Star Wars: Interdictor Class Star Destroyer - Ship Breakdown

[@captainlink72]

I know if I were an Imperial commander, I'd want as many of these ships in my fleet as possible. The rebellion's greatest strength was their nimble, hyperspace-capable fighters and hit-and-run tactics. Remove their ability to flee, and the likelihood of victory tips very heavily in the favor of the Empire.

[@ignatiusrense4766]

Immobilizer 418s were very rare in the Imperial fleet because they were hideously expensive and difficult to manufacture. I don't remember for sure, but even by Endor there only existed a couple dozen, at best.

[@davfree9732]

The only problem they had was power. If the shields took to much damage, the commander could pull the power from the gravity well's to shore them up, but at the cost of removing the gravity well effect. This makes an Interdictor a primary target and in need of support that can protect it. SWLegends Rogue Squadron books often used a Proton Torpedo barrage of 24 Torpedo's, striking at once, to seriously wreck the shields of Interdictors. The only real defense was a fighter screen that could tie up the fighters and prevent their co-ordinated assault, or moving it behind a ship that was made purely to fight

[@SupersaiyanChristian]

Mostly, yes. The other problem was the Empire's fighters we're inferior to rebellion fighters combat-wise. Weak frames and no shields added to the woes off the early Tie line of strike craft. To compound this issue, larger imperial capital ships rarely has point defense lasers essentially making them huge targets to the rebellions superior fighters.

[@viperson9818]

If only imperials commanders and captains aren't greedy for glory of a kill.

[@SupersaiyanChristian]

@@lancer737 maybe it's just me, by I've never heard of a SD having much of a PD system. Missiles sure, but not much in the way of a laser PD array. It was brutal in capital ship engagements as they had the 8 octuple turbolaser batteries, but to my knowledge they we're weak against fighters. Again, I always thought standard Tie Fighters bit against X-Wings. True they we're more maneuverable and fast, but with low durability and no shields, they we're not great. That was why the Interceptor was brought into play. It was at least comparable to the Xwing in a dogfight. I'm not saying the tie is awful, but she struggled against rebellion fighters. Her saving grace was she was cheap to produce so the empire could field a lot more of them, giving imperial ships a numbers advantage. Quantity vs Quality I could be mixing my Legends vs Canon knowledge as well

[@mayhem436]

Thrawn was a master of using these

[@Marcus51090]

flightstrike 1 thrawn was overconfident

[@viperson9818]

Yeah but his subordinates were terrible and only wanted kills so they use a non capital ship to fight.

[@Gigas0101]

Thrawn was a master at everything, though. Well, everything except having a bodyguard.

[@dreamingflurry2729]

The real deal from the EU? Sure! That knockoff from Disney Wars ("Rebells")? Nope! :(

[@LostChrisB]

I remember he used them to bring his own ships out of hyperspace during his attack on Coruscant, his destroyers jumping from just out of system to be pulled out by the interdictors fields directly on top of the capitals defensive stations, it would apear that his captians were masters of hyperspace jumping, when again it was Thrawn that really knew his stuff. But others used them well in combat too, such as during an attempt to destroy the iron fist, where a damaged Star destroyer was locked on a ramming course with one and the admiral at the helm reversed the field and bounced away from the collision. Of course they were always portrayed as the most dangerous thing on the battlefield for controlling a space battle, but time and again proved vunerable to any concentrated attack on them from captial ships down to snubfigthers such as Antilles and his x-wing fighter groups performing mass torpedo fire.

[@diapason89]

Interdictors. The ships that'll make you go: "THRAAAAAAWN!!!"

[@leosaffron222]

If I scream thrawn after he kills my son, will it have an echo even through the vacuum of space?

[@sadiqahmed4143]

@@leosaffron222 oh no you wouldn't be alive to scream Because you went against Grand Admiral Thrawn

[@biocaster777]

@@sadiqahmed4143 i think it's Star Wars version of CREEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!

[@justicetaylor2695]

I like the concept of Dreadnoughts like the Eclipse also being able to run onboard interdictors. You couldn't get through their armor like you could with the smaller ones.

[@grand-dadmiral]

Ah, Interdictors. My favourite unit.

[@kereminde]

If only what tactical artistry was done with them before was still canon, but alas, we just are going to have to wait until it's back again.

[@klepto9906]

hows living in unknown space with ezra going?

[@ryz_vik]

@@klepto9906 Yeah, Thrawn, how is it going?

