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Sith Infiltrator
Darth Maul's ship: a 26.5-metre Sith vessel with a cloaking device, built to reach a target unseen.
- Model
- Sith Infiltrator (Scimitar)
- Length
- 26.5 m
- Crew
- 1 pilot
- Passengers
- 6
- Top speed in atmosphere
- 1,180 km/h
- Hyperdrive
- class 2
- Armament
- Cloaking device · 3 Sith probe droids · Sith speeder
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Overview
The Sith Infiltrator is Darth Maul's ship in The Phantom Menace, a craft 26.5 metres long that is built to move unseen[1]. A cloaking device hides it from view, and Maul uses it as a mobile base while he hunts Queen Amidala and the Jedi on Darth Sidious's orders[1].
It carries three Sith probe droids and a speeder for searching on the ground[1]. The film never names the ship; later canon comics call it the Scimitar[4].
Length 26.5 m
How it flies and fights
The Infiltrator is a single-pilot ship, and everything about it is made for hunting quietly[1]. A cloaking device conceals it in flight[1], and in an atmosphere it reaches about 1,180 km/h[2]. In its hold it carries the tools of the search: three Sith probe droids and a speeder, launched from the ship once it has landed[1].
Who flew it
Maul
Pilot
Flew the ship on Sidious's orders to reach Tatooine unseen and hunt down Queen Amidala and the Jedi[1].
Chronicle
Key moments in the ship's life, in story order. Spoilers stay hidden until you mark the title as watched in the timeline.
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32 BBY
Episode I — The Phantom Menace
Cloaked and following Sidious's orders, Maul lands on Tatooine and sends three probe droids and his speeder to find Queen Amidala[1].
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32 BBY
Spoiler from Episode I — The Phantom MenaceShowyou've watched it
After Maul is defeated, Darth Sidious takes control of the ship while it is shipped to Kuat Drive Yards for analysis[2].
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The Emperor keeps the ship at an Imperial facility in the charge of the droid O-66. Bounty hunter Chanath Cha is given it to chase a stolen yacht, but O-66 flies it away[2].
Where it flew
Where to see the Sith Infiltrator
Films, series and games with the Sith Infiltrator, in story order.
Behind the scenes
- The ship's shape began as a design for a new Jedi starfighter. George Lucas liked it so much that he gave it to the villain instead[3].
Did you know
- The Phantom Menace never gives the ship a name. 'Scimitar' arrived later, first in Expanded Universe stories and then in canon comics[4].
