Darth Vader's Palace

From SW420
Jump to navigation Jump to search
For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation).

Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.

This article is in need of referencing per Wookieepedia's sourcing guidelines.

This article needs appropriate citations. Help us improve this article by referencing valid resource material. Remove this notice when finished.

Darth Vader's Palace, also referred to as Darth Vader's castle, was the public abode of Darth Vader - Dark Lord of the Sith and Supreme Commander of Imperial Forces - located within the Imperial City on Imperial Center, also known as Coruscant. The massive building was in the same category of height as Palpatine's Imperial Palace and Xizor's Palace, though the Emperor's remained the largest of the three monoliths. All three residences were within walking distance of each other accessed through the highly protected corridors.

Description

While Prince Xizor and Emperor Palpatine relished their abodes with many treasures and luxurious artifacts, the interior of Lord Vader's Palace was much less glamorous. Despite the vast wealth and resources at his disposal, he displayed no riches or decorations, not even holo-framed pictures on the walls; most of the furnishings were simple greel wood structures. The Palace also housed a hyperbaric chamber similar to the one aboard his flagship, the Executor, where Vader would frequently meditate and cultivate the dark side in an attempt to heal his damaged lungs temporarily. The Sith Lord would also often spar against combat droids to keep his lightsaber skills sharp.

Despite the minimalism of its resident, the Palace did contain a high level of security; surveillance and spy systems were used to analyze all conversations held within and even monitor facial movements and gestures. These were all monitored by body language experts housed within the Palace security offices. Often Xizor would monitor Vader's activities at the Palace using spies, and he always knew when the latter was within or away from his Coruscanti residence.

Vader's private quarters were located deep within the castle, behind blast doors and other security features. A small command center was close at hand, through which Vader could keep in touch with the rest of the galaxy. The castle also held the Sith Lord's training chambers, a combat arena in which he could practice his lightsaber combat skills against modified ASP-19 battle droids, and a docking bay for his personal shuttle.

The workers in the landing bay at the Palace were trained to get Vader's private shuttle ready as quickly as possible, usually within the time it took for the secondary sovereign to use the turbolift to the landing bay floor. There was one account of a time when the Sith Lord arrived and the shuttle was not ready in which he promptly executed those responsible. Ever since, preparations for Vader's shuttle were always punctual.

The Palace was not Vader's only residence on Coruscant; he also had a fortress retreat on the planet's northern hemisphere, on the shoreline of the Western Sea. In addition to those, he also had a private citadel on Vjun known as Bast Castle.

History

The structure was built under orders of Emperor Palpatine after the construction and expansion of the Imperial Palace was completed.

In 3 ABY, Vader met with Imperial spy Jix and his Noghri bodyguard Kohvrekhar here.

Appearances

Sources

In other languages
Retrieved from "https://sw420.com/index.php?title=Darth_Vader%27s_Palace&oldid=14325"