Imperialis The Imperialis was a luxury pleasure craft owned by Supreme Chancellor and eventually Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine during the Galactic Civil War . While the " Imperialis " was stolen by the gambler Lando Calrissian and wrecked on the moon Quantxi , the Emperor had several replicas of the vessel housed at his Observatories , which were scattered throughout the galaxy . In 5 ABY , the bounty hunter Mercurial Swift found information about Fleet Admiral Gallius Rax ' s origins aboard the " Imperialis " computers . Description . The " Imperialis " was a sleek , silvery pleasure yacht with two swept - back wings . It was a custom job by Raith Sienar , who owned Republic Sienar Systems . The " Imperialis " was fast , maneuverable and capable of outrunning Imperial Star Destroyers . The yacht was equipped with advanced defensive systems in its wings that were capable of blasting gravity mine s . The ship ' s cockpit had red tinted screens and could seat a pilot and co - pilot . On one occasion , the smuggler Lando Calrissian was able to use the " Imperialis " to drag the tractor beam of a Star Destroyer , causing it to collide with another Star Destroyer . The Imperialis ' was filled with treasure from top to bottom including a Gungan fertility totem from the Naboo system . The ship had a securely - locked central chamber that could only be accessed by interface . This chamber stored several Sith artifact s including a Sith helmet and two lightsaber s . It was guarded by a pair of the Emperor ' s Royal Guard s . The dark side presence inside the helmet was capable of corrupting any sentient beings in close proximity to it . These artifacts were believed to belong to the Sith sculptor Lord Momin . The " Imperialis " also had a medical bay in the lower deck that contained a bacta tank . The ship also had a well - stocked armory that contained a wide array of blaster s . The " Imperialis " also had an airlock and docking rig that could be remotely operated . The ship ' s escape pod s could also be remotely deactivated by interface . The " Imperialis " also had a self - destruct mechanism . Lobot ' s AJ ^ 6 cyborg construct could also connect to the ship ' s interface . History . Serving Palpatine . According to Sava Korin Pers , the " Imperialis " might have been a custom job by Raith Sienar himself . It was in service as early as 30 BBY , when it would be used ferry Chancellor Sheev Palpatine and his adviser , Yupe Tashu to Jakku for their excavation of the Plaintive Hand plateau . On that occasion , Gallius Rax , a future Fleet Admiral of the Galactic Empire , stowed aboard the ship . Palpatine then gave him the choice of dying or serving him . Rax chose the latter and agreed to guard the excavation site on Jakku . Ten years later , Palpatine appointed Rax as his Contingency aboard the " Imperialis " and inducted him into the Galactic Empire . Enter Lando . While the " Imperialis " was being serviced at Sienar Fleet Systems ' Orbital Shipyard CC - 24 sometime after the battle of Yavin , it was stolen by gambler Lando Calrissian , Lobot , Korin Pers , and the alien twin s Aleksin and Pavol . In response , the Emperor dispatched three Imperial Star Destroyers to recapture the ship . However , Calrissian was able to use the Star Destroyer ' s tractor beams to cause them to collide with each other . Calrissian and his companions then fled into deep space . The Emperor then sent the bounty hunter Chanath Cha to recover the " Imperialis " and capture the thieves . The Emperor provided her with the modified Star Courier " Scimitar " , which was capable of tracking down the yacht ' s hyperspace signature . He also gave her instructions to destroy the ship should she be unable to recover it . Meanwhile , Lobot was impaled through the gut by the Royal Guards guarding the ship ' s central room . Lando and Korin managed to evacuate Lobot to the ship ' s medbay while Aleksin and Pavol defeated and killed the guards . They discovered that the ship was storing several Sith artifacts including a Sith helmet and lightsabers . Aleksin and Pavol were corrupted by the dark side presence inside the Sith artifacts and began fighting . Lando and Korin were cornered by Cha , who was an old friend of Lando . Due to her relationship with Lando , Cha decided to spare his life and that of his companions . However , she proceeded with her mission to set the ship to self destruct . Lando and his companions were attacked by the corrupted Aleksin and Pavol , who killed Korin . Lando managed to evacuate Lobot from the medbay and kill Aleksin after tricking him into deactivating his lightsaber . Cha killed Pavol following a knife fight . After Lobot managed to reactivate the ship ' s escape pods , the three escaped into space . Legacy . The " Imperialis " was destroyed by its self - destruct mechanism . Following its destruction , its wreckage would be disposed of on Quantxi , the Junk Moon of Ord Mantell . At the request of Grand Admiral Rae Sloane , the bounty hunter Mercurial Swift accessed the ship ' s computer s in 5 ABY and discovered that Rax originated on Jakku . Despite the loss of the " Imperialis " , each of the Emperor ' s Observatories hosted a functional replica of the Emperor ' s pleasure yacht . Following the Battle of Jakku , Sloane along with Brendol Hux , Armitage Hux , and Rax ' s former child soldiers used the replica of the " Imperialis " stationed at the Jakku Observatory to travel into the Unknown Regions and rendezvous with the Emperor ' s lost flagship " Eclipse " . Behind the scenes . The " Imperialis " first appeared in the Marvel Comics story arc " " , which was released in 2015 . The starship was created by Charles Soule , drawn by Alex Maleev , and colored by Paul Mounts . The " Imperialis " was later mentioned in Chuck Wendig ' s 2016 novel " " . The 2017 sequel " " established the existence of the " Imperialis " sister ships including a functional replica on Jakku .