Gideon's light cruiser

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"The Moff has a light cruiser. It could be helpful in your effort to regain Mandalore."
―Din Djarin, to Bo-Katan Kryze, regarding Gideon's Class 546 Cruiser[9]

Gideon's light cruiser[8] was a Class 546 model[2] of the Arquitens-class command cruiser[3] under the command of Moff Gideon in the years after the Battle of Endor.[8] During the rescue of his foundling, Grogu, from Gideon, the Mandalorian Din Djarin and his allies seized the ship and captured the moff. The light cruiser also contained a platoon of Phase-III Dark Troopers, though they were destroyed by Djarin and Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.[9] Control of the cruiser was then handed over to Bo-Katan Kryze.[16] When Kryze's forces left her after she did not take the Darksaber from Din Djarin, command of the vessel fell to Axe Woves, who used it for mercenary work and later as a flagship for the Mandalorian fleet. The vessel was eventually destroyed during the conflict on Mandalore, when Woves steered the vessel onto a collision course with Gideon's Imperial base, killing the Moff and his remaining forces.[14]

Description

The Arquitens-class command cruiser was the mobile headquarters of the moff,[9] and when it was taken by the Mandalorians, it had the symbol of the mythosaur on its underbelly,[12] similar to the Thrawn's flagship, the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Chimaera, with the symbol of the chimaera on its underbelly.[17]

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Behind the scenes

The light cruiser first appeared in "Chapter 12: The Siege," an episode of the live-action TV show Star Wars: The Mandalorian, which aired in 2020.[8] It was realized by the building of a detailed five-foot scale model.[18]

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Sources

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 15: The Believer"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 14: The Tragedy"
  5. ↑ Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season Two
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles second edition
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 12: The Siege"
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 16: The Rescue"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 19: The Convert"
  11. ↑ Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire"
  13. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of "Chapter 1: The Mandalorian" of The Mandalorian Season One to 9 ABY. In addition, SWInsider "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Insider 228 also dates "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" to nine years after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, which corresponds to 9 ABY per Timelines. "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" takes place after the conflict on Mandalore, which is the main event depicted in "Chapter 23: The Spies" and "Chapter 24: The Return," the final two episodes of The Mandalorian Season Three. Therefore, Seasons One through Three of Star Wars: The Mandalorian, the latter of which includes "Chapter 24: The Return," must all be set in 9 ABY as well.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 24: The Return"
  15. ↑ The-Mandalorian-logo Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 23: The Spies"
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 SWInsider "A Certain Point of View" — Star Wars Insider 213
  17. ↑ Rebels-mini-logo Star Wars Rebels — "Iron Squadron"