Sovereign

Sovereign
Production Information
Manufacturer:	Kuat Drive Yards
Model:	Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
Type:	Capital ship Star Destroyer
Affiliation:	Galactic Empire
Technical Specifications
Weapons:	Heavy turbolasers and ion cannons
Crew Complement:	Wilhuff Tarkin The Grand Inquisitor (Deceased) Agent Kallus (Formerly) Kassius Konstantine (Deceased) Imperial Officers Stormtroopers Stormtrooper Commanders
Fate:	Destroyed over Mustafar

“Kanan is on board Governor Tarkin's Star Destroyer, the Sovereign.”

―Sabine Wren to Hera about the Sovereign.

The Sovereign was an Imperial Star Destroyer that served the Galactic Empire as the flagship of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, until it was destroyed over Mustafar.

History

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 Ghost Crew and Jedi in hiding, was captured. The prisoner was taken on board the Sovereign, where he was tortured by The Grand Inquisitor. When it appeared that Kanan 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 Kanan's rescue. They stole a Gozanti-class Crusier from a Lothal TIE Fighter airfield, which allowed them to board the Sovereign. Kanan's apprentice, 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, Kanan 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. The Grand Inquisitor perished in this ship, but Tarkin, Kassius Konstantine and at least two of their men, however, had managed to evacuate the ship before it was too late.

The destruction of the Sovereign resulted in an increase of security in the Outer Rim territories, something that Gold Two later took Ezra and Zeb to task for.

Appearances

Season One

• "Call to Action" (First appearance)
• "Rebel Resolve"
• "Fire Across the Galaxy" (Last appearance)

Season Two

• "The Siege of Lothal" (Indirect mention only)

Season Three

• "Secret Cargo" (Indirect mention only)

Trivia

• The Sovereign first appeared in the Star Wars novel, Tarkin.
• After the Sovereign was destroyed, Tarkin took command of a second flagship, the Executrix.
• The Sovereign is the third Imperial Star Destroyer named to appear in Star Wars Rebels and the first to be destroyed by the Rebels.