Welcome to Day 9 of my NaBloPoMo Challenge, where I randomly pick a card from the Star Wars Chat Pack.
Today’s card asked: Star Destroyers have striking one-word names, as with the Inflictor and the Finalizer. What intimidating name would you choose to christen a Star Destroyer?
At first I thought, oh no, a ship question. I do not geek out about ships. At all. Sure, some are beloved and instantly recognizable–the Millennium Falcon, the Ghost, the Razor Crest. But Star Destroyers? They all look the same, and I can’t keep them straight. And don’t even ask me about “classes.”
They do have pretty cool names, though. Names to strike fear into the heart of the their enemies.
So what would I name one? I don’t know. At first, I thought of dumb, jokey names: the Bulldozer, the Boogeyman, the Urinator, the Dominatrix, the Condescender, the Belittler. The Bossofyou, lol.
But if I was being serious? It’s hard to come up with an intimidating name without sounding stupid. I had the bright idea of the Intimidator, but googled it, and it’s already taken. Then other names I thought of: the Predator. The Reaper. The Merciless. The Incinerator. All of these existed in either Legends or Canon. My list was getting smaller and smaller. Then I thought: the Ravenous! Nope. First Order ship. Dang! This is actually hard.
How about something grim like the Sepulcher?
The Shadow? Well, there’s a “Shadow Class,” so maybe not.
The Assassinator?
The Leveler? (That’s actually one of the names for the creature that drains Force users in the High Republic.)
The Dagger? Because they’re pointy, you see.
How about the Unraveler? I kind of like that. I googled it, and there doesn’t seem to be a ship named that. So I guess my name of choice would be:
The Unraveler! As in, your mental health will unravel when you catch sight of this ship.
Well, that turned out to be a fun creative exercise. What would you name your Star Destroyer? Jokey names or serious, let me know in the comments and we’ll talk about it!
Star Wars and Other Obsessions 
The Leveller, named after the Jedi killing creature from ‘The High Republic’, given the Empire’s role in the Jedi Purge.
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Yeah, I thought about that too. But I wonder if the Empire was aware of the creatures? I feel like the Jedi were kind of covering up their existence, from what I understand. But I could be wrong. Cool name, though.
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Hello there, the problem is that there’s so many ISDs already that picking a unique name is difficult. I think it also depends on the type of Destroyer it is and it’s purpose (used by Imps or Rebels).
A few names I had in mind were, Draconian. Annihilator, Khaarnage, Arbitrator, Obliterator, Beserker, Prowler, Onslaught, Retaliator – all of which I may have used as names for my sabers too! Annihilator is the name I gave my ISD shaped lightsaber design with a crystal in the hangar bay, Khaarnage is the name of a saber I built for a friend’s Fan-Fic character while Onslaught was an old saber I did years ago that caught folks attention as it had a power/crystal chamber on the pommel of the handgrip. All these names are kinda suitable for an ISD too.
But a tip I can give is to use a Thesaurus, say you wanted to use Ghost but the Rebels have that name then the words Spirit, Apparition or Ghoul might show up in a thesaurus as an alternative.
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Those are great names, FT! A thesaurus is a good idea.
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It’s amazing how many have already been used in canon/Legends. In the end I settled on the Invigilator. Sounds perfect for one keeping a close watch over a planet like Lothal
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That’s a good one!
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