ImperialFighter said:
Welcome aboard savmagoett. Interesting 1st post there.
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I'm curious, are all the Stardestroyers seen in ANH, ESB, and ROTJ meant to be exactly the same size?
Well, (extended universe took aside, Siliconmaster) there are two different complete studio models for the star destroyers, (they builded the second one because they needed a more detailed destroyer model for TESB), and it's true that mostly due to the model making process (involving heavy scratch building) there are some differences between the ships (like the thrusters, the weaponry, or the antenna array), but I don't think it was meant to be another model/class of ship (BTW the same thing happened to the Falcon models).
Of course hard core fans (like wookipedians) wishing to solve the issue created two different class from these different models:
the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer (ex: the "devastator") http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_I-class_Star_Destroyer
the Imperial II-class Star Destroyer (ex: the "Avenger") http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_II-class_Star_Destroyer
but I don't consider that "movie intended".? According to what we see in the movies, you could say the destroyer capturing the Tantive IV, Captain Needa's and the one chasing the Falcon are the same exact ship type and if so should have the same size. After all for what other reason would the filmmakers show us "almost" identical ships if not to say "these are the same model"?
That's my opinion, what do you think?