Tarkin's Will

The Tarkin's Will, formerly known as the Fortitude, was an Imperial-class Star Destroyer in the Imperial Navy. It was present near the Death Star at the time of the Battle of Yavin, and was severely damaged by debris from the Death Star. Following the Battle, the Fortitude was scheduled to be recycled and turned into scrap for a new starship, but was rechristened as the Tarkin's Will by the vengeful Imperial Navy Commander Ellian Zahra, who took the vessel as her flagship.
==History==
===The Battle of Yavin===
The Fortitude was an Imperial-class Star Destroyer in service to the Galactic Empire's Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War. In 0 BBY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas the Fortitude was present at the Battle of Yavin but was held in reserve. At the battle's end, the young rookie Rebel pilot Jedi Lieutenant Luke Skywalker destroyed the Empire's planet-killing superweapon, the Death Star. In the aftermath of the explosion, debris from the battle station struck the Fortitude, killing many. Although the ship survived, the damage to the hull was severe, leaving great scars running across its surface. After the Battle, the ship was scheduled to be recycled and turned to scrap for a new starship.
===Hunting the Rebel Armada===
Before the ship got recycled, it was handpicked by Navy Commander Ellian Zahra to become her flagship following the Battle of Hoth when Skywalker’s father Darth Vader allowed her to take any ship from the Imperial Navy. Zahra, who was the protégé of Governor Wilhuff Tarkin and lost him when Skywalker destroyed the Death Star, chose the ship because of its history, hoping that its scarred surface would serve as a reminder of the crimes of the Rebel Alliance. Zahra filled the crew of the ship with others who lost close friends and family at Yavin. Renamed after her mentor who took away command of the Death Star from his late rival Director Orson Callan Krennic of the Imperial Weapons Division, the Tarkin's Will would go on to serve Zahra as she hunted the remnants of the Alliance Fleet.
Not long after the Battle of Hoth, Zahra cornered the Fourth Division of the Rebel Fleet at Rendezvous Point Delta-Three by using a signal analysis protocol she invented to pinpoint the enemy fleet's location. Commanding from the Tarkin's Will, Zahra led her forces in blockading the Fourth Division, trapping the rebels between a star and her assault group. The blockade was broken by the arrival of the Millennium Falcon, which destroyed one of Zahra's light cruisers and allowed the survivors of the attack to escape.
Sometime later, the Tarkin's Will was successful in destroying the Rebel Alliance's Sixth Division, leaving no survivors. Following the engagement, Zahra's second-in-command, Lieutenant Gorr, proposed repairing the ship's outer hull, unaware of its memorial significance. Commander Zahra chastised him aboard the bridge, informing him of the ship's past and then leading the crew in a rallying cry of remembrance for those they lost. Zahra later intercepted transmissions from the Alliance Fleet's Seventh Division and began tracking their movements. As she reported her findings to Vader, the Sith Lord felt a disturbance in the Force on Tempes in the Outer Rim. She offered to have the Tarkin's Will provide assistance on his mission there, but Vader denied her, insisting that he would handle the matter himself. Instead, he commanded her to not let a single rebel ship escape their grasps.Star Wars (2020) 6
==Behind the scenes==
Tarkin's Will first appeared in Star Wars (2020) 1, written by Charles Soule and illustrated by Jesús Saiz, released on January 1, 2020.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars (2020) 1 
*Star Wars (2020) 3 
*Star Wars (2020) 6 
*Star Wars (2020) 7
*Star Wars (2020) 8
*Star Wars (2020) 10
*Star Wars (2020) 11
*Star Wars (2020) 12
*Star Wars (2020) 13 
*Star Wars (2020) 19 
*Star Wars (2020) 21
*Crimson Reign 2
*Star Wars (2020) 22
*Star Wars (2020) 23
*Star Wars (2020) 24 
*Star Wars Outlaws 
*Star Wars (2020) 49 
==Sources==
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*Star Wars: Timelines
*Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
==Notes and references==
Category:Imperial-class Star Destroyers
Category:Starships of the Galactic Empire