Demolisher

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The Demolisher was a Gladiator-class Star Destroyer used by the Galactic Empire around 15 BBY.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Behind the scenes 3 Appearances 4 Sources 5 Notes and references

[edit] History

The Demolisher was stolen from an Imperial repair dock by the space pirate Gir Kybo Ren-Cha and his crew. They intended to use it against the Tammuz-an space navy in an attempt to plunder their world.^[1]

During the battle, R2-D2 (who had been captured alongside C-3PO) reversed a proton torpedo he was ordered to load into one of Demolisher's launch tubes, causing it to explode.^[1]

[edit] Behind the scenes

An interesting feature of the ship is that turbolaser shots fired always seemed to emit from the ring around, or from, the reactor dome on the bottom of the warship, similar to the phaser weapons on Star Trek, which have phaser banks on rings on the top or bottom of the ships. The Demolisher also seems to focus on missile delivery, due to the amount of missile ordnance, suggesting that Gladiators were used as a missile artillery support ship, and not actually used for capital ship combat, as its near pathetic amount of weapons emplacements would only be a threat to small ships, such as blockade runners, and the missile launchers would be forced to be a primary weapon.

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[edit] Appearances

• Star Wars: Droids - "The Pirates of Tarnoonga" (First appearance)

[edit] Sources

• The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
•  Jyn Obah in the Databank
•  Jann Tosh in the Databank
•  Gir Kybo Ren-Cha in the Databank

[edit] Notes and references