The Adjudicator was an Imperial-class Star Destroyer that served in the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War. Under the command of Captain Kronn, it was positioned in orbit over Cymoon 1 along with two other Star Destroyers. After the Alliance to Restore the Republic destroyed the moon's Weapons Factory Alpha facility, the Adjudicator's blockade failed to prevent the rebels from fleeing the moon in the Millennium Falcon, causing the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader to Force choke Kronn.

Description[]

An Imperial-class Star Destroyer, the Adjudicator^[1] measured 1,600 meters long.^[2] Additionally, the Star Destroyer was equipped with sublight engines, a hangar bay, communications systems,^[1] and two deflector shield generator domes.^[3]

History[]

During the Galactic Civil War, the Adjudicator was part of the Imperial Navy and under the command of Captain Kronn. Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, the Star Destroyer was stationed in orbit above the moon Cymoon 1, which featured the Galactic Empire's expansive Weapons Factory Alpha.^[1] In 0 ABY,^[4] the factory was attacked and destroyed by the Alliance to Restore the Republic, which hoped to overthrow the Empire. After destroying the factory, the rebel group, including Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, and Han Solo, were pursued by the Imperial enforcer and Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader.^[1]

Fleeing in their freighter, the Millennium Falcon, the rebels were intercepted over Cymoon 1 by a blockade formed by the Adjudicator and two other Imperial-class Star Destroyers. However, the Star Destroyers were unable to stop the rebel ship from escaping into hyperspace. Kronn then contacted Vader on the moon below to report the failure, which led the Sith Lord to telekinetically choke the Imperial officer.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

The Adjudicator appeared in the current Star Wars canon in the comic Star Wars 3, released under Marvel Comics' 2015 Star Wars series. The issue was written by Jason Aaron, illustrated by John Cassaday,^[1] and published on March 11, 2015.^[5]

In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Adjudicator, later renamed the Liberator, was an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer.^[6] It was first mentioned in the Dark Horse comic-book Dark Empire 1, written by Tom Veitch^[7] and released on December 12, 1991,^[8] and first appeared in the 1993 vignette "Down And Out On Coruscant," which was written by Michael Allen Horne for the Dark Empire Sourcebook.^[9] The 1998^[10] interactive PC CD-ROM game Star Wars: Behind the Magic identified the Adjudicator as one of the Imperial-class Star Destroyers in the original trilogy films Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. Thus, the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back retroactively became the first appearance of the Adjudicator in Legends.^[11]

Appearances[]

• Star Wars (2015) 3 (First appearance)

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