Booster Terrik's Errant Venture and a squadron of A-Wings dropped in later in the fight.

  • @connormaskell4192
    @connormaskell4192 8 років тому +309

    How many people watch the Ravager fall on Jakku in battlefront?

    • @Revanchist
      @Revanchist 8 років тому +41

      I wonder that everyone just stops and watches it fall, and then continues shooting each other :D

    • @jasont9169
      @jasont9169 8 років тому +28

      I've seen it and its breathtaking in-game.

    • @vaill4770
      @vaill4770 8 років тому +4

      Although she isn't always fallingon the surface, especially on walker assault.

    • @StarBornMichael
      @StarBornMichael 8 років тому +3

      Me

    • @skuba16
      @skuba16 8 років тому +2

      I do it looks so cool

  • @WilliamJakespeareProps
    @WilliamJakespeareProps 8 років тому +200

    but they can all be taken own by a Y-Wing. Such a waste. I salute thee Admiral Piett

    • @starwarsnerd100
      @starwarsnerd100 8 років тому +52

      *A-Wing

    • @WilliamJakespeareProps
      @WilliamJakespeareProps 8 років тому +8

      D'oh!

    • @magicman1656
      @magicman1656 8 років тому +15

      Actually it wasn't really the A-wing that brought it down just a bunch of poorly timed events. Normally the auxiliary bridge would have kicked in but all senior bridge officers were on the main command bridge and thus no one was able to effectively save the Executor on time and that's why the Big E goes down. however under normal operating circumstances the Executor probably would have survived and kept on fighting. although not for every long.

    • @magicman1656
      @magicman1656 8 років тому +13

      it was mostly hidden under layers of armor, Almost every ship had an auxiliary bridge, not just venators. CR-90s had them, And many others as well.

    • @redone_0269
      @redone_0269 8 років тому +1

      William Jakespeare Hello master prop maker.

  • @KenshiImmortalWolf
    @KenshiImmortalWolf 7 років тому +21

    I think the thing that really upsets me about the legends treatment of Super star destroyers, is not that there where more, the empire was vast. it was the fact that the executor wasn't the first one to be destroyed.
    Much like with the deathstar itself actually successfully destroying one of these things was difficult and the first time it happened was a big deal. So for legends to have even 1 to 2 of these things be destroyed before the battle of endor lessens the impact of the executors defeat.

  • @jaredjohnson7960
    @jaredjohnson7960 8 років тому +183

    I like the low number of SSDs. It makes them all the more important when they show up at a battle.

    • @StarWarsExplained
      @StarWarsExplained  8 років тому +35

      agreed

    • @kieranproskills
      @kieranproskills 8 років тому +3

      +Star Wars Explained I actually thought there was less so thank you

    • @WelshiesTrains
      @WelshiesTrains 8 років тому +2

      +Star Wars Explained did thrawn own some or were they dradnaughts do all dradnaughts

    • @onlypeaceindeath
      @onlypeaceindeath 7 років тому +6

      That might be true. But in Return of the Jedi, Han tried to calm Luke down when he felt Darth Vader's presence on the Executor by pointing out that there were a lot of super star destroyers. So the Empire definitely had a lot more than the official number. Super Star Destroyers aren't even the largest ships in the Imperial starfleet as I understand it.

    • @issiahsilva
      @issiahsilva 7 років тому +1

      onlypeaceindeath all he said was there were a lot of command ships...didn't say anything about Super Star Destroyers

  • @cementmixer14
    @cementmixer14 8 років тому +89

    I want a lego super star destroyer so bad now

    • @Lundmunchkins2000TV
      @Lundmunchkins2000TV 8 років тому +2

      Terminator Gaming there is one

    • @Tugboat1861
      @Tugboat1861 5 років тому +5

      Noah Maldonado Lepin sucks, it may be cheaper but that’s because it feels, looks cheaper. and sucks.

    • @TheWASHINGMACHINEBOY
      @TheWASHINGMACHINEBOY 4 роки тому +1

      Lundmunchkins that is a UCS (ultimate collector series) set and not a normal set

    • @piercelindenberg8156
      @piercelindenberg8156 4 роки тому +1

      I've always wanted one of those, I just never had the money to buy one

    • @blacklotus2136
      @blacklotus2136 4 роки тому

      Ever since it got discontinued you have to pay an arm and a leg for one. The problem is that if or when lego make another one they will also charge you an arm and a leg.

  • @silvermoon88_
    @silvermoon88_ 8 років тому +33

    There were 2 more known in Legends, the Dominion & the Megador. They're listed as SSDs as well.

    • @chrissonofpear1384
      @chrissonofpear1384 5 років тому +2

      Not necessarily same class. Megador is implied to be maybe smaller.

    • @danielk5780
      @danielk5780 3 роки тому +1

      ​@@chrissonofpear1384 Several Legend novels describe the Megador as similar to the Reaper. While the Reaper was used and sacrificed by Pelleaon to back the retreat of his forces in the Battle of Orinda (?), the Megador served as his flagship for many years and was probably the last Executor-class Star Dreadnought in service of the Empire and together with the Guardian the last Executor-class Star Dreadnought in service at all. Meaning that at the end of the established legends material (not including the Legacy era), there were only two SSD's left, both still being the most powerful ships in the Galactic Alliance navy, even though they were almost fourty years old at that time.
      The Megador is probably one of the two SSD's mentioned at the end and described as "unnamed". The name is dropped in a later novel when the ship is prominently featured in the Battle of Fondor.

