- "R2, stay with the ship."
- ―Darth Vader, to R2-D2
Darth Vader used this green-painted Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor during his early days as a Sith apprentice.[2]
History[]
After leading the massacre on the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, the newly anointed Darth Vader flew this starfighter from the Temple to Padmé Amidala's apartment. With R2-D2 accompanying him, Vader then traveled to the volcanic planet Mustafar to eliminate the Separatist leaders. The vehicle rested on Mustafar for over a decade, after Vader's battle with Obi-Wan Kenobi left him too wounded to pilot it off of the planet.[2]
In 3 ABY,[8] Darth Vader, after escaping from the Eye of Webbish Bog with a Sith wayfinder, rested upon his old vehicle to recover. Shortly after, Ochi of Bestoon found the wounded Vader and expressed his surprise at Vader's survival.[9] Fighting and defeating the Droid Crush Pirates of Bestoon before capturing Ochi, Vader repaired the Eta-2 and used the wayfinder to travel to the Red Honeycomb Zone in order to reach the world of Exegol.[10] Once there, he was attacked by forces of the Imperial Navy deployed to stop him, but Vader used his Eta-2 to take out all attacking TIE fighters and encountered a summa-verminoth subspecies. Entering into the Red Zone by flying his Eta-2 into it, Vader experienced Force visions of the past and possible future before making it through, crashing onto Exegol. There, he and Ochi, who had been inside a pod the Sith Lord attached to the bottom of the fighter, exited on to the planet's surface, where Vader took control of the mind of the summa-verminoth using the Force.[7]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy – A Graphic Novel
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance)
- Darth Vader (2020) 8
- Darth Vader (2020) 9
- Darth Vader (2020) 10
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels: Visual Guide: Epic Battles
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings
- ↑ Star Wars Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Star Wars: Ships of the Galaxy
- ↑ Lords of the Sith
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Darth Vader (2020) 10
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Darth Vader (2020) 8 to 3 ABY.
- ↑ Darth Vader (2020) 8
- ↑ Darth Vader (2020) 9