Talk: Imperial I-class Star Destroyer

Differences?

Are there any known differences in canon between the Imperial-class and Imperial I-class Star Destroyers? Or is every Imperial-class we've seen thus far onscreen also an Imperial I-class? Cevan (talk) 15:13, July 20, 2015 (UTC)

• As far as I know, every Star Destroyer is simply an Imperial I-class, although I suspect it's mostly due to Lucasfilm either wanting to make things less complicated, or they're saving the name Imperial II-class Star Destroyer for later, possibly in the thirty years between Ep. VI and VII, or perhaps it's the name of the First Order Star Destroyer. Either way, it would be safer to simply state them as "Imperial-class" for now until further confirmation is provided. Comm. Boots (talk) 00:27, September 29, 2015 (UTC)
• I've been thinking about the whole Imperial I-class Star Destroyer thing, and while I previously thought it would be better to leave the Imperial-class Star Destroyers in their current categorization, it occurred to me that the current Imperial-class page is actually the name of a product line, and not an actual starship (Similar to the TIE fighter series). Thus, it would appear that the Imperial-class name is merely an alternate name for the I-class ship. (Or in other words, it is a Star Destroyer, and the Imperial-class Star Destroyer is a categorization that the Empire used, in which the only ship under that categorization is the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer.) Comm. Boots (talk) 01:18, October 12, 2015 (UTC)

Image

Can we please use the movie for the picture rather then the childish SW rebels model. 50.65.125.75 05:12, August 16, 2015 (UTC)Nolanstar

ADDITIONAL IMAGES NEEDED we really need a image of the star destroyers main turbolasers from star wars rebels episode secret cargo

Turbo laser Differences?

How come the turbo lasers seen in Star Wars Rebels are the octuple types with 8 total in the stardestroyer but in rogue one it appears to have a different turbo laser with I believe duel barreled in the same spots but with only a total of 6 of them and you can see them in the turbo laser picture and the intimidator picture. What is up with that? - —Unsigned comment by Hoboland (talk • contribs)

• I've been wondering that myself. My theory is that Imperial II-class have the octuple style (seen in battlefront), but Thrawn wanted his fleet of Imperial Is to be upgraded, at least partially. However, this is only a theory, and to show that it isn't necessarily an error. - Tommy-Macaroni ^(Talk) 16:16, May 8, 2017 (UTC)

Well I always felt rebels had octuple turbolasers ever since the start but I may be wrong—Unsigned comment by 335491650a (talk • contribs)

The "Siege of Lothal" scenes also show regular octuple turbolasers - as did the Rebels Visual Guide. I think it's safe to say that the artists started with an Imperial-II model, then modified it a little to make it "Imperial-I-ish" (tractor beam array) but didn't change anything else - the engines, guns, shield/sensor domes, etc are all "Imperial-II-ish" --2A00:23C5:B7CA:5100:A588:CB61:E964:5AB9 11:40, October 28, 2017 (UTC)

• If that is true, I think it is worth mentioning in the BTS section. Jaewade (talk) 17:52, October 28, 2017 (UTC)

Hanger

Its clear that in star wars rebels there are two hangers on either side inside the stardestroyers main belly hanger yet in many other canon depiction of the ship they use the new hope model with either no or smaller hangers. why is that? —Unsigned comment by 335491650a (talk • contribs)

ISD 1 and 2 Fighter complements

Does any mind if I change the fighter complement from 72 TIE/ln space superiority starfighters to 72 TIE fighter series fighters for both ISD 1s and ISD 2s due to Star Wars: TIE Fighter Deluxe Book and Model Set saying that a full attack wing consisted of six squadrons, which amounted to 72 ships, usually 48 TIE/ln space superiority starfighters, 12 TIE/sa bombers, and 12 TIE/in interceptors. Another reason is that for instance the Chimaera had 12 T/Ds in Thrawn: Alliances and Thrawn: Treason which would of replaced one of the other squadrons. Also in various comics, you see TIE Bombers and TIE Interceptors which came out from various ISDs like in the 2015 Star Wars comics and the Vader comics etc. Regards Darth Tomotron (talk) 12:57, July 30, 2019 (UTC)

• I think that change is perfectly suitable--Vitus Infinitus^Talk 13:05, July 30, 2019 (UTC)
  • Probably should get more opinions but thanks for your opinion! Darth Tomotron (talk) 13:08, July 30, 2019 (UTC)
  • All good. Darth Tomotron (talk) 14:51, July 30, 2019 (UTC)

