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[[File:ExecutorFondor-CSW.png|thumb|250px|[[Super Star Destroyer/Legends|Super Star Destroyer]] [[Executor/Legends|''Executor'']] under construction at the Fondor Shipyards]]
The '''Fondor Shipyards''', also known as the '''Starshipyards of Fondor''', were huge [[Starship/Legends|starship]] construction facilities orbiting the planet [[Fondor/Legends|Fondor]], in the [[Fondor system]]. Numerous capital ships and freighters were in construction here almost all the time.<ref name="DVS" /> Presumably because of the shipyard's strategic importance, the shipyards were also guarded by a complement of Imperial [[Storm commando]]s as well as several [[Imperial escort carrier/Legends|Imperial escort carriers]].<ref name="SW:RSIII:RS">''[[Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''</ref>

==Layout==
The shipyards had a varying layout. There were various space stations and construction devices in the area.<ref name="DVS" /> In addition, for the more secretive projects at the shipyards, a giant shield was enveloped requiring at least 18 shield stations to maintain, and the destruction or otherwise disabling of one would result in the shield collapsing.<ref name="SW:RSIII:RS" />

==History==
===Pre&ndash;Clone Wars===
{{Quote|Lord Tyranus. What news from Fondor?"<br />"Groodo the Hutt, a starship manufacturer from Esseles, attempted to ruin the starship yards of Fondor. I must surmise his motive was to gain Fondor's lost business. Groodo's scheme was foiled by the Jedi, but he has so far managed to elude their suspicion. The Jedi do not know of his involvement."<br />"Had the Hutt's scheme succeeded, it would have been a most inconvenient setback to our future plans for Fondor. Did he have accomplices?"<br />"Evidently, there were two. The first was a droid-engineer named [[Hurlo Holowan]]. The second was ... Senator [[Rodd]] of Fondor."<br />"Rodd. No doubt motivated by the Hutt's money."<br />"Indubitably. I must say, they all did an excellent job of avoiding detection. Like Groodo, the Senator and droid-engineer are not even suspects in the Fondor incident."<br />"Despite their failure to carry out their scheme, their stealth is admirable. However, we cannot allow them to interfere with our plans again. The Hutt and his cohorts must be dealt with accordingly. Contact the bounty hunter."<br />"As you wish, my Master.|Darth Sidious and Darth Tyranus, on disturbances in the Fondor system|<ref name="Star Wars Adventures 3: The Hostage Princess">''[[Star Wars Adventures 3: The Hostage Princess]]''</ref>}}
The [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi]] [[Mission to Fondor (Separatist Crisis)|mission to Fondor]] during the [[Separatist Crisis/Legends|Separatist Crisis]] foiled a scheme by [[Groodo]] the [[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]] to destroy the Fondor Shipyards using a [[False Sun Runner|counterfeit]] ''[[Sun Runner]]'' [[Transport/Legends|transport]]. Before the drifting derelict could collide with the shipyards, an 18-year-old [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]] was able to destroy it through a combination of planting a [[Proton grenade/Legends|proton grenade]] to the vessel's [[Hypermatter annihilator|hypermatter reactor]] and demolishing its sensor-[[Guided missile/Legends|guided missile]] silo with the [[Concussion missile/Legends|concussion-missile]] [[Concussion missile launcher/Legends|launcher]] of a borrowed [[CloakShape fighter/Legends|CloakShape fighter]]&mdash;the shock waves of these explosions, however, forced Skywalker to crash-land on the Fondor [[Jungle/Legends|jungle]]-[[Moon/Legends|moon]] of [[Nallastia]].<ref>''[[Star Wars Adventures 1: Hunt the Sun Runner]]''</ref>

===Galactic Civil War===
[[File:Rebel_Fondor.jpg|thumb|left|180px|[[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]] ships undergo maintenance at the Yards shortly after the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]].]]
The shipyards were seized by the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] shortly after the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]], and used to finalize the construction of [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader's]] [[Super Star Destroyer/Legends|Super Star Destroyer]], and the lead ship of the [[Executor-class Star Dreadnought/Legends|''Executor''-class Star Dreadnought]] line, the [[Executor/Legends|''Executor'']].<ref name="DVS" /> The executives were outraged over the Emperor's orders, but nonetheless complied, hoping it would allow them to steal lucrative project grants from their rival, [[Kuat Drive Yards/Legends|Kuat Drive Yards]], in the future. However, to their anger, Kuat Drive Yards ended up gaining all rights to any future models of Super Star Destroyers.