[@gold664]

Ah, the Interdictor cruiser. Easily one of my favorite additions to canon. However, when the title said Interdictor Star Destroyer, I though you were going to talk about the actual star destroyer variant, sometimes called the Dominator-class. It was built on the hull of the Imperial-I star destroyer and was effectively a true frontline unit with the capability to interdict.

[@trinalgalaxy5943]

Disney thought to fool us by taking the 418, doubling its length and slapping star destroyer on it. Im not impressed and refuse to accept the disney numbers when they fail to account for ANY OTHER change that would be required to provide a size like this.

[@HiopX]

This could have solve two huge plotholes in Last Jedi: 1) giving a reason for the sublight chase 2) replacing it for the dreadnaught to give an reason for the starting battle

[@pramusetyakanca1552]

OR... the dreadnought could've been better designed and was given these gravity well projectors. But Disney will never let this see the light of day because MONEY.

[@TheBeardyPenguin]

If the First Order inherited the technology it makes you wonder why they didn't use it in The Last Jedi to prevent.. You know..

[@themetalstickman]

Because General Hux is a bad fleet commander. He seems to be reasonably competent in planetside engagement, but his fleet formations are awful.

[@vrangermeier]

Yeah, Hux was being arrogant and just assumed that Laura Dern was running away. I mean, it's pretty dumb, but it's no more of a stretch than Moff Tarkin ignoring the X-Wings

[@PaladinGuy]

Remember, the first order WANTED the resistance ships to go into hyperspace to waste fuel because they could track them, they had their gravity well generators off.

[@Omega0850]

Because Rian Johnson is a bad director that knows nothing about Star Wars Lore and creates scenes for visual effects, not the other way around.

[@themetalstickman]

Omega0850 this argument is old and tired. Every Star Wars battle, regardless of director, features some kind of tactical idiocy.

[@nick5661]

i cant be the only one who noticed that with Disney a ship can enter hyperspace while in a gravity as seen in rogue one.

[@Marcus51090]

theirs nothing in the laws of physics that says you can’t jump Whilst in the atmosphere of a planet. Star Wars hyperspace is ALL wrong tho hyperspace lanes etc lol you can’t hit anything in hyperspace your not in the same dimension

[@Galvars]

Not only now, there had been some examples of that before. In on comic the ship avoid collision with a planet jumping in to hyperspace(!) and exiting behind the planet. Now that was some lore breaking frak up of highest level.

[@Darkpentagrams]

That's because this is a safety measure in the hyperdrive's system that can be overwritten if nescessary.

[@Galvars]

@@Marcus51090 In old lore (that also was not respected) there was a rule that you CAN'T enter hyperspace in gravity well. Hyperspace lanes had been just a "roads" that had nothing that create a gravity well on the way. Sometimes some anomaly, wondering asteroid or planet would enter it and force ship from hyperspace, they often disintegrate from that. The second rule was that there was NO communication in hyperspace. You enter it, you are blind and no incoming or outgoing data would be send or delivered. So two basic rules, no hyperspace in gravity well, no communications. It was not respected even then in 100% cases. Now they just... meh, I don't like those changes. Before that also flying in hyperspace was much longer because you need to enter and exit it to avoid known gravity wells. Now, you are in one side of galaxy... BANG one minute later you are on the other side. Just. Like. That.

[@Marcus51090]

Galvars I know I was just elaborating on why star wars hyperspace theory is all wrong

[@Robotic_Rampage]

Interdictor classes simplified: Legends: Interdictor-class Cruiser- Sith cruiser used in the old republic era Immobilizer 418 Cruiser- Imperial cruiser most affiliate with the word "interdictor". Interdictor-class Star Destroyer- An Imperial-class Star Destroyer with gravity well generators. Canon: Immobilizer 418 Cruiser- Probably the same as legends, though no pictures exist yet. Interdictor-class Star Destroyer (this ship)- Upscaled Immobilizer cruiser.

[@ignatiusrense4766]

Came to the comments to find this. I'm irritated by the amount of retconning around the "interdictor" name. It seems no one can make up their minds about what this thing is... The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels has the Immobilizer 418 as the "Interdictor". The Immobilizer was built on the Vindicator hull and has a length of 600 meters. Anything else has sounded like nonsense to me.

[@sammywhite5127]

@@ignatiusrense4766 the ship is called the Immobiliser 418 interdictor is just the type of ship it is so it is the Immobiliser 418 but the Immobiliser 418 is a type of interdictor if that makes sense

[@trinalgalaxy5943]

the only reason i can see to scale up the 418 to this new stupidity is to increase its offensive capabilities. instead, it is EXACTLY THE SAME as the old cruiser design, just lengthened for some reason.

