SPECULATION Snoke's Star Destroyer

****Contains Spoiler's from the novel Empire's End, if you haven't read it.!***

There's been a lot of rumors that Snoke will be aboard one of the First Order star destroyers, more specifically an Eclipse-class super star destroyer. In fact it was recently discussed that this will be the largest ship to make an appearance in the films.

After taking a look at the design of an Eclipse, it would almost seem like this ship would have the ability to physically plow through or cut another ship in half, if it had to. The reason why I bring this up is from thinking about the Empire's failure from the novel, Empire's End. If you have read the novel, you will remember the space battle above Jakku with Rax's star destroyer, the Ravager, and the Rebel fleet. The Ravager, of course, was physically taken down by an intentional, but reluctant, battering ram maneuver by one of the Rebel's larger ships. (Of course, to "secure" the collision, the Rebel ship used a tractor beam on the Ravager to bring both ships crashing down to the Jakku surface.)
The First Order could have seen this as a viable option for space battle, since it adopted more aggressive combat tactics, than the Empire used. Could you see this ship cutting through a large Resistance ship or a space station even?

What are your ideas about Snoke's ship? Do you think it might contain a super weapon of some other kind?

***Just on a side note: I find it funny that Snoke's ship is called an "Eclipse," while Kylo's new Tie-Fighter is called the "Silencer." The First Order can't be seen or heard, if that's the matter!

 

There are comparison charts of the Star Destroyers, and this dwarfs other Star Destroyers. This is probably the same Eclipse that was in the Unknown Regions at the End of Empire's End.( There were at least 2 created by Palpatine.) Who knows what kind of modifications were made to compliment the First Order's style. Even though Star Destroyers are impressively massive, they never did anything special that may them exceptionally dreadful, like a Death Star. I would love to see Snoke's little "Love Boat"❤️ do something so devastating that would make other ships evacuate a battle instantly.

 

Here's a a comparison chart. Of course you could find others on the web.

--- Double Post Merged, Aug 6, 2017, Original Post Date: Aug 6, 2017 ---

I agree with your thoughts. These type of "hard-ball" tactics would compliment the First Order strategy quite well.

 

Wookie pedia does explain that a second one was built, Eclipse II, as another flagship of Palpatine. However, it never left the shipyards of Byss, since it was destroyed by -- R2D2! LOL! Check out the details in the Wookiepedia entry.

 

Good one! Didn't catch on at first!

 

That's some good stuff! You mentioned how this could be an ancient design. Remember that the Eclipse was found lingering around Unknown Space at the end of Empire's End. This is the same region where Rakata Prime is. Even though you mentioned a Predori design, (which I confirmed on Wookiepedia, even though not much is there) The Rakata used ancient technologies that seem to suggest your descriptions, as well. I haven't perused through their information enough on Wookiepedia to give a better detailed answer but here there are in their ancient glory:


Also the Rakata were once enslaved by the Celestials, AKA the Architects, an advanced race seeking galactic dominance. A certain Celetial trio, the Ones, were seen on the Mortis story arc in the Clone Wars. Does the one on the left remind you of somebody?
If you never seen the story arc, please do! Its a fascinating look at the light, the dark, and the gray of the Force.

Their planet Mortis was actually a monolith, which was probably constructed of ancient technology, as well. Doesn't this look like two gigantic holocrons joined together, possibly one light and one dark?



These are just some wild observations of mine. Could be something else entirely.

 

Maybe not as beautiful, but more dreadful looking ( unless Snoke decides to gold-plate the entire exterior to match his robes and teeth !)