{"title":"Star Wars: Dark Empire (1991)","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"ayg8-star-wars-dark-empire-1","title":"Star Wars: Dark Empire #1 [FN]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrade: FINE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: Stock Image\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue Number: 1\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 1991-03-31\u003cbr\u003eWriter: \u003cbr\u003eArtist: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSix years after Return of the Jedi, the Rebel Alliance has established a New Republic over three-fourths of the galaxy. The surviving Imperial Forces are torn by civil war and harassed by rebel attacks. One of these raids ends in disaster: Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian are shot down over the former Imperial City. When news reaches Han Solo and Leia Organa, they rush to the rescue...(along with Wookie Chewbacca and droid C3PO, of course!) But there's something else rushing toward the Imperial City...something that wants Luke.The Rebel Alliance had received a message from Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian, just before the two of them had been shot down over Coruscant. Now Han, Leia, Chewbacca and C3PO have gone to rescue them from Coruscant. They take the Millennium Falcon, and two Escort Frigates to search for the party.Coming out of hyperspace, a frigate is destroyed in a collision with space wreckage. The other frigate remains in orbit, while the Falcon descends into Imperial City.The Falcon descends right into the middle of a battle. On one side, the marooned Rebels led by Lando, and on the other side, Imperial forces. Leia and Han come in, guns blazing. But as it seems that the Imperials are gaining the upper hand, suddenly, Leia feels the proximity of a Force user. She sees Luke coming towards them from behind a wreckage. An Imperial Walker attacks him, but he easily destroys it with the Force. Leia greets Luke. Luke says that he feels an imminent danger, a Dark Presence, is coming for him.In orbit, Nien Nunb notices that a wormhole opens in space, and a hyperspatial storm starts devouring everything in its path. It slowly descends to the planet's surface. The Rebels notice it too. Luke says that this monstrosity is there for him, and so he must stay to fight it. Leia pleads Luke to let her stay with him, but he firmly refuses. Han takes her and the rest of the Rebels, and the Falcon flees from the oncoming storm.The storm descends upon Luke. At that instant, Luke makes telepathic contact with the Darkness. The storm takes him and R2D2 into it, and vanishes.List of covers and their creators:CoverNameCreator(s)Sidebar LocationRegRegular CoverDave Dorman1VarGold Variant CoverDave Dorman3VarPlatinum Variant CoverDave Dorman2\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dark Horse Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43707599847503,"sku":"CV-KY6G-BOX549","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/5512\/files\/dark-horse-comics-comics-star-wars-dark-empire-1-fn-1198460873.jpg?v=1760801761"},{"product_id":"ss38-star-wars-dark-empire-2","title":"Star Wars: Dark Empire #2 [VF\/NM]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrade: VF\/NM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: Stock Image\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIssue Number: 2\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 1991-04-30\u003cbr\u003eWriter: \u003cbr\u003eArtist: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDanger stalks the Rebels in the form of the massive World Devastators, dark side machines that destroy everything in their path. Their current target is the planet Calimari, which will be destroyed unless Lando Calrissian and the Rebel forces can reach it in time. Meanwhile, Luke meets the face behind the Force storm, a familiar face, while Leia feels Luke being torn away...Admiral Ackbar and Mon Mothma converse among themselves about the various strategies they need to follow to overthrow the remnants of the Empire. They also draw up a list of the worlds sympathetic to the Rebel Alliance.In the meantime, the Millennium Falcon comes back to the Rebel starships aggregation in space. Then the Falcon and Admiral Ackbar make their way to the Pinnacle Moon in the Da Soocha system. Upon landing, Leia tells Mon Mothma that Luke may be in danger from a Dark Force of great magnitude. Mon Mothma calls a meeting, discussing this, and a new fact that certain big machines called World Devastators are attacking