When we talk about Darth Vader’s dark deeds, most people think about the Jedi Purge or his duel with Obi-Wan Kenobi. But buried deep in the Darth Vader (2017) #19 is a story that’s far more personal and haunting. It’s about the day Vader not only hunted down a fallen Jedi but also stole his newborn child.
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The Jedi Who Tried to Walk Away
Eeth Koth once sat on the Jedi Council, but by the time of the Empire, he had left that life behind. After Order 66, he didn’t rally with the survivors or lead a rebellion. Instead, he became a priest of the Church of the Ganthic Enlightenment, married a woman named Mira, and started a family.
When Mira gave birth to their daughter around 14 BBY, Koth seemed to have escaped the storm. He wasn’t hiding in battle armor or plotting against the Emperor. He was just trying to live as a father. But that’s when Darth Vader came knocking—literally bursting into the room before Koth could even hold his newborn baby.
Vader’s Hunt for Eeth Koth
The Sith Lord didn’t care that Koth claimed to have left the Jedi behind. Koth pleaded with him, insisting he wasn’t a threat. But Vader wasn’t hunting him as a Jedi only. He was hunting him as part of a larger mission: destroy every loose end, every spark of the old Jedi Order.
Koth tried to bargain, even offering information, but Vader dismissed it. The two clashed in a duel, and while their lightsabers lit the room, Mira ran with their daughter in her arms. Koth fought not just as a Jedi but as a father desperate to buy his family time.
Vader wasn’t working alone. The Inquisitorius—his squad of dark side agents—spread out to track Mira and her child. Among them was Akaris, known as the Thirteenth Sister, along with the Fifth Brother and others.
Mira almost made it to her father’s transport. She begged for mercy, even appealing to Akaris as another woman. For a brief moment, it looked like compassion had won. Akaris let her board the shuttle with her baby. But it was a cruel trick.
As the ship lifted off, the Inquisitor reached out with the Force and pulled the newborn straight from Mira’s arms. The mother’s scream echoed through the hangar as the baby was ripped away.
Back in the duel, Eeth Koth fought with the fury of someone who had nothing left to lose. But when Vader revealed that his Inquisitors had already taken the baby, the fight ended in despair.
Distracted by grief, Koth opened himself to the killing blow. Vader ran him through with a lightsaber. The former Jedi Master’s last sight was his child in the hands of his enemy.
The Child Taken to Coruscant
After the battle, Vader and the Inquisitors returned to Coruscant. The baby, still crying, was placed into the arms of nursemaids under the shadow of the Empire. She became part of Project Harvester, the Imperial program that collected Force-sensitive children for training and control.
Eeth Koth’s daughter—born into a moment of hope—was stolen within hours of her first breath. She grew up not with her parents but inside the machinery of the Empire, a tool for the very system that destroyed her family.
