It was designed to be able to defeat any one enemy Star Destroyer, two heavy cruisers, or an entire line of.
Although it was only 1,100 meters long (less than that of an Imperial-class Star Destroyer), the Defender was a match for an Imperial II-class. In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Imperator-class Star Destroyer was the initial name of the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer, as established by the 2005 reference book Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Incredible Cross-Sections, which was authored by Curtis Saxton. The Defender-class Star Destroyer was the largest and most powerful warship design in the New Republics New Class Modernization Program. The Imperator-class Star Destroyer was first mentioned in the Star Wars canon in the twentieth issue of the De Agostini Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon magazine, which was released around May 20, 2015.
As it was capable of laying waste to entire planets, the Imperial-class became the prime enforcer of the Empire and rendered its predecessor obsolete. The Imperial-class became a mainstay of the Imperial Navy, as part of which it went on to have a distinguished career. Production of a refined version-the Imperial-class Star Destroyer-was increased under the Galactic Empire. The Imperator-class appeared in limited numbers during the war and witnessed limited service before the end of the conflict. By the time of their introduction towards the end of the Clone Wars, they were some of the largest warships in the Republic Navy. The Imperator-class Star Destroyer was a class of Star Destroyer that was designed by the Galactic Republic to serve as a massive, powerful, and multi-functional warship.
