Immortal Immortal was an " Imperial II - class Star Destroyer " of the Imperial Starfleet . History . During the early years of the Galactic Civil War , the " Immortal " was assigned to take out the " Tantive IV " . It ambushed the " Tantive IV " while she was receiving the Death Star plans from the Rebel shuttle " Maria " , launching several Assault Gunboats to disable the corvette before jumping into hyperspace . The " Immortal " was due to return and deliver a shuttle carrying stormtroopers to capture the vessel after the Gunboats disabled it , however Rebel X - wings , led by Keyan Farlander , were able to destroy the Gunboats and allow the " Tantive IV " to escape . Just hours later , while the " Tantive IV " was about to deliver the plans to the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser " Liberty " , the " Immortal " once again showed up and prevented the transfer , this time succeeding in disrupting Operation Skyhook . Keyan Farlander and Hamo Blastwell in R - 22 Spearheads held off the Imperial attack while the " Tantive IV " escaped . The " Tantive IV " then proceeded to ' plan B ' and moved to Tatooine . However , once there , it was intercepted by the Star Destroyer " Devastator The " Immortal " led several attacks on Rebel Alliance freighters and cruisers shortly before the Battle of Yavin . When privateers , acting on behalf of the Rebels , captured the Imperial BFF - 1 bulk freighter " Sidral II " the " Immortal " attempted to prevent the transfer of its cargo of military equipment bound for the Death Star to the Rebel corvette " Frazier " . The " Immortal " was some distance away but launched TIE / LN starfighter s and TIE / sa bombers . However , two R - 22 Spearheads from Red Squadron , led by Keyan Farlander , prevented the TIEs from disrupting the transfer and the Rebels fled to hyperspace safely . When the Rebels disabled an Imperial transport carrying officers headed for the Death Star , the " Immortal " attempted to prevent the shuttle " Hunter " from capturing the transport . However , by the time it arrived the transport had already been captured and was headed for the EF76 Nebulon - B escort frigate " Inad " . While fighters launched from the " Immortal " engaged Rebel Y - wings , more Imperial transports attempted to recapture the stolen transport . However , Farlander again destroyed the transports and the Rebels escaped . During another mission it approached " Defiance " above Bestine IV and launched squadrons of TIE / sa bombers to destroy it . Most of the " Defiance ' s " pilots were away flying other missions but the ship was able to scramble three X - wings and two R - 22 Spearheads in its defense . The Rebel pilots , including Farlander and Breth Gart , on temporary assignment from the " Independence " , were able to tarry them , until the " Defiance " hyperspaced away . Same happened with " Independence " as soon as the Death Star was completed . The officers who had been previously captured by the Rebels were unable to reveal much information except that Bevel Lemelisk was leading the design team and that some of his team had recently traveled to Coruscant for a meeting with Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin . As the technicians left Coruscant on the CR90 corvette " Godar " bound for the " Intrepid " , the Rebels attacked with a Y - wing from Red Squadron , flown by Farlander , two X - wings from Blue Squadron and the " Lambda " - class shuttle " Rescue 1 " . The " Immortal " launched TIEs to assist the escorting Assault Gunboats , but the Rebel fighters were able to hold off the Imperials while Farlander disabled the " Godar " and " Rescue 1 " conducted the boarding operation . After " Rescue 1 " captured the personnel and fled into hyperspace , Farlander destroyed the " Godar " before following the other Rebels . Later the " Immortal " attacked the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser " Independence " in the Bestine system as part of a major Imperial offensive after the completion of the Death Star . The Imperial attack consisted of TIE Bombers to attack the cruiser while Assault Gunboats and TIE / IN interceptors engaged the defending X - wings and R - 22s . Despite splitting up and attacking from three different directions two of the Imperial bomber groups were quickly destroyed . The third made it through and began firing proton torpedoes at the " Independence " . The defending starfighters were caught up fighting the Gunboats but eventually broke away and were able to help the " Independence ' s " gunners destroy the last bombers . The " Independence " escaped to hyperspace with its shields down but with only minimal hull damage . In 4 ABY , the " Immortal " attacked the " Defiance " and the " Independence " to prevent them to reach the Sullust system and the Alliance Fleet preparing the Battle of Endor . Behind the scenes . The book " " informs us that Darth Vader was onboard the ship while chasing " Tantive IV " . It ' s possible that the game authors were ignorant of the canon and " Immortal " was a mistaken made - up name for the canonical ship " Devastator " that appeared in the movie .