Emperor Palpatine's shuttle
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Emperor Palpatine's shuttle was an extremely well-guarded Lambda-class shuttle.
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[edit] Characteristics
The shuttle featured a cloaking device. It was presumably crewed only by a limited number of the Emperor's Royal Guardsmen.
[edit] History
Emperor Palpatine used it often on trips throughout the galaxy.
Palpatine's shuttle was hit at least once in its career with the Emperor inside, in a premature (and inadvertent) shooting by attempted assassin Raygar. Raygar had been attempting to aim at the pod of a couple of Ewoks, Latara and Teebo; Raygar was punished by the Emperor for "high treason" after the incident[1].
He used the shuttle to reach the second Death Star orbiting over Endor. It is unknown if the shuttle was destroyed when the battlestation was destroyed during the Battle of Endor.
Luke Skywalker used either this shuttle or the shuttle of Darth Vader to escape the second Death Star with his dead father.
[edit] Behind the scenes
The Return of the Jedi radio dramatization states that Luke escaped the second Death Star in Palpatine's shuttle. The novel The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader counters this by stating that the escape was made in Vader's shuttle.
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
Star Wars: Ewoks - "Battle for the Sunstar"
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
[edit] Sources
- Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Death Star II Limited (Card: Emperor's Personal Shuttle)
- Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy
- Star Wars: Complete Cross-Sections
- Starships of the Galaxy, Saga Edition
Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game – Galactic Hunters (Card: Palpatine's Personal Shuttle)