[@DaKidSiriusBlak]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed that...

[@Ryvaken]

The new canon seems to get a perverse thrill of taking what better writers than they have invented and changing it just enough so that they can say "no but actually..."

[@andyrihn1]

I feel like it’s inclusion at Endor raises a big question of why Vader didn’t bring any with him to Hoth. I get that Lucas hadn’t thought of it yet but if your to add a new wonder weapon to the lore you have to explain why it wasn’t used at other times. I do really like the idea though and Thrawn’s use of them in the books to make more precise tactical lightspeed jumps is brilliant

[@PaladinGuy]

Well, you listed the real world answer, but as for in universe it could be that the Empire just didn't have many with the couple Vaders fleet might have had, if any, could have been knocked out by the planetary Ion Cannon. It's also possible that they didn't have enough to cut off all escape routes, Interdictors still have finite ranges after all.

[@andyrihn1]

PaladinGuy One acceptable answer could be that the rebels managed to take out some factory that was necessary for building them (maybe some rare but essential component was made there) explaining why Vader would have had limited if any access to them. And since Endor was seen as a critical final stroke, Palpatine made sure to bring any that were left to prevent anyone from escaping

[@kereminde]

@@andyrihn1 I think the reason was hinted at in some of the books (now non-canon but meh), implying these units were valuable either the Interdictors were *expensive* or *difficult* to produce (due to the generators). Either way, they were deemed too valuable to risk due to there not being a great deal of them in comparison to the size of the Imperial Navy's fleet. Usually they were given to task forces specifically out to hunt Rebels or to be used for entrapment exercises. Sort of an extension, because hyperdrives on starfighters apparently made them much more expensive (partially due to also needing either an astromech interface or a dedicated nav computer), as did shields, which is why the TIE series eschewed both of them by and large. (And the ones which did have both were only given limited production runs.) At some point, the idea of logistics with how these things were handled was being considered. Of course, then you also have the EU where apparently nothing major happened without a Jedi involved somewhere.

[@andyrihn1]

kereminde But Vader’s Death Squadron was specifically for hunting rebels. That would be the perfect deployment for an interdictor if any were available

[@kereminde]

@@andyrihn1 "If". Also, as noted above, it hadn't been real-world invented yet. Heck they weren't even visible in the fleet at Endor in the movie. They appeared out of EU canon.

[@xshullaw]

If I was an Imperial Admiral, this would be my flagship. Such a versatile beast and utterly integral to a proper battlefleet.

[@generaldeathmaster9295]

If I could have an imperial fleet, I would want one of these, 2 arquients command cruisers, and 4 raider class corvettes

[@pyroknight419]

SO FREAKING EXCITED FOR THE SOJOURN!!!!!!!!! BRIDGE THE DIVIDE!!!!!!!

[@alexboehm3919]

Ah, a brilliant addition to the imperial fleet. Targeting the most crucial strength of the rebel alliance, and a key part of any battle group. Would love to see the interdictor more!

[@TheFoolishSamurai]

The one thing that is preventing the now most over-powered tactic of hyperspace-ramming.

[@Kakarot64.]

Neo Machine Screw hyperspace ramming just make missiles with built in hyperdrives you’ll still get colossal kinetic energy impacts without risking crews.

[@Jfk2Mr]

@@Kakarot64. Interdictor would pull out those missiles from hyperspace so they loose their strength - FTL capability

[@vonfaustien3957]

Given han solo jumped at ftl into a planets atmosphere im not sure gravity wells mean jack shit anymore for hyperspace so time to dig up all the clone war era vulture droids you can nab weld a shit barly functioning hyperdrive on yhem and render ever ship bigger than a Corvette into subatomic particles by the litterly incacuablably vast amounts of energy any mass at ftl speeds would deliver.

[@vrangermeier]

I was thinking it was something like this when watching the movie. They plausibly establish that the Imperials weren't really focused on the cruiser, and it's a decent reason for why the tactic wasn't used earlier.

[@vp21ct]

It's not that it's impossible to jump whilst in a gravity well. It's that it's a monumentally stupid and dangerous thing to do, and greater than nine times out of ten will get you killed. Interdictors work via a mix of exploiting safeties put in place to prevent said stupidity, and the more concentrated nature of the fields (and difficulty of knowing theyr'e there in the first place/factoring them into your calculations) making hyperjumps much, much, MUCH more difficult. In Atmospheric jumps were possible now and then in Legends. Escaping an Interdiction field is *almost* unheard of.

