Anya Karu The Anya Karu was an " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer serving the Galactic Empire ' s Imperial Navy during or prior to 3 BBY , shortly before the Galactic Civil War . Helmed by Captain Aron Harcourt , the Star Destroyer was brought down by Rebel saboteurs and left broken on a desolate planet . Disgraced and demoted by the " Anya Karu " demise , Harcourt hired the bounty hunter Boba Fett to retrieve a holorecording of his departed wife from the wreckage of the " Anya Karu " . Fett was able to retrieve the holorecording moments before the Imperial " Adjudicator " destroyed the " Anya Karu " fuselage . Description . As an " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer , the " Anya Karu " was manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards , one of the largest shipyards in the galaxy during the time of the Galactic Empire . At 1 , 600 meters in length , the " Anya Karu " possessed the same characteristics of other Imperial Star Destroyers , such as the massive bridge located toward the aft of the warship . History . Helmed by Captain Aron Harcourt , the " Anya Karu " belonged to the Galactic Empire ' s Imperial Navy during or prior to 3 BBY , shortly before the outbreak of the Galactic Civil War . As Harcourt was a hero of the Empire , he and the " Anya Karu " were granted certain privileges , one such being that Harcourt could keep an RHTC - 560 Hunter Trainer droid and two RHTC - 560 HT Drone s as bodyguards , given to him by a Rodian warlord . Sometime before or during the year 3 BBY , Rebel agents sabotaged the " Anya Karu " , causing it to crash on a barren planet . As the vessel went down , Harcourt gave the order to abandon ship . In response to the loss of one of their capital ships , the Imperials put in a formal Inquiry before having Harcourt used as the scapegoat for the incident , forcing him out of the command structure and placing him in control of a distant outpost , as the Empire did not want to admit that they had lost one of their ships to Rebel sabotage . Around three years after the incident , Harcourt hired the infamous bounty hunter Boba Fett to retrieve an old holorecording that he had left on the " Anya Karu " of his wife , Janelle Harcourt , who had died around 3 BBY . Fett arrived at the wreckage of the " Anya Karu " in his " Firespray - 31 " - class patrol and attack craft " Slave I " , destroyed the two TIE fighters patrolling the restricted area , and boarded the ship twenty - five minutes to spare before the " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer " Adjudicator " arrived to destroy it . While onboard the " Anya Karu " , the bounty hunter discovered a dead stormtrooper , fought off a pack of winged mynocks that had taken refuge on the ship , and destroyed Harcourt ' s old Hunter Trainer droids . Fett secured the recording and left the ship , which was destroyed via turbolaser fire from the " Adjudicator " seconds later . Commanders and crew . The " Anya Karu " was under the command of Captain Aron Harcourt , with thirty years of experience as a commanding officer by the time she was sabotaged . Serving as bodyguards to Harcourt were an RHTC - 560 Hunter Trainer and two RHTC - 560 HT drones , gifted to him from a Rodian warlord . Also in service aboard the " Anya Karu " was at least one Imperial stormtrooper , whose body Fett later found while searching the ship . Behind the scenes . The " Anya Karu " first appeared in 2004 ' s Dark Horse Comics ' " " , illustrated by Adriana Melo , Michael Atiyeh , and Michael David Thomas , and scripted by Ron Marz . The " Anya Karu " was later mentioned in Harcourt ' s entry in the " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " , published in 2008 as a collection of everything " Star Wars " . The entry in the Encyclopedia clearly stated that Janelle Harcourt ' s death in 3 BBY was after the " Anya Karu " sabotage , meaning that the incident had to happen prior to or earlier that year .