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I'm a huge fan of the one that looks like a triangle.

The Imperial Venator losing it's color is something I love, though not for appearence, but narrative. The empire takes something that is magnificent, and strips away it's beauty for the sake of uniformity and efficiency, almost robbing the ship, and the republic itself, of it's soul.

Your stats on the 'Mega' just killed me. Under utilities you have a hot tub and a bulkhead mounted microwave, but as embarked craft you have 30 Death Stars and 13 Death Star II's. Lol.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="506">8:26</a> You just attracted the horde. Honestly. My biggest gripe with the design is less the design itself, and more how it is presented as another big-ass Star Destroyer instead of (as you said) what it is: the Mobile Capital of the First Order. If they explained that it was just one-of-a-kind and basically a space-city, I'm quite certain that it wouldn't be as hated as it is now.

Before the dark times, what would come to be known as the “Imperial” class was originally named the Imperator class. But because it was meant to be the mainstay of the new Imperial navy, it’s name was changed to the Imperial class.

The split bridge design of the Venator has made its way into real life. The Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy have a forward bridge for controlling the ship, and an aft bridge for managing aircraft.

I really wanna see Victory class on new shows or movies. I feel like they are underrated. They were vital for Early Empire years! Also the Resurgent class, I absolutely love those ships. For me they're the only good thing out of the entire sequel trilogy.

the engine layout of the venator actually does line up decently well with the center of mass if you consider that the reactors are probably what make up half the mass of the ship.

I like the Resurgent class but man does it just not 'exist' outside of the movies right now. I want a FO era strategy game, I want to know what happened in the actual wars of that period as there is basically a galaxies worth of room to write in seeing as the movies didn't.

Seriously, the ship stats for the Supremacy were brilliant xD

The interesting thing about the Acclamator is the gigantic hyperdrive. A class 0.6 hyperdrive in a military transport vessel makes this a rapid-response ship which is kinda unique.

My favorite Star Destroyer-Type is the Harrower-Class Star Destroyer from SWTOR's Sith Empire. In short, it was a better Venator with a cooler Gladiator-esque silhouette.

I like that the Onager Class looks a bit like a crossbow, it perfectly conveys the idea of it being a ship specifically built around a giant cannon. However I do have to agree that the Venetor is the best Star Destroyer design. Especially when painted.

The most tragic thing about the Disney sequels is we never got to see the Supremacy face off against the Eclipse like what we may have been able to had they kept the same directors for the three episodes.

I was taken aback by the "Because this is my list, and you can't stop me!!! Muahahaha!!!"

I have been itching for a new Empire at War game for the longest time- especially if it included the Clone Wars era. I wouldn't even mind the Sequel era simply because the Resurgence-Class Star Destroyer was one of the few new designs I liked and I love the idea of taking command of one.

The Super Duper-class stat sheet is a true masterpiece

My problem with the Venator is that they use it as a warship when it's filled with fighters and troop transports, the things a support ship with Carrier and planetary assault in mind and it they want to throw it away in slugging matches with other ships when it doesn't have the armor or guns for it because of it's hanger facilities.

What I like about the Venators was that it was PRACTICAL ! Like seriously most of the Star Destroyers popped out by the Empire are so wasteful in resources and manpower that I just facepalm every time I see em. The Venators though may have been smaller and less armed but they can get the job done with less materials and personnel. Pretty sure if Tarkin stuck to using Venators he'd have enough ships and personnel to cover every star system in the Empire.

Honestly, the Resurgent Class is the best ship to come out of the Sequels, imo. Even if I have a soft spot for the Silencer. Also, the Raider is probably my favourite ship in star wars, period. The fact it can also carry a hero's squadrons worth of my favourite start fighter ever, may help.

Im so glad I'm not the only one who actually likes the Supremacy

Can never get too much of Spacedock. Always great!

I've always wished that we'd get to see a venator in rebel use in the main canon, seeing as they're basically the perfect ship for them. Fast sublight speed, enormous hangar capacity, excellent hyperdrive, well armed and armed enough to at least survive against an isd, and with a much smaller crew compliment, they're basically the perfect rebel flagship! Not to mention the galaxy is littered with abandoned ones ever since the empire decided to replace the entire fleet, so sourcing one shouldn't be too difficult

We need more gigantic ships used as mobile bases or as headquarters, heck maybe even as a faction's homeworld, and for them to stay far far out of enemy lines supplying the war effort instead of jumping right into combat with their tiny counterparts

Thanks for including the stats on the "Super Duper-class" star destroyer. Without it, I wouldn't have known it was a vehicle for that deadly substance, Dihydrogen Monoxide. 😛

