And the Dark Empire comics’ Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer, although it didn’t come with its own Death Star accessory, certainly lived up to its name and dwarfed the rank-and-file ships of the Imperial Starfleet.ĭ’Escrienne’s imposing Imperial illustration is an entry in the Star Wars ILM Art Department 2016 Challenge - specifically for “The Ride,” a call to design two vehicles in the aesthetic of the original Star Wars trilogy, comprising Episodes IV-VI.
To readers of the Star Wars Expanded Universe novels of old, it also may evoke another “dreadnought,” the Eye of Palpatine (although that superweapon-ship was concealed in a natural asteroid facade). The way the impractically huge wedge-shaped outer craft (itself reminiscent of the Clone Wars-era Jedi Knights’ Eta-2 Actis-class Interceptor starfighters writ large) cradles the moon-sized planet killer is reminiscent of the way the ring-shaped cruisers of the craven Trade Federation embraced their spherical control vessels, which we often saw detached for planetary landing in the Star Wars prequels. That’s the “Tarkin Doctrine” of rule by fear at work, all right. Romain d’Escrienne, freelance concept artistĪs you can see, it’s so big that it berths traditional Imperial-class Star Destroyers! What do you get when you cross a Death Star and a reallllly big Star Destroyer? The Hegemon-class Star Dreadnought, according to freelance concept artist Romain d’Escrienne. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Email
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