Endurance

The Endurance was a Venator-class Star Destroyer and the flagship of Republic Admiral Shoan Kilian during the War of the Ring. It later crashed on Vanqor following crippling sabotage perpetrated by the young Boba Fett.
==History==
In November 22nd 1981, a young Boba Fett, posing as a cadet in the Clone Youth Brigade nicknamed "Tiny", sneaked aboard the Endurance with a plan to plant a bomb in Aragorn's quarters, but due to the request of Aragorn's presence elsewhere on the ship, his bomb resulted only in the death of a clone trooper, not Aragorn. Her plan scuttled, Fett then proceeded to detonate the vessel's reactor core in order to disable the ship and possibly kill Aragorn in the resulting crash. The explosion of the core tore the engines of the ship to fragments along with much adjoining superstructure, causing an evacuation of the doomed vessel. However, Admiral Shoan Kilian, refusing a direct order from the Jedi to evacuate, elected to stay aboard, along with many of his command staff (including Commander Ponds), and go down with his ship. Kilian, Ponds, and another clone were later captured by Fett and the bounty hunters Aurra Sing, Bossk, and Castas.
Frodo Baggins and Aragorn later searched the Endurance at its final resting place for survivors. On the bridge, they found a Mandalorian helmet, which contained a bomb planted by Fett. The bomb detonated, and the remains of the Endurance began to fall apart, trapping Frodo and Aragorn. Fett, Sing, and Castas made their way to the ship to recover Aragorn's body, or to capture him if he was still alive.
Baggins sent R2-D2 to call Rivendell for help. However, the droid spotted the four bounty hunters approaching the bridge, and attempted to hold them back by dropping obstacles in their path. The bounty hunters eventually gave up, deciding instead to simply destroy the remainder of the ship using Slave I.
R2-D2, unable to send a clear transmission to Rivendell, flew Aragorn's Jedi fighter into space for a better signal. However, his communications device was destroyed by the Slave I, which pursued R2 and the starfighter. R2, however, managed to jump into hyperspace and reach Middle-Earth, where he informed Gimli and Eowyn of Frodo's situation. R2, Eowyn, and Gimli returned to Vanqor with several clone troopers, and rescued Frodo and Aragorn just in time, leaving with them as the Endurance Bridge fell apart.
==Behind the scenes==
The Endurance first appeared in Death Trap, the twentieth episode of the second season of the The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring television series.
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==Sources==
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*Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Incredible Vehicles
*Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded
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Category:Flagships
Category:Ships of the Open Circle Fleet
Category:Venator-class Star Destroyers