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The Praetor-class Star Battlecruiser was a model of battlecruiser.[1] It shared a similar name to the Praetor II-class ship used by the Imperial Navy.[2]
Prior to the Battle of Hoth[3] in 3 ABY,[4] one derelict Praetor-class had its reactor stolen by members of the Rebel Alliance to power a giant ion cannon in their Echo Base on the planet Hoth.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
In the new Star Wars canon, the Praetor-class Star Battlecruiser was first mentioned in Star Wars: Complete Locations.
The Praetor-class Star Battlecruiser was first mentioned in the new Star Wars canon in Star Wars: Complete Locations, a 2016 reference book.[1] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Praetor class was first mentioned in the 2004 reference book Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy, written by James Luceno.[5]
It was first identified as the Praetor-class battle cruiser in the 2008 reference book The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia,[6] and was further identified as the Praetor-class battlecruiser in Jason Fry and Paul R. Urquhart's 2012 reference book, The Essential Guide to Warfare, which designated the starship Battalion as a Praetor-class battlecruiser.[7] Thus, the book retroactively established the 1998 roleplaying supplement Tatooine Manhunt, released for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, in which the Battalion was first mentioned, as the Praetor-class' first indirect mention.[8]
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Complete Locations (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ Fully Operational
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the Battle of Hoth to 3 ABY.
- ↑ Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
- ↑ The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, Vol. III, p. 41 ("Praetor-class battle cruiser")
- ↑ The Essential Guide to Warfare
- ↑ Tatooine Manhunt
