ST 321/Legends

"Inform the commander that Lord Vader's shuttle has arrived."

- Lieutenant Endicott

ST 321 was the comm unit designation of Darth Vader's personal Imperial Lambda-class T-4a shuttle.

Description
The "ST" in the shuttle's designation stood for "space transport". It was equipped with sensor jammers, specialized tactical displays, and other modified features.

Vader's shuttle featured a meditation chamber aboard similar to the one on his flagship, the Super Star Destroyer Executor.

History
In 1 ABY Vader, accompanied by a unit of Triumphant-class dark troopers, used this shuttle during the operations Molecular Clamp, Sieve, Green Light and Take Down to travel to the cities of Bestine, Coronet and Theed, respectively.

Shortly before the Battle of Endor, the ST 321 brought Darth Vader to the second Death Star. It is possible this was the shuttle Luke Skywalker used to escape the second Death Star along with his deceased father.

Behind the scenes
The Return of the Jedi radio dramatization states that Luke escaped the second death star in Emperor Palpatine's personal shuttle. The novel The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader counters this by stating that the escape was made in Vader's shuttle.

Appearances

 * A Two-Edged Sword
 * Therefore I Am: The Tale of IG-88
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novelization
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 1: In the Hands of Jabba the Hutt
 * Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 4: The Final Duel
 * Star Wars: Return of the Jedi 4: The Final Duel

Non-canon appearances

 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Notes and references
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