Shadow Caster The Shadow Caster was a " Lancer " - class pursuit craft used by the bounty hunter Ketsu Onyo . About four years before the Battle of Yavin , Ketsu used this starship to travel to the planet Garel during an assignment from the Black Sun crime syndicate to obtain the GNK - series power droid EG - 86 . There , she used the starship to pursue her former classmate Sabine Wren , who had been sent by the Phoenix Cell to obtain the droid for the rebellion . After fighting , Ketsu and Sabine reconciled and joined forces to escape an " Arquitens " - class command cruiser by blowing up a GX1 short hauler . Together , they escaped on the " Shadow Caster " and delivered the droid to rebel forces at Havoc Outpost . A year later , Ketsu decided to help the rebellion and used the " Shadow Caster " to clear a passage for the rebel starship known as the " Ghost " to dock with the rebel fighter carrier during an Imperial attack on the rebel fleet . Ketsu ' s actions enabled the rebels to unload fuel supplies which allowed the fighter carrier to refuel and flee to the safe world of Atollon . Description . The " Shadow Caster " was a fast , powerful " Lancer " - class pursuit craft that was equipped with two forward laser cannon s , a triple laser turret , and a tractor beam projector . It was also equipped with a deflector shield generator and a hyperdrive . History . The " Shadow Caster " was the personal starship of Ketsu Onyo , a bounty hunter working for the Black Sun crime syndicate . About four years before the Battle of Yavin , she traveled to the Outer Rim world of Garel using the starship . There , she attempted to collect a bounty on the GNK - series power droid EG - 86 but instead clashed with her former friend Sabine Wren , who had joined the Spectres , which was part of the rebellion . After Sabine and her astromech droid companion Chopper managed to escape with EG - 86 on a stolen GX1 short hauler , Ketsu used the " Shadow Caster " to pursue them and managed to knock out their hyperdrive . She also blasted their blast door open , causing Chopper to get sucked out into the vacuum of space . Ketsu then brought the " Shadow Caster " face - to - face with Sabine ' s ship and demanded that she relinquish the droid or she would blast them . While Sabine distracted her with idle chatter , Chopper snuck up from behind and sabotaged the starship ' s triple laser turrent ; preventing Ketsu from opening fire on Sabine . Sabine then took the opportunity to escape but Ketsu managed to capture Chopper with her ship ' s tractor beam projector . Taking Chopper hostage , she reiterated her demands for EG - 86 and threatened to destroy the astromech droid if her demands were not met . The " Shadow Caster " then docked beside Sabine ' s stolen ship and extended a docking ring to " negotiate " with Sabine . Following a conversation , Sabine forgave Ketsu and the two former friends reconciled . Shortly later , an " Arquitens " - class command cruiser stumbled upon the two ships and announced its intentions to board them . Sabine then hatched an escape plan which involved overloading the short hauler ' s hyperdrive while everyone else fled aboard the " Shadow Caster " . This ruse worked and Ketsu along with Sabine , Chopper , and EG - 86 were able to escape on the " Shadow Caster " before the short hauler exploded and damaged the Imperial cruiser . Ketsu and the rebels then flew the " Shadow Caster " to Havoc Outpost where they passed EG - 86 to an Alderaanian group of rebels that included the astromech droid R2 - D2 . Having completed their mission , Ketsu dropped off her rebel friends back at Garel before parting company . A year later , Ketsu Onyo used the " Shadow Caster " to assist in the defense of the Phoenix rebel fleet , which had come under attack from Imperial forces under Admiral Kassius Konstantine . When Admiral Konstantine ordered his TIE fighters to stop the " Ghost " from delivering fuel to the rebel fighter - carrier , Ketsu used the " Shadow Caster " to clear a path for the " Ghost " to land and unload its fuel . This enabled the fighter carrier and the rest of the rebel fleet to flee to the planet Atollon , with the help of information from Chopper and his friend , the former Imperial inventory droid AP - 5 .