    • @chrissonofpear1384
      @chrissonofpear1384 3 роки тому +1

      @@danielk5780 Both pretty powerful anyway, although we have never actually seen the Battle of Orinda, outside the Essential Guide to Warfare, and a very brief first mention in Before the Storm (novel) We do have Troy Denning later say the Megador is '5 times more powerful than an ISD', which is at very least, a drastic understatement. Plus, it does have 16 engines, not 13, like the Reaper.

  • @dbsommers1
    @dbsommers1 8 років тому +24

    I like the idea of pirates somehow being able to keep up maintainance of one of those monstrocities. Even if things run a lot better in the future, you're going to have things wearing out/ breaking down all the time just by the sheer number of machines on the ship, then there's the question of how universal SSD parts are (did the empire need special fabrication for unique items, or was almost everything interchangable with standard SD's. And how many places use parts that are functional or equivlent to an SSD part)
    They'd need to own a a planet with a decent manufacturing base just to keep it running.
    Sure, I'm overthinking it, but hey, it's a way to kill time.

    • @VictoryFireStudios
      @VictoryFireStudios Рік тому +2

      How could they even get it.., there thousands of soldiers if not hundred thousands..

  • @christianhoffmann8252
    @christianhoffmann8252 8 років тому +62

    So you can build a death star. Getting it nearly completed takes about 3 years.
    Or you could use the material and do the smart thing and build (super) star destroyers.
    If DS2 was 160km in diameter and a SSD is 19km long and 6km wide triangle of 1km height (and that's generous) you could get 350 SSDs for the price of one DS!
    Which percentage of its resources did the empire use to build DS2? Even 20% would be a lot. In my opinion the empire having hundreds of SSDs and a class of even bigger ships makes way more sense than having a tiny fleet of medium sized ships and then building a ship that is bigger than all of the other ships in the fleet combined.

    • @Gh0stR0b0
      @Gh0stR0b0 8 років тому

      But an SSD can't destroy an entire planet in a blink of an eye can it?

    • @christianhoffmann8252
      @christianhoffmann8252 8 років тому +22

      And how often do you really need this kind of firepower? Several SSDs can burn all major cities of a planet to the ground in no time and are way more flexible than a DS.

    • @vynonyoutube1418
      @vynonyoutube1418 8 років тому +15

      Fun fact, that's actually what Grand Admiral Thrawn would have liked (though i think he'd prefer something smaller but still effective, like the Finalizer from Force Awakens). Him and quite a few other people (Darth Vader himself included) disagreed with the idea of the Death Star.

    • @ussmissouri38
      @ussmissouri38 8 років тому +4

      It's about the fear factor.

    • @christianhoffmann8252
      @christianhoffmann8252 8 років тому +1

      Matthew Chan
      If you need a DS to make your citizens fear for their lifes and for everybody they love your secret service does a very poor job.

  • @lefloch9983
    @lefloch9983 8 років тому +35

    Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure the story of the Ravager is explained in some of the battles on Battlefront. The Survival Mission on Sullust where you steal the plans is most likely how the Rebellion becomes aware of a new Super weapon being built on Sullust, this super weapon being the last know super star destroyer, The Ravager. A campaign is launched to take Sullust from the Empire and a final assault is made on an Imperial hanger which would explain the Walker assault battle. The battle is a crushing defeat for the Rebellion as seen towards the end of the battle, the Ravager rising from the background with a fleet of Imperial class star destroyers and the Rebels are forced to retreat. Later on, intelligence would reveal the location of secret Imperial labs on Jakku which also happened to be where the Ravager was stationed. In one of the last major battles of the GCW the Rebellion launches a full scale assault on Jakku, ending with the destruction of the Ravager, and a humiliating blow to the Empire. What do you guys think?

    • @ubbowokkels9615
      @ubbowokkels9615 8 років тому +2

      seems possible

    • @RageTeam2014
      @RageTeam2014 8 років тому +3

      The problem is that the battle of Sullust took place before Endor. (As seen in Episode 6 , Moving Target and Lost Stars.)

    • @lefloch9983
      @lefloch9983 8 років тому

      +Rage Team It still doesn't make it not possible. I mean it does make it significantly less plausible

    • @LCDqBqA
      @LCDqBqA 8 років тому

      fak you jangles

    • @lefloch9983
      @lefloch9983 8 років тому

      Ollie Barbor No u

  • @harrisondansie9542
    @harrisondansie9542 8 років тому +109

    I hope the DisnEU makes some believable stories about how the other SSDs were commandeered or destroyed. I'm having a hard time believing the pirates bit more than anything.
    Of course, if it turns out to be Tyber Zann at work, I'll strike my comment from the record.

    • @kabob0077
      @kabob0077 8 років тому +11

      If it is Good Ol' Tyber then he probably had some weird but good enough for him reason for attacking it.

    • @harrisondansie9542
      @harrisondansie9542 8 років тому +4

      kabob 007 You can never be too sure about Tyber, can you?

    • @kabob0077
      @kabob0077 8 років тому +6

      Harrison Dansie Oh no sir, he is as slippery and hard to read as they come. If you can read him then he's playing you like a damn fiddle.

    • @alexanerose4820
      @alexanerose4820 8 років тому +4

      Didn't think people still remember Tyber after all this time. Especially with Thrawn being cannon again. Do you believe he could beat Thranw anyway?

    • @harrisondansie9542
      @harrisondansie9542 8 років тому +2

      Alexane Rose Considering the fact they knew each other in the Imperial Academy, I wouldn't put it beyond him, but then again, the game makes it so you have the means to beat him...

