How big is the Imperial Fleet?

Was the entire rebel fleet at the battle of Endor? It would make sense that they would divert all efforts towards that campaign, but there was a very small number of capital ships. I know the X-Wing Alliance game suggests that the entire fleet was there, but you can't trust games.

No you can't

There seem to be more ships than appeared earlier as the MF flees the DSII, but it still didn't look quite right, did it?

How the Imperial FLeet didn't smash them is beyond me, and SHOULD have been explained, rather than leaving everyone to come up with inadequate theories...

Not enough people care about space battles for GL to spend all his time on them. Besides, it was what was going on INSIDE the DSII that was more important.

I think that X-Wing Alliance did a fine job anyway.

AND, you can see in ROTJ that mnay of the Star Destroyers were way back behind the Executor. This was to prevent any ships from escaping.

And don't try to use the Interdictor excuse. They are purely EU material, no place for them here!!

Oh, yeah, because I was really about to use an EU point for my argument...

Yes, obvious what is inside the DSII was more important. Nonetheless, he brought that battle into the film, and it would have been nice to see it carried throuigh. Especially as what was going on inside the DSII could be made to seem entriely pointless, because even if Luke had failed the lot of them would have been blown up anyway. And there is NO convincing reason for the Imperials to not loose if the Emperor was present. The DSII was already doomed by the time he died.

So, is there any canonical way to define a sector? Not that I know of. But I would reckon that the Imperials would have made an enormous effort at Endor. 30 out of 25,000 seems really pathetic. One up for the smaller number, I think...

That's what bugs me about the battle of Endor. With Yavin, the Imps got cocky, and they didn't count on the extraordinary skill of Luke. With Endor, the Emperor himself was present, and from a space battling/ground battling point of view, none of the Rebels shone. Han, Lando and Wedge were good, but the Emperor's planning should have accounted for their likes. As for the rebels surviving so long against the imperial fleet for so long, I think the Emperor wanted to sadistically destroy all of the capital ships with the superlaser. Hence, the fleet didn't engage the rebels, they only took out the fighters ship to ship.

And we have to assume that the fleet just headed off afterwards, rather than crushing the Rebels as it could have done. These things really should be explained.

The Emperor's plan was pretty bad. It's a shame, really.

[ May 03, 2001: Message edited by: RatCat ]

Just for the record, I am writing an actual Star Wars novel, taking place during the Vong Invasion, and just to clarify on your topic here...

By accessing Lucasfilm databanks I have discovered thus,

The SSDs were,

Executor (destroyed at endor)

Lusankya (destroyed at Thyferra/bacta war)

Iron Fist (destroyed over dathomir)

Intimidator/Pride of Yevitha (status unknown after return to imperial hands after black fleet crisis)

Terror (destroyed during the conflict with Grand Admiral Zarrin)

Guardian (status unknown)

Night Hammer (destroyed over yavin 4 w/Admiral Daala onboard)

and I think thats it.... did i miss any???? Please tell me if I did; it is important to my research.
Thanks,
Draxnair

oh, btw, the SSD Executor was completed at the Fondor yards a few months before the infamous battle of Yavin.

-drax-

i was under the impression the NJO was done with and all efforts would focus on the clone wars for a while...

no prob, never hurt to 're-open some old wounds', eh? If it was a problem my appolgies. just trying to clarify...

this is EU stuff so you all might as well stop it before it is permanently closed

well, fint, if you want a canon answer: big 😄

Okay I'm going to delve deep into the first page, so I dunno if these were already answered.

Ushgarak, yes, the Lusankya was an EU SSD, but it was also a real SSD. It's sister ship WAS the Executor. It was simply named after it's class. There were well over 25,000 ISD's, 15,000 VSD, and around 5000 Interdictors, if I remember correctly. There were only 2 Eclipse-Class SSD, 4 Sovereign..2 Death Stars, and uncountable starfighters.

*checks forum again*
woops there gotwa, this is the movie-section of star wars, not the eu

OH MAN I THOUGHT THIS WAS XMEN

*gasps in horror*
wow! you are waaaaaaaay off than

I was kidding..

I was too of course 😉

I think you're lying. =o