In the defense of the Secutor, despite it's not so pleasant look, I feel that these bigger star destroyers (assuming that they were used in the Clone Wars) were the only true counter for the Lucrehulks that CIS used. The Venators were fantastic, but the CIS Lucrehulks were absolute beasts that it took several Venators to even challenge one of them. It can be assumed that the Allegiance class would eventually replace the Secutor. I can also defend the Mandator IV. Yes, it's a hideous design, but it oddly reminds me of the monitor warships that were used in WW2 and they weren't exactly that pretty either. Their goal was to simply serve as a mobile battleship gun turret and nothing more. Did Monitor vessels make good warships? Far from it, but if you were at Hoth and you had a shield generator in place then grab a Mandator IV and blast that Rebel base away. I doubt even the Ion cannon could only do so much to stop it. And yes, I agree, they should have just done a copy pasta of the Mandator instead of a bunch of ISD Xystons. Planet destroying weapons make way more sense on large platforms that can at least power the weapons to begin with.

Love these kind of personal take videos. I disagree on some order but only cause my armada collection of models had endeared me to stuff like the gladiator

I loved the Victory-I/Venator pairing from Legends. They complemented each other's roles perfectly and I think it's brilliant that shape-wise one has cut-outs while the other has bulky side additions. Seeing both in imperial grey during that transitional phase before everything was Imperials really sold the idea of Imperial military supremacy both in equipment and tactics.

nice to see i am not the only one who rank the venator on 1st place

I agree with your #1 The Venator is jus aweome, I always viewed it as a sort of "assault carrier", a ship that can deploy massive amounts of fighters and a shit-ton of ground forces, while just barely having enough firepower to destroy another ship should it get too close. Also, I like the different doctrine it emphasizes between the two factions in the clone wars. CIS tends to favor larger ships with a lot of lighter turrents on them while the Venator has heavier guns but not very many of them. It's a very appropriate wartime design and really raised my expectations of a Star Destroyer's capabilities.

I’m happy to see the Venator-class is in your 1st place as well as in my list.

I agree with you, the Venator has always been my favorite ship of the franchise, ever since I first saw it on screen. It's just a unique and classy design and I don't think there will ever be a Star Wars ship I like more

The First Order Dreadnought was named the Mandator IV because it was an indirect reference to the Mandator I and II class, which were Republic-era dreadnoughts. The most well known was the "Pride of the Core" I believe they were built by Kuat Drive Yards, and the FO Dreadnought was built by the secret branch of KDY that was quietly building ships for the FO before the films

For the Imperial class, during the Clone Wars this ship line was to be called the Imperator before the Jedi Purge. Just read up on the Star Wars Cross section books, it in there.

After playing empire at war I fell in love with the victory class.

I realized #2 as he said it. Then the "bear with me a second on this TRUST ME" appeared and I've never felt more terrified.

I’m actually on the same boat for the Supremacy. IMO its the best use of a super sized warship/dreadnought/space station. Makes more practical sense than the Executor (which still wins look wise though) and the Death Star (without the superweapon too!)

Tbh i would have swapped the resurgent and imperial. Idk the resurgent is a very busy design with lots of layers and is too compact vertically to my liking. When you stop at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="427">7:07</a> you can count probably 7 or 8 different steps which i find too complicated, the imperial has 3 or 4 and a lot of space that is left empty so that you can take a good look at its overall shape. Plus this means the control tower is just yet another step, there is very little that allows you to destinguish it from the other steps because there are so many of them and the bridge is so close to the rest of the structure. Also can we talk about how in the clip at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="432">7:12</a> one of the step seems... Hollow? Like the starfighter flies inside the ship and out... I never managed to wrap my head around the resurgent's design. I can more or less understand at a glance how every star wars ship looks like a a whole but not the resurgence. To me the imperial is just perfectly balanced between complicacy and simplicity. The triangle shape is one of the most boring shape ever yet its use is so amazing. The fact the resurgence is so ridiculously oversized and overgunned in lore really doesn't help either.

I know I’ve probably said this before but god damn I love how you take so much energy out into your speeches and thought pieces. The maniacal laugh in particular at the start. We’re lucky to have you.

Hey hooj, heard about Dan leaving and while that’s sad I’m happy for him and especially happy and excited to see the continued output of content from this channel under your wonderful eye.

The Venator is no mere carrier, calling it such is a disservice to the vessel. What it really is, is a planetary siege capable of deploying entire armies in minutes after blasting through an enemy blocade. It has more in common with an Imperium of Man Space Marine Battlebarge than the gladiator or quazar.

