The Imperial class is the only one besides the Tector have that class name. The rest are not the same for example the Victory (900 meters) is really a heavy cruiser if you go by the Anaxes War College, nor is the Gladiator (500 meters), that a cruiser class

• Corvettes : Ships of roughly 100 - 200 meters length
  • Example: CR90 corvette , Marauder -class corvette
• Frigates : Ships of roughly 200 - 400 meters length
  • Example: Corona -class frigate , EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate
• Cruisers : Ships of roughly 400 - 600 meters length
  • Example: Belarus -class medium cruiser , Broadside -class cruiser kdb-1
• Heavy Cruisers : Ships of roughly 600 - 1000 meters length
  • Example: Acclamator -class assault ship , Dreadnaught -class heavy cruiser
• Star Destroyers : Ships of roughly 1000 - 2000 meters length
  • Example: Imperial -class Star Destroyer , Nebula -class Star Destroyer
• Battlecruisers : Ships of roughly 2000 - 5000 meters length (small battlecruiser models were classed as " Star Cruisers ", to separate them from larger ships of the type, but few recognized this classification as a formal part of the system.) ^[1]
  • Example: Bulwark -class battle cruiser , Praetor Mark II -class battlecruiser
• Dreadnaughts : All ships over 5000 meters length
  • Example: Executor -class Star Dreadnought , Kor Chokk grand cruiser

(Yes I got this from the Wiki....I don't own any of the material.....blah blah blah)

Thoughts?

Your point being? Why they call the small pizza slices Star Destroyers?

It sounds cool.

Also, that wookie entry sounds an awful lot like something from a real life wiki, which isn't useful at all imo.

Its also in the Warfare book

But I get what you mean, it sounds cool.

The question is why then suddenly come up with a system and not change the material to fit?

Most of the sources we had for this minutiae are non-canon now.

Besides, if you go by the layman's view... Everything's a Star Destroyer. The Empire goes out of their way to make everything - From a Gozanti to an Imperial - seem like a Star Destroyer to the masses... (Source: Star Wars Rebels "The Iron Squadron)

Besides, if you go by the layman's view... Everything's a Star Destroyer. The Empire goes out of their way to make everything - From a Gozanti to an Imperial - seem like a Star Destroyer to the masses... (Source: Star Wars Rebels "The Iron Squadron)

This. How many times have you heard mainstream media use the term "battleship" (instead of "warship") as a generic term when referring to a modern-day destroyer or frigate? It grates if you know the difference, but most people don't. And there's no real reason why they should.

The Imperial class is the only one besides the Tector have that class name. The rest are not the same for example the Victory (900 meters) is really a heavy cruiser if you go by the Anaxes War College

The College system has a degree of flexibility - ships overgunned or undergunned can be moved up or down from where their "size class" would dictate.

Thus, the Victory can be a Star Destroyer despite being a little on the small side, and the Secutor can be a Star Destroyer despite being a little on the large side. The Essential Guide to Warfare endnotes mention this, for the Secutor:

http://jasonfry.tumblr.com/post/23039847571/eg-to-warfare-endnotes-pt-7

Venator, despite the "Jedi Cruiser" nickname, is usually classed as a Star Destroyer - and fits fine lengthwise. Another Star Destroyer in the 1000-2000m length besides Tector and Imperial, is the Procursator.

I mean, if you're going to look at Legends (for the description), then you need to look at the Legends that break said Description....

I mean, even in Legends, you're looking at 1-2km in Length as the "Star Destroyer" Length...

Except of course, if you are a Gladiator Class Star Destroyer ... At a Mere 500m... But still a Star Destroyer.

Why?

Because "Star Destroyer" is a bull title made up to make things sounds freaking menacing ...

That's all

MC 80 are classed as " Star Cruisers "

destroyer are a type of vessle of war just like a sloop of war or bird of pray

venator is a star destroyer made to counter massive swarm of droid fighters aka a fleet carrier

victory was made to fly in strike/raid fleets aka a cruiser

ISD was made to for captial ship to capital ship combat aka a battleship

in star wars battlecrusers are lager than battleship contra RL

battleship is a star cruiser that are in the gray area think german ww2 pocket battleship

Since the rating system was no longer a reliable indicator of a ship's combat power, it was abolished together with it the classifications of sloops, corvettes, and frigates. Instead a classification based on the intended role of the ship became common, such as cruiser and battleship

The Anaxes rating system was never abolished in-universe (Legends). Are you thinking of the Age of Sail - with "first rate battleships" down to "sixth rate battleships"? Sloops, Corvettes and Frigates were never abolished as terms there, either - "corvette-class" and "frigate-class" are still around.

In real life, the primary distinction between battlecruisers and battleships wasn't size (there were huge battlecruisers like the Hood ), but armor/speed (battlecruisers were lightly armored and fast).

Outside of Legends, the term "Star Cruiser" is pretty vague. In Rebels (Season 3 Premiere) for example, Imperial officers refer to CR-90 blockade runners as "Star Cruisers" despite their tiny size compared to MC80s.

This is how it was explained to me long ago.

Star: any ship able to making the jump to lightspeed.

Destroyer: the current ship of the line for the Republic/Empire

any ship that fails to meet one of these criteria is labeled by its Class/Rate

So the Imperial Class being able to go to lightspeed and being the current Imperial ship of the line is a "Star-Destroyer"

And the Venator which was a Star-Destroyer during the Clone Wars is now a Star-Cruiser since it was replaced by the Imperial-Class

Why are they still calling them Star Destroyers?

Because "Space Frigate" sounds silly.