Battlecruiser/Legends

Battlecruiser or battle cruiser was a formal designation reserved for the largest and strongest warships in a fleet that were not battleships.

Most battlecruisers differed from battleships by being slightly smaller in size and having less armor, sacrificing this for greater speed. A prime example was the Star Destroyer-class battlecruisers used by the Galactic Empire and the Scythe-class main battle cruiser employed by the Galactic Alliance Core Forces.

Due to different cultural norms and design-capabilities, some vessels bore the designation of "battlecruiser" while being nothing more than frigate-analogues on a galactic scale, like the Kaloth-class Battlecruiser and the Hapes Nova-class battle cruiser.

Some battlecruiser models went by the alternate designation of "Star Battlecruiser". Kuat Drive Yards was notable for using this term.

Known battlecruiser classes

 * Hapes Consortium Hapes Nova-class battle cruiser
 * Kaloth Kaloth-class Battlecruiser
 * Kuat Drive Yards Praetor-class Star Battlecruiser
 * Kuat Drive Yards Procurator-class Star Battlecruiser
 * Mon Calamari Shipyards Mediator-class battle cruiser
 * Scythe-class main battle cruiser
 * Ssi-ruuvi Imperium Shree-class battle cruiser
 * Star Destroyer-class battlecruiser
 * TransGalMeg Industries Bulwark-class battlecruiser

Appearances

 * Attack of the Clones: Incredible Cross-Sections
 * Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils
 * Star Wars 11: Star Search
 * Star Wars 12: Doomworld
 * Star Wars 13: Day of the Dragon Lords
 * Star Wars 14: The Sound of Armageddon
 * Star Wars 15: Star Duel
 * Star Wars 21: Shadow of a Dark Lord
 * Star Wars 22: To the Last Gladiator
 * Star Wars 23: Flight Into Fury
 * Star Wars 29: Dark Encounter
 * Star Wars 31: Return to Tatooine
 * Star Wars 33: Saber Clash
 * Star Wars 35: Dark Lord's Gambit
 * Star Wars 36: Red Queen Rising
 * Star Wars 37: In Mortal Combat
 * Star Wars: Rebellion
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * The Bounty Hunter Wars
 * The Truce at Bakura
 * The Courtship of Princess Leia
 * I, Jedi
 * ''Specter of the Past
 * Vision of the Future
 * Vector Prime
 * Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial
 * Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
 * The Unifying Force
 * Star Wars Legacy 8: Allies