Rebel Dream

The Rebel Dream was an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer of the New Republic Navy. It began its career in the Imperial Navy as the Tyrant.

Imperial service
"We're blind. We could be boarded by a Rebel ship at any minute."

- Captain Lennox after the Tyrant was hit by an ion cannon during the Battle of Hoth.

As the Tyrant, the ship was on a special assignment by Darth Vader when Rebel forces attacked the Kuat shipyards. The Tyrant received a distress signal from the shipyards and diverted to the system to assist, but arrived only moments too late, and the Rebels succeeded in inflicted damage to the ship before departing to hyperspace, having completed their mission to lure the Tyrant to Kuat. The ship remained there to undergo repairs.

Assigned to Darth Vader's Death Squadron, it was commanded by the capable Captain Xamuel Lennox, with Lieutenant Cabbel serving as executive officer.

Eight months after the Battle of Yavin, the ship fought Warlord Nuso Esva's forces in the Poln system as part of Death Squadron.

During the Battle of Hoth, Tyrant attempted to intercept the first Rebel transports to flee from Hoth, but was disabled by several shots from the Rebel's planetary ion cannon. Lennox's warship was left to float through the system and several more Rebel transports subsequently escaped.



During the battle on the surface, Imperial troops captured Rebel General Crix Madine and sent to the Tyrant. After the shuttle entered the Tyrant's docking bay, the Tyrant was hit by another blast from the planetary ion cannon. While overseeing the repair of systems disabled by the ion cannon, Rebel commandos boarded the ship and rescued Madine. The commandos escaped with General Madine on a Lambda-class shuttle, with the Tyrant unable to pursue the shuttle. Later, the shuttle brought General Madine to the Mon Calamari Cruiser Champion, which then prepared to jump to hyperspace. Lennox engaged the cruiser with the now functional Tyrant, and proceeded to launch TIE fighters in preparation for battle. Lennox hailed the Champion and said that if they handed over General Madine that he would call of his attack. The captain of the Champion refused and ordered the launch of his ship's fighters. Captain Lennox was unable to defeat the Champion and the ship escaped with Madine.

In 4 ABY, Captain Lennox and the Tyrant participated in the Battle of Endor.

New Republic service
"Then please, join me for dinner tonight, in my stateroom aboard the Rebel Dream?"

- Minister of State Leia Organa Solo to Prince Isolder

Later, in the aftermath of the Bacta War, the New Republic captured the Tyrant from a weakly defended Imperial fueling outpost. Impressed by the symbolism of the Star Destroyer's former history serving with Vader's Death Squadron, Councilor Leia Organa renamed the ship the Rebel Dream and selected it as her personal flagship.

By 7 ABY, the Rebel Dream was serving as Minister of State Leia Organa Solo's consular ship, but was back in active duty to fight the Imperial Star Destroyer Peremptory at the Battle of Storinal. It was in this battle that Rebel Dream was recaptured by Imperial forces.

Yuuzhan Vong War
At the time of the Yuuzhan Vong War, the New Republic had recovered the Rebel Dream.

The Rebel Dream served under General Wedge Antilles at Borleias. The Rebel Dream starfighters and support craft featured a white-and-dark-gray color scheme during the siege of Borleias. She later joined the fleet of the fledgling Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, where she participated in the defense of Mon Calamari.

Behind the scenes
The image of the Tyrant in the Star Wars Encyclopedia features an inscription on the hull that reads, "We Brake For Nobody," a reference to the parody film, Spaceballs.