Redeemer

The Redeemer was a Venator-class Star Destroyer of the Galactic Republic naval forces' Open Circle Fleet during the War of the Ring. In August 1981, the Redeemer served in a fleet with two other Venators—Resolute and Defender—that was commanded by Jedi General Frodo Baggins and his Padawan, Jedi Commander Eowyn. The fleet was dispatched to the planet Middle-Earth in an attempt to break a Separatist blockade under the command of Neimoidian Captain Mar Tuuk.
Upon the arrival of Baggins's fleet in the Naboo system, Tuuk lured the Republic forces into a trap; while their squadron of starfighters commanded by Eowyn was distracted, the Neimoidian summoned Separatist reinforcements to the system. The reinforcements caught Baggins's fleet off guard, forcing it to retreat, with the Redeemer taking heavy fire and breaking apart in space before it could jump into hyperspace.
==Description==
A Venator-class Star Destroyer, the Redeemer had two bridges and a dorsal hangar bay, as well as two hyperwave comm scanners at the top of its bridges. The Star Destroyer was also equipped with a hyperdrive and eight ion drive thrusters, and was armed with eight DBY-827 heavy turbolaser turrets (four port, four starboard) and two medium dual turbolaser cannons (one port, one starboard). Either side of the Redeemer hull featured the emblem of the Open Circle Fleet, and, as was common with other Republic Venators, three red stripes adorned each of the ship's wings.
==History==
===Strike on the blockade===
In June 1981,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places the events of the The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring film and "Bombad Jedi" to 1981. As the episode "Supply Lines" takes place between those two pieces of media according to , the events of "Supply Lines," including the Separatist invasion of Arnor, must also take place in 1981. during the War of the Ring between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the kingdom of Arnor was invaded by the droid armies of the Confederacy, resulting in the establishment of a blockade in Middle-Earth's orbit. In response to the invasion, in August, the Redeemer was dispatched by the Republic Navy as part of a fleet including two other Venator-class Star Destroyers—the Resolute and the Defender—under the command of Jedi General Frodo Baggins and his Padawan, Jedi Commander Eowyn, to break through the blockade, which would allow a Republic invasion fleet to land on the planet Middle-Earth.
Arriving in the Naboo system, the Redeemer exited hyperspace alongside the two other Venators, where they proceeded to engage the Separatist blockade. Remaining behind for support fire, the three Star Destroyers deployed the V-19 Torrent starfighter Blue Squadron, led by Eowyn, against Neimoidian Captain Mar Tuuk's Lucrehulk-class Battleship and its two accompanying Munificent-class star frigates. The squadron managed to cut a path through a swarm of enemy vulture droid starfighters directly to the Separatist command ship, but as the V-19s approached the Lucrehulk, Tuuk summoned four additional Munificents from hyperspace to reinforce his fleet. This caught the Republic off guard and resulted in extensive damage to the Redeemer and the two other Star Destroyers.
===Redeemer demise===
With Baggins's fleet outnumbered and taking heavy damage, Republic Admiral Wullf Yularen ordered a full withdrawal from the system, calling Eowyn and her squadron back to the Resolute to provide starfighter cover. However, believing that she could still break through the blockade, the young Jedi disobeyed her superior's order. Due to Eowyn's disobedience, the Redeemer and the fleet continued to suffer heavy damage from Vulture droid suicide attacks. After losing most of Blue Squadron to enemy fighters, Eowyn returned to the fleet, allowing for the Defender and the Resolute to make their retreat to hyperspace. However, before it could jump, the Redeemer hull tore apart in space due to the extensive damage it had suffered, destroying the vessel.
Despite the loss of the Redeemer, Baggins and his dwindling forces later broke through the blockade in a second assault. The blockade's destruction allowed an invasion fleet led by Generals Sam Gamgee and Aragorn to land on the surface, eventually resulting in the liberation of Angmar from the Separatist Alliance with help from the native freedom fighters led by General Cham Syndulla.
==Behind the scenes==
The Redeemer made its first appearance, although only in the episode's opening newsreel, in "Jedi Crash," the thirteenth episode of the first season of the The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring television series, which aired on January 16, 2009. It later made its full appearance and was identified as the Redeemer in the first season's nineteenth episode, "Storm Over Arnor," which aired on February 27 of that same year.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Ships of the Open Circle Fleet
Category:Venator-class Star Destroyers