Rendili StarDrive / Legends Rendili StarDrive was a starship - manufacturing company based on the planet Rendili . One of the ancient Founding Shipwright s , it was the primary supplier of ships to the Republic Navy for millennia until it was eclipsed in the final centuries of the Galactic Republic by Kuat Drive Yards . History . Early history . StarDrive was associated with companies such as Rendili Vehicle Corporation , Rendili / Vaufthau Shipyards LTD . , and Rendili - Surron . Rendili Star Systems was apparently a subsidiary of Rendili StarDrive . Dating back to the founding of the Galactic Republic , Rendili was a planet synonymous with starship construction , and StarDrive was the latest incarnation of a variety of companies based on the planet , including Rendili Hyperworks , which had designed the " Hammerhead " - class cruiser for the Republic Navy during the Old Sith Wars . Rendili prided itself on efficiency and reliability rather than cutting - edge innovation , reusing designs from a variety of cultures and eras and acquiring rights to technologies as they became widespread in the galaxy . The company ' s " Hammerhead " - class cruisers and " Praetorian " - class frigates served in Republic and planetary defense fleets for more than a millennium . The decline of the Republic . In the aftermath of the Ruusan Reformation s , the corporation developed an extensive system of smaller yards spread throughout the Mid Rim and Outer Rim by licensing its designs to hundreds of Rim planets . While continuing to supply capital ships to the Judicial Forces , Rendili also focused its efforts on supplying patrol craft for the Planetary Security Forces . In the Republic ' s final centuries , StarDrive entered into a pronounced rivalry with Kuat Drive Yards . Kuat had a long history of building sector defense warships and mercantile escorts , but lacked Rendili ' s prestige . KDY poured trillions of credits into producing massive new battleship designs , including the Star Destroyer , Battlecruiser , and Star Dreadnought lines , advertising them to the senators of rich Core Worlds sectors as far more effective combatants than undersized patrol craft . StarDrive saw battleships as oversized trophy craft , noting that the capital ship restrictions of the Ruusan Reformations prevented them from operating beyond their home sectors , and believed that there was no threat in the galaxy that justified such enormous warships . Around 100 BBY , StarDrive unveiled the " Dreadnaught " - class heavy cruiser , intended for Judicial task forces and to act as flagships for Planetary Security Forces . The design was a success , but was mired in fiasco when the Republic ' s " Katana " fleet , composed entirely of " Dreadnaught " - class cruisers , was afflicted with a hive virus and disappeared after the fleet ' s slave circuit caused the entire fleet to jump to hyperspace to parts unknown . The Clone Wars . The tempo of space warfare had changed , and it was Kuat Drive Yards that was awarded the secret contract to build the Grand Army of the Republic ' s warships and vehicles . After the Grand Army was unveiled on Geonosis , Arch - Provost Bengila Urlan of Rendili ordered industrial spies and slicers to steal KDY ' s secrets and designs in an effort to reduce his rival ' s commanding lead in shipbuilding contracts . StarDrive successfully lured Walex Blissex , Kuat ' s finest starship designer , away from KDY , but his daughter Lira was as capable a naval architect as he , and in any case , the Republic ' s war effort during the Clone Wars was too dependent on KDY ' s secret facilities and specialized shipyards for Blissex ' departure to be a crippling blow . Desperate for contracts , StarDrive agreed to a Republic offer to work with KDY in the Victor Initiative Project on the design of the " Victory " - class Star Destroyer . The move was intended by the Republic to help retain Rendili ' s industrial capacity , but many of the company ' s licensee yards defected to the Separatists . In 20 BBY , a Separatist coup on Rendili installed the Independent Provisional Government , which declared for the Confederacy . Republic and Separatist warships battled for control of the Rendili Home Defense Fleet and the planet ' s shipyards , and though the Republic won the day , StarDrive ' s days as the galaxy ' s greatest shipbuilder were over . The Galactic Civil War . In the era of the Galactic Empire , Rendili was less favored by the government and the Imperial Navy owing to its divided loyalties during the Clone Wars , and it shifted much of its work to weapons platforms . Alarmed by the Empire ' s militarism , Walex Blissex defected to the Rebel Alliance . However , StarDrive ' s older ships remained in widespread use , and they remained one of the few facilities that could construct spaceframes significantly larger than " Imperial " - class Star Destroyers . This included special weapons platforms and large battleships . Rendili was one of the original sponsors of the Corporate Sector Authority . Although the company received few notable contracts during the course of the Galactic Civil War , it continued to research new technologies and designs , and was commissioned by the Rebel Alliance to develop what would become the Assault Frigate Mark II , based on Rendili ' s earlier dreadnaught designs . After the Battle of Endor , Blissex ' " Republic " - class Star Destroyer design was billed by the New Republic as a StarDrive product . In reality , this was a political move to lure Rendili away from the Empire , as its bulbous , organic lines were proof of a Mon Calamari Shipyards design .