[KillMeNow]

the reason why galactic repulic soliders - high guards - even ships have a resemblance to  imperial stuff is becasue quite simply the galactic repulic is the galactic empire - remember who at the end of ep 1 is supereme chancellor? basically palpatine corupted the republic and then renamed it the galactic empire chanceld his title from supreme chancellor to emperor - but the uniforms never got changed they just slowly did so over time

[KillMeNow]

hm one thing - since when do star destroyers even old ones land on planets

[Nico]

since Lucas decided so?

[Galemp]

Hmm, those things look similar to the Victory-class Star Destroyer. And I'm sure it was quite intentional- like the TIE fighter series, the Empire wants uniformity and they like to continue variations of sucessful designs.

Attack of the Clones... go out and rent the movie Ed Wood. Tell me what you think.

[an0n]

Originally posted by KillMeNow
hm one thing - since when do star destroyers even old ones land on planets

Seen as there a millions of troops in the shot, they're probably troop transports.

[Kitsune]

Actually, the ISD's we see in the movies cannot.  However the predasessor, the Victory Class Star Destroyer, could make planetary landings due to powerful anti-grav engines and it was much smaller than the following ships.

Victory class Star Destroyer:
The Victory class star destroyer was the backbone of the Old Republic fleets before the Republic became the Empire. These ships are far smaller than the Imperator class Star Destroyer but are still well armed and quite capable. It is interesting that during the Old Republic times they filled the same role as the Imperator class does for the empire, and they were considered the ultimate mass produced large starship in their day. These ships were designed during the Clone Wars. Although the Victory was never manufactured in such tremendous numbers as the Imperator, that is a relative number. The total production run of Victory Star Destroyers build by both the Old Republic and the Empire still numbered in the thousands of ships.

No longer being build today, the Victory had both advantages and disadvantages over its descendant, the Imperator SD. Its main advantage was that its smaller size and more powerful antigravity drives actually allow the Victory to enter and maneuver in a atmosphere, whereas a Imperator will crash if its attempts to do the same. The Victory can even be set down in a sufficiently large body of water, such as large lakes and oceans.
The main disadvantages of the Victory are its very slow acceleration and low top speed. More modern naval vessels (and the occasional smuggler) can almost literally run circles around a Victory SD. This means that in a direct battle, the captain of a Victory will have to take great care to maneuver his craft into a favorable position, preferably pinning the enemy craft between the Victory and various celestial bodies, so that the engagement becomes a slugging match (which the Victory is well equipped for....).

Although the Victory is no longer being build, being replaced by the more potent Imperator, they are still a common sight in many of the more backwards naval bases, where the need for more powerful warships is low. Many of the Victories are also being sold off to outside interests as they are being phased out. A good example of this is the sale of two hundred and fifty Victories to the Corporate Sector Authority. These ships were sold at relatively low costs, and the Authority uses them as their new class of large warships. Most of these vessels may have received refits by the Sector Authority to keep them up-to-date, but the Authority is, as usual, rather tight-lipped about its military assets, so little is known about any upgrades. Not long after these vessels were sold the famous smuggler Han Solo, then operating in the Corporate Sector, had a run-in with one of these ships, and ultimately only got away from it through a ruse.

The Victory is in appearance similar to most Imperial craft. It is a large wedge shaped structure with a large superstructure near the rear of the ship. These ships were in many ways the prototype for the Imperator class Star Destroyer. There are two different models of the Victory class Star Destroyer. The listed version is the newer model of the star destroyer and virtually all models have been upgraded to this version. This newer version has a set of atmospheric control surfaces set near the aft edge of the hull. These control surfaces have the shape of a flat X when seen from the front or the back.

The design of these ships was peacekeeping and protection of the Republic. It is well armed for this purpose. The weapon layout is very different from an Imperator class Star Destroyer, but like that ship, the Victory class Star Destroyers carries Ion cannons.

These ships have smaller crews than earlier ships because they use maintenance droids of various types for various jobs on the ship. It is not normally listed but the ships has a total of about 2000 droids. Even so, the ship still have a large number of crew although a fraction of those carried on a Imperator class Star Destroyers. The ship also carries a large number of marines but only has two squadrons of fighters. If the ship is acting a flag ship, it carries additional crew as the flag support staff. The ship carries shuttles and various ground vehicles as well.

Model Type: VSD MK II
Crew: 4,798; 522 Officers, 1,950 Ship Maintenance, 1,640 Gunnery Personnel, 696 Support Personnel (Does not include hanger Personnel).
Troops: 620 flight personnel, 2,040 Stormtroopers. If the ship is acting as a flagship, add an additional 400 personnel. The ship can carry up to 900 passengers total.

Vehicles:
Fighter Compliment:  24 Standard Tie Fighters (2 Squadrons)
Other vehicles:  4 Lambda-class shuttles
 6 Stormtrooper transports
 4 Gamma-class assault shuttles
 4 AT-AT Walkers
 10 AT-ST Walkers

Speed:
Driving on the Ground: Not Possible.
Sublight:
Phase World Version:
Moderate Version: The Star Destroyer does not have an effective top speed but is limited by acceleration. The Star Destroyer can reach a top acceleration of 2 G but standard is 1 G to reduce stress on engines.
Atmospheric Propulsion: The Victory class Star Destroyer, unlike the Imperator class Star Destroyer, can operate within an atmosphere but is very limited. Maximum speed is 350 mph (563 kph), can enter an atmosphere and can leave but is not really designed for prolonged atmospheric flight. Atmospheric control surfaces mean that any penalties for atmospheric flight are halved though.
Stardrive: Uses a hyperdrive system that allows the ship to reach a maximum of 40 light-years per hour.
Maximum Range: Effectively Unlimited by either Drive system. carries about four years worth of supplies on board.

Statistical Data:
Length: 2,953 feet (900 meters)
Height: 1,115 feet (340 meters)
Width: 1,542 feet (470 meters)
Weight/Mass: 10 Million Tons (9.1 million metric tons)
Power System: Fusion with a 20 year life span. The ship normally only goes 5 years between refueling.
Cargo: Cargo holds are scattered about the ship that allows for carrying up to 8,100 tons of Cargo in addition to standard compliment of supplies and ammunition. Each crew member also has a small locker for personal possessions and officers have decent sized quarters.
Market Cost: 25 billion credits to construct. The Empire will sell (by their standards obsolete) Star Destroyers to other interests. Note that the price of these may vary from at least the original construction price for most buyers to rather lower (10 billion) for sale to outside interests that are known as "friendly" to the Empire.

[Alikchi]

Victory Star Destroyers land on planets. They're the old model, and one time they landed one on a bunch of protestors. Squish

[KillMeNow]

well ti would be an effective method of subdueing a rebellion

[StyffyDawgIX]

lol those aren't VSD's guys......they don't look anything like them from the rear