  • @azorahai7837
    @azorahai7837 8 років тому +111

    that's a shitloads of huge ships. probably most got destroyed by few teenagers in small crafts and/or rebel casualties were minimal.... boooring

    • @roguelead72
      @roguelead72 8 років тому +4

      No they got pounded taking one down.

    • @epion660
      @epion660 6 років тому +2

      PyroFan. TV, At least then it would make sense.

  • @azizsharaf9466
    @azizsharaf9466 8 років тому +52

    Hey Star Wars explained can you do a video on all admirals and moffs

    • @StarWarsExplained
      @StarWarsExplained  8 років тому +17

      Great ideas.

    • @cartonwaffle
      @cartonwaffle 8 років тому +1

      +Star Wars Explained plz do

    • @MilkTub
      @MilkTub 8 років тому +3

      +Star Wars Explained i would love to see all moffs and grand moffs, and grand admirals!

    • @jenniferbrewer5370
      @jenniferbrewer5370 8 років тому +1

      So would I!

  • @Renserin
    @Renserin 7 років тому +3

    I'm in agreement with you on that last bit. Super Star Destroyers should be used very sparingly. In fact, I remember reading somewhere that the Executor had problems, because keeping it supplied with personnel and supplies was a huge strain on the Empire's resources, so having a dozen ships of the same class floating around, makes no sense.

  • @Funnecessary
    @Funnecessary 8 років тому +7

    I just crushed the rebel alliance in the Rebellion table top game with my super star destroyers. The most you can get in the game is 2 which makes them that much more important. And I like that they cut down on the number in the canon. It makes them way scarier when they show up.

  • @shaggycan
    @shaggycan 8 років тому +107

    The one getting taken over by pirates is stupid....The ship has like 280,000 crew.

    • @onlypeaceindeath
      @onlypeaceindeath 7 років тому +7

      "Guess SSDs have lots of blind spots for guns close in. Feel 600,000 is a more realistic crew".
      Millions or tens of millions for the crew would be more accurate, assuming a crew density comparable with a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.

    • @bluntcabbage6042
      @bluntcabbage6042 7 років тому +12

      onlypeaceindeath no because droids and more sophisticated AI and automated systems can cut that number down.

    • @CommanderPlayz
      @CommanderPlayz 6 років тому

      The ship was damaged by the new republic before the pirates took it

    • @chrissonofpear1384
      @chrissonofpear1384 5 років тому +1

      I was the one who said 600,000, wasn't I?

  • @schradester8
    @schradester8 8 років тому +40

    I know you can't really tell that well, but in Battlefront you see a Super Star Destroyer take off while playing on Sullust. Any idea which one that is?

    • @Turbofurby
      @Turbofurby 8 років тому +28

      Going from one guy's theory in the comments, probably the Ravager, but considering Vader's presence on Sullust, it could be the Executor.

    • @juri5624
      @juri5624 8 років тому +2

      +Turbo furby the one on Sullust is the Lusankya

    • @captainahvong2247
      @captainahvong2247 8 років тому +10

      I'm pretty sure it's Executor. Vader is seen on the planet in the Sullust mission and most likely takes off after that. You can make it appear if both AT-AT's are above half health by the second uplink (Walker Assault).

    • @localgremlim5688
      @localgremlim5688 7 років тому +8

      "What of the reports of the rebel fleet massing near Sullust?" - Darth Vader to Emperor Palpatine, on the second deathstar with the Executor nearby. EXECUTOR. NEARBY.

  • @jackkrauser5336
    @jackkrauser5336 8 років тому +46

    -i don't understand how these colossus behemoth size ships got destroyed.

    • @MrRikersBeard
      @MrRikersBeard 8 років тому +6

      Shoot anything enough and it'll explode, probably

    • @ericjansen5503
      @ericjansen5503 8 років тому +3

      Easy, destroy it's shield generator and it becomes very vulnerable because without it even something as common in space as an asteroid can shatter a window and launch a part of the crew into space where they die.

    • @MrRikersBeard
      @MrRikersBeard 8 років тому +4

      If I remember correctly, the Executor was destroyed by a combination of concentrated fire from the rebel fleet, which managed to take out the shields. Then a damaged A wing flew into the bridge, so there was nothing to stop the Executor from being pulled into the Death Star II's gravity.

    • @nickantony3401
      @nickantony3401 8 років тому

      no the bridge is steering control etc so an a wing disrupted when crashed into it an probably violently turned an crashed into deafstar.

    • @onlypeaceindeath
      @onlypeaceindeath 8 років тому

      It wasn't the gravity that sucked it in though, but a damaged engine that caused it to veer off course. You can see a massive pillar of flame shooting out from the stern as it crashes into the Death Star.

  • @sverre7676
    @sverre7676 8 років тому +310

    Why didn't grand admiral Thrawn have a super star destroyer????

    • @Hyper_1989
      @Hyper_1989 8 років тому +230

      he didn't need one.

