Excluding the Death Star itself, the Executor was the most powerful ship in the Empire's fleet. Paralyzed Imperial operations moments before the Death Star itself was This culminated in the destruction of the Executor, which temporarily Regarded the ship with fear and awe in equal measure. The entire Rebellion at Mako-Ta and then again at Hoth. Piett’s flagship, the Executor, which had come close to annihilating It was the Empire fleet's command ship and was coordinating the battle against the Alliance fleet.Ĭommand Ship: At the center of the Imperial fleet loomed Admiral. Up to that point the Rebels were pinned between the Death Star and the Star Destroyers having destroyed the Executor they've taken out a major part of the latter and increased both their survival chances and their offensive capability.Īccording to the (canon) Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy factbook, the Executor was a pretty juicy target for a couple of different reasons. See if you can get a few of those TIE fighters to follow you" - drawing attention and enemy fire away from those who are going after the main objective.Ī second reason is obvious from The Script - after the destruction of the Star Destroyer:įor the first time, the Death Star is rocked by explosions as the Rebel fleet, no longer backed against a wall, zooms over, unloading a heavy barrage. This is consistent with Lando's objective when he issues the order: " Split up and head back to the surface. So how did focusing their attack on the Executor give the fighters more time?ĭestroying the Death Star is the main objective, the Falcon, Wedge, etc were inside the Death Star and being pursued by TIE Fighters attacking a Star Destroyer is obviously to achieve the goal of splitting the Empire's forces. The Executor, measuring at 19,000 meters long, was far too overwhelmingly huge to pursue the Rebels into the Death Star, and seemed to pose no direct threat to the fighters. Other than a few TIE fighters, they were virtually unopposed once they got inside. These fighters were currently flying through the Death Star's superstructure in an attempt to knock out the main reactor. My question is how attacking the Executor gave the fighters (led by the Millennium Falcon) more time. 
The ship then proceeds to lose control and collide with the Death Star, where it is destroyed in a remarkable plume of fire.
We've got to give those fighters more time.Ī series of vessels, including several X-wings and a suicidal A-Wing pilot, then proceed to attack the vessel at point-blank range, taking out is deflector shields and destroying the bridge. During the final space battle of Return of the Jedi, Admiral Ackbar says (emphasis mine):
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