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Star Dreadnought · Separatists
Invisible Hand
General Grievous's flagship: a kilometre-long Separatist dreadnought with heavy guns and droid fighters.
- Model
- Providence-class dreadnought (modified)
- Maker
- Free Dac Volunteers Engineering Corps
- Length
- 1,088 m
- Width
- 198 m
- Height
- 347 m
- Crew
- Officers, droids and enlisted crew
- Hyperdrive
- class 1.5, backup: class 10
- Shields
- yes
- Armament
- Heavy turbolaser batteries · Laser and ion cannons · Droid fighter hangar
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Overview
The Invisible Hand is General Grievous's flagship, a modified Providence-class dreadnought of the Separatist fleet[1][2]. At about 1,088 metres long, it is a huge warship that carries heavy guns and droid fighters in the same hull[2][5].
Grievous, the cyborg supreme commander of the Separatist forces, makes it his own and leads the attack on Coruscant from its bridge in Revenge of the Sith[1]. The ship also appears in The Clone Wars series[1].
Length 1,088 m
Width 198 m
How it flies and fights
Who flew it
General Grievous
Commander
The cyborg supreme commander of the Separatist forces, who made the ship his flagship and led the attack on Coruscant from its bridge[1].
Nute Gunray
Owner
Viceroy of the Trade Federation and the ship's original owner, until Grievous demanded it from him[3].
Anakin Skywalker
Pilot
A Jedi Knight who boards the ship during the Coruscant battle of Revenge of the Sith and takes the controls[1].
Chronicle
Key moments in the ship's life, in story order. Spoilers stay hidden until you mark the title as watched in the timeline.
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19 BBY
Episode III — Revenge of the Sith
Grievous leads the Separatist raid on Coruscant and has Chancellor Palpatine taken prisoner aboard the Invisible Hand[1].
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19 BBY
Episode III — Revenge of the Sith
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Anakin and Obi-Wan board the ship to rescue Palpatine. On the bridge Anakin kills Count Dooku, and Grievous escapes in a pod[1].
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19 BBY
Episode III — Revenge of the Sith
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Hit by a Republic ship and falling toward Coruscant, the dreadnought splits apart, and Anakin lands the forward section on the planet[1].
Where it flew
Where to see the Invisible Hand
Films, series and games with the Invisible Hand, in story order.
The Clone WarsAnimated series · 2008–2020Anakin, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka and the clone troopers fight across the galaxy in the war between the Republic and the Separatists.
Episode III — Revenge of the SithMovie · 2005The Clone Wars come to an end, and Anakin Skywalker's turn to the dark side changes the galaxy forever.
Behind the scenes
- The long rescue sequence aboard the ship has Anakin carrying Obi-Wan. To give Hayden Christensen something to carry, the crew built a full-size dummy of Obi-Wan for the shoot[4].
- The Providence class debuted in Revenge of the Sith. Older Expanded Universe material filed it as a 'carrier/destroyer'; since the 2014 reset it has been officially a dreadnought[2].
Invisible Hand: questions and answers
How big is the Invisible Hand?
The Invisible Hand is about 1,088 metres long, more than three times the height of the Eiffel Tower. It is also 198 metres wide and 347 metres high[5].
