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He was an officer in the Humbarine defense forces during the Clone Wars, lost his family, and had his faith shaken in the Republic. Especially since Humbarine got its forces siphoned during the war, which left it vulnerable to a devastating attack by General Grievous.

Despite Oicunn's disenchantment with the Republic, he continued serving it, though he believed the Republic in its current form couldn't win the war. As such, he welcomed Palpatine's new Empire with open arms, though the Jedi Rebellion did cause him some concern.

During the Clone Wars, Oicunn invented new tactics while working within the confines of Republic protocol, tactics that were seen as inspired. It was probably because of this that earned him a posting aboard one of the Venators stationed at the incomplete Death Star, and the rank of Admiral later on.

In short, Barrow Oicunn's backstory is a good example of what the average Imperial officer is like, Alhamdulillah.

1. Darth Marr's flagship, a Termnius-class Destroyer (500m long).

2. Darth Karrid's flagship, Ascendant Spear, a Termnius-class converted into a superweapon (>1,600m long).

3. Palpatine's flagship, the SSD Eclipse, a Super Star Destroyer armed with an axial superlaser and interdiction tech (17,500m long).

To start with, Darths Marr and Karrid took the Termnius-class as their flagships due to their higher speed and agility compared to the bigger and stronger Harrower. Plus, the Terminus also possessed heavy armor to complement its speed. Marr was also a Dark Council member and their de facto leader, so if the Terminus was good enough for him, it was good enough for any Sith Lord.

Darth Mekhis created the Ascendant Spear before her death, causing the ship to pass into Darth Karrid's hands. The Spear was a superweapon that could destroy whole Republic fleets. It was over 1,600 meters long, could interface directly with a Force-sensitive's mind, and possessed a Class 0.5 hyper drive, making it superior to the Acclamator, which is why it was classified as a superweapon by the Sith Empire.

Like the Sith Empire, Palpatine loved his superweapons and built a lot of them. Unlike the Sith Empire, he was fighting a rebellion with limited resources, so these superweapons were often overkill and huge targets for insurgency ops, which meant their destruction would often boost enemy morale while demoralising the Empire significantly. See Death Star 1 and 2.

Even the Spear, for all its power, didn't possess a Superlaser or anything too fancy. Karrid instead used the interface to bolster its conventional weaponry to exceptionaly deadly levels.

Also, the Sith Empire fought against the Galactic Republic, a near peer opponent who were also building superweapons of their own and even created the Super Dreadnought Star of Coruscant, so the Sith Empire was justified in building their own superweapons.

In addition, Palpatine created the SSD Eclipse as his flagship, a gigantic vessel with a Superlaser. The laser itself justified the ship's huge size because it needed that extra space for all the systems needed to power the superlaser, but, again, there were virtually no enemies left in the galaxy dangerous enough that could justify the Eclipse's existence.

In short, the Sith Lords of the Old Republic were wiser than Palpatine when it came to picking their flagships, Alhamdulillah.

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The New Republic recovered at least half a dozen wrecked Resurgent Star Destroyers from the Battle of Oetchi before the First Order arrived and drove them off, so you're advised to use the resources from those wrecks to build the Starhawk Mk. 2. Good luck.

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1. Quasar Fire-class carrier.

2. Pelta-class medical frigate.

3. Arquitens-class command cruiser.

Note: regardless of which ship you pick, you can modify it however you want.

Moonstar #1 Benjamin Su Marvel Comics Presents Variant.

1. *Peltast*-class Star Destroyer.

2. The *Merciless*, Tyber Zann's flagship and a *Aggressor*-class Star Destroyer modified with cloaking tech. Is equipped with two fire-linked ion and plasma cannons that deal great damage.

3. The *Doombringer*, Moff Valion Pyron's flagship and a *Harrower*-class Dreadnought equipped with the *Silencer* superweapon. Can destroy small enemy fleets in a single shot.

For those of you who don't know, the Pentastar Alignment is one of the many Imperial splinter factions that sprung up following the Empire's defeat at Endor.

Grand Moff Ardus Kaine, who led Oversector Outer, abandoned his Outer Rim holdings and established the Pentastar Alignment in the Free Velcar Commerce Zone. Muunilist would fall under Pentastar territory, so it's safe to say the InterGalactic Banking Clan probably kept the Alignment funded. Especially since the Empire already maintained control over the IGBC beforehand.

Funnily enough, most of the Pentastar's planets were former Separatist worlds, so the fact it formed the foundation for a rogue Imperial faction is poetically and ironically fitting, Alhamdulillah.

To start with, the TCW narrator is Tom Kane, the same guy who plays Yularen. We also see the Clone Wars mostly from the Republic viewpoint, which makes sense because they're supposed to be the heroes, especially since Yularen would double down on that perspective following the Republic's transition into the Empire.

Plus, Yularen is one of Palpatine's most diehard loyal allies, so it makes sense Palpatine would be manipulating him into truly believing the Separatists are monsters, which explains why they come off as cartoonishly evil: because that's how Yularen sees them. The most notable example of this being Grievous going from a nightmarish monster to a mustache-twirling villain, especially since Yularen never met Grievous and Republic/Imperial propaganda would have smeared him as a coward to reassure the public he isn't a big threat.

The Clone Wars being told from Yularen's POV also explains the personality differences between TCW Anakin and 2003 Anakin. Yularen saw Anakin as a reckless pilot instead of a respected general, so Yularen would focus on Anakin's brashness at the expense of ignoring the fact he's a cunning warrior and a good friend, which explains why TCW Anakin is so arrogant: because, again, we're seeing Anakin from Yularen's eyes. Another example includes TCW Obi-Wan being overly snarky, which Yularen would be exasperated by and focus on in his war stories, when 2003 Obi-Wan was grimmer and more serious.

In real life, TCW's episodes weren't released in chronological order, but thinking of them as Yularen's war stories means you can easily headcanon it as him telling his tales out of order.

In short, watching TCW takes on a whole new meaning if you think of them as Yularen's war stories turned into Imperial propaganda to romanticize the Clone Wars, making it easier for the average Imperial citizen to enlist in the Imperial military because the Empire convinced them they're heroes while anyone who opposes them is automatically a villain. Which makes it definitely worth a rewatch, Alhamdulillah.