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Re: [OT] How large would Executor-class SSD appear?
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Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:28:20 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
According to starwars.com it is 12.800 meters:

"The size of a Super Star Destroyer has vacillated in numerous publications,
starting with an eight-kilometer length in 1984's A Guide to the Star Wars
Universe. The latest measurements peg the craft at about 12,800 meters. The
miniature used for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi was 282
centimeters long."

This article: http://www.theforce.net/swtc/ssd5mile.html gives it as ~17.6km,
and states:
"2004: The reference book Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Trilogy by James
Luceno corrects the record of the Executor's length: nearly a dozen times the
length of a star destroyer. In other words, it is at least 11 miles long, but
not quite 12 miles. All newer sources should include the corrected length."

11 miles = 17.7km.  It's one of those things people are going to disagree about,
I guess.  Anyhow, regardless of size, it'd have to be in a pretty low orbit (or
atmospheric, even) to appear as large and impressive as the image I have in my
"mind's eye."

James



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(...) Maybe it was coming in for a landing. Dave! (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) According to starwars.com it is 12.800 meters: "The size of a Super Star Destroyer has vacillated in numerous publications, starting with an eight-kilometer length in 1984's A Guide to the Star Wars Universe. The latest measurements peg the (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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