    • @StarWarsExplained
      @StarWarsExplained  8 років тому +174

      Lol the correct answer

    • @Spacedock
      @Spacedock 8 років тому +103

      The Remnant was in pretty dire straits when Thrawn took control, most of the SSD's were in the hands of Warlords or the New Republic. But yeah Thrawn could probably have achieved everything he achieved with a fleet of escape pods, the guy was just that good. :D

    • @niennumbmovies7055
      @niennumbmovies7055 8 років тому +2

      I wonder that to

    • @odhranmcgee9692
      @odhranmcgee9692 8 років тому

      +Spacedock please do the executor

  • @Ironwalrus8989
    @Ironwalrus8989 8 років тому +10

    Loving these longer videos

  • @Lndmk227
    @Lndmk227 8 років тому +59

    Y'know, if the Empire had been smart, they would've massed all their dreadnoughts into a single fleet and raided the Mon Calamari shipyards. Nothing in the galaxy could've stopped them. Even the combined Alliance Fleet would've been powerless to save the shipyards, unless the Mon Calamari had some planetary defenses set up to assist in defending against the Imperial Navy. I doubt, however, that the Alliance had the resources to set up such defenses.

    • @kyle857
      @kyle857 8 років тому +5

      RtDK Do that and you get your shit kicked in I a million places around the galaxy.

    • @mikesnow285
      @mikesnow285 5 років тому +1

      P L O T A R M O R

    • @michaelramon2411
      @michaelramon2411 5 років тому +7

      In Disney Canon, the Empire did have control of the planet of Mon Calamari, and the Rebels' MC cruisers either fled the system during the takeover or were built at secret facilities in other systems.
      In Legends, the Mon Calamari covered all of the known hyperspace routes to their planet with tons of mines and used secret routes to get in and out. So rushing in there with a dreadnought armada would be asking to lose valuable ships.
      In both continuities, the Empire's biggest weakness was always that it had too many problems to try and deal with at once, so it could never mass forces like that without leaving their backs wide open to other attacks.

  • @Velvet_wolf01
    @Velvet_wolf01 4 роки тому +1

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    Prepare for the giant flying cursor. 5:40

  • @aguynamedlynx6397
    @aguynamedlynx6397 7 років тому +1

    Lusankya.
    Such a majestic name.
    Haven't even read the comics and it is already my favorite due to its name.

  • @ilikepigeons6101
    @ilikepigeons6101 5 років тому +4

    That super star destroyer on Jakku makes a great mansion for Rey

  • @Lundmunchkins2000TV
    @Lundmunchkins2000TV 8 років тому +3

    The Executor was always my favorite ship from the Star Wars films. It's too bad it was taken out by 1 A-Wing to the bridge.

  • @MarlsbysDragons
    @MarlsbysDragons 8 років тому +2

    You should do a video on either all types of capital ships in canon and legends, or all types of Star Destroyers in canon and legends (including the likes of the Harrower-class from SWTOR)

  • @victorferger2877
    @victorferger2877 8 років тому

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  • @sverre7676
    @sverre7676 8 років тому +8

    Can you do a video about all grand Jedi masters like Yoda???

  • @CommanderWolf888
    @CommanderWolf888 8 років тому +23

    "The more SSDs there are, the less impact they have." what the actual frick?! That doesn't make any sense!
    Consider this: The more SSDs the Empire has, the greater impact that the EMPIRE as a whole has. We're talking about an military power that controls the majority of an ENTIRE GALAXY! I don't think ONLY 13 SSDs is very realistic for the size of the Empire's territory and resources.
    Maybe I'm alone on this one, but the Legends version of the Imperial fleet with the Imperial-class Star Destroyer being the backbone/mid-range capital ship, and then things like the Secutor, Allegiance, Bellator, Assertor, and finally Executors filling up the fleet as well is way more realistic for the size of the Empire, and makes a much bigger impact; it makes one truly realize the scale of the Empire, the evil it represents, and just how difficult it is to defeat.

    • @onlypeaceindeath
      @onlypeaceindeath 7 років тому +3

      You do know that the movies supports a lot of what you talk about, right? It's not just from the legends. The Empire had many SSDs according to Han Solo in Return of the Jedi, and we know from A New Hope that the Imperial Starfleet was large enough that it had a greater firepower than the Death Star, which strongly suggests a very large fleet of powerful warships.

    • @mitchellhayward6492
      @mitchellhayward6492 6 років тому +6

      By "impact they have", he meant the less special they are. Their appearance has less impact if you see them too often.

  • @N00dleMeister
    @N00dleMeister 8 років тому +5

    Does anyone think that perhaps the Eclipse might have a role to play in future movies? It'd certainly be a big throwback to RotJ to see an old Executor back on the big screen, and since the New Republic and the Resistance seem to be in dire need of some firepower after the destruction of their fleet in TFA, perhaps the Resistance will uncover the true location of the Eclipse and commandeer it as their new flagship... Or if not the movies, perhaps when it is eventually uncovered in some other story, maybe it will give more clues to what secrets Palpatine was up to before his death.

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      @anotherHelldiver Рік тому +2

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  • @bkmolefe6188
    @bkmolefe6188 Рік тому +1

    I absolutely love this episode 😂😂the collection is what got me

  • @XynthoanXV2
    @XynthoanXV2 8 років тому +15

    I'm curious, was the Super Star Destroyer from the Force Unleashed the Executor from Ep. V?

    • @Turbofurby
      @Turbofurby 8 років тому +6

      Yes

    • @edtierney6076
      @edtierney6076 8 років тому +9

      Yup, that's when it was being constructed near Fondor

    • @sugdolomar
      @sugdolomar 8 років тому +1

      the executor was in fact the birthplace of the rebel alliance!

    • @XynthoanXV2
      @XynthoanXV2 8 років тому

      Okay, I wanted to be sure, as I had that impression but with other Super Star Destroyers being around it became an assumption.

