The Lusankya was an Executor-class star dreadnought, the second of its kind. Buried in the superstructure of Coruscant’s city, the Lusankya was originally meant to serve as a last resort backup, should Coruscant fall, while also operating as a secret prison. Severely damaged during Rebel conflict after its escape, the Lusankya was captured and repaired, joining Alliance forces.

Source: Crimson Empire 5 (Art: Paul Gulacy; 1998)

First Appearance: X-Wing: Rogue Squadron (1996)

Executor-class Star Dreadnought/ Super Star destroyer Built by Kuat Drive Yards, these 19 kilometer long behemoths were one of the galactic empires most imposing and lethal ships. They were crewed by over 280000 stormtroopers, fighter pilots, officers engineers and other personell. On top of that, they boasted and impressive array of over 5000 turbolasers and ion cannons. For comparison, the empires standard star destroyer, the Imperial II-class was armed with 120 turbolasers and ion cannons. The Executor-class also carried a complement of at least 144 TIE-Fighters, as well as dropships and AT-AT walkers.

Due to their overwhealming firepower and impressive shielding, the Executor-class SSDs were often considered as the strongest ship the empire had to its disposal.

Here’s a list of all known Executor-class SSDs and what became of them, (This includes Star Wars EU)

Annihilator: First ship of the class. flagship of Admiral Garne. Destroyed above Kuat while defending the half-constructed SSD Eclipse, 4ABY (*EU)

Executor: The flagship of Darth Vader. Destroyed during the battle of Endor when an A-Wing Pilot steered his craft into the central comand bridge, causing the destroyer to plummet into the Death Star II. 4ABY

Arbitrator: Was destroyed due to a poorly plotted hyperspace jump, which dropped it into the middle of a gravity well. She was lost with all hands aboard.

Eclipse: Flagship of Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine. Was Believed to be destroyed in 5ABY, but edvidence discovered by former grand admiral Rae Sloan suggests that it wasn’t.

Ravager: Was believed to be the empires last operational SSD. It was under the command of Fleet Admiral Gallius Rax. The Ravager was lost during the battle of Jakku in 5ABY

(The Ravagers Final moments as it falls towards Jakku.)

Five further Executor-class SSDs were allegedly destroyed in battle The Canon doesn’t specifically state the ships by name, but the Expanded Universe Suggests that the ships in question were: -The Aggressor -The Enforcer -The Iron Fist -The Razor’s Kiss -The Reaper

Three other Executor-class SSDs were taken over by the New Republic. The exact names for these ships are not known in canon but the Expanded universe suggests that the ships in question were: -The Lusankya -The Guardian -The Intimidator

(Image by Darren Tan, from The Essential Guide to Warfare, illustrating the Battle of Orinda)

I love this image, but the backstory frustrates me. Intense nerdery to follow:

First is that it makes me sad that Areta Bell, who is introduced (and I think only featured in) Isard's Revenge as one of the most daring commanders Wedge knew at Hoth, became a hesitant, wait-too-long commander of the ill-fated Endurance mentioned in the beginning of the Black Fleet Crisis. That didn't seem in character, as well as killing Bell off without cause.

Second, it means that Wedge directly faced Rogriss at Orinda, making the encounters in Starfighters of Adumar feel really wrong to me for a number of reasons

a) It makes no sense to me that Wedge wouldn't do research on Rogriss after the battle, given how badly he was beaten, so the fact that he hasn't thought of Rogriss since the Zsinj campaign doesn't track

b) Wedge feels his career is fine - there's no sense of the loss of such a magnitude as Orinda and the Endurance should cause. This one I could SORT of see as possibly a reason for his underlying unhappiness at the beginning of Adumar, but it's an unnecessary stretch

c) Rogriss is feeling like he's losing badly in Adumar - if he'd been part of such a brilliant encounter as Orinda, where the New Republic was forced to run and lost so much, in a battle as recent as Orinda his feelings of dejection don't make sense. Nor does his demotion from SSD command to ISD command. Plus, it feels like he should gloat over the direct commander of the opposing task force