Star Home The Star Home was the flagship of the Hapan Queen Mother s , one of the most unique and luxurious spaceships in the Galaxy — quite literally , a castle set among the stars , equipped with the military capabilities of a fleet carrier . Designated by the Old Republic as a " Custom - built Royal Conveyance " , " Star Home " had originally been constructed shortly after the end of the Mandalorian Wars , but he — all Hapan ships are referred to as " he " — continued to serve as the personal transport of Hapan rulers until at least the time of the Galactic Alliance . Characteristics . The " Star Home " was a large ship , with the massive centrally - oriented hull measuring 2 , 500 meters in overall diameter . But although visually imposing , the " Star Home " was actually rather fragile — even the rugged - looking basalt base had been extensively hollowed - out internally , and structural integrity was retained by powerful molecular - shield generator s . As well as simply holding the spaceframe together , these were strong enough to allow the ship to fight its way out of an attack and escape unharmed to hyperspace , although the underlying weakness of the hull mean that " Star Home " could not charge headlong in the heat of battle . Although not designed primarily as a warship , the " Star Home " also carried a relatively heavy defensive armament , including twenty turbolaser batteries ( of the slow - recharging Hapan variety ) , twenty anti - starfighter laser cannons , and six tractor beam projectors . His most deadly weapons , however , were his sixty Miy ' til starfighter s , which were housed along with the Queen Mother ' s personal shuttle in a suite of hangar bays located in the base of the main hull , between the roots of the encircling pylons . There were also servants aboard to do the women ' s biddings composed of heavily muscled , beautiful young men dressed only in skimpy loincloths . Above the hangars , one - third of the volume of the basalt base was taken up by the " Star Home " ' s six Kerts - Bhrg power generators , capable of operating for a hundred years without a major overhall . These in turn drove four linked " Froond " - class hyperdrive engines and twenty - four sublight engines , each of which would have been capable of powering a " Victory " - class Star Destroyer on its own . History and role . The " Star Home " was constructed by the first Queen Mother just after 4000 BBY . In form , he consisted of an exact duplicate of the Fountain Palace , the royal seat on Hapes , set beneath a vast dome of transparent crystal on a massive baulk of black basalt , with five massive pylons built from the same ebony rock , thrust outwards to give a star - shaped appearance . From the outset , the " Star Home " was designed as a showpiece for the splendours of the Hapes Star Cluster and the Hapan monarchy : every world in the Hapes Consortium contributed to his construction , and one important aspect of his purpose was as a royal treasury , housing a luxurious and legendary collection of priceless objects and artifacts from the 63 inhabited worlds under the Queen Mother ' s rule . The " Star Home " was never truly forgotten in spacer circles , but the royal ship had apparently not been seen by outsiders for 2 , 000 years until shortly before the Battle of Yavin , when Ta ' a Chume used him to recover her wayward son Prince Isolder , just beyond the Transitory Mists on the very edge of Hapan space . Although this event was recorded by pirate Grov Bricker in his sensationalist memoirs , bringing knowledge of the ship ' s existence to a wider audience ; in 8 ABY , the Galaxy was still stunned by the " Star Home " when Ta ' a Chume brought him to Coruscant on an impromptu state visit . Although New Republic Intelligence believed that the " Star Home " could land on the bluffs overlooking the Hapan capital Ta ' a Chume ' Dan , it appears that this was incorrect , as the " Star Home " did not have any protection against atmospheric entry . Rather , the castle here is likely to have been the real Fountain Palace , with the " Star Home " remaining in orbit around Hapes when he was not required to convey the reigning Queen Mother to other locations in the Hapes Cluster . Behind the scenes . A passage in " Cracken ' s Threat Dossier " , written as a New Republic Intelligence report , claims that " Star Home " was able to land on a " mountain - like " platform in the heart of the Hapan capital city of Ta ' a Chume ' Dan , but more recently " " has stated categorically that the ship was incapable of atmospheric reentry , and other canon material suggests that it was the original Fountain Palace which overlooks the capital . Further discrepancies between these sources also occur concerning the disposition of " Star Home " ' s weapons , the size of the ship ' s crew , and its cargo capacity , although these could potentially be retcon ned by supposing that the ship was refitted between the timeframes with which the two sources are concerned : " Ladies First " focuses on events shortly before the Battle of Yavin , while " Cracken ' s Threat Dossier " relates to the situation in and after 8 ABY . Be that as it may , " Cracken ' s Threat Dossier " states that each of the protruding pylons mounted four turbolaser batteries , four laser cannon and a tractor - beam projector , with the sixth projector being mounted in the hangar complex . According to " Ladies First " , however , all the weaponry is mounted on the " equator " of the circular central base , with only two lasers , two turbolasers and one tractor beam being capable of bearing on any one target . " Cracken ' s Threat Dossier " says that " Star Home " was operated by a crew of 9 , 500 , plus 112 gunners , and had accommodation for 1 , 000 passengers , a cargo capacity of twenty - five thousand metric tons , and four years ' supplies . " Ladies First " , however , says that the crew was just 740 , divided among 500 engineers and technicians , 90 fighter pilots , 50 command staff , and 100 soldiers , but on the other hand , cites a maximum passenger capacity of 2 , 000 with an " average " of 600 courtiers aboard at any one time . The cargo capacity is stated here as just 7 , 000 tons , but the ship is said to carry supplies for five years .