Janskeet said:
Are you guys talking about the "imperial cargo" shuttle that the rebel allaince hijaks and Han, Liea and, Luke use to get to Endore in ROTJ? I was confused that they reused the shuttle Darth Vader arrives in at the beginning of the film, I thought that shuttle was like a personal shuttle used only for superiors, but then we are told it is just a cargo shuttle. I was like huh? Darth Vader flew in just a cargo shuttle. That's not like him.

Never heard of the concept of "multi-function", huh? Never seen a standard Cadillac converted into a limousine before?

Everything the Empire designs is modular in some way. This is most evident in the various TIE fighters - same basic cockpit ball, just slap on different wings/solar panels for different jobs.

Why can't the shuttle be the same? The exterior is a standard design, the difference is in the way the interior is fitted - wide open for cargo, row seats for troops, a few luxury seats for the Emperor and his flunkies. If YTs can be customized and modified, why not Lambdas?