In 19 and 18 BBY, Admiral Ar'alani commanded the Vigilant, a Nightdragon man-of-war and the largest ship in the Chiss Expansionary Defense Fleet, as a part of Picket Force Six. Around the same years, Admirals Dy'lothe and Ers'ikaro of the Chiss Defense Force commanded the Groundlion man-of-war Venturous and the Firewolf man-of-war Bellicose, respectively.
In the current Star Wars canon, a man-of-war first appeared in the 2020 novel Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, the first installment of Timothy Zahn's The Ascendancy Trilogy. In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the man-of-war was first mentioned in the Heir to the Empire Sourcebook, published in 1992 by West End Games and authored by Bill Slavicsek. It shares its name with the real-world man-of-war, a type of warship.
In the current Star Wars canon, a man-of-war first appeared in the 2020 novel Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, the first installment of Timothy Zahn's The Ascendancy Trilogy. In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the man-of-war was first mentioned in the Heir to the Empire Sourcebook, published in 1992 by West End Games and authored by Bill Slavicsek. It shares its name with the real-world man-of-war, a type of warship.