Continuing a
Naboo tradition of sleek, gleaming starships, Senator
Padmé Amidala employed a striking boomerang-shaped star
skiff in her final days as the Clone Wars drew to a close. Though elegant, it is somewhat more utilitarian than the rocket-shaped yacht or the enormous
Naboo Royal Cruiser she used in previous years.
The silvery craft had a teardrop-shaped primary hull supported by a wide wing, with a top mounted cockpit and surprisingly spacious interior. The storage bay included roomy lockers, and inside was a small yet well-equipped medical suite.
Though Padmé Amidala was more than capable of flying the ship, she often left that duty to Captain Typho or C-3PO. The control systems were standard Naboo designs, offering familiarity to those already trained on similar vessels.
Amidala piloted the star skiff from Coruscant to Mustafar in a desperate yet failed bid to track down her husband who had succumbed to the dark side of the Force. Amidala never returned from that fateful voyage, though Obi-Wan Kenobi had stowed away aboard the star skiff, inside one of the storage lockers. After the shocking confrontation between Anakin Skywalker and Amidala on Mustafar, and the resulting duel between Kenobi and his former apprentice, Amidala's inert form was taken aboard the star skiff by the loyal droids, C-3PO and R2-D2. Inside, the skiff's medical suite was barely able to stabilize her condition long enough for Obi-Wan Kenobi to pilot the vessel to the asteroid refuge of Polis Massa.