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Renown
Production information
Manufacturer	Kuat Drive Yards Allanteen Six shipyards
Model	Venator-class Star Destroyer
Technical specifications
Length	1,137 meters
Width	548 meters
Height/depth	268 meters
Hyperdrive rating	Class 1.0 Class 15 (backup)
Armament	Rhydonium canisters loaded
Passengers	CIS-affiliated Unidentified super tactical droid (Carida) B1 battle droids Pistoeka sabotage droid Republic-affiliated Meebur Gascon D-Squad Other Republic droids.
Usage
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era
Destroyed	c. 20 BBY
Present for battles/events	Carida Incident
Affiliation	Galactic Republic (formerly) Confederacy of Independent Systems

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The Renown was a Venator-class Star Destroyer that was stolen from the Republic by the Separatists and stationed above planet Abafar, where it was loaded with huge amounts of rhydonium fuel contained in canisters.

HistoryEdit

Its purpose was to destroy the Valor station, where the whole Jedi High Council and Republic command held a strategy conference. However, the D-Squad, with the aid of clone commando Gregor, managed to get on the ship, and being warned of the threat, managed to overpower the B1 battle droids and the Pistoeka sabotage droids (where M5-BZ sacrificed himself to save the others), and with the help of the heroic deed of R2-D2, barely managed to blow up the ship before it reached the star base, causing only minor damage. R2 was later rebuilt. The near-aversion of the disaster regarding the Renown was what ultimately led to Admiral Wilhuff Tarkin to request to the Supreme Chancellor, Palpatine that the Jedi military command undergo a restructuring.

Behind the scenesEdit

The Renown had first appeared in the episode Missing in Action as part of the D-Squad arc's conclusion. However, it was never identified in either the episode itself or Point of No Return. It was later identified three days after the airing of the latter episode, on the official Star Wars: The Clone Wars Facebook page, in an image detailing a document where Tarkin requested that the Jedi military command end up restructured to Palpatine. According to a post on the Facebook page, the destruction of the Renown was the biggest explosion the animators had created at that time in the animated series.

AppearancesEdit

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Missing in Action" (First appearance)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Point of No Return"

External linksEdit

•  Reformation of Jedi military command. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (January 15, 2013, 8:00 pm UTC). Retrieved on January 16, 2013. (First identified as Renown)