Recapture of Darth Vader ' s starship During the first week of the Age of the Empire , the newly - armored Sith apprentice Darth Vader recaptured his new starship on a Mid Rim desert world after it was stolen by a group of professional slaver s and held at their base . Prelude . After the celebration of the eradication of the Jedi Order , Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious transported his Sith apprentice , Darth Vader , to a Mid Rim desert world with his " Theta " - class T - 2c shuttle . When they landed , Vader asked why they had come to the Mid Rim , and Sidious replied that he had high hopes for what Vader and himself could accomplish with the Galactic Empire and informed Vader that he first needed a lightsaber , calling back to their conversation at the celebration event . Sidious gave Vader the quest of finding a living Jedi so Vader had someone to take a kyber crystal from , and noted that it was a daunting task given how they had eliminated the Jedi Order . Still , Sidious proclaimed that he had great faith in Vader ' s resourcefulness and capability . As Vader disembarked , Sidious stated that he had left a ship for Vader ' s use , but it appeared that it was stolen by a band of outlaws , and stated that the galaxy cried out for order . Vader left and sought to recapture his starship . Recapturing the starship . After switching his lenses from standard vision , Vader trekked through the desert and discovered a slaver base . While two slaver s were conversating on their luck in finding the starship , and how wealthy they were going to be , Vader killed a slaver by Force push ing a slab of the perimeter wall onto them . When the others turned to Vader , he exclaimed that the vessel was his and proceeded to kill the slavers as they fired upon him . He managed to kill several by launching small pieces of metal at them , which pierce through their bodies , although Vader was subsequently shot . As a Pau ' an celebrating that he shot Vader , Vader used Force push to propel them down the nearby cliff . Vader then used the bodies of two dead slavers as cover while the others continued to fire at him , and then launched one of the bodies at a slaver , killing him . The remaining slaver ceased , and exclaimed on why Vader was there and what he wanted . Vader proceeded to kill him by using Force choke , while stated that he only wanted that . Aftermath . After Vader had captured his starship , he made his way to " Brighthome " , a Jedi outpost in the Mid Rim that was occupied by a force of clone trooper s to begin his quest . After a clone trooper pilot contacted Vader and stated that he was in a restricted area , Vader ignored the warnings and continued , despite being informed by his droid that he had the authorization codes for the space station . After Vader destroyed the four ARC - 170 starfighters surrounding the station , Vader boarded and proceeded to kill the clone trooper s inside , except for two who were able to escape . Vader then accessed the station ' s databank in search of a possible living Jedi , one who had taken the barash vow . Behind the scenes . The recapture of Darth Vader ' s starship was first depicted in the canon 2017 comic , " " , written by Charles Soule and pencilled by Giuseppe Camuncoli .