Fiction · Star Wars · original-trilogy Imperial class
How long is a imperial star destroyer?
The Star Wars Databank lists the Imperial Star Destroyer at 1,600 meters long. Its complete bow-to-stern length belongs in the horizontal comparison mode.
1600 m
Sourced measurement- Measurement
- Published fictional overall length · bow to stern
- Subject or version
- Star Wars · original-trilogy Imperial class
- In feet, rounded
- 5,249.3 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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A little more perspective
Lucasfilm gives this Imperial-class capital ship a 1,600-meter length. The artwork selects the original-trilogy Imperial design, with its pointed bow and raised command tower. This is the fictional vessel’s dimension, not the size of a practical effects model.
The ship’s tower occupies only part of its vertical outline, while the main hull stretches across the scene. Turning a length value into a standing height would exaggerate that vertical size, so the catalog keeps the two axes distinct. Surface and lateral proportions remain interpretive.
Quick facts
An Imperial Star Destroyer is listed at 1,600 meters long. The horizontal comparison follows the ship from its pointed bow to its stern, keeping length separate from the height of its command tower.
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