The C-3 passenger liner represented a type of passenger vessel that operated throughout the era of the Galactic Civil War.
These vessels offered considerable luxury and were frequently observed parked near spaceports. As a relatively frequent sight on the established routes between planets, even the Emperor, Palpatine, utilized a C-3 liner named the Excalibur as his own personal transport. This vessel was attacked in 3 ABY by the disloyal Grand Admiral Demetrius Zaarin. Following the conclusion of the Battle of Artorias, the New Republic made use of multiple C-3 liners to move civilians away from Artorias.
The C-3 passenger liner was originally designed for the 1994 LucasArts video game, Star Wars: TIE Fighter.