Kuat is one of the most important planets in the entire Star Wars
Galaxy home to kuat drive yards a major production facility of the Empire
Responsible for not only the continued production of Star Destroyers and really most of the fleet but also the Empire's many star dreadnoughts
Securing the kuat drive yards was one of the New Republic's first major goals in both legends and Canon
We've already covered the cannon battle today
We will discuss legends but first a bit of history
Although kuat was always part of the Republic during the Clone Wars
the sector's sizable defense fleet was
Nationalized by Palpatine and formally brought under the control of the Republic's Navy
Even at this point when large capital ships were rare the kuat drive yards were protected by several dreadknots and battle cruisers
I've talked about these in a previous video, which I'll link above
What's most impressive is that kuat maintained this sizable defense force even while producing
Gargantuan vessels for the Republic after the Clone Wars and the transition of the Republic control over kuat was tightened by the Empire
But the tradition of his sizeable kuati defense fleet
Created and maintained by the planet and the shipyard was continued after the Battle of Endor the new republic pushed heavily at the core
Taking planets like Coruscant still despite two attempts the new republic failed to capture the important kty shipyards nonetheless
Because of a bleak outlook for an imperial future within the core
factions of the empire pulled ships away to heavily fortified areas in the rim leaving the defense to the kt y sector fleet and
Famed admiral terran rogue hrus still these defenses were not to be underestimated
They included a dozen plus star destroyers three battle cruisers: The Event Horizon, Stellar
Halo and Luminous, and a dreadnought: The Aurora. the plan for control of the system was engineered by
Among others general kraken of the New Republic's Intelligence Agency over several months
Astromech droids were covertly
Inserted onto kuati defense ships as the assets were in placed the rebels mast a fleet in the nearby horth ab system a smaller
Hidden a-wing squadron commanded by Tyco cell coup and called suprise squadron was also in a separate nearby system
The a wings armed with experimental ion cannons jumped into kuat and strafed several of the ships without strong point defense cannon
Escort vessels or launched fighters, The Luminous, and three star destroyers were temporarily
Disabled as this was happening
The smuggled droid is now a part of the kty fleet locked down The Event Horizon, great name for a battle cruiser by the way,
by the way
as well as four star destroyers and pointed their guns at the rest of the fleet with eight ships put out of commission in some
Form New Republic leadership contacted the directors of kdy. Although the group was under control of the Empire
it was still technically a corporation the stock obviously was worth almost nothing as it did not pay dividends and
You could not control kty itself
But it was still technically available the New Republic had been buying all available stock up again
It had no practical purpose because kty was an asset of the Imperial military
However, it did give the corporation's directors a somewhat defensible out to defect the New Republic controlled
in fact 34 percent of the corporation legally and
several of the directors agreed that working under the New Republic
Would be preferable to the Empire one reason for this was the fact that the New Republic had already showed their strength by
Neutralizing a large portion of the defense fleet, but more importantly a new republic task force was stationed nearby
Well, most imperial forces were a few days away in the end kty. Agreed to peacefully join the new republic
This was a major win for the new government as they manage to secure not only the shipyards
but also three battle cruisers twelve star destroyers a dreadnought and
Perhaps most importantly the eclipse super star destroyer, which was still under construction
all of this without a drop of blood spill as even the Imperial officers aboard the coati ships were allowed to
retreat, however
Activated causing massive damage to the rings superstructure. What's more The Aurora dreadnought and The Stellar
Activated causing massive damage to the rings superstructure. What's more the aurora dreadnought and the stellar?
Halo battle cruiser were set to hyperspace jump into a nearby star finally
Escaped to the outer rim abort the Eclipse. The rest of the ships
Scaped to the outer rim abort the Eclipse the rest of the ships
including the two remaining battle cruisers
Presumably remained at kuat to protect the shipyards which although now series of less efficient and productive were still a very valuable
Shipbuilding resource something desperately needed by a new republic struggling to consolidate power
Operation shadow hand, during this time
It constructed the Eclipse II dreadnought and began work on the sovereign super star destroyers
It constructed the Eclipse to dreadnought and began work on the sovereign super star destroyers
Which were meant to represent a new era of imperial rule
however
After the reborn Emperor's death in the bisk Cataclysm kuat would cede to the new Republic
it would remain a vital military asset throughout the remaining years of the Galactic Civil War and
Until the Yuuzhan Vong war and beyond but what do you think of these events? Are you disappointed that the massive coati defense fleet?
Never really saw any action
Would you have expected the battle for something as important as the kty shipyards to be a bit more major of an event?
I mean this never appeared in any of the novels or comics and all comes from the essential guide to warfare
Let me know all of that more down in the comment section as always
Thank you so much guys for tuning in today's video until next time may the force be with you