With Mon Cala remaining under Imperial occupation, many of these escaped ships were converted for war by rebels in deep-space facilities located in the remote Telaris system. Before the Battle of Yavin, Darth Vader successfully subjugates Mon Cala, leading to a mass exodus of city-ships from Mon Cala. In April 2014, when Lucasfilm rebranded existing Expanded Universe material as Star Wars Legends and declared it non-canonical to the franchise, the new Expanded Universe retcons this history somewhat. For this reason Emperor Palpatine had planned to use the Second Death Star against Mon Cal, but this was foiled at the Battle of Endor, and upon Palpatine's return in a clone body the Imperials attacked Mon Cal with World Devastators as told in the Dark Empire comic series. Joining the Rebellion, the Mon Cala's shipyards supplied the Rebels with badly-needed capital ships to take on the Imperial Navy. After the Empire destroyed three floating cities to pacify the planet, the peaceful Mon Calamari converted their passenger liners and deep space exploration into warships, driving the Imperials from their homeworld prior to the Battle of Yavin. Depiction Expanded UniverseĪccording to the old Expanded Universe (now Star Wars Legends) material, the Galactic Empire occupied the planet of Mon Calamari (also known as Mon Cala or Dac). Internal neon lights provided lighting, and detail was painted on by using the second Death Star model's exposed framework as a makeshift frisket. The ships' design precluded ILM's modelmakers from kitbashing other models to create the ships the model was largely vacuformed. The ships were designed to be as aesthetically different from the Imperial Star Destroyers as possible, although the filming crew disliked the 'pickle ships' due to the models' unflattering angles. The 'winged' model would have its wings removed and thrusters modified to portray another subtype. Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) created two Mon Calamari cruiser designs: the cylindrical 'flying cigar' Home One command ship and a 'winged' model identified in the Expanded Universe as the Liberty.

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