[@zerosen2141]

Love your works and watch them any time I see a new one, however, I gotta point out a critical oversight. The Interdictor you broke down, is an Immobilizer 418-Class Cruiser and was around 600m long and is built around the Vindicator Class Heavy Cruiser's Hull. There is a proper Interdictor Star Destoryer, closer matching what you use for statistics, however it is built on an Imperial-I's Frame.

[@Darth-vade123]

Those were the prototypes which malfunctioned and were not ready for more resting for many years

[@murphinators7589]

First 8 seconds of this video = probably the most hype I’ve felt this year!

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

It's hard to believe that every time I see a spacedock video on ships of the Star Wars universe that there are so many variants of the Imperial Star Destroyers from the Raider to the Interdictor to the Imperial 1 and 2 class and the Resurgent Class of the First Order.

[@Huojunta]

Interdictor: *exists* Thrawn: *heavy breathing*

[@lordofalltime]

the Interdictor-class was built on the same hull of the Vindicator-class heavy cruiser which was a replacement for the outdated Dreadnaught-class and according to wookiepedia The ship's armament consisted of 25 light turbolasers, 20 light quad turbolasers, 10 point-defense laser cannons, 20 light point-defense ion cannons, and 6 tractor beam projectors organized into 5 light turbolaser batteries, 5 light quad turbolaser batteries, 4 laser batteries, 4 ion cannon batteries and one capital-grade tractor beam battery.

[@c.ladimore1237]

i wish they had shown these in the films. also they don't actually prevent or pull things out of hyperspace, just that the computers detecting a gravity well will automatically do it. otherwise han couldn't have jumped into a planetary atmosphere straight from hyperspace without overriding his navigation system, or at least that is how i understand it.

[@yacabo111]

It's a bit of both, the computers have those automatic safeties because of the problems a gravity well can do

[@platiuscyndar9017]

I'm just going to point out that that means that according to new canon this military suppressiom weapon relies on the failsafes of the enemy hardware. Failsafes we've seen disabled. It's just… kinda stupid.

[@fermitthekrog6318]

Platius Cyndar I think idea is that even with the safety guards disabled the gravity well of a planet, or in this case, an interdictor, are a real threat to a ship. They can rip ships apart mid hyper jump or destroy when they exit. Obviously the safeguards against gravity wells exist for a reason. Even without them the interdictor could probably yank a ship out of hyperspace. If anything it sounds like these hyperdrive safeguards actually prevent the interdictors from doing even more damage to a ship.

[@anm10wolvorinenotapanther32]

I would love to have one of these if I am in command of an Imperial fleet but I would definitely not want to serve in one of these things as this ship literally screams *"DESTROY ME"*

[@samdale3937]

Who else is more exited for the sojourn than episode 9?

[@BGRANT777X]

episode 9 of what?

[@kpmh2001]

@@BGRANT777Xstar wars

[@zacharybyford8200]

I am!

[@davidcolby167]

See, Sojourn is by Stardock, who I like and seem pretty good at thinking about sci-fi. E9 is back in the hand of JJ Abrams who...I don't NOT like, but I do have issues with his mystery box design philosophy. So, yeah, Sojourn edges out for me. Also, I always prefer the harder SF. If you're going to sci-fantasy, why limit yourself to mild telekenisis when you can throw fireballs and summon demons, I say!

[@tn_bluetick231]

David Colby So I take it you’re a 40k fan.

[@pudlordtynan919]

I produce a Contradiction field when I speak. Also I love this ship. It's one of my favourite Imperial design!

[@morganb6717]

your comment caught my attention. does that mean the field or works.... or no?

[@roosiniimiamiciii6666]

I love the Black Asp/Corusca Rainbow

[@kineuhansen8629]

5 years later i love to be able to see it in live action same time with the tie defender

[@InsolentCrow]

Never clicked on a Spacddock video faster! One of my favorite classes of ships in Sci-fi

[@user-yo8ab1ys9e]

This ship's design has always been a favourite of mine. Excellent video.

[@harrysmith1711]

The Sojourn begins. Our stay aboard the Guinevere is near at hand Ah the Interdictor. A welcome addition to your armada Spacedock

[@tracytron7162]

I’ve been confused by this for a while now; I’ve noticed that both the one with the thin bridge and the blocky one like an ISD's bridge are called Interdictors, the ones with thin bridges are sometimes credited as being made by Kuat drive yards and sometimes by Siena’s, and the one with the blocky bridge is the same. In canon is the thin-bridge design made by sienar whereas in Legends it’s made by Kuat, and which does the one with the ISD's bridge from and who made it?

