The Venator II was a refit package for aging Venators to aid it remain relevant during their retirement period, especially for fleets too far from the Galactic Core to be reinforced with Imperial-classes in a timely manner. However as the Republic began its transition to Empire, it lost favor with the New Order, and while it was used to great effect in the early years of the Empire, it was shortly phased out of service in favor of more robust warships with less of a reliance on fighters, such as the Imperial and the Tector
The Venator was a well loved warship of the Republic, used extensively throughout the Clone Wars. The Venator II-class star destroyer is an extensive refit of the venerable Venator-class star destroyer, constructed in the later years of the Galactic Republic as a stopgap for the new Imperial Navy as it transitioned from the Venator to the new Imperial-class, using many prefab components, such as the Kuat superstructure and a modified, smaller, Kuat standardized bridge module.
