Why Star Destroyers, Battlecruisers and Dreadnoughts Were So RARE Before the Clone Wars

The Non-Canon Expert explains the history of space warfare, specifically touching on why large capital ships, such as Star Destroyers, Battlecruisers and Dreadnoughts, were so rare in the centuries prior to the Clone Wars. Thus, we look at the era known as «The Golden Age of Battleships» and the capital ship decline that occurred roughly 2,500 years before the Clone War.