[@Shadx27]

Wow, that is a big jump from 600 meters to over 1000 meters in Disney canon...

[@trinalgalaxy5943]

and not even bothering to increase the offensive/defensive capabilities. it has the same: 24 TIEs, 20 quad guns, more than 2800 crew, and gravity well projectors! the ONLY difference from this one and the Immobilizer 418 is its 2 times the length! As such, my head cannon refuses that the ship we have seen is NOT 418, and it is the SAME LENGTH as the old 418 cruiser, not a star destroyer Disney.

[@somen0body417]

Sojourn! Yay! Finally

[@themetalstickman]

I would love to see First Order interdictors in Episode 9. Probably not going to happen, but it would be nice.

[@wolfgod6443]

I was expecting them back in Rogue One. Real shame they haven't shown up at all. Though I understand part of why. You bring those ships in and everyone is just going to ask "why aren't they everywhere if they're so good?"

[@themetalstickman]

Wolfgod 64 Yeah, that’s one of the things that annoys me about the Star Wars fandom and fandoms in general. So many people just can’t accept change.

[@oscarproulx7315]

This channel is just the perfect idea, god I love this stuff

[@cmedtheuniverseofcmed8775]

I was so happy when I saw Star Wars Rebels and they brought this ship in. Video games, expanded universe all utilized this ship to its fullest and to see them actually used even in the animated universe made it even better. I hope they find more ways to utilize this vessel and use an animated or live action of Thrawn using these vessels to their fullest potential. Someday even though assumed that they were at Endor, that they could redo some of the special effects of Endor and actually show these cruisers being used to block escaping Rebel ships. It would add more drama into the movie as the Rebels truly know they are trapped and cant escape the Death Star.

[@ananaithnid7495]

My ship of choice in the Star Wars mod for Mount and Blade was the Interdictor, it just looked so cool.

[@uss_04]

Sojourn coming Yyeahh boys.

[@LetMeFLY649]

imagine: a wing of interdictor Class SD's, with a compliment of Raider Class corvettes, a fleet of Nebua Class SD's, and then a Starhawk and a Subjugator Class Heavy Cruiser acting as the command ships

[@BON3SMcCOY]

That Sojourn music has me pumped for the series

[@huntrovherobrin]

Nicely done, as always. It's great to get some solid info on this ship, particularly its size and armaments.

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

So we're now up to three types of interdictors. Immobizer 418 (600m - 1 squadron) The 1129m version here, with 2 squadrons and bizarrely, the same armaments as the 418 The interdictor star destroyer, exemplified bybthe Dominator, which was based on an ISD and had an interesting raised dorsal terrace.

[@STNuevo]

Anyway, a cool ship. And a cool, brief overview, good job.

[@DrakeAurum]

I have fond memories of how these ships were used in the Lucasarts X-Wing games, including the campaign in X-Wing Vs TIE Fighter where the Rebels capture one and reverse-engineer it to make their own Interdictor Frigate. That was a unique ship - I don't think it was seen anywhere outside that game.

[@Supergrunt8]

You're doing God's work with these videos, keep up the good work!

[@imperialadvisoraremheshvau3788]

Hi Spacedock. Did you ever get a model of Fantasy Flight Armada Chimaera? It’s on sale at Coolstuff right now. I have her and three Imperial Class, one Destroyer short of Thrawn’s task force at the Battle of Sluis Van.

[@imperialadvisoraremheshvau3788]

Fun Fact. I was working at West End Games when we came up with the original design for the Interdictor.

[@imperialadvisoraremheshvau3788]

Editor and later contributor.

[@ThatJerseyBloke]

My favorite Imperial ship. To play a game where one could actually be a captain of one of these would be so boss! Looking forward to the Sojourn.

[@SpaceMonke99]

The Mandalorian Blockade... I see you too are a man of culture. Also, pretty hyped for the Sojourn. I very much look forward to it :)

[@josephmchugh4040]

The Interdictor, one of the few instances where the Empire decided to go with a logical and tactical approach instead of just making a big ass super weapon. If your enemies strength is in hit and run tactics, don't allow them to run.

[@trinalgalaxy5943]

Disney: "its not big enough. double the length and call it a star destroyer. There we go im sure nobody will notice its the exact same ship" no we did notice, its a 600m Immobilizer 418, not a star destroyer

[@Janoha17]

The Interdictor would be one hell of a pirate ship. Place it at a busy hyperlane, and you have dozens if not hundreds of ships falling into your hands.

