Darth Vader's black Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor

"Bets on who's piloting the black one?"

- Hask Taff

Darth Vader's black Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor was one of several black Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptors that served as Darth Vader's personal starfighter in the early years of the Galactic Empire.

Characteristics
Particularly distinctive by its lack of color, Vader's starfighter was accompanied by a silver astromech droid. Also, as Vader's personal craft, he was able to prep the interceptor remotely through his armor.

History
Fifteen years before the Battle of Yavin, Vader's interceptor was destroyed when he ejected from its cockpit and let it collide into a hijacked Imperial freighter; nearly all of the vehicle was vaporized upon impact.

Shortly after, Vader piloted another interceptor in a mission to Ryloth before returning it to the Perilous in an attempt to halt a group of saboteurs. Ultimately unsuccessful, the Perilous was destroyed, along with Vader's interceptor. Within a year, the starfighter had been replaced again.

During Vader and Moff Wilhuff Tarkin's mission to Murkhana, the Carrion Spike hijacking by insurgents prompted the two to contact Belderone and Coruscant. They requested the Liberator to be deployed to Nam Chorios, where they boarded the Star Destroyer and abandoned the temporarily-borrowed Parsec Predator. Vader and Tarkin then arranged for the Goliath to move from its deepdock at Ord Mantell and bring Vader's starfighter as well.

As soon as the Goliath arrived, Vader left the Liberator and went to the support carrier's starfighter bay, where his personal ship rested. When Tarkin successfully predicted the insurgent's next destination, Vader used his Eta-2 Actis to lead a squadron of eleven Alpha-3 Nimbus-class V-wing starfighters as "Yellow One" and engaged the Carrion Spike over the Phindar system—their priority being its hyperdrive generator. Despite Vader and Tarkin's efforts, the fugitive corvette managed to evade them and jump into hyperspace to escape once again. Returning to the Goliath, Vader left his starfighter on the escort carrier and boarded the Executrix along with Tarkin.

Appearances

 * Lords of the Sith
 * Tarkin