Eye of Palpatine The Eye of Palpatine was a colossal , asteroid - shaped super dreadnaught constructed at the behest of Emperor Palpatine during the second year of the Galactic Empire . It was destroyed twelve years after the Battle of Yavin . Description . The deadly warship was the Emperor ' s first superweapon . It was referred to as both a " dreadnought " and a " battlemoon " . As part of its secretive origin , the vessel was made to look similar to an asteroid , including the implementation of impact craters under Palpatine ' s direct input . The reason for this was officially stated as a means of protection from detection by enemy vessels and worlds , although it was speculated to have either been done as a means to ensure its development remained a secret due to potential outrage , or possibly even converted from a large space rock in order to save on material resources . Akin to a Torpedo Sphere in role ( ie an enormous siege platform intended to target sections of planet with myriad weapons ) the " Eye " was armed with much more weaponry and built on a much larger scale . Its firepower rivaled and possibly exceeded that of an entire fleet carrying out a Base Delta Zero - type orbital bombardment , i . e . it could reduce the upper crust of a planet to molten slag while acting alone and using only its own weaponry . Its overall size surpassed that of the Torpedo Spheres as well as several Super Star Destroyers , although its length was on par with the " Executor " - class Star Dreadnoughts and the " Vengeance " - class dreadnoughts . The main bridge was located at the bow of the vessel . In addition , a KDY - style tower was also implemented on the dorsal area of the ship , although it was included solely as a deflector shield generator . Another deflector - shield generator was likewise located near the stern of the ship , on its ventral side . It also included at least one sensor - array , visible on the bow as being a large crater . The hangar bays were located close to the stern of the ship , which it had possessed at least eight , at least one of which was on an area of the ship where its metallic hull was exposed . It also possessed at least six sublight engines , one near the dorsal side and two near the ventral side of the vessel ' s stern . The hyperdrive was located in the equatorial area of the vessel ' s stern . Its weaponry included at least four sets of ventral turbolaser batteries , a ring of eight forward focused turbolaser batteries , and its primary weapon , a laser targeting beam emitter , located at the center of the forward focused turbolaser battery ring . The main bridge was located directly above the targeting beam emitter , as well as the topmost focused turbolaser battery . Because of the secrecy involved , the ship was unmanned and all its systems were controlled by an artificial intelligence known as the Will . The ship was equipped with many TIE squadrons as well as " Beta " - class ETR - 3 escort transports and Skipray Blastboats . Much of the ship ' s onboard equipment was supplied by SoroSuub Corporation . History . The dreadnaught was designed by Ohran Keldor , who also had a hand in the Death Star project . Palpatine had the " Eye " constructed in 18 BBY , via government funds that he had personally diverted , and he intended to use it to destroy Belsavis ' s Plawal Rift , where the Children of the Jedi were being sheltered by the Ho ' Din Jedi Master Plett in the same year . This rift was a lush , steamed - filled geothermal vent gouged into the planet ' s icy wastes and covered by a transparisteel dome . Since this action would have caused outrage in the Imperial Senate , he scattered the vessel ' s contingent of troops across the Outer Rim Territories to await pickup . The ship also was made to resemble an asteroid , even including impact craters , as a means of camouflage . Officially , the camouflage was implemented to either deceive or baffle scanners from enemy worlds and vessels , although later historians speculated that the real reason was to keep its development a secret from the Imperial Senate , due largely to Palpatine having already ordered for the commencement of the Death Star project by the time he ordered the construction of the dreadnought . The ship was constructed at the shipyards of Rothana and at Patriim , where it was activated and sent to Belsavis to destroy the Jedi . Scheduled to fly along lightly traveled hyperlanes , it would pick up contingents of troops at Pzob , Dom - Bradden , Kirdo III , Tatooine and Alzoc III . The vessel failed to arrive at any of these places , however , thanks to sabotage by two Jedi Knights , Geith Eris and Callista Ming , in the Moonflower Nebula . Callista was forced to trap her spirit in the ship ' s computers in order to stop it . Plett and the children of the Jedi were able to leave Belsavis and escape as a result of Geith ' s and Callista ' s heroic act . As a direct result , the Emperor , furious at the failure of his plans , had several people imprisoned for the loss of the " Eye " . Later service . The " Eye " remained dormant until 12 ABY , when the Emperor ' s Hand Roganda Ismaren located it . She used her son Irek Ismaren — who had been implanted with a sub - electronic converter that allowed him to control any machine by thought — to " summon " the dormant ship to Belsavis in her attempt to revitalize the Empire . Upon activation , the " Eye of Palpatine " attempted to fulfill its programming by picking up its Imperial stormtrooper contingent . But , after so many years , the troops had disappeared , except for Triv Pothman , one of 45 troopers left on the Gamorrean colony Pzob , who survived the bloodshed brought on by the various warring Gamorrean tribes . Undaunted , the " Eye " went after any sentient beings found in the appropriate locations . It began grabbing groups of prisoners from various species located on many worlds . Soon the " Eye " was filled with numerous species including Talz , Affytechan s , Jawas , Kitonaks , Tusken Raiders , Tripod s , and Gamorreans . They were all brainwashed into thinking they were Imperial stormtroopers . The " Eye " was eventually destroyed by Jedi student Nichos Marr over Belsavis . Although no evidence could be found in any of the surviving Imperial records recovered by the New Republic , Qwi Xux believed that the " Eye " had a sister ship ; that ship ' s mission or final fate , if it even existed , had not been discovered as of 25 ABY .