  • @luccagmb
    @luccagmb 4 роки тому

    EXECUTOR. [00:49]
    ANNIHILATOR (AGAIN) [01:08]
    RAVAGER. [01:54]
    ENFORCER. [03:03]
    INTIMIDATOR. [03:37]
    IRON FIST. [03:58]
    SECOND DEATH. [04:26]
    REAPER. [05:30]

  • @toptiergaming6900
    @toptiergaming6900 2 роки тому +1

    I made my own SSD that I named the Indomitable. Luckily when I was building it I wasn't an Idiot so when the rebel scum attempted to ram my bridge with an A-wing like last time, all they hit was the observation deck/backup command center that was empty. Meanwhile me and my bridge crew where chilling in the CIC nearly about 100 meters down the hall in the center of the superstructure.

  • @jorgenisjobo8667
    @jorgenisjobo8667 8 років тому +3

    Great video!

  • @AAhmou
    @AAhmou 8 років тому +3

    If the emperor cared enough to bring 3 more SSDs in the battle of Endor, It may have ended differently for the rebels (Even if the emperor would surely die).

  • @jamesn1252
    @jamesn1252 8 років тому +4

    Can you do an episode on the stark hyperspace war?

  • @cambotcecptt332
    @cambotcecptt332 8 років тому

    The intimidator sent chills up my spine.

  • @Camuska
    @Camuska 6 років тому +1

    Lusankya best ship
    "We're going to face them with an enemy they've never had the displeasure of fighting. We're going to hit them with the Empire."
    ―Wedge Antilles

  • @BarakatheCollector
    @BarakatheCollector 7 років тому

    aah, the executor class star dreadnought, by far my most favorite ship in all of star wars, and know you naming out all of them to me, if i could give this video a million likes i would.

  • @Vviridescent
    @Vviridescent 6 років тому +1

    That one moment..
    you fucked up the hyperspace coordinates and crashed into a planet at faster than light speed.

  • @joshuadesautels
    @joshuadesautels 7 років тому

    I like that the Eclipse is now a regular Super Star Destroyer.

  • @brI88Octo25
    @brI88Octo25 5 років тому +1

    Empire Strikes Back is on TV. As I'm watching and seeing Vader's fleet including his flagship. How many ships were at Vader's disposal when pursuing Luke?

  • @dominiclenguyen1437
    @dominiclenguyen1437 4 роки тому +1

    5:40 giant mouse clicker

  • @JayDub410
    @JayDub410 7 років тому

    The Megador is mentioned several times during the Swarm War as well as the Legacy of the Force series. Pellaon uses the SSD as his flagship when he takes over as the Commander of the GA Defense Force.

    • @Youneedsomething..
      @Youneedsomething.. Рік тому

      The megador as far as i know, isn’t an Executor class dreadnought

  • @jakethomson531
    @jakethomson531 8 років тому +2

    Great video can you do a video on all star destroyer at the Battle of endor legend

  • @177SCmaro
    @177SCmaro 7 років тому +1

    Evidently the Empire never heard of scuttling (self destruct).

  • @AerialAg
    @AerialAg 8 років тому

    I wouldn't have thought these things could be so easily destroyed

  • @filippo2650
    @filippo2650 8 років тому +1

    I think that Thrawn ends up taking the Eclipse.

  • @R8ERN8TION52
    @R8ERN8TION52 7 років тому

    Imagine going on a hike and stumbling upon an abandoned super star destroyer

  • @tavrikgannon
    @tavrikgannon 8 років тому +8

    Grand General Tagge had a SSD after Yavin? I assumed he was killed on board the first Death Star with Tarkin and others.

    • @StarWarsExplained
      @StarWarsExplained  8 років тому +8

      The Darth Vader comics feature Tagge quite a bit, and are really good.

    • @gordamnfreeman127
      @gordamnfreeman127 8 років тому +4

      Shortly before the Battle of Yavin he was commissioned with the search of the alleged rebel base on Dantooine, the one Princess Leia told to Tarkin, but it had already been abandoned. Thus making him the only high ranking officer that avoid that fate.

    • @tavrikgannon
      @tavrikgannon 8 років тому +1

      Oh, that makes sense. Thanks, Freeman.

    • @tavrikgannon
      @tavrikgannon 8 років тому

      Star Wars Explained
      Thanks

    • @katsucafe1406
      @katsucafe1406 8 років тому

      even Admiral Yularen Died during the First battle of the Death Star, if he was there during the battle of Yavin.

  • @cadeheath159
    @cadeheath159 4 роки тому +1

    Yoooo, the screenshots for the Legends version of the Annihilator were from Empire at War's expansion. I totally forgot that was a thing

  • @Robotic_Rampage
    @Robotic_Rampage 8 років тому +1

    The Guardian: Possibly the only Executor-class to survive the legends universe.

    • @StarBornMichael
      @StarBornMichael 8 років тому +1

      And the unknown one that I think fled the galaxy with a fleet of Star Destroyers to next Galaxy to make a new Empire for them selves.

  • @myysterio2
    @myysterio2 8 років тому +1

    Need a video on the economy which permits these ridiculous ships to be built in mass

  • @bobbyferg9173
    @bobbyferg9173 8 років тому +1

    Yah I agree that the more star destroyers there are the less impact and powerful they seem to be. Especially since almost all star destroyers in legend basically had the same story of being built, doing some stuff and getting destroyed, well kind of the same with canon but legends had 13.

  • @ChrisPrice12
    @ChrisPrice12 7 років тому

    Even at 20, that is still a massive impact. 20 among how many thousands of ships? Seeing one among the opposing fleet would be a terrifying prospect, no matter how many were in existence.

