Tector-class

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The Tector-class was a class of Star Destroyer in the service of the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War.[1] It notably differed from other Star Destroyer classes, as it lacked a ventral hangar bay.[2] In 4 ABY,[3] one[2] Tector-class vessel, Harbinger, was part of the Galactic Empire's fleet defending the second Death Star over the Forest Moon of Endor.[1]

After Rebel Alliance forces launched an assault on the seemingly incomplete battle station, the Imperial fleet trapped them, as planned by Emperor Palpatine. Just as the Alliance began attacking the Imperial ships, the rebel freighter Millennium Falcon crossed the hull of the Harbinger.[4] The Star Destroyer was later destroyed by advancing rebel vessels, and shortly after, the Death Star itself was destroyed, along with a large portion of the gathered Imperial forces.[1]

Behind the scenes

The name Tector-class was introduced in The Rise of the Empire compilation.

The name Tector-class was introduced in The Rise of the Empire compilation.

The Tector-class first appeared as a background ship without a hangar in the 1983 original trilogy film, Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. It was not named in the film,[4] but the ship received a class designation in the current Star Wars canon in "The Levers of Power," a short story written by Jason Fry and included in the 2015 compilation book The Rise of the Empire.[1]

In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Tector-class Star Destroyer was first mentioned in Curtis Saxton's 2005 reference book Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Incredible Cross-Sections.[5] It was later confirmed to be the class of the Star Destroyer without a hangar seen in Return of the Jedi by Leland Chee on the StarWars.com Message Boards.[6] Chee's declaration built off the Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: The Illustrated Edition novelization, which includes a passage accompanied by concept artwork from Return of the Jedi confirming that the portion of the Tector seen in the film was its ventral hull.[7] In Latin, the word "tēctor" means "plasterer."[8]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "The Levers of Power" — The Rise of the Empire
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Starships of the Empire and the Rebellion" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
  3. ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas: Updated Edition dates the Battle of Endor to 4 ABY.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Incredible Cross-Sections
  6. ↑ StarWars.com Holocron continuity database questions on the StarWars.com Message Boards (February 6, 2007): "That is indeed what the author was referring to when he came up with the name for the Tector-class." (original site is defunct) — Leland Chee of the Lucasfilm Story Group has confirmed that the Legends Tector-class Star Destroyer described in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Incredible Cross-Sections is the class of the hangarless Star Destroyer seen in Return of the Jedi.
  7. ↑ Star Wars: Return of the Jedi novelization
  8. ↑ "Collins Dictionaries". Collins Latin Dictionary and Grammar, 2nd ed., HarperCollins, 2016. ISBN 978-0008167677.