The Eclipse was an Executor-class Star Dreadnought in service of the Galactic Empire. It also served as the flagship of Emperor Sheev Palpatine during the Age of the Empire.
The Eclipse was an Executor-class Star Dreadnought and was the twin sister ship of the Executor. The Eclipse measured at 19,000 meters in length, and could reach speeds of 100 kilometers per hour utilizing its thirteen engine thrusters. The Eclipse was crewed by thousands of personnel, and was outfitted with a class 1 hyperdrive, a titanium-reinforced hull, over 5,000 turbolaser, ion cannon batteries, and concussion missile tubes.
A bridge deflector shield was also included as a layer of defense and maintained a complement of thousands of starships including TIE/ln space superiority starfighters, TIE/sa bombers, and TIE/IN interceptors. Vessels of the Executor-class also had at least one hangar bay and escape pods.
Sometime after the Arrth-Eno Mission undertaken by the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War, Rebel Alliance Admiral Gial Ackbar wrote a report to Commander-in-Chief Mon Mothma regarding the Executor-class Star Dreadnought. In the report, Ackbar mentioned the Eclipse, noting that it was rumored to be the flagship of Emperor Palpatine, which turned out to be accurate. At one point during its service, the Eclipse bombarded a celestial body along with three Imperial-class Star Destroyers.
It was believed to have been destroyed by a fleet of New Republic vessels with Ackbar's flagship, Home One, firing the ship-killing shot by the year 5 ABY. During the Battle of Jakku, after former Grand Admiral Rae Sloane defeated her former ally, Counselor to the Empire Gallius Rax, she was instructed by Rax before he died to take a replica of the Imperialis, find the Eclipse and reform the Empire. The New Republic defeated the Empire at the Battle of Jakku, and Sloane, together with Commandant Brendol Hux, his son Armitage, and a cadre of child soldiers, boarded the Imperialis and traveled to the Unknown Regions of the galaxy, where they discovered the Eclipse. After Brendol spotted the Eclipse, Sloane ordered the Sentinel piloting the Imperialis to bring the ship in and rejoin with the others. Sloane intended to board the Eclipse and build a new Empire.
The Eclipse was first mentioned in the junior novelization of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi by Tom Angleberger. However, the ship being referred to has since been confirmed to be the Executor. The ship's image originated in Star Wars Legends, with an unidentified Executor-class Star Dreadnought in the 2016 board game Star Wars Rebellion. It was later confirmed to be Sheev Palpatine's command ship in Aftermath: Life Debt. The ship was first canonically pictured in Star Wars: Armada — Super Star Destroyer Expansion Pack .
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