The Vulture's Claw, a GS-100 salvage ship, belonged to Gha Nachkt, a Trandoshan scavenger. In the aftermath of the Battle of Bothawui, Nachkt recovered R2-D2, the astromech droid of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, from wreckage and kept him on the Vulture's Claw. Seeking their droid, Skywalker and his Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, boarded Nachkt's vessel, but they failed to locate R2-D2 and departed after a conflict where they destroyed a pair of IG-86 sentinel droids. Subsequently, Nachkt transported R2 to Skytop Station, delivering him to General Grievous and the Separatists.
The vessel was characterized by its filth and foul odor. Aboard, it housed a sizable cargo bay filled with containers of salvaged goods and several IG-86 sentinel droids.
The initial appearance of the Vulture's Claw occurred in "Downfall of a Droid," the sixth installment of the first season of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series, which premiered on November 7, 2008. The episode guide on StarWars.com provided its first identification. The seating arrangement within the Vulture's Claw shares a design similarity with the seats found in the Millennium Falcon.
The Raider, a vessel featured in the season three episode "Nightsisters," was created using the Vulture's Claw model, albeit with a different paint scheme and other alterations.