[@altiusbelowdeck4190]

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[@JustTooDamnHonest]

That ship was the near perfect counter to the Alliance's nimble escapes and it most likely cost a small fortune just to build them and one being destroyed was a big blow to the Empire itself.

[@PimpNamedDragonBalls]

The interdictor truly was a absolute marvel for imperial tacticians. considering the alliance completely banks on hit-and-run tactics, this hard counter is absolutely invaluable.

[@raeiaman4693]

spacedock has a new video out? fuck the assignments, ill just do 'em at 5AM

[@deep.space.12]

The rebels must be thinking: damn if only we could hyperspace to the left or right or above or below or behind...

[@N120Xeno]

I think the field is more like a bubble like earths gravity. And like Han said in a new hope one miscalculation you can end up in a Star or a supernova or something along those lines.

[@dionesvaldez088]

"THE HYPERSPACE JUMP REVERSER" INTERDICTOR STAR DESTROYER

[@dionesvaldez088]

GRAVITY PULLER

[@PaulRebel]

Good well done!!!

[@Konke450]

You should review the Legends version. Rather than being a new ship, the legends ship is a heavily modified ISD II

[@bolothegiantfriendlypillbu4075]

There were two interdiction ships, what's the difference between the two the empire used: The Interdictor Class Star Destroyer and the Immobilizer 418 cruiser.

[@Fliuck]

Derelict ones a battleship with gravity well generators (the interdictior star destroyer) the other is a smaller cruiser who’s entire space frame is just for carrying the generators plus some point defense daka.

[@bolothegiantfriendlypillbu4075]

@@Fliuck okay thanks.

[@ponyperson7513]

I like those ships, it's a clever idea

[@derlasercrafterwally4342]

It also has 4x double turbo lasers I think. They are definitely bigger than laser cannons and have the rate of fire of a turbo laser 1:29

[@Grahf0]

I wonder if it would be possible to take the overall structure housing and components of an interdictor class, and incorporated within a super star destroyer or some other type of larger ship with better defense. Also, it would be pretty interesting to see the legends Thrawn taking the gravity well generators, combining them with the stealth technology he uses later in the legend stories, and secretly dispersing them around planets and battlefield at strategic locations. Considering what he did with just the stealth technology and asteroids, that would be an amazing combination. Space tactical peanut butter and chocolate.

[@earnestbrown6524]

Loved that the Interdictor was used in Rebels.

[@heyster3]

After this episode, another idea would be why don't scifi ships use all of space to maneuver instead of just going in a straight line? Any good examples of 3d space combat? I wonder if issac arthur ever talked about it.

[@robertwilliams5514]

I just wanted to say that I absolutely love these shorts, such amazing info its like a mobile encyclopedia! Also, is there any chance that the Raider class corvette could be featured? I’ve had little to no luck nailing down definitive stats for it and I’d love to know more about it

[@kevinhansen8211]

So glad that they brought the Drag Ship (pilot slang for Interdictor) into canon. Shame they never covered Thrawn's other use for the vessel in legends, how he would use it to pull reinforcements out of hyperspace exactly where he needed them, without the ship's crews having to worry about hitting their hyperspace mark. A brilliant tactic, in legends, and well used by Thrawn's Empire.

[@Daniel_Huffman]

(Sees upload date) Huh. Some birthday present from another Daniel. Thanks.

[@andrewmartin2567]

I have to add one correction, it is not a fact that a ship can not enter hyperspace when in a gravity field but rather it is a safety mechanism on most ships in star wars so ships in hyperspace don’t accidentally crash into celestial bodies. Examples of ships being in hyperspace while also being in a gravity field can be seen in Rogue one and episode seven.

[@sammywhite5127]

No it is a fact that you can't enter hyperspace when in a gravity well the examples you listed are continuity fuck ups

[@deathsnake6956]

I mean, this is now the official Interdictor. But I like the old one from TIE Fighter, X-Wing Alliance more - on the Hull of a Vindicator Cruiser at 600m

[@trinalgalaxy5943]

literally is a vindicator with twice the length. all other confirmed states remain the same. At least try to fool me that this isnt the 600m 418 rather than fail so spectacularly

[@elizataylor1726]

The one thing i don't like about this ship is that it follows the tarkin doctrine far too much. Given the choice id expand its hangars to allow it to carry a couple of bomber squadrons then load the ship itself with as many point defence laser cannons and tractor beams as i could then use ion cannons for anti capital weapons. That way if a ship gets caught, if it's a starfighter you can use tractor beams to slow it down and laser cannons to rip it to shreds. If it's a capital ship use the ion cannons to disable it then either board and capture or use the bombers to rip it apart.

