Leviathan (Interdictor-class cruiser)

Leviathan Leviathan was the flagship of Darth Malak's Sith fleet 3,956 years prior to the Battle of Yavin. Its captain was Admiral Saul Karath.

As with the other capital ships of the Sith fleet, Leviathan was originally a Republic ship that fell into Sith hands after the Battle of Malachor V. Apparently a distant technological ancestor of the later Star Destroyers, Leviathan was one of many similarly designed ships commissioned by the Republic for the Mandalorian Wars. The fact that the only ship to survive Malachor V and not go with Revan, Ravager, bears a similar but not identical design to Leviathan, indicates that the Sith's ex-Republic ships may have been modified by the Star Forge.

Leviathan was an 600 meter long Interdictor-class Cruiser, capable of wrenching ships out of hyperspace with the use of its four gigantic gravity-well projectors. While primitive by modern standards, it was the pinnacle of interdictor technology in its time. It was also equipped with 20 quad laser cannons, a tractor beam projector, four turbolaser batteries and two ion cannons. Under Saul Karath's command, Leviathan housed two squadrons of Sith fighters. During Darth Malak's search for Bastila Shan, he used the Leviathan's quad laser cannons to destroy much of the Taris's Upper City.

After the loss of Leviathan, Ravager and many other 'proto-Star Destroyers' to Revan and Malak's Sith Empire, the Republic abandoned the design, possibly due to lack of resources, and instead used capital ships more aesthetically in line with the peaceful ages of the Republic, such as Endar Spire.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic