Capital ship

Capital ships were large and powerful warships. Types of capital ships included Star Destroyers and battleships. They were the typical vessel types used in major space battles.

Although imposing, capital ships were also slow and ponderous in spaceflight. This meant that following the Galactic Civil War, the New Republic was able to, over time, pick off most of the Galactic Empire's capital ships by overwhelming them with smaller, nimbler vessels.