[@DaKidSiriusBlak]

Granted they threw in the a random new length for the ship, everything else was ripped str8t from Legends. That said, the main reason Immobilzer 418s didn't have heavier armament was because of those gravity well generators. When they are powered up it didn't leave alot of energy for much else besides a very basic defense, shields, life support and such.

[@justicetaylor2695]

I keep pausing because I love the art of this vehicles design.

[@kereminde]

All this reminds me of "X-Wing vs TIE Fighter: Balance of Power" where a Rebel force made an effort of capturing the technology and exactly how far the Imperial Task Force went to do everything they could to make sure it didn't leave the sector.

[@glasius22]

If i ever have the liberty to design and put togeter my own battle ship/hero ship... It would have this tech, and Drone fighters. why would you like to lose good pilots in every fight when you can have them fighting another day for you with other drone fighter... A Yamato gun would be great too. I love your videos man.

[@grantponciano9386]

I like the fact that if you compromise this particular ship's main reactor, than it has a high chance of turning into a black hole and destroy the rest of the fleet it's meant to protect... Haha

[@xenostyrant4118]

This is my favourite ship from Star Wars.

[@starsilverinfinity]

Sojourn HYPE

[@TruePacifist201]

Engage the HYPErdrive, I'll link up with you at the Atamara Crossroads.

[@andyelse8523]

Hi, Only just discovered your channel and loving it. Having just watched your video on artificial gravity I am surprised you have never done any videos from David Webbers Honorverse series as the ships are described in great detail using a "phased array gravity drive" if you haven't read any of the books give them a look you might enjoy. :)

[@mrmact23]

Strange that they made these canon considering both The Force Awakens and Rogue One basically flipped the middle finger at gravity wells affecting Hyperspace.

[@SamaritanPrime]

Rogue One was an emergency, as Jedha had been hit by a shot from the Death Star and the U-Wing would have been caught in the debris field had Cassian not made the jump. As for The Force Awakens, Han Solo jumped INTO Starkiller Base's atmosphere to get past its planetary shielding. He didn't jump out of a gravity well.

[@SamaritanPrime]

@@chrissonofpear1384 True- but do we know if Starkiller Base and/or the Resurgent-class Destroyers have the gravity generator technology?

[@glasius22]

It's a fine adition to the empire's forces

[@Reepicheep-1]

"...CANNOT enter hyperspace under gravitational influence." Then Rogue 1 chucks that cannon out the window so it becomes a mere warp drive.

[@imscary2]

In some of source books, "Legends" now, an interdictors were sent to help local police fleets catch smugglers.

[@martinx3450]

Sojourn! SOJOURN! SOOJOOUURN!

[@dionesvaldez088]

INTERDICTOR CLASS TYPE: HEAVY CRUISER MANUFACTURER: SIENAR FLEET SYSTEMS ARMAMENT:20X4 QUAD LASCANNONS

[@ArvexYT]

Fun little comparison of the new canon vs Legends Interdictors: The new canon one is just under twice the size of the Legends Interdictor.

[@trinalgalaxy5943]

and all other stats remain the same.

[@ArvexYT]

The Rebels team probably only upscaled it so they could fit a CR90 it the hangar.

[@casbot71]

It would have made sense to include a small interdictor generator as standard on a ISD. Considering they had frigate sized interdictors, a single generator from one of those wouldn't poke out of the hull and be a target. It would greatly help the ISD's main purpose, which was to police systems and enforce Imperial order. Ships couldn't jump away before imperial inspection, yes you could tractor a ship, but having to do that to each freighter leaving a planet before you check your records is a bit of a headache, especially since you have limited tractor beamers installed. It would make blockading a system simple. And it would severely hamstring the rebel hit and run tactics, they could only engage in stand up fights, no retreat, no escape, no guerrilla strikes. Having each ship be able to create a small interdictor field means formations don't have to be as complicated and delicate. And if one ISD needs to divert power from interdiction to shields, then another can take up the slack, or even switch off interdiction in a rare straight slugging match. If the cost of even a small interdiction generator was too prohibitive for widespread adoption, at least include a ISD variant that had it, but looked identical externally. That way no rebel ship knows if it can escape when attacking a random ISD, and in a pitched battle against a fleet of ISD's they won't know which ship is preventing their escape, so it can't be singled out. I'll include this in my memo to Palps, along with the point defense suggestions, the Tie Defender upgrade, the support fleet for the Death Star, the flak frigate and gunship programs, the stormtrooper armour suggestions and marksmanship and tactics programs, the Walker redesign committees concept - they also have some interesting ideas on ISD bridge design and shielding, and finally HR want to have a word with you about Lord Vader … it says here "gasp" in their memo ???