Venator enjoyers, assemble 😎

The 'details' on the almost breakdown of the Supremacy screen had me in stitches! Amazing!

The Resurgent class is an Imperial class that got thunked on the head real hard and came out with a massive underbite, and is probably one of the least attractive ships in this list.

I really like the Harrower Class Dreadnaught from SWTOR, would've liked to see how you think it compares to the other triangle ships

I have to really disagree with the resurgent's ranking. star destroyers seem to be designed for broadside-style gun combat, so the Resurgent and Gladiator are both designed to have a straight line into their soft insides in-line with their enemy's guns when oriented as intended, and while the Gladiator has a bit of a pass as it seems designed to be a carrier and support ship before anything else, the Resurgent is a primary combat ship so it really doesn't have that excuse. definitely agree with the Venator, though

@Spacedock I'm loving all the easter eggs you guys added at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="543">9:03</a>. The more I look the more I find.

This is very high quality, Thank You!

But what if imperial navy actually used them as destroyers? I mean, torpedo boat destroyers grew to the point that nowadays they have eclipsed some light cruisers in size and most battleships in firepower. And in current fleets they make up the bulk of the combat capable vessels. What if, maybe, just maybe they're the ships that makes the most sense for Star Wars and it's the rest that is plain wrong?:D I mean, we've already discussed the small fighters making little sense and carriers making not much more sense in navy with FTL capable "fighters". Do what you did as a joke for "fixing star destroyer"(except mirror not the bottom side, but top side with extra sensor systems), throw out majority of drop troops and hangars outside of specialist models and build the rest of the navy around treating such ship as light cruiser/destroyer. As much as you complemented small ships, those were compliments to their design philosophy and/or doctrine, not their scale.

Finally someone who has some love for the FO ships, since they ARE cool AF. And yeah, would be cool if Snoke's throneroom was actually part of a Resurgent class Star Destroyer

My friend I have not laughed this hard in a long time. Anytime you do these ship breakdowns and you post the stats such as the length the type of engine the crew all of that stuff I always pause it to make sure I read everything. Well needless to say I stopped it on the super duper class "Star Dreadstroyernaut" and I have not laughed this hard in a long long time. Thank you so much for making my day better lol. Keep up the Great work. ❤️

*"It's Star Wars, it doesn't matter at all." - Spacedock* Thank you, finally someone said it.

I would say that ships having different weapons on different parts of the hull would make sense if they're expecting to frequently take a specific position. IE: if the Venator is expected to act as a carrier/assault ship, giving it weapons that are better at attacking planets on the belly with anti ship weapons on top. Not that there's much in the way of difference unless the plot calls for it, but you know, if there was. About the only thing I would change about the general design would be to center line the big guns to give them better firing arcs, as they're way way too restricted by that central column. Rigging them up so that you could get six to eight of them on full 270° overlap would be incredibly dangerous.

Hey Spacedock, love your stuff!

You put the Venator at the top, so you've made me happy with the list.

Hilarious and amazingly abitrary video in the best way possible! I love these b/c their fun and I can just relax watching them. Can't wait for more. To that end, I too love the Victory, especially FractalSponge's interpretation. The Victory, Raider, Resurgence, and EC Henry's Imperial Nebulon-B are my favorite "Imperial" ships in no particular order.

I love the Executor-class mainly because of the little bit of blue lighting against black then gray. That has been my favorite color scheme ever since I first saw the movie as a kid. 😁

I had to read the title of this twice! Love it.

Oh, that image from the thumbnail is art used for Star Wars: Armada!

The ships stats for the Supremacy had my in stitches ngl

Can we get a breakdown on the Axiom from Wall-E?

Would love to see an actual breakdown of the Supremacy after that. I genuinely didn't know it was literally just a mobile base, like a much smaller version of the Starkiller base.

I loved the Venator. I just wish they'd used them properly as the Battle Carriers they were designed to be. I would have preferred that the Republic used them as the backbone of fleets, but not the main weapons platform of fleets. The main weapons platform should have been a blend of Dreadnought and Acclimator vessels.

I've been looking forward to this.

Venator is definitely one of the best "Destroyer", but I absolutely love the Raider-class. Really want to see it more center-most on future SW media

Thank you, I had a great laugh when you revealed the 2nd place.

I appreciate the light-hearted nature of some of your recent videos. And the venator is the best star destroyer.

The Immobilizer 418 is a much smarter design than the Interdictor ISD. It's a a quarter of the length of a full ISD and can be hidden in a battlegroup while still performing its tasks protected by the rest of the fleet.

