Animated spare suit of armor with the Force

Instantly the weapons shifted aim. But to no avail. The black armor shrugged off the lightning flashes with ease, and Kimmund could barely see the small twitches caused by the pellet impacts. The figure strode forward like something out of dark myth, heading toward the nearest pile of rusted machinery, a spot Kimmund’s sensors had tagged as the hiding place of at least four of the attackers. With the Grysk focus distracted, the other stormtroopers were emerging from the opening, adding their firepower to the battle. A final burst of lightning lashed out—

- Thrawn: Alliances, Chapter Sixteen, Page 437

The final wave of insects splattered themselves and died. Kimmund looked carefully around, feeling the impacts of the pellets, knowing that the lightning guns would soon open fire again. With the stormtroopers pinned down, and the greatest threat fully encased in stone, the Grysks no doubt felt confident of victory.

They’d forgotten that Vader had already seen their attack. They’d perhaps not realized that the Dark Lord was himself a master tactician.

And they’d probably never known that Vader had two full sets of armor.

The lightning guns were beginning to open fire once more when the Dark Lord of the Sith appeared from below, for real this time. He stepped forward, calling his lightsaber to him from the now loosened grip of the hollow suit of armor that he’d walked so convincingly across the chamber and into the Grysks’ trap.

- Thrawn: Alliances, Chapter Sixteen, Page 440