How did the Executor crash into the Death Star?

While serving as the Imperial command ship during the Battle of Endor under Admiral Firmus Piett, the Executor was destroyed after a wayward Rebel A-wing starfighter piloted by Arvel Crynyd crashed into its bridge, causing the Super Star Destroyer to lose power and collide with the DS-2 Death Star II Mobile Battle ...
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Why did the Super Star Destroyer crash into the Death Star?

The Destroyer used its engines in some way to stay above the Death Star. The attack eliminated this ability, and the ship fell into the Death Star due to the gravitational interaction between the two objects. The impact was the result of the engines and gravity.
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Who crashes into the Executor?

Crynyd crashes into the bridge of the Super Star Destroyer Executor. He was posthumously awarded the New Republic Medal of Bravery, which was one of the New Republic's most prestigious honors.
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Is the Executor a Star Destroyer?

The most distinguished Super Star Destroyer was the Executor, flagship of the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader.
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What exploded the Death Star?

Luke is able to successfully launch his X-wing fighter's torpedoes into the vent, impacting the core and triggering a catastrophic explosion, which destroys the station before it can use its superlaser weapon to annihilate the Rebel base on Yavin 4.
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Why did the Death Star have a weakness?

The Death Star's thermal exhaust port was a significant flaw in the design that the Rebels were able to exploit during the Battle of Yavin. This led to the thermal exhaust ports to be removed for the Death Star II, although the Death Star III retained this weakness.
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Who blew up the second Death Star?

This improvisation gave Rebel ground forces more time, and Han was eventually able to destroy Death Star II's shield generator. Lando and Wedge Antilles (in an X-wing) both flew inside the superstructure, knocking out its main reactor and finally destroying Death Star II.
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What is the biggest Star Destroyer?

The Executor-class Star Dreadnought, also known as the Super-class Star Destroyer, was the largest model of Star Destroyer ever built by the Galactic Empire.
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What is Vader's Star Destroyer called?

The Devastator was an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer of the Imperial Navy famous for its participation in the Battle of Scarif, the capture of the Tantive IV and as Darth Vader's flagship for a time. It later participated in the Imperial victory at Hoth and was destroyed during the decisive battle fought at Endor.
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What was Vader's rank in the empire?

Specific references had Vader and Skywalker as "Supreme Commander of the Imperial Forces" and Pellaeon rather as "Supreme Commander of the Imperial Fleet" or "Supreme Fleet Commander"; but all three men's ranks were sometimes abbreviated to "Supreme Commander".
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Who destroyed the Super Star Destroyer?

Crynyd's last action during the Battle of Endor was crashing his A-Wing into the command bridge of the Executor, causing the massive Star Destroyer to smash into the Death Star.
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Do a Wings have shields?

A Sirplex deflector shield generator was carried by the A-wing, with the projector located on the small blister behind the transparisteel canopy, and it used lightweight durasteel armor to protect its titanium alloy frame.
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What year did the Battle of Endor take place?

The Battle of Endor, fought between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire in 4 ABY, was one of the largest and most important engagements of the Galactic Civil War.
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Is starkiller base stronger than the Death Star?

Starkiller Base had an advantage over the Death Star when it came to materials. It wasn't a space station constructed wholesale from the ground up, but a planet with a hollowed out core that provided the mechanism necessary for its firing apparatus.
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Did the rebels have any Star Destroyers?

In what became known as the Battle of Endor, the Rebel fleet distinguished itself in facing down a sizable Imperial battle fleet, consisting of the Star Dreadnought Executor and around forty Star Destroyers.
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Who built the Star Destroyers in rise of Skywalker?

The Xyston-class Star Destroyer, also designated as the Xyston-class Destroyer and known as the Final Order Star Destroyer, the Sith Star Destroyer, Sith Destroyer, and "planet destroyer," was a class of 2,406-meter-long and 682-meter-high Star Destroyer that was manufactured by Kuat-Entralla Engineering.
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How big is snoke's ship?

A capital ship built on a nearly unimaginable scale, the Supremacy is a vast flying wing more than 60 kilometers wide. In addition to being a warship with enormous firepower, it serves Supreme Leader Snoke as throne room and the First Order as mobile capital.
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Why is Darth Vader's TIE Fighter different?

The fighter was equipped with a deflector shield generator, a life support system, and a hyperdrive; unlike TIE/LN fighters and other members of the TIE Line. Its armament was limited to a pair of twin fixed-mount laser cannons, and it was capable of firing cluster missiles.
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What Star Destroyer crashed on Jakku?

The Inflictor crashed into Jakku's Starship Graveyard, where it would remain for the next twenty-nine years.
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What is the strongest ship in Star Wars?

The 10 Strongest Star Wars Starships, Ranked
  1. 1 Supremacy. The Supremacy was a massive Mega-class Star Dreadnought.
  2. 2 Executor. ...
  3. 3 Malevolence. ...
  4. 4 Resurgent-class Star Destroyer. ...
  5. 5 Invisible Hand. ...
  6. 6 Imperial-class Star Destroyer. ...
  7. 7 MC80 Liberty-type Mon Calamari Star Cruiser. ...
  8. 8 Raddus. ...
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What's the fastest ship in Star Wars?

1 The Millenium Falcon

The Millenium Falcon is the fastest ship in the galaxy - just ask Han Solo, and he'll tell you that she "made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs." According to Han, the Falcon has a Class 0.5 hyperdrive, which is definitely the fastest canon hyperdrive.
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Who destroyed the Third Death Star?

While the Kaarenth Dissension's sophisticated feint was a successful distraction, this so-called Death Star III was ultimately destroyed by Red Squadron when Red Leader made a direct hit to its unprotected thermal exhaust port.
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Is Death Star 2 bigger?

The Death Star II was the second Death Star battlestation to be constructed by the Galactic Empire. It was significantly larger than its predecessor, measuring over 160 kilometers in diameter, and was built after the destruction of the first Death Star at the Battle of Yavin.
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Why does the second Death Star look unfinished?

Before its destruction, the Death Star II's superstructure was still incomplete. Large sections of the outer hull were still missing, exposing the inner decks still under construction.
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