Numbers

[[File:Ultimate Star Wars new edition - ISD photo.jpg|thumb|220px|ISD page]] I doubt that all those numbers in the infobox can be sourced to Ultimate Star Wars (or the new edition), so it'd be good if someone with those books could help verify. OOM 224 (he/him) 09:30, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

I have a physical copy so I can check. I'm willing to upload a low-quality pic with my phone of the page in question if you'd like that (don't have the time or tools right now to make a more decent screenshot). Timjer (talk) 09:51, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

• Thanks Timjer! And no need to prove it with screenshots; I trust you. OOM 224 (he/him) 09:57, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

• Well, I already uploaded it, so... Anyway, it seems the numbers are indeed correct from what I can tell. Timjer (talk) 10:02, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

• Ah no worries. Awesome, that's good to know. OOM 224 (he/him) 10:49, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

My conversation

According to SW Ships & Vehicles by Zake Shim from Facebook, the Star destroyer has 26,053 enlisted personnel, 1,735 navy troopers, 62 ground crew and 275 gunners.

And also, a stormtrooper commander or sergeant in the Star Destroyer has a squad of 10 troopers, so 647 commanders x 10 troopers = 6,470 and 323 sergeants x 10 = 3,230. I have to add it all together. 6,470 + 3,230 =9,700 troopers and 970 squads of 10 stormtroopers. Does it make sense? And I repeat, According to SW Ships & Vehicles by Zake Shim from Facebook, the Star destroyer has 26,053 enlisted personnel, 1,735 navy troopers, 62 ground crew and 275 gunners. —Unsigned comment by an anonymous user (contribs)

• That doesn't sound like an official source, unless I'm mistaken Lewisr (talk) 16:15, 4 August 2025 (UTC)
  • Chiming in as well because I see the reply above was edited, but unless this "Zake Shim" has published a Star Wars worked licensed and approved by Lucasfilm, frankly, it doesn't matter what that individual states or how many times its repeated here—it'd be fanon. Information added to Wookieepedia must be referenced to official sources.—spookywilloww^talk 13:44, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

I said the numbers of Imperial navy troopers are 1,735 and the numbers of ground crew are 62. Zake shim has a account in Facebook: ‘SW Ships & Vehicles’ —Unsigned comment by an anonymous user (contribs)

• It still needs to be established whether "Zake Shim" has published a licensed source as mentioned above, if not then what they may say has no bearing on canon and cannot be added onto Wookieepedia Lewisr (talk) 15:03, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

So how many stormtrooper commanders and how many stormtrooper sergeants in the Star Destroyer? —Unsigned comment by an anonymous user (contribs)

• Whatever a canon source has actually said, if it has Lewisr (talk) 19:41, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

So answer it more like 970 stormtrooper squads —Unsigned comment by an anonymous user (contribs)

• Hello! I would just like to chime in and say I did a bit of digging into this Zake Shim individual and it appears that, not only do they not list sources for the information they post from what I can tell, but they also consistently rely on generative AI for their content (definitely for their images, and potentially for their posts overall, though if not they're just generally poorly constructed as pointed out by a lot of the comments they receive), so not only would I question the legitimacy of their claims, I would outright say they're an untrustworthy source to get your Star Wars lore from. That said, we generally list crew and passengers by individuals and not squads from what I'm seeing as that's how official sources list them, but free to check out said sources referenced/linked to the numbers listed in the page's infobox for confirmation! - MTrac1000 (talk) 15:58, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

Listen to me. How many stormtrooper commanders and how many stormtrooper sergeants in the Star Destroyer? —Unsigned comment by an anonymous user (contribs)

• Hi, please remember to be respectful! Based off of what we have cited on the page, we simply do not know. We only know it was standard procedure to have at least a minimum compliment of 9,700 stormtroopers per the Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles. There could very likely be more on many of the star destroyers, it seems to be a case-by-case basis, however, how those troopers are further broken down appears to be unknown. Some may be in traditional 10-man squads, others may not, and we just know there were "some" officers (commanders and sergeants) onboard, not specifically how many. Sorry there's not a better answer to your question at the moment, but hopefully someday they'll publish materials that gives us a more concrete idea! - MTrac1000 (talk) 15:39, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

How many stormtrooper dropships in a star destroyer, how many GAT-12 Skipray Blastboats and how many Imperial transports—Unsigned comment by an anonymous user (contribs)

• Hi, just a reminder that miscellaneous Star Wars questions are welcomed on Discussions, but article talk pages are exclusively reserved for discussing article improvement so as to keep them from off-topic chatter per WP:TALK.—spookywilloww^talk 11:36, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

EXCUSE ME?! How many stormtrooper commanders and sergeants are in the Imperial I-Class Star Destroyer? —Unsigned comment by an anonymous user (contribs)