Scimitar / Legends The Scimitar ( or Sith Infiltrator ) was a prototype stealth - ship used as the personal starship of Darth Maul , the Sith apprentice of Darth Sidious , prior to the Invasion of Naboo around 32 BBY . Characteristics . The " Scimitar " had a pair of folding wings around a round cockpit ; a design which was used on T - class long - range personal cruiser s like the " Valcyn " which were used by Sith Lords like Darth Bane during the New Sith Wars about a millennium earlier and would later resurface in the famous TIE Series of starfighters used primarily by the Galactic Empire . In front of the round cockpit ( the whole forward - center section of the spacecraft ) of the vehicle was a rare stygium crystal - powered cloaking device for creating an invisibility field . This enabled the ship to sneak through even the most advanced of security technologies and allowed its master to evade pursuit while on his missions . Built beneath the cloak field generator was a series of compartments containing various equipment for Darth Maul ' s missions including three DRK - 1 Dark Eye probe droids , his speeder bike " Bloodfin " , several interrogation droids and several security droids , spying equipment , torture devices , bombs and mines . The Infiltrator was protected by six low - profile solar ionization cannon s which could extend and fire several bursts in the blink of an eye . It was also equipped with an experimental high temperature X - C 2 ion drive array which would resurface in future Sienar designs while the ship ' s hyperdrive was an unmodified SSDS 11 - A . It could also carry six passengers while its total capacity was 2 . 5 metric tons . History . The " Scimitar " was an extensively modified version of a Sienar Design Systems prototype for an advanced Star Courier and was allegedly designed by Raith Sienar himself — though he would later dispute his involvement — for a mysterious client , later revealed to be Darth Plagueis . In reality , the ship had been designed by famed starship designer , Darth Tenebrous , Plagueis ' s Sith Master . Plagueis used the ship to escape from an attack on his fortress on Sojourn by a coalition of forces hired by the King of Naboo , Ars Veruna . He cloaked the ship and rendezvoused with Jabba the Hutt and his ship , the " Star Jewel " . Plagueis later bequeathed the courier to his apprentice , Darth Sidious , and recommended that he give the ship to Darth Maul . Having survived a dangerous training session with deadly combat droids , Darth Maul was sent on a mission by Lord Sidious to kill the leading Vigo s of the powerful Black Sun crime syndicate which dominated a significant amount of crime in the galaxy . For this mission , Maul was equipped with the courier , which he would christen " Scimitar " . The Sith apprentice then left his master ' s base in the galactic capital of Coruscant cloaked by its powerful stygium powered - cloaking device and passed over the Jedi Temple itself , which only caused a slight disturbance in the Force for Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn and his Padawan , Obi - Wan Kenobi . After disposing of the Black Sun vigos including Master Alexi Garyn on Ralltiir , Darth Maul returned the Scimitar to Coruscant while hunting the Trade Federation traitor Hath Monchar . Following the completion of that mission , Maul was assigned by his master to track down the missing Queen Amidala of Naboo , along with her entourage and her pair of Jedi guardians Qui - Gon and Obi - Wan . After breaking through the Trade Federation blockade on Naboo , Amidala and her guardians made their way to the remote desert planet of Tatooine . Thanks to the enhanced features of the Scimitar and its complement of spy droids , it was to this locale that Darth Maul finally tracked & confronted Master Qui - Gon , who only narrowly escaped . However , Darth Maul would later meet his foes again during the battle for Naboo , presumably landing the Scimitar within the confines of the Trade Federation - controlled Theed Palace . The Sith Lord managed to defeat Qui - Gon Jinn , before being seriously wounded and left for dead by Obi - Wan Kenobi . Following that , the " Scimitar " passed into the hands of the Republic . The first technicians to inspect the courier were killed by automated defenses , so Jedi Master Saesee Tiin was tasked to help in securing the craft . While he found a large amount of equipment , including torture devices and other less - sinister pieces of technology , the onboard computers had been erased . The ship was going to be transferred over to Kuat Drive Yards for study , but disappeared somewhere en route according to official records . In reality , as of 19 BBY , the Republic was storing it in a clandestine hangar in Theed . At some point , however , the " Scimitar " was recovered by Darth Sidious , who kept it during his reign as emperor of the Galactic Empire . The " Scimitar " was an influence in the creation of the " Rogue Shadow " , which was similarly produced by a Sienar company . Behind the scenes . In " " , the ship is referred to as the " Infiltrator " . In the book " Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy " , there is a ship that looks very much like the " Scimitar " in the section on Mos Eisley . On the deckplan of the " Scimitar " from " Starships of the Galaxy ( Saga Edition ) " , the " Scimitar ' s " cockpit and airlock are shown to be on different levels , while in the book " " , Maul is said to have seen a Bartokk reflected in the cockpit viewscreen , while seated in the pilot ' s chair , and opened the airlock directly behind himself to vent the assassin . The " Scimitar " is playable in the last bonus mission in the 2000 video game " " . In another video game , " " , released in 2001 , the " Scimitar " can be unlocked by beating all story - based missions with a " Gold " rank , or by entering the code " SIENAR & ! " in the N64 version or " FRBPTDAY " in the PC version . The vehicle is equipped with specially powerful weapons that make gameplay easy — laser cannons and two fire - linked seeker missile launchers .