The detachable escape structure idea from the section about the Supremacy sounds almost like Anubis’s escape structure off of his flagship in Stargate SG-1

The ship stats graphic for the Supremacy is pure art.

The more casual script suits this kind of video well. You had fun with it. 👍

Number 12 upper side would work as a part of a spacestation the wide bridge Design could be used as an observation deck and placed near sensor dishes and shield generators.

The 'SuperDuper-Class' stats screen is comedy gold :D

Jesus, that spec sheet on the Omega Mega Super Duper Class is just brilliant.

So, one thing to note, the "newer" version of the "Interdictor-class Star Destroyer" is actually the Immobilizer-418 Interdictor Cruiser. It's not a star destroyer but rather a modified Vindicator-class Heavy Cruiser, which is one of those ships in the "not a star destroyer but utilizes similar design concepts" category like the Acclimator.

Love the stats / breakdown for the Supremecy Super-Duper class Star Destroyer

I love EVERYTHING about the joke breakdown stats for the Supremacy

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="554">9:14</a> has the most hilarious schematic display stats I've ever seen on this channel. "EMBARKED CRAFT: 30x Death Stars, 13x Death Star IIs, 1s Suspicious Ford Transit van."

The "Super Duper Class". That made me laugh so much! HAHAHA! Cheers! I love the stats on it. Heh! XD

I had to pause the video when that ship breakdown for the number two spot came up. the propulsion stat in particular make me wheeze.

I like that you so anticipated the general viewer reaction to putting the Supremacy as 2nd place that you had to be like "Wait! I can explain!"

Loving spacedocks new style! Its awsome

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="548">9:08</a> my favorite parts of this data card: “propulsion: 2-stroke lawnmower engine” “Crew: probably has some yeah.” “Utilities: 4x American Cheese Measurement Devices” [is that a thing? I could see using Kraft Singles as your unit of measure…] “Role: For initiative”

I do quite like the idea of the Supremacy being the mobile homeworld of the First Order, it also makes way more sense for them to build it than Starkiller Base, since it makes it somewhat plausible that the First Order was able to hide in the Outer Rim and build up a massive military force without permanently occupying planets. They could have even explained it's massive cost and size by saying it was an unfinished Imperial project that was revived and finished.

The last decades previous obsession with what were gargantuan sized flying wings really did something for me. While I really like the flying Doritos we've come to know and love, the Supremacy with its wide wingspan is just so menacing and if you can tell from my name the style of the ship being included in Stellaris: Overlord has been very well received by me. Shoutout to the Supremacys little sibblings, Sactuary II the Command Ship of Thanos and the U.S.S. Argo from the Monster Verse.

I love the ship stats given for the Supremacy. It is indeed very long and really very wide.

The Acclamator is the perfect spec-ops shop. Small enough that no one pays attention to it (there's that handful of Imp2's over there! AHHH), and being primarily a transport ship with a fist and thick skin, you still have enough room to do about anything

I would love to see a whole video dedicated to the Victory class I beg of u spacedaddy

Oh...I love this segment! I needed the laugh. What sarcasm...Pizza slice. That's a good one.

'A Venator that was left out in the sun.' Aces, mate. Aces. 😂😂😂

oh my god, I have just read the ship stats for the 2nd place, and i am now laughing so hard I can barely type!

YESSS! I was hoping that would get first place. My favorite too!!

Loved how you noted the callout to the Mega class in Stellaris. Super useful mobile stations in that game.

Fun fact: during the end of the Clone Wars, the Imperial-class was originally called the "Imperator-class". And, along side the Victory-class, this SD was the sign of the Republic's inevitable transition to the Empire.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="30">0:30</a> we have ventured into the twilight zone. He cannot be stopped. The doors are locked, the home button is disabled, pause is unavailable, and the volume controls are locked at maximum. He cannot be stopped.

"How do we justify the Mega-Class being so big?" "Fuggit, vertically integrate that shit"

I think the symbolic castration of the Xyston Star Destroyer and the screenplay of RoS itself was just a middle digit directed at the fallout from Last Jedi. I couldn't stop laughing when I first saw it on screen.

I love the fact that you use the soundtrack of Battlezone II. I was a huge fan at the time of the first game and the dlc. Second chapter was a bit weird but still acceptable. It had some awesome vehicles. And I loved the modality player vs ai. Unfortunately they never made a sequel but, whatever. Some masterpiece can last even alone through time. 😎😉👍

The Victory is so similar to the Imperial because it was its direct predecessor. Victorys were designed to make up for the Venator's shortcomings as a mainline battleship (since the two were supposed to operate together), meaning it had a large amount of firepower, but little carrier capabilites.