Just to let you know how hardcore it was, it cast a shadow on the regular Star Destroyers, which you thought were big from the last movie. The Executor had a big entrance in Empire, too. A supernova is a stellar explosion that briefly outshines an entire galaxy, radiating as much energy as the Sun is expected to emit over its entire life span. A nova is a cataclysmic nuclear explosion on a white dwarf, which causes a sudden brightening of the star. Was the name “Executor” a weird Imperial joke about how they were creating a lot of last wills and testaments? Either way, most fans refer to this arrow-head-shaped ship as a “Super Star Destroyer,” and the regular ones as just Star Destroyers. In general a nova (plural novae or novas) is an exploding star. Weirdly enough, this ship is not called the Executioner. In The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader rolled in on a Super Star Destroyer called the Executor. Nothing on the list is too surprising, though there is an entry for BB-8 hanging out on a “Mega Star Destroyer.” It’s not clear if this is the official designation of a ship, but if it is, there’s a slight precedent. The photo was posted by Star Wars collectors Twitter account Yakface. Commanded by Jedi Master Luke Skywalker on a scouting mission to Coruscant during the last days of the Imperial Mutiny.

Adjucator Star destroyer present at the Battle of Endor, captured by the Rebel Alliance and renamed Liberator. On Tuesday, Star Wars News Net shared a photo of a partial checklist of new Star Wars toys scheduled to hit stores on September 1, 2017. Star destroyer which bore Admiral Thrawn on his first Imperial expedition into Unknown Regions on the fringe of the galaxy. Supreme Leader Snoke might command the First Order from a starship so big that the only word to describe it is “mega.” A new toy list for Force Friday has revealed that a new ship in Star Wars: The Last Jedi is called a “Mega Star Destroyer.”

List of star destroyer names