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- "General Gollin, the drones wiped out the remaining TIEs…and the Formidable was—"
"Destroyed." - ―An Imperial captain, reporting to General Gollin
The Formidable was an Imperial-class Star Destroyer used by the Imperial Navy during the Imperial Era. In 1 BBY, during bounty hunter Beilert Valance's hunt for Darth Vader, the Formidable was under the Sith Lord's command. Under Vader's control, the Star Destroyer arrived at the world Heva to engage Valance and his team of bounty hunters, but it was ultimately destroyed in the skirmish by bot-drones controlled by the slicer Chio Fain.
Description[]
- "Scramble all fighters."
- ―Darth Vader, to an Imperial general
An Imperial-class Star Destroyer[2] manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards,[1] the Formidable[7] measured 1,600 meters in length[3] and was equipped with engines,[2] a solar ionization reactor, a communications tower,[4] two ISD-72x shield generator domes,[5] and a hangar. The Star Destroyer carried with it numerous TIE fighters, as well as Darth Vader's personal TIE Advanced x1.[2]
History[]
- "We're all gonna die."
- ―Wef, upon seeing the Formidable
During the Imperial Era, the Formidable served in the Imperial Navy, under the command of the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader.[2] In 1 BBY,[6] the cyborg Beilert Valance led a team of bounty hunters on a hunt for Vader,[2] although team member Dengar was secretly an informant to the Sith Lord.[7] After Dengar alerted Vader that Valance and his crew were on Heva,[8] the Sith arrived at the world aboard the Formidable.[2]
The Formidable is destroyed over Heva.
Upon spotting the Star Destroyer in the air, Valance and members of his team engaged the vessel aboard their cruiser, the Broken Wing. Meanwhile, on the Formidable, Vader ordered a general to deploy TIE fighters to engage the enemy ship, before departing himself to join the skirmish in his personal TIE Advanced x1. During the fight, Valance's slicer, Chio Fain, took control of a group of bot-drones—which the Empire had originally intended to use but abandoned due to their unstable technology—that the bounty hunters had acquired from the arms dealer Wef. Fain had the bot-drones ram into the Formidable's conning tower, severing it, killing the Imperial general, and sending the vessel crashing into the ground below.[2]
Following the skirmish, another Star Destroyer, under the command of General Gollin, arrived at Heva. An Imperial captain aboard the vessel reported the Formidable's destruction to the general, although she was already aware of the event.[7]
Behind the scenes[]
The Formidable first appeared in the new Star Wars canon in the third issue of the 2019 comic-book miniseries Star Wars: Target Vader, which was written by Robbie Thompson, illustrated by Stefano Landini, and published by Marvel Comics[2] on September 25, 2019.[9] It was identified by name in the fourth issue, which was also written by Thompson[7] and published on October 9, 2019.[10]
In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Formidable was first mentioned in Daniel Wallace's 2014 reference book, Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide.[11]
Appearances[]
- Target Vader 3 (First appearance)
- Target Vader 4 (Mentioned only) (First identified as Formidable)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars Rebels: Head to Head — Based on corresponding data for all Imperial-class Star Destroyers.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 Target Vader 3
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
Imperial Star Destroyer in the Databank (backup link) — Based on corresponding data for all Imperial-class Star Destroyers
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Target Vader 3 depicts the Formidable with what
Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Star Destroyer - Blueprints) identifies as a solar ionization reactor and a communications tower.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Target Vader 3 depicts the Formidable with what Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 20 (Starship Fact File: Imperial I-class Star Destroyer) identifies as ISD-72x shield generator domes.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Target Vader 3, including the destruction of the Formidable over Heva, to 1 BBY.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Target Vader 4
- ↑ Target Vader 2
- ↑ Star Wars: Target Vader (2019) #3 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Target Vader (2019) #4 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide
