Imperial II - class Star Destroyer The " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer , also known as an Impstar - Deuce , was a Star Destroyer model manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards for use by the Imperial Navy . Part of the " Imperial " - class line , the class served as successor to the " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer . Armed with a plethora of weapons , including turbolaser s and ion cannon s , the 1 , 600 - meter - long capital ship could be used to subjugate a planet or serve as a command ship for other vessels . Following the death of Emperor Palpatine in 4 ABY , the " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer " Torment " was dispatched to Naboo as part of , an order from the late Emperor to destroy Imperial planets with satellites . However , the attack was thwarted by the Rebel Alliance and the " Torment " was destroyed before it could withdraw . Later in the Contingency , in 5 ABY , three Imperial IIs from an Imperial remnant took part in the Battle of Jakku against the New Republic , although the Star Destroyers fled from the battle . They were later destroyed by the Sovereign Latitudes of Maracavanya ' s " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought " Liberty ' s Misrule " . Characteristics . General characteristics . Part of the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer line , the " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer was a capital ship model built by Kuat Drive Yards for the Imperial Navy to replace the " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer . Like its predecessor , the " Imperial II " - class measured 1 , 600 meter s in length , was painted a light shade of gray , was wedge - shaped and had a raised bridge tower . However , it featured a communications tower between its two deflector shield generator domes , whereas standard ships of the " Imperial I " - class had a tractor beam targeting array in the same location . " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyers were powered by a solar ionization reactor located on the ventral hull . Propulsion . Ships of the class were propelled by three KDY destroyer - I ion engine s , and they also had four backup Cygnus Spaceworks gemon - 4 ion engine s . This allowed for speeds of sixty MGLT in realspace and nine - hundred and seventy - five kilometers per hour in an atmosphere . A hyperdrive was also equipped , allowing the ships to travel in hyperspace . Weapons systems and complement . Like all " Imperial " - class vessels , " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyers were armed with sixty turbolaser batteries , sixty heavy ion cannon emplacements , and ten tractor beam projector s . The ships carried with them seventy - two TIE / ln space superiority starfighter s , at least three " Lambda " - class T - 4a shuttles , at least two All Terrain Armored Transports and at least two All Terrain Scout Transport s , the latter two of which were transported to planet ary surfaces by at least two " Gozanti " - class cruisers . All these vessels were stored in the ships ' two large hangar bays , which were located side by side in the anterior wall of an indentation in the ventral hull . 9 , 700 stormtrooper s crewed the Star Destroyer , along with various other Imperial Military personnel such as TIE fighter pilot s and Imperial officer s . MSE - 6 series repair droid s were also present in the ship ' s corridors . Two years worth of consumables were kept on the vessels to maintain the crew . Bridge . Organized almost identically to that of the " Imperial I " - class , the " Imperial II " - class had a command bridge with a central command walkway and two pits where Imperial officer s operated their console stations , which were arranged perpendicular to the central walkway . Role . An " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer was capable of commanding an assault on an entire planet , which could include controlling smaller siege vessels or using its large carrying capacity to deliver a surface assault force . History . Early history . By 5 BBY , Kuat Drive Yards had started manufacturing the " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer after the run of the Imperial I class ended with the " Devastator " , a ship which would go on to become the flagship of Darth Vader , Imperial enforcer and Sith apprentice to Emperor Palpatine . Some Imperial Is , including the " Devastator " , were upgraded to feature bridges with communication towers , like Imperial IIs . The " Torment " attack . Seventeen days after the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY , which had seen the Rebel Alliance defeat the Galactic Empire with the death of Emperor Palpatine , and subsequent retreat of remaining Imperial forces , the Imperial " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer " Torment " was visited by a messenger droid . The droid delivered a posthumous message from the Emperor , ordering the ship ' s captain , Lerr Duvat , to scour the planet Naboo using weather - altering satellites , as part of the Contingency ' s , an Imperial plan to ensure both the Empire and its enemies would fall following the Emperor ' s death . Assisted by Lieutenant Gulin , Duvat immediately set course for Naboo . Upon the " Torment " arrival at the planet , he deployed the satellite s in order to create massive storms across Naboo . However , a group of N - 1 starfighter s from Naboo , pilot ed by the rebels Shara Bey , Leia Organa and Sosha Soruna , attacked the satellites . In retaliation , the Star Destroyer ' s complement of TIE fighters was deployed to engage the attackers . Just as the three starfighter s were about to be destroyed by the TIEs , the Rebel Alliance arrived with the MC80 star cruiser " Restoration " and Danger Squadron , a squadron of X - wing starfighters . Together with the Naboo starfighters , they destroyed the remainder of the satellites and the " Torment " , despite an attempt by the Star Destroyer to withdraw . Before its destruction , however , the " Torment " managed to deploy part of its planetary assault force , which briefly attacked Naboo ' s capital of Theed before being neutralized by an ion pulse from the Theed Royal Palace , and then captured . Eleodie Maracavanya ' s find . In 5 ABY , three " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyers were part of the last major Imperial remnant , which fought in the Battle of Jakku against the New Republic , the Rebel Alliance ' s successor state . However , the Star Destroyers fled from Jakku , and after jumping out of hyperspeed in Wild Space , their captains attempted to seek solace with a small fleet of ships led by the " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought " Liberty ' s Misrule " , which they thought was another Imperial remnant . However , the fleet was actually under the command of pirate Eleodie Maracavanya of the Sovereign Latitudes of Maracavanya . Maracavanya deduced that the ships had come from Jakku , and ordered the destruction of the vessels , much to the surprise of crew member Carklin Ryoon . Maracavanya then elaborated on the decision to the " Liberty ' s Misrule " crew , citing that the New Republic could grant the group some legitimacy if they destroyed the vessels , as it was likely they would appreciate the cleanup following their battle . All vessels then opened fire on the three Star Destroyers , with Maracavanya believing they stood no chance of survival . Behind the scenes . Notable appearances . The " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer debuted in the " Star Wars " canon in " Shattered Empire , Part II " , a 2015 comic written by Greg Rucka and illustrated by Marco Checchetto , Emilio Laiso and Angel Unzueta . Although the " Torment " class was not mentioned in the issue , it would later be identified as an Impstar - Deuce in the next issue of the , " Shattered Empire , Part III " , which was also written by Rucka . The class ' full name was revealed in the 2016 reference book " " , written by Pablo Hidalgo . In the " Star Wars " Legends continuity , the " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyer was created for the 1980 film . It first appeared in the film ' s , written by Donald F . Glut , which was released in the same year . However , the ship ' s class wasn ' t revealed until the term ISD II was used by the 1989 supplement " The Star Wars Rules Companion " , and the term Imperial II Star Destroyer was used by the " Imperial Sourcebook " , also released in 1989 . However , in the new canon , it is not known if the class appears in " The Empire Strikes Back " or in any other content that features " Imperial " - class Star Destroyers with communications towers . This is because some " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyers , which normally featured a tractor beam targeting array , were upgraded to have a communications tower . As " Imperial II " - class Star Destroyers also had communications towers , the two classes could have been indistinguishable . Inconsistencies . On the first page of " Shattered Empire , Part II " , illustrated by Emilio Laiso , the " Torment " was mistakenly depicted with the targeting array of an " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer . This was rectified in the last page of the same issue , this time drawn by Marco Checchetto , as well as in its later appearances in " Shattered Empire , Part III " and " Star Wars Battlefront II " .