    • @Xo-3130
      @Xo-3130 7 років тому

      Infinite Freedom
      Those 20 also have the fire power of a small fleet. So any fleet they are in is a fleet and a half.

  • @dardo1201
    @dardo1201 8 років тому

    Your point on the amount of SSD's at the end is also the reason why Tolkien reduced the amount of Balrogs in the Silmarillion from a few hundreds to never more than 3-7.

  • @toptiergaming6900
    @toptiergaming6900 2 роки тому

    6:43 the other has just been chilling at my secret base in the unknown regions for the last few decades. I just named it the Indomitable because I don't know the original name ither.

  • @lukaszpiesniak4689
    @lukaszpiesniak4689 Рік тому

    There are more of them, I counted 25 Super Star Destroyers and i'm not sure if thats all.
    In addition to you video:
    0. Unnamed mentioned at the end of your video - from Destiny's Way book. In chapter 12 there is a description about 4km ssd, maybe its not about Executor class but another type?
    1. Project Sarlaac - prototype destroyed before finished, before Executor was build.
    2. Lusankya - 2nd build, twin sister of Executor, build in secret, named Executor-II at the begining. Was buried under Coruscant and used by Ysanne Isard as prison, then captured by New Republic.
    3. Arbitrator - lost in black hole due to hyperjump miscalculation shortly after Battle of Endor
    4. Annihilator (2nd one) - used in Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption. Destroyed by Tyber Zann over Kuat when he tried to steal Eclipse-class.
    5. Armadia - part of Black Fleet (together with mentioned Intimidator/Pride of Yevetha). Black Fleet had total of 3 SSD (3rd was unnamed)
    6. Unnamed 3rd SSD of Black Fleet
    7. Whelm - part of Azure Hammer Command, destroyed in 10 ABY
    8. Dominion - left abandoned at Deep 3, found in 12 ABY by Gilad Pellaeon, destroyed in 41 ABY.
    9. Megador - left abandoned at Deep 3, found in 12 ABY by Gilad Pellaeon, in 44 ABY still in service.

  • @TheZeldaplayer99
    @TheZeldaplayer99 8 років тому

    The whole time, I was waiting to hear about the one in Rebel Strike XD
    It's one of my favorite GameCube games, so I was waiting.

  • @Captain__Harlock
    @Captain__Harlock 8 років тому

    2:34 Empire at War! Been playing that a lot using the Thrawns Revenge mod, is that where you got that from? Interesting thing I learned from that was that Wedge Antilles was in command of the Lusankya(where does that name come from?) is that true? If so what was his fate in the Youzang Van war?

    • @Captain__Harlock
      @Captain__Harlock 8 років тому

      Really that's great I was worried Wedge went down with the ship. I get it because it was a prison at one point.

    • @roguelead72
      @roguelead72 8 років тому

      Lusankya was part of Wedge's fleet group at Borlieas, he then had the captain(who escaped in a Y-Wing) and a droid crew drive it into a Yuuzhan Vong Worldship, after stripping most of the weapons off to repair the other ships in his fleet.

    • @Captain__Harlock
      @Captain__Harlock 8 років тому

      +Wedge Antilles Hell yeah that's the way to do it, strip it so the rest of the fleet can fight and send it right into the enemy! Glad they escaped. I would like this guy to do a full video on Wedge in both Canon and Legends. Too bad he's not in the new trilogy

  • @willwarren7177
    @willwarren7177 8 років тому

    It's amazing that superstar destroyers were destroyed, captured and whatever else. Such massive ships shouldn't be able to be destroyed.

  • @toptiergaming6900
    @toptiergaming6900 2 роки тому

    I have been drawing/designing a potential Executor 2 class, which would fix many of the original issues. Might put a small superlaser on it too because I can.

  • @XDKX101
    @XDKX101 8 років тому

    Nostalgia. I had the X-Wing: Iron Fist book back then and its nice to see it again.
    Also SSD's are the best. If you played Star Wars: Rebellion, you'd know exactly how hard it is to take one down lol

  • @revache78
    @revache78 8 років тому

    fun fact: if you up in the sky way on the right in star wars battlefront (must be ground and not dog fight) you can see another super star destroyer. it might be the ravanger or not, but either way, it took heavy damage.

  • @hansolo3154
    @hansolo3154 8 років тому

    5:42 Hey, that SSD on the right has the Republic symbol, were some captured?

    • @roguelead72
      @roguelead72 8 років тому

      Guardian and Lusankya were both captured by the New Republic.

    • @hansolo3154
      @hansolo3154 8 років тому

      Ok, thanks!

  • @charliehiggison9670
    @charliehiggison9670 8 років тому

    Thank you for another great video Star Wars explained

  • @nashatok8373
    @nashatok8373 8 років тому

    You should do something with every SSD variant legends and cannon. That would be awesome! My favorite is Jarrus's Vengeance class.

  • @cambotcecptt332
    @cambotcecptt332 8 років тому

    Also the executor sounds like the titanic and the lusank ya sounds like the rms britannic, which both ships suffered fates, also the imperial navy in a way is like TWSL.

  • @alternative915
    @alternative915 8 років тому +7

    Do you think the first order has a super star destoryer??

    • @deadassbee4623
      @deadassbee4623 8 років тому

      They could have one in the next or the very last movie in this trilogy.

