The Persecutor was an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer[2] in service of the Galactic Empire. It participated in the Battle of Scarif in 1 BBY, where it was completely disabled after being subjected to an attack run by a Blue Squadron X-wing, Blue Four Barion Raner, that destroyed its starboard-side bridge-mounted deflector shield generator, followed by a bombing run of ion torpedoes from the Y-wings of Gold Squadron. The crippled Star Destroyer was then pushed by the Sphyrna-class Hammerhead corvette Lightmaker into the Star Destroyer Intimidator, shearing it in two. The wreckage of all three ships subsequently crashed into the Shield Gate and destroyed it, allowing Rogue One to transmit the Death Star plans to the Rebel flagship Profundity.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- "The colliding Star Destroyers are the Intimidator and the Persecutor, or as we came to affectionately know them in production, Timmy & Percy."
- ―Pablo Hidalgo
The Persecutor first appeared in the 2016 film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.[1] It was identified by name in "Sacred Ground," an article written by Joe Fordham and published in the February 2017 magazine Cinefex 151,[11] though John Knoll had previously confirmed on Reddit that the ships involved in the crash are "the Persecutor and the Intimidator. Affectionately known to the crew at ILM as Timmy and Percy."[12] The November 15, 2017[13] reference book Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z officially confirmed the names that had been provided in the Cinefex article.[14]
Appearances[]
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story audiobook
- Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel
- Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel audiobook
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Graphic Novel Adaptation
- Rogue One Adaptation 5
- Rogue One Adaptation 6
- Star Wars Battlefront (First appearance) (DLC)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: On the Front Lines (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z (First identified as Persecutor)
Star Wars Helmet Collection 56 (Highlights of the Saga: Infiltrating the Citadel) (Indirect mention only)- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 64 (Databank A-Z: Valorum–Vassek) (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 71 (Highlights of the Saga: The Battle of Scarif)
- Star Wars Helmet Collection 79 (Highlights of the Saga: The Battle of Scarif)
- Star Wars: Destiny — Spark of Hope (Card: Shields Are Down) (backup link) (Picture only)
- Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- "Pilots of the Rebel Alliance" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
- Star Wars: Timelines
- Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire
- Hammerhead Corvette in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
- ↑ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story establishes that the Persecutor is an Imperial-class Star Destroyer, which measures 1,600 meters in length according to
Imperial Star Destroyer in the Databank (backup link).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story depicts the Persecutor with what
Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Star Destroyer - Blueprints) identifies as a solar ionization reactor. It also identifies with what Rogue One also depicts the Persecutor as having three destroyer-I ion engines and four smaller Gemon-4 ion engines.
- ↑ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story depicts the Persecutor with what Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 20 (Starship Fact File: Imperial I-class Star Destroyer) identifies as two ISD-72x shield generator domes.
- ↑ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story depicts the Persecutor with what the Droids in Distress book identifies as a tractor beam targeting array.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story depicts the Persecutor with what Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide identifies as six dual heavy turbolaser turrets and three triple medium turbolasers.
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Audio description from Disney+)
- ↑ Pablo Hidalgo (@pabl0hidalgo) on Twitter: "The colliding Star Destroyers are the Intimidator and the Persecutor, or as we came to affectionately know them in production, Timmy & Percy." (backup link)
- ↑ Fordham, Joe. "Sacred Ground". Cinefex no. 151, February 2017.
- ↑ Anybody know the names of two particular Star Destroyers that appear in Rogue One? on Reddit by JohnKnoll (on December 25, 2016): "The two ships are the Persecutor and the Intimidator. Affectionately known to the crew at ILM as Timmy and Percy." (backup link)
- ↑ Geektionnaire Star Wars (French) on hachette.fr: "Paru le: 15 Novembre 2017" (archived from the original on July 3, 2020)
- ↑ Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
