A modified version of the Gozanti-class cruiser was used by the CIS Navy during the Clone Wars between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galactic Republic.
Characteristics[]
The Gozanti-class cruisers owned by the Separatist Alliance were modified for their own combat use.[1] As such, the cruisers were painted in Separatist livery and had two sublight engines. Similar to the standard civilian model[2] manufactured by Corellian Engineering Corporation,[1] the Separatist version had one dorsal and two ventral rectennas,[2] as well as landing gear,[3] and a ventral twin laser cannon turret.[2]
Role[]
The Separatist Gozanti-class cruiser acted as a warship, and escorted larger Separatist vessels while in a fleet.[2]
History[]
The Gozanti-class cruiser had been introduced into the Confederacy of Independent Systems Navy by[2] 20 BBY.[4] At this time, during the Clone Wars between the Separatists and Galactic Republic, at least eight Separatist Gozanti-class cruisers formed part of a Separatist fleet led by the ST-series military strategic analysis and tactics droid Aut-O.[2] Afterwards, a number of Separatist Gozanti-class cruisers were also present on Oba Diah while Jedi Generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker dueled Separatist Head of State Count Dooku, secretly the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Tyranus while on a mission.[5]
During a mission to Utapau by Kenobi and Skywalker later in the war, several Separatist Gozanti-class cruisers were landed inside the main hangar of a Separatist Providence-class Dreadnought that was part of a fleet led by Supreme Commander of the Droid Army General Grievous. The cruisers, along with the rest of the fleet, was destroyed when a large kyber crystal inside a Dual Hemisphere-Omni Support Vessel exploded.[3] During the war, the Republic Navy was always placed on high alert when Gozanti-class cruisers were spotted because the Confederacy and the Black Sun crime syndicate modified many such cruisers to serve as warships and smuggling vessels.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The Separatist Gozanti-class cruiser first appeared in "Secret Weapons," an episode of the fifth season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series.[2]
Appearances[]
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Secret Weapons" (First appearance)- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Lawless"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Lost One"
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Big Bang"
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 34 (Starship Fact File: Gozanti-class Cruiser) (Indirect mention only)
- TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 TIE Fighter Owners' Workshop Manual
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Secret Weapons"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Big Bang"
- ↑ Star Wars Helmet Collection 33 (Highlights of the Saga: The Unlikely Heroes) dates the events of "Secret Weapons" to 20 BBY. As the Separatist Gozanti-class cruiser was active by the events of "Secret Weapons," the cruiser must have been introduced by 20 BBY.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "The Lost One"
