Guarlara
Production information
Class	Venator-class Star Destroyer
Usage
Role(s)	Destroyer Carrier Transport Frigate
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era
Earliest sighting	19 BBY
Latest sighting	19 BBY
Present for battles/events	Battle of Coruscant
Affiliation	Galactic Republic
Fleet	Open Circle Fleet

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The Guarlara was a Venator-class Star Destroyer of the Republic Navy, named after the hooved animal native to Naboo.

HistoryEdit

It participated in the Battle of Coruscant in the last days of the Clone Wars.

During the battle, Guarlara engaged General Grievous's flagship Invisible Hand, trading turbolaser and proton torpedo fire with the Separatist command ship at point-blank range. Both vessels took heavy damage in the exchange, but Guarlara's broadsides assault ultimately proved fatal for the Invisible Hand, sending the Separatist carrier/destroyer plunging toward Coruscant's surface.^[1]

In doing so, Guarlara's crew unwittingly endangered an attempt by Jedi Generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to rescue Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, whom Grievous had kidnapped during the early stages of the battle. However, Kenobi and Skywalker, aided by Palpatine and R2-D2, were able to safely land the wreck of Invisible Hand on the surface of Coruscant.^[1]

AppearancesEdit

• Millennium Falcon
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (First appearance)

SourcesEdit

•  Trade Federation cruiser in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
• Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
•  "Star Wars PocketModel TCG - Base Set" (Card: Guarlara Venator-class star destroyer)
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

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