Despite this setback, the Empire somehow allowed Fondor to develop an ''Executor''-class Star Dreadnought [[Unidentified Executor-class Star Dreadnought|variant]] possessing cloaking capabilities. The [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebel Alliance]], learning of this development, made an [[Fondor shipyard assault|attack against the orbital shipyards]] in year [[3 ABY/Legends|3 ABY]], which resulted in the destruction of the vessel before it was ever completed, or deployed. In actuality, the Empire, under the Emperor's orders, deliberately leaked the intel of the ship's construction to the Rebel Alliance to grant them a victory as to ensure that they grow overconfident enough to be drawn into a trap.<ref name="SW:RSIII:RS" />

The shipyards were [[Sorties against Fondor Shipyards|raided]] by the Rebels twelve times prior to the [[Battle of Endor/Legends|Battle of Endor]].<ref name="CCG">{{CCG|set=Death Star II Limited|link=DeathStarII-Light/large/redsquadron7.gif|cardname=Red Squadron 7}}</ref>

After the Battle of Endor, the shipyards were renamed the '''Fondor Independent Shipyards'''{{Fact}} and were used by the Alliance to Restore the Republic. A brief supply problem was solved after [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] escorted the two [[Venerated Ones]] to their home planet of [[Vandelhelm/Legends|Vandelhelm]].<ref name="sw98">[[Star Wars (1977) 98|''Star Wars'' (1977) 98]]</ref>

===Yuuzhan Vong war===
[[File:BattleofFondor.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Warships on both sides are destroyed by [[Centerpoint Station]] during the [[Battle of Fondor]] during the [[Yuuzhan Vong War]].]]

Fondor was the location of a [[Battle of Fondor|crucial battle]] against the [[Yuuzhan Vong]]. Having been deceived by the Vong, the New Republic was caught fatally off guard by the attack at Fondor. Many Republic vessels were lost, most vaporized by an overly hasty firing of [[Centerpoint Station]]. [[Orbital Shipyard 1321]], one of the orbiting shipyards, was rammed by several Yuuzhan Vong coralskippers during the battle, and destroyed.<ref name="AOCII:JE">''[[The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse]]''</ref>

Although the shipyards were largely in ruins, they continued to operate throughout the war. General [[Garm Bel Iblis/Legends|Garm Bel Iblis]] later took up station at Fondor after the [[Battle of Coruscant (Yuuzhan Vong War)|Battle of Coruscant]].

===Second Galactic Civil War===
As of [[40 ABY]], Fondor had allied with, and was producing ships for, the [[Confederation]], and was soon targeted by [[Chief of State (Galactic Alliance)|Joint Chief of State]] [[Darth Caedus|Jacen Solo]]. However, the [[Second Battle of Fondor|attempt]] to take the planet, including the yards and other assets, intact, failed, causing Solo to order the bombing of [[Oridin City|Oridin]], a major Fondorian city, with the result being a split in the GA, but a more unified Fondor. During the battle, one of the docks repelled a GA boarding party. Others sustained heavy fire from [[Imperial Remnant|Imperial]] and Galactic Alliance ships. It was revealed that the Fondorians had hidden large numbers of ships in the docks by making it appear that the ships were under construction.

==Appearances==
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*''[[Star Wars Adventures 2: The Cavern of Screaming Skulls]]''
*''[[Star Wars Adventures 3: The Hostage Princess]]''
*''[[Star Wars Adventures 4: Jango Fett vs. the Razor Eaters]]''
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*''[[Star Wars: Empire at War]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''
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*{{Journal|5|Galaxywide NewsNets}}
*''[[Darth Vader Strikes]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[The Serpent Masters]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Revenge of the Jedi]]''
*''[[Vader Adrift]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 98|''Star Wars'' (1977) 98]]
*''[[A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[X-Wing: The Bacta War]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial]]'' {{Mo}}
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*''[[The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III: Reunion]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: The Final Prophecy]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Legacy of the Force: Exile]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Legacy of the Force: Revelation]]''

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==Notes and references==
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