The Stellar Vista, a captain-led luxury liner, suffered a catastrophic incident. In 14 BBY, while Berch Teller's insurgent campaign was underway, the Stellar Vista was pulled from hyperspace and collided with an Imperial warship, causing extensive damage to the liner. This occurred because an experimental Immobilizer 418 cruiser's gravity well projector failed while attempting to retrieve Moff Wilhuff Tarkin's hijacked corvette, the Carrion Spike. This massive hyperspace accident led to the deaths of 1,100 individuals on the Stellar Vista, prompting the captain to request help.
James Luceno initially referenced the captain in his canon novel, Tarkin, which was released in 2015.