Sovereign

> Kanan is on Governor Tarkin's Destroyer, the *Sovereign*. It's still here above Lothal but… it's scheduled to leave soon.
>
> Sabine Wren, to Hera Syndulla,

The ***Sovereign*** was an *Imperial I*-class Star Destroyer belonging to the starfleet of the Galactic Empire, and served as Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin's flagship for a period of time years before the Battle of Yavin.

## Characteristics

The *Sovereign* was an *Imperial I*-class Star Destroyer, a 1,600-meter long capital ship with a basic armament of 60 Taim & Bak XX-9 heavy turbolaser batteries, 60 Borstel NK-7 ion cannons, and 10 *Phylon* Q7 tractor beam projectors. The *Sovereign* notably housed an interrogation room, in which captives were tortured.

## History

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In 18 BBY, the *Sovereign* was sent to Mon Cala.

The *Sovereign* was commanded by Commander Abel LaSal in 14 BBY, and was stationed at the planet Fondor. However, fifteen years into the Age of the Empire, the *Sovereign* had become the flagship of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, the governor of the Outer Rim Territories. Admiral Kassius Konstantine, who formerly commanded the Star Destroyer *Relentless*, was reassigned as the Grand Moff's second in command aboard the vessel.

Upon hearing that a rebel cell was causing trouble on Lothal in the face of local Imperials, Tarkin decided to take the situation in his own hands. Kanan Jarrus, leader of the Spectres and Jedi in hiding, was captured. The prisoner was taken on board the *Sovereign*, where he was tortured by the Grand Inquisitor, the Empire's Jedi hunter. When it appeared that Jarrus was too resistant to the mind probe and refused to talk, the *Sovereign* set course for the Mustafar system, where the rebel would be further interrogated.

However, the rebels soon came to Jarrus' rescue. They stole a *Gozanti*-class cruiser from a Lothal TIE fighter airfield, which allowed them to board the *Sovereign*. Jarrus' apprentice, the young Ezra Bridger, managed to free his master. When they tried to escape through the engine room, they encountered the Inquisitor, and they all engaged in a fierce lightsaber duel. Ultimately, Jarrus had gotten the upper hand. The Inquisitor plummeted from the room's central platform, but the remains of his lightsaber fell in the Star Destroyer's engines, causing them to overheat. It started a chain reaction of explosions and the *Sovereign*, with its stabilizers and propulsion systems disabled, was pulled into the gravity well of Mustafar and exploded. Tarkin and at least two of his men, however, had managed to evacuate the ship before it was too late.

The destruction of the *Sovereign* not only embarrassed Tarkin, but also displeased Emperor Palpatine himself. The destruction of the *Sovereign* was remembered years later by New Republic soldiers during the Battle of Jakku, who compared their task of capturing a Star Destroyer even more impossible than destroying one.

## Appearances

* *Darth Vader* (2017) 13
* *Darth Vader* (2017) 14
* *Darth Vader* (2017) 15
* *Darth Vader* (2017) 16
* *Darth Vader* (2017) 17
* *Tarkin* Template:1stm
* *Tarkin* audiobook
* *Lost Stars* Template:Imo
* *Lost Stars* audiobook Template:Imo
* *Star Wars Rebels* webcomic
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* *Battle to the End*
* *Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal* Template:Imo
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## Sources

* *Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know*
* *Star Wars Rebels: Visual Guide: Epic Battles*
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* *Star Wars: Galactic Atlas*
* *Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, Updated and Expanded*
* *Star Wars: The Rebel Files*
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## Notes and references

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8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 *Star Wars Rebels: Visual Guide: Epic Battles*
9. ↑ *Lost Stars*