[@Jfk2Mr]

In Legends New Republic had some ISD's with hidden well generator, but from what I know (not sure if that was affected by D canon) interdiction field was in shape of cone, so ships can escape when are not inside affected area

[@solidsnake8330]

Honestly.. I'd love to serve in one of these ships. This or a cruiser ship. I love it.

[@brentc2411]

There's an episode of clone wars that begins with a ship going into hyperspace from inside the atmosphere of a planet, we'll within its gravity well

[@deathvulture5974]

thats an Immobilizer 418 cruiser, the actual interdictor is a full size star destroyer with gravity wells retrofitted

[@jamesroberts5163]

Spacedock can you make a video on your dream ship, like if you could build a ship what would it be.

[@1forge2rulethemall88]

2:00 based off the fact a ship cant go into hyperspace under the gravitational pull of a celestial body... I feel like disney picks and chooses when that applies I'm pretty sure in rogue one we see an in atmosphere hyper jump.

[@Zergonapal]

Fun fact I never thought the Interdictor had a dagger profile until I saw it in its first appearance in Rebels.

[@robro2214]

You mention in numerous video how fighters with guns on there wings is a poor design choice, but the reality irl the same question plagued WWII with aircraft. Most fighters had there guns on there wings they solved the problem of not having the ability to hit a target directly in front by angling the guns at cross point a certain distance away from the aircraft, the range was determined by were the pilot’s prefered range to engage enemies both ground and air.

[@CyarSkirata]

The main issue is that planes with propellers on the nose had to make a choice between having their guns on the wings and sacrificing firepower by firing smaller guns between the propeller blades. Planes without a prop on the nose always had their guns there, and some aircraft like the Bf. 109 and the P-39 Aerocobra tried to sidestep the problem by mounting their best guns in the centre of the propeller. If you have a completely free choice, it's always better to mount your guns as close to in line with gunsight as possible - in a realistic setting at least. Even with the ability of so many star wars fighters to adjust the aim of their guns, avoiding a problem altogether is a better option than being able to compensate for it.

[@DarinRWagner]

When you get back to doing Star Trek ships, please consider the Constellation class.

[@mortman200]

I prefer the Immobilizer 418.

[@alexandrecredidiooliveira7176]

Yeah the First Order has this technology but as usual they don't know how to use it properly. Like I don't know put in the most important ship of their fleet.

[@PaladinGuy]

It probably did have it, but they WANTED the Resistance ships to jump to waste fuel so they were turned off.

[@Marcus51090]

I’ve never EVER understood star wars crew size lol we have heavy automation now on ships crews in ww2 where like 2500 and ships today are double the size and have crew of like 400

[@fucktardickis]

congratulations you are beginning to realize that SW is a mess of a franchise of cobbled together logic and bits

[@avsbes98]

Ships today aren't a few kilometres in length. Also the Katana Fleet showed the whole galaxy why you should not rely on automation completely

[@kR-qj7rw]

sw is just rule of cool, very little mkes sense. still tho it does look cool so it's fine

[@Marcus51090]

Alexander Schikor lol yeah but my only thing I have to base it on is aircraft carriers as their the largest ships we have Also gravity wells are black holes so how the fuck are you controlling those

[@ironvader502]

Well they all have rather big complements of Soldiers onboard for Security. We never see more than a few dozen guys actually doing jobs a Ship-crew would do. EDIT: Also, given how they spent months, maybe years in Space without switching out the crew, ever, and how they need to be combat-ready at all times, since there is no Night in space, its also not to far fetched to believe they have multiple persons onboard for every job, so that they can work in shifts and have all stations ready at all times. And literally no ship today is double the size of its WW2-predeccessors with less crew. The Nimitz-Class CVs have a normal crew-complement of 3.200, plus 2480 for the airwing.

[@battlefieldcustoms873]

can you do a breakdown of the Immobilizer 418 ? and the Interdictor Star destroyer and their differences.

[@daanvos194]

these would work great in tandam with starhawks

[@harbingerdawn]

Slight error/inconsistency: the video describes the ship having 3 large engines, but Rebels depicted it with 1 large engine and 4 smaller secondaries.