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The Lusankya was an Executor-class Star Dreadnought ordered for the navy of the Galactic Empire. After the loss of the Imperial Death Star at the Battle of Yavin[1] of 0 BBY,[2] the tactical importance of the Empire's Super Star Destroyer project increased. The Star Dreadnought Lusankya was undergoing assembly at Kuat Drive Yards' Kuat shipyards at the time of its sister ship Executor's phase of construction at the Fondor Shipyards.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
In the current Star Wars canon, the Lusankya was introduced in the twenty-seventh issue of the Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon magazine series, published by De Agostini[1] around July 8, 2015.[3] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Lusankya was first mentioned in the novel X-Wing: Rogue Squadron, the first installment in the Star Wars: X-Wing series, which was written by Michael A. Stackpole[4] and published on January 1, 1996.[5] The Lusankya then made its first appearance in the third novel of that series, X-Wing: The Krytos Trap, also written by Stackpole[6] and published on September 1, 1996.[7]
The author named it after the Lubyanka,[8] a Russian government building used by various secret police agencies,[9] stating: "I wanted it to sound much like the inescapable prison in Moscow because I wanted the Lusankya to be inescapable."[8] It was first pictured in the 1998 comic book Crimson Empire 5, an issue of the Dark Horse comic-book series Star Wars: Crimson Empire, written by Mike Richardson and Randy Stradley and illustrated by Paul Gulacy and P. Craig Russell.[10]
Sources[]
Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 27 (Starship Fact File: Super Star Destroyer — Executor) (First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6
Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 27 (Starship Fact File: Super Star Destroyer — Executor)
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- ↑ The second issue of the De Agostini weekly magazine Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon was set to be published on January 14, 2015, according to De Agostini Publishing: Build the Millennium Falcon Magazine & Model by Chris Wyman on TheForce.net (January 8, 2015) (archived from the original on November 6, 2016). Therefore, Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 27 was published around July 8, 2015.
- ↑ X-Wing: Rogue Squadron
- ↑
Rogue Squadron: Star Wars Legends (Rogue Squadron) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link) (Mass Market Paperback)
- ↑ X-Wing: The Krytos Trap
- ↑
The Krytos Trap: Star Wars Legends (X-Wing) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link) (Mass Market Paperback)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Transcript of a chat with Michael A. Stackpole on www.moseisley.com (content now obsolete; archived from the original on February 17, 2001)
- ↑ Dan Richardson. The Rough Guide to Moscow, Jonathon Reynolds, 5th edition, March 2009. ISBN 978-1-85828-061-5.
- ↑ Crimson Empire 5