Skirmish over an unidentified green planet Not long after the Battle of Yavin , an Imperial " Lambda " - class T - 4a shuttle carrying weapons and equipment that were supplied by the crime lord Jabba the Hutt was attacked by a robotic CR90 corvette . The corvette belonged to a group of pirate s operating out of a space station who were being funded by the crime families of the Crymorah syndicate . They had sent out the pirate ship to procure the Imperial weapons for their own gain . The robotic ship was after the shuttle ' s cargo of Imperial weapons . Darth Vader came to destroy the pirates and save the shuttle — but the shuttle self - destructed just as he arrived ; the crew killed themselves rather than let the pirates take the Empire ' s property . Vader , along with two other TIE fighters , soon succeeded in disabling the robotic pirate ship , and took it captive ; in order to find the larger organization behind the attacks . A later attack on the pirates ' base of origin led to the discovery that the pirates were backed by the Crymorah syndicate . Prelude . During the Galactic Civil War , the Alliance to Restore the Republic destroyed the Death Star , the Empire ' s deep - space mobile battle station ; and their greatest weapon . The Sith Lord Darth Vader was the only survivor of the disaster . Emperor Palpatine , the Emperor of the Empire , and Vader ' s Sith Master , chose to hold Vader responsible for the Empire ' s greatest defeat in its nearly two decade history . With the Alliance ' s victory at Yavin , the Empire was low on resources ; so as punishment for failing to stop the Death Star and Weapons Factory Alpha from being destroyed , Vader was sent by the Emperor to negotiate with Jabba the Hutt , the leader of the Hutt Clan . Jabba eventually agreed to the Empire ' s terms and became a supplier for the Empire . Following the Death Star ' s destruction , pirate s , raiders , and other lawless beings took advantage of the Empire ' s disarray , with neither the Imperial Senate nor the Death Star holding order , they attacked Imperial ships and other installations at a much higher rate than what was classified as normal . One such group of pirates utilized a robotic CR90 corvette — that was supplied to them by the Crymorah syndicate — to enact several raids upon Imperial property — including stealing weapons Jabba had just recently supplied the Empire with . This angered Grand General Cassio Tagge and Darth Vader , who were working to stop the raids aboard the former ' s " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought " Annihilator " . At that time , the pirates sent the corvette out from their base of operations to engage in more illicit pirating . The skirmish . Shortly thereafter , a " Lambda " - class T - 4a shuttle under the Imperial designation CZ - 246 , was attacked by the CR90 corvette and was forced to take evasive maneuvers to try and save their shipment of weapons . The pilot of the shuttle sent out a distress call , advertising themselves to the nearby Imperials that they were in need of assistance . The raiders soon disabled the shuttle ' s engine s . This caused the crew of the shuttle to realize the raiders were only after their cargo of weapons . Vader answered the call and was en route to their position aboard his TIE Advanced starfighter with a pair of TIE fighters in tail . The pilot shouted out over the ship ' s comlink , announcing they were trapped with no way out . He then blew the shuttle up , killing himself and his copilot , rather than have their shipment of Imperial weapons fall into the hands of the pirates ; or be spaced when the droid ship shot the shuttle open to quickly grab the contraband and retreat . Vader arrived just as the shuttle self - destructed , prompting him to change his priorities and to try and prevent the pirate ship from escaping . He ordered Black Two and Black Three — the two other TIEs — to follow his lead . Vader thought it impressive that the robotic ship was smart enough to flee — and smart enough to shoot down both Black 2 and 3 as the corvette ' s laser cannon s efficiently did . Vader was saved from a similar fate by the grace of his legendary pilot ing skills , and the power of the dark side of the Force . Vader was soon able to move in to an aggressive position and fired on the fleeing corvette ' s engine core , causing the engines to explode and putting an end to the violence . He contacted the " Annihilator " and informed them of the successful mission . Aftermath . The corvette was captured by Tagge ' s Super Star Destroyer , and put into its hangar ; where it was kept until Tagge decided it would be repaired well enough to pass a cursory exam . The Grand General then conceived a plan to discover the larger organization backing the pirates . He sent Vader and a squad of stormtrooper s to destroy the base ; Vader ' s team quickly boarded and destroyed the pirates , however , the pirates activated the station ' s self - destruct . Vader had just enough time to retrieve information that proved the Crymorah syndicate was backing the raiders before retreating from the exploding station . Behind the scenes . The Skirmish over an unidentified green planet first appeared in the Marvel comic book series of their ; it was released on February 25 , 2015 . It was written by Kieron Gillen , with art by Salvador Larroca . Gillen has been working alongside the Lucasfilm Story Group to develop the story and events of the ongoing comic series .