Jade Sabre

The Jade Sabre was a custom-built and modified shuttle that was constructed by Jedi Master Luke Skywalker as a gift to his wife, Mara Jade Skywalker, shortly after their wedding in 19 ABY. He gave her the starship to replace the Jade's Fire, her previous ship that Jade Skywalker sacrificed during their mission to the planet Nirauan. The Jade Sabre was a fast, fish-head shaped green starship equipped with military-grade hyperdrives shield generators and concealed quad laser cannon weaponry.

Mara Jade Skywalker used the ship on a number of expeditions and battles, including an expedition with the Chiss to investigate the wreckage of Outbound Flight in 22 ABY. She later flew the Jade Sabre during the prelude to and early days of the New Republic's war with the invading Yuuzhan Vong species. This included a diplomatic mission with Luke's twin sister Leia Organa Solo and her daughter Jaina Solo to mediate the rising tensions between the Osarian and Rhommamoolian peoples. This conflict was secretly incited by the Yuuzhan Vong saboteur Nom Anor. Later, the Skywalkers flew the ship to investigate Belkadan, another early site of Yuuzhan Vong sabotage. The outbreak of the war culminated with a battle at Helska IV, the headquarters of the Praetorite Vong. She flew her ship in the battle with aid from her husband, Jaina Solo, and Danni Quee, a scientist who was rescued from Yuuzhan Vong captivity by Jaina Solo's twin brother Jacen.

Two months after the Battle of Helska IV, Mara Jade Skywalker flew the Jade Sabre to Dantooine with her youngest nephew Anakin Solo. The expedition was meant to give Jade Skywalker rest and help her recover from the mysterious illness that had plagued her since before the war. While on Dantooine, she and Solo were discovered by several Yuuzhan Vong. With their path to the Jade Sabre blocked, the pair embarked on a dangerous flight from the Yuuzhan Vong forces. Meanwhile, the aliens discovered the ship and destroyed it because of their religious hatred of mechanical technology, eliminating Solo and Jade Skywalker's only way off the planet. Some time later, Mara Jade Skywalker was gifted a replacement ship by Lando Calrissian and Tendra Risant Calrissian, which was christened the Jade Shadow by Risant Calrissian.

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