    • @sarahkaplan2962
      @sarahkaplan2962 8 років тому

      probably, if so they will probably have it in movie 8 (i haven't seen anything on episode 8 so if they have reveled it, i dont know)

    • @StarWarsExplained
      @StarWarsExplained  8 років тому +6

      They most likely will, however the Finalizer is sort of in between a Star Destroyer and Super Star Destroyer

    • @fluets5658
      @fluets5658 8 років тому

      +Star Wars Explained ;D

    • @AnnatarCarvour
      @AnnatarCarvour 6 років тому

      They have a mega star destroyer that also gets kamikaze'd

  • @willwarren7177
    @willwarren7177 8 років тому

    You should do a video about the New Republics fleet.

  • @LukePwner
    @LukePwner 8 років тому +2

    Kind of irrelevant, sorta, but does anyone have an idea as to why the First Order doesn't use TIE-interceptor pattern TIES for their fleet? Is it cause they just don't have the resources to produce sutch craft, or is the FO-TIEs just all around better than the Interceptors in some way?
    Personally, I hope we see some FO-TIE-Interceptors in Ep8. Though, I wouldn't mind if they had more unique fighters for their faction. Also, it would be super awesome if we got a new Star Wars RTS.

  • @FFCMUSICGROUP
    @FFCMUSICGROUP 8 років тому +1

    Nice topic!

  • @WozWozEre
    @WozWozEre 8 років тому +61

    Still think that Executor should be pronounced as in Execute.

    • @timharrod
      @timharrod 8 років тому +27

      Yeah, he pronounces it like a massive starship was constructed to carry out the terms of a will.

    • @fluets5658
      @fluets5658 8 років тому +3

      +timharrod I'm not the only one! xD

    • @comicop2513
      @comicop2513 8 років тому +4

      Yeah, Imperial names are usually meant to inspire awe and fear.

    • @fluets5658
      @fluets5658 8 років тому +10

      Peter David
      "....oh no...........the Executor has enetered orbit!"
      'B-b-b-but............... I DIDN'T PAY MY TAAAAXEEEEEESSSS'
      "DAMMIT GRANT YOU'VE DOOMED US ALL"

    • @magnum793
      @magnum793 7 років тому +2

      haha - yes, exactly. Executor as in to execute (kill), not like a executor who takes over a deceased estate... as if the death star did all the killing and the executor follows up and distributes the goods according to the will of those people who had died
      So pronounce it correctly, idiot!

  • @cqb3814
    @cqb3814 8 років тому

    Omg u included elite squadron sweet its a really good game

  • @TheFreakedoutduck
    @TheFreakedoutduck 8 років тому

    Had a thought today while looking at Director Orson Krennics name. I think his first name might be a nod to Orson Welles. I think this because Orson Welles was an early candidate to potentially play the voice of Darth Vader, but was then considered too recognizable, so they went with James Earl Jones. Like i said, it would be a cool nod to make Vaders rival the same name as the man who almost played him.

  • @PinkFloydBootlegs
    @PinkFloydBootlegs 8 років тому

    Can you do a video about the Hutt Jedi Beldorion? If you do make a video I would be very happy.

  • @kylestruck6153
    @kylestruck6153 8 років тому

    Here's a good question. Before in EU cannon the Super Star Destroyer seen here was known as the Executor Class Star Dreadnought because the Executor was the first of its kind. So now it appears in the new cannon the Annihilator is the first one built. Does that make the ship class the Annihilator-Class Star Dreadnought?

    • @gognamm2400
      @gognamm2400 8 років тому

      Not so much is known about them right now in cannon we only know that The Executer is a Vader flag ship Not even the term Star Dreadnought is cannon

  • @DarthDeuces
    @DarthDeuces 8 років тому +5

    Didn't Jerec use a Super Star Destroyer in Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II? Or am I mistaken?

    • @Spacedock
      @Spacedock 8 років тому +1

      Yeah he did, that was Vengeance Class tho, not Executor.

    • @DarthDeuces
      @DarthDeuces 8 років тому +1

      Spacedock Oh ok thanks for clarifying that for me!

    • @StarBornMichael
      @StarBornMichael 8 років тому +1

      Hey your here too cool but it the Vengeance Class Light Super Star Destroyer is what your thinking of.

    • @hondoohnakaproductions
      @hondoohnakaproductions 6 років тому +1

      I thought that was a eclipse class

    • @dream_city2632
      @dream_city2632 6 років тому

      hondo ohnaka productions the eclipse class was under the comand of the reborn emperor

  • @robertwlester
    @robertwlester 8 років тому

    better that there is the idea of many star destroyers, or even in some systems older vessels that are throw-backs to the clone wars, I like the idea of a vast fleet with a small number of truly amazing ships.

  • @jamesthompson2329
    @jamesthompson2329 8 років тому

    The Executor Super Star Destroyer is my all time favorite Star Wars ship

  • @tardarsauce1842
    @tardarsauce1842 3 роки тому

    Those Annihilators got annihilated

  • @Ooooohok
    @Ooooohok 2 роки тому

    I like that the ravager has its own map in war robots

  • @kariemiller1104
    @kariemiller1104 7 років тому

    Pleas Make a video on if clones can be Jedi or if they can be force sensitive

  • @zachboyd4749
    @zachboyd4749 4 роки тому

    Literally the Yamato class battleships of the Star Wars Universe.

  • @jediking12
    @jediking12 8 років тому

    Can you do one on the Snowspeeder?

