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Warships of the Empire: Dimensional Data

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• From the Movies:
  • star destroyer
  • Executor
• From the Literature:
  • STAR WARS Galaxy Magazone #8

From the Movies

star destroyer

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Original star destroyer model from From STAR WARS to Indiana Jones: The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives. Distant lateral view, rotated about prime axis by a mildly acute angle clockwise.

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measurements [pixels]:

• stern dorsal point: (2067,381)
• stern ventral point: (2067,657)
• stern point on prime axis: (2067, 519)
• bow point on prime axis: (53,408)
• length along prime axis: 2017.06
• vector of prime axis: (2014,111)
• X-projected length of prime axis: 2014
• X-projected length of main bay: 231
• X-projected length of minor bay: 57
• diameter of scanner globe: 54
• representative points on ventral bulb projected edge:
  • (1522,621)
  • (1481,623)
  • (1444,614)
• centre of ventral bulb: (1494.84,485.534)
• curvature radius of ventral bulb: 138.161

results [scaled]:

• diameter of scanner globe: ~43m
• length of main bay: ~185m
• length of minor bay: ~46m
• curvature radius of ventral bulb: ~110m

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Original star destroyer model from STAR WARS Chronicles. Direct ventral view, with prime axis slightly tilted away from camera. Camera range much greater than model size.

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measurements [pixels]:

• length of ship: 808
• length of main bay: 95
• width of main bay: 81
• length of minor bay: 22
• width of minor bay: 29
• X-projected outer length of large brim notch: 96
• X-projected inner length of large brim notch: 86
• X-projected outer length of small brim notch: 23
• X-projected inner length of small brim notch: 18

results [scaled]:

• length of main bay: ~188m
• length of minor bay: ~44m

measurements [pixels:

• width of hull: 1062
• depth of hull: 282
• width of tower (without panels): 308
• scaner globe diameter: ~39

results [scaled]:

• depth of hull / width of hull: < 0.266
• width tower / width of hull: > 0.290
• globe diameter / tower width: 0.127

• Executor:
  • X-projected length on axis: 669 (excludes wing)

• foreground destroyer:
  • X-projected length on axis: 63 (excludes wing)
  • length ratio: > 10.62±0.02
  • implied Executor length: > 17.06km

• background destroyer:
  • X-projected length on axis: 60 (excludes wing)
  • length ratio: < 11.15±0.02
  • implied Executor length: < 17.97km

STAR WARS Galaxy Magazine #8

The cover, and card art for STAR WARS Galaxy Magazine #8 features stunning art depicting a fleet of Imperial warships and Black Sun vessels under the malevolent direction of Emperor Palpatine. Several of the ships are detailed enough to be measured. The key feature is the bridge tower, which on all these ships appears to be identical to the standard KDY bridge tower. The dimensions of the hull, ventral bulb, brim trench and terraces of each of the vessels can be measured in relation to this yardstick.

The ships of the upper left corner of the painting are especially easy to measure with confidence. They are all positioned at ranges great enough so that perspective differences do not affect the projected proportions of the vessels' features. They also face the camera point-of-view directly, which provides clear measurement of the lateral and vertical dimensions, but little or no information about length and longitudinal structure.

[ship #0]

This vessel is simply a star hauler as shown in Dark Empire, Dark Empire II and as described in Dark Empire Sourcebook. This is a valuable front view though.

[ship #1]

• orientation: 18.5 degrees
• hull width: 380
• hull depth: 65
• tower width: 83
• bulb rel. coords: (211,511); (320,512); (266,525)

results [scaled]:

• hull width: ~1.28km
• hull depth: ~0.22km
• bulb curvature radius: ~0.39km

[ship #2]

• orientation: 15.0 degrees
• hull width: 195
• hull depth: 29
• tower width: 40
• tower elevation: 43 above keel

results [scaled]:

• hull width: ~1.37km
• hull depth: ~0.20km
• tower elevation: ~0.30km

[ship #3]

• orientation: 18.5 degrees
• hull width: 268
• hull depth: 42
• scanner diam.: 9
• bulb rel. coords: (261,810); (300,819); (323,813)

results [scaled]:

• hull width: ~1.25km
• hull depth: ~0.20km
• bulb curvature radius: ~0.31km

[ship #4]

• orientation: 23.0 degrees
• hull width: 139
• hull depth: 25
• tower width: 25

results [scaled]:

• hull width: ~1.56km
• hull depth: ~0.28km

[ship #5]

Measurements have not yet been taken.

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