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Does Star Wars have some of the largest spaceships(and some of the most powerful) in sci-fi?

Maybe I just haven't seen/read/played enough of sci-fi, but in the vast majority of fiction I've encountered, even the largest of capital ships are usually limited to a few kilometers in length and/or width.

Some of the ships in Star Wars, on the other hand, are pretty damn huge. Those Super Star Destroyers/Dreadnoughts can be up to around 20 kilometers in length! And then there's the really big stuff like the Death Stars and that Sun Crusher thing. On top of it all, all of them seem to have the firepower to match their impressive size.

So what are your thoughts? Maybe some of you more knowledgeable types know of fiction where starships are consistently bigger(and more powerful) than those in Star Wars.

Well the Suncrusher wasn't a big ship it was a single seater, it was just invinceable, and could make stars go supernova. Oh and

"Small" Ships.http://www.st-minutiae.com/misc/comparison/comparison_small.png

"Medium" Ships http://www.st-minutiae.com/misc/comparison/comparison_medium.png

"Large" Ships http://www.st-minutiae.com/misc/comparison/comparison_large.png

"Huge" Ships. http://www.st-minutiae.com/misc/comparison/comparison_huge.png


Probably outdated.

Now I'm not sure if this counts as "sci fi", but Galactus has a space ship the size of a solar system...

Star Trek seems to take the cake, there.

Um... DEF STAR!!! that's no moon

Death Star II, 900 km diameter. Though it's not really a "ship".


Sticking to that vein, a plethora of science-fiction works have used a Dyson sphere, including Star Trek I believe.

If you check the site they came from one of the questions on the FAQ is "Why isn't the Death Star there" "Because we don't have a chart big enough, even scaled down." Oh and technically the Death Star is a battlestation, but it can move and it's equipped with a hyperdrive, so what does it have that a normal ship doesn't, Lucien?

Originally posted by mattatom
If you check the site they came from one of the questions on the FAQ is "Why isn't the Death Star there" "Because we don't have a chart big enough, even scaled down." Oh and technically the Death Star is a battlestation, but it can move and it's equipped with a hyperdrive, so what does it have that a normal ship doesn't, Lucien? Style.

STAR TREK WINS!

All Hail Star Trek!

*snickers and goes back into basement*

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Style. Then you and the Death Star have something in common, a lack of style.

Originally posted by REXXXX
Star Trek seems to take the cake, there.

Heh. I never watched Star Trek or Babylon 5, but then again, they never aired here either.

EDIT: But does it have anything to rival the size of a Death Star?

Originally posted by mattatom
Then you and the Death Star have something in common, a lack of style. Let me get out my Big Book of Predictable Comebacks... aaaand... yup; there's you're name and that very example. Damn, boy.

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Let me get out my Big Book of Predictable Comebacks... aaaand... yup; there's you're name and that very example. Damn, boy. Let me borrow that for a second, ahh here we go, thats what he said.

So after viewing the charts SW wins with the Death Star, interesting.

Originally posted by Morridini
So after viewing the charts SW wins with the Death Star, interesting.

Apparently bigger than anything in Star Trek, Stargate or Babylon 5, but I'm sure not the biggest in sci-fi.

Originally posted by Morridini
So after viewing the charts SW wins with the Death Star, interesting.

Again, not sure if this is "sci fi", but Galactus's ship is the size of a STAR SYSTEM, and is speculated to be the greatest source of energy in the Marvel Universe.

Magog world ship.

Originally posted by ArtificialGlory
Heh. I never watched Star Trek or Babylon 5, but then again, they never aired here either.

EDIT: But does it have anything to rival the size of a Death Star?

As someone already mentioned. ST has utilised a type of Dyson's sphere. It's a structure that completely envelopes a star and so captures all it's energy. Civilisations would live on the inside surface of it.

The following Space entities are among the largest yet known:

1. Cetadel (Mass Effect)
2. Alien Mothership (Independence Day)
3. Death Star I (Star Wars)
4. Death Star II (Star Wars)
5. Star Forge (Star Wars)
6. Unicron - The Planet Eater (Transformers)

However, if the Galactus Ship is as huge as Hewhoknowsall asserts than it is perhaps the largest space entity yet introduced in the Sci-Fi genre.

What characterizes a ship? All the big ones we're naming are more like stations.

Originally posted by S_W_LeGenD
The following Space entities are among the largest yet known:

1. Cetadel (Mass Effect)
2. Alien Mothership (Independence Day)
3. Death Star I (Star Wars)
4. Death Star II (Star Wars)
5. Star Forge (Star Wars)
6. Unicron - The Planet Eater (Transformers)

However, if the Galactus Ship is as huge as Hewhoknowsall asserts than it is perhaps the largest space entity yet introduced in the Sci-Fi genre.

7. The Ancients' worldships(voidships?) are at the very least continent-sized.

Galactus's worldship is the size of a STAR SYSTEM

Bah, none of that compares to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Length: 10 million light years!

Though its an anime thing so it might not count.

Still, its a freaking rediculous number

Originally posted by Nephthys
Bah, none of that compares to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Length: 10 million light years!

Though its an anime thing so it might not count.

Still, its a freaking rediculous number

Doesn't count. Nothing in Gurren lagann can be used in earnest. If you want to laugh about how silly it is feel free. Using it non-ironically though...

Nu-uh! It sooo counts! I mean its, liek sci fi and its ... a ship and and ... and 10 million light years! Spiral powa! Who the **** do you think I am! etc...

Heh, that was so coollame

I know Anime loves to exaggerate things, but 10mil light years? C'mon...

EDIT: Just how big is the Star Forge anyway?

Lol, the great thing about Gurren lagann is how unashamedly over the top it is. In the final fight they start throwing galaxies at each other.

edit: Ah yes. I think it was actually pretty massive, even bigger than the Death Star iir.

The Hammerhead-class cruisers used by the Republic were 315 meters long. I just watched the Light Side ending where the capital ships destroy the orbital stabilizers on top of the station. Doing a visual in my head, the Star Forge is NOWHERE near the size of the first Death Star. I would say from top to bottom it's probably around the length of the Executor.

Technology in star wars works in curious ways. Nothing really changes except things get bigger and more powerful, but the base technology and aesthetic qualities remain unchanged. Well at least starting from KotoR on, with a bizarre little break during the New Sith Wars were people are using swords and spears and shit. I guess guns just aren't as cool.

Ah, I see. I must of got confused by this clip (which I still am), which shows the star forge as being (comparable to?)not dwarfed by a sun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5xDSZnok4s

That is pretty strange. You can't really see the Star Forge at that distance, but either that star is smaller than what we'd expect, or the designers screwed up.

yes, some of them.