  • @thejediwatchman3193
    @thejediwatchman3193 8 років тому

    Did anyone notice that The Ravager shares the name with The Ravager from KOTOR II which was Darth Nihilus' ship

  • @andrewvonlatinkon3380
    @andrewvonlatinkon3380 8 років тому +1

    do you like the Executor (I always thpught it was Executioner, hm Mandela effect?) being the first super star destroyer made, or it being made later?

  • @mlgsty8880
    @mlgsty8880 8 років тому

    You should do Legends video about superweapon Silencer?

  • @MrHighlifewest
    @MrHighlifewest 5 років тому

    Be cool to see a update like you did with the walkers

  • @robertballasty395
    @robertballasty395 3 роки тому

    I think there were three or four more SSD's in Legends.
    Besides Executor, Lusankya, Iron Fist, and Razor's Kiss...
    1. Admiral Pellaeon had an SSD in the Yuuzhan Vong War. We see it briefly in the post-Borleias book where Han & Leia visit the Imperial Remnant to discuss strategic cooperation. I believe it was crippled or destroyed later in the war when the Yuuzhan Vong attack Bastion. This was not the Reaper - timeline doesn't match*
    2. The New Republic was shown to have an SSD in the book where Cal Omas becomes Chief of State, Ackbar comes out of retirement to formulate a strategic war plan, and the New Republic lures the enemy into a trap, killing Warmaster Tsavong Lah and routing a couple of YH fleets. We see the SSD only at the end. It had not been part of the battle - Cal Omas had been incommunicado, mostly in hyperspace, on that ship leading up to the battle (planted rumors that he and the Jedi were in hiding on a secret base were the bait for the trap).
    3. Years later, during the "second civil war", Jacen Solo had an SSD (or something very much like one - bigger than the Anakin Solo, but also equipped with the special long-range turbolaser batteries that the Anikin Solo had). It's pretty much carved to scrap by the end of the series.
    4. Also during the second civil war, the Empire (the Moffs that had recently betrayed Pellaeon and nearly immediately sign up to live under Jacen's thumb) shows up at the Verpine shipyards to capture or destroy their manufacturing ability (they had been selling arms and ships with the Mandalorians, who had found a new vein of Beskar ore). Boba Fett fights a holding action until they have to evacuate, and convinces the hive-mother to use her entire starfighter force to annihilate the SSD.
    ----
    So, 7 or 8 (at least) in Legends continuity. I missed or forgot some of the books and comics you mentioned that establish the other dozen or so.
    Really, though, anything more that 8 or 10 total is ridiculous. The 8 I list above - only four of those were clearly built in the first civil war (near the time of the Battle of Yavin or in the few years following). The other 4 were 20-40 years after Yavin. It defies belief that there would have been enough shipyards equipped to turn out something like 15-18 SSD's in a decade or so around the time of Yavin. (The whole "building a second Death Star" thing was bad enough)
    It makes more sense looking at them as two characters expressed it. Wedge assesses the SSDs as immensely powerful, but immensely expensive and vulnerable to a less expensive force. Pellaeon laments the ripple effect the destruction of Executor had on the fleet and the Empire - the ship required a lot of personnel and was a prestige posting, so its destruction killed many young officers.
    ---
    * timeline: Along with all the other changes, has "canon" changed reference dating to Endor? Expanded Universe/Legends didn't always have individual creations lining up perfectly, but everything was referenced to the Battle of Yavin (ABY, BBY, etc...or "after A New Hope") and worked pretty well (approximately) for narrative purposes.
    Mentioning Reaper... 9 years after Endor, which is 12 years ABY.... The Yuuzhan Vong war was in years 25-30 ABY.

  • @sugdolomar
    @sugdolomar 8 років тому

    +Star Wars explained can you do every canon tie fighter?
    including the inquisitor's ship?

  • @tylerdunn9683
    @tylerdunn9683 8 років тому +7

    anyone who thinks the Disney cannon is better then legends then you are a traitor

    • @onlypeaceindeath
      @onlypeaceindeath 8 років тому +1

      They are both crappy fan fiction.

    • @paladinboyd1228
      @paladinboyd1228 8 років тому +3

      Tyler Dunn, I think most people still regard the old canon as canon no matter what Disney says.

  • @TheAmateurHobbyist29
    @TheAmateurHobbyist29 8 років тому

    Can you do every battle droid and super battle droid types??

  • @FoxholeNorman
    @FoxholeNorman 8 років тому

    Karelia? Did the Pan Asian Coalition from BF 2142 & BF4 Final Stand aligned themselves with the Empire?

  • @dannymcneela364
    @dannymcneela364 8 років тому

    Can you please offer an explanation of why Anakin/Luke/Rey's lightsaber gets turned on three different ways?
    And can you do a video about the title of Mandalore and all who have held it?

  • @Revanchist
    @Revanchist 8 років тому

    I remember in Republic Commando, chapter 2 of the game you go into the Star Destroyer named "The Prosecutor" and reclaim it for the republic from the Droids

    • @admiral7599
      @admiral7599 8 років тому +3

      It's not a star destroyer. It's an acclamator assault ship, which is more of a frigate than destroyer. A Venator-Class is considered a star destroyer.

    • @Revanchist
      @Revanchist 8 років тому

      Patrick I. Hmm I thought it was a SD, that was a cool chapter of the game, really stealthy and creepy. I was about 8 when I played it I barely finished it ;D

  • @thestabbybrit4798
    @thestabbybrit4798 7 років тому

    It really highlights the biggest problem I have with Legends; "Hey! This is a cool idea! Let's overuse it to the point where it's utterly boring and predictable!"