Hunter destroyer

Hunter destroyers (also spelled hunter-destroyers) were fast pursuit craft of the Galactic Empire, armed with torpedos and laser cannons.

A group of hunter destroyers pursued the hijacked Imperial starship that blasted out of Gordon in the Norton Asteroid Belt, severely damaging their quarry, so it exploded over the planet Yavin.

Behind the scenes

 * The hunter destroyer is the conceptual predecessor of the TIE/In starfighter.


 * The pursuit of the Imperial starship into the asteroid field later inspired the pursuit of the Millennium Falcon into the asteroids in the Hoth system.

Appearances

 * The Star Wars: Rough Draft