the planetary systems allied with the Rebels. She pulls up live images of a similar attack happening on planet Calamari. Ackbar says that a counter-attack needs to be arranged immediately.Elsewhere, Luke finds himself and R2D2 inside a dungeon ship. The ship docks at a port on planet Byss, from which Luke senses a vast amount of Dark Force emanating. They are carried to the Commander’s central chamber, when Luke sees that the one who brought him to Byss, is Emperor Palpatine! Palpatine explains how he found cloning technology to be useful to carry his spirit inside clone human bodies. He explains that he will not die if struck down, but will find other bodies to inhabit. Palpatine says that he is preparing to launch a full scale attack on the Republic, and the current civil wars are nothing. Luke senses the futility of any immediate plan, and recognizes the Emperor as his Master, willingly giving himself to the Dark Side.On the Pinnacle Moon, Lando and Wedge prepare to go to the Calamari system, while Han stays back to discuss things with Leia. Leia says that Luke is in great danger, and needs to be saved. She senses him on Byss. Han and Chewbacca make arrangements for their trip.List of covers and their creators:CoverNameCreator(s)Sidebar LocationRegRegular CoverDave Dorman1VarGold Variant CoverDave Dorman3VarPlatinum Variant CoverDave Dorman2","brand":"Dark Horse Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43707599880271,"sku":"CV-3D27-BOX549","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/5512\/files\/dark-horse-comics-comics-star-wars-dark-empire-2-vf-nm-1198460872.jpg?v=1760801757"},{"product_id":"ij1-star-wars-dark-empire-3","title":"Star Wars: Dark Empire #3 [VF\/NM]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrade: VF\/NM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: Stock Image\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIssue Number: 3\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 1991-05-31\u003cbr\u003eWriter: \u003cbr\u003eArtist: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA war for the planet Calamari erupts over that planet's surface, already threatened by the massive World Destroyers. While Lando and Wedge take on the Imperial stormtroopers, Leia is tormented by visions of Luke being sucked into the darkness. Meanwhile, it seems that Han has run into some \"old friends\"!SynopsisJumping out of hyperspace, the Rebel starships led by Lando and Wedge, blast their way through the defensive Imperial blockade into Calamari’s orbit. Rebel fighters are deployed for low altitude assault on the World Devastators. The Devastators answer back with a wave of highly advanced robotic Tie Fighters. It seems that the battle is about to end in a draw, when suddenly, a Devastators comes into orbit, and targets the Rebel Star Destroyer for assimilation. Lando and Wedge prepare to evacuate.On Pinnacle Moon, Leia reaches out to Luke telepathically, only to find that he has turned to the Dark Side. A vision of Palpatine interrupts the conversation, saying the Luke has no hope of breaking his grip. The psychic backlash knocks Leia out. Later, while recuperating, Leia says that Luke has turned to the Dark Side, and she needs to save him. Mon Mothma agrees, saying that Luke is the last surviving Jedi Knight, and all hope rests on him. Han agrees to ferry her to Byss.On the way to Byss, Han says that they will need a cruiser with Imperial communication frequencies to evade the security surrounding the planet. So, he plans to go to his old home, the moon Nar Shaddaa. Immediately upon arrival, the Millennium Falcon is attacked by Bounty Hunters. Han manages to evade them, and arrives at his friend Shug Ninx’s place. He introduces Leia to Ninx and Salla Zend. Salla says that she has a ship which will suit Han’s needs. Chewbacca and C3PO stay at Ninx’s place.Han and Leia go for a walk, and stumble upon a very old Jedi female, Vima Da Boda. Vima gifts Leia a box, and disappears. Han comes to his place, and the two of them are greeted by Han’s droid, Zeezee, who squawks out that a certain Mr. Fett came to meet Han some time ago.List of covers and their creators:CoverNameCreator(s)Sidebar LocationRegRegular CoverDave Dorman1VarGold Variant CoverDave Dorman3VarPlatinum Variant CoverDave Dorman2","brand":"Dark Horse Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43707599913039,"sku":"CV-KDRS-BOX549","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/5512\/files\/dark-horse-comics-comics-star-wars-dark-empire-3-vf-nm-1198460871.jpg?v=1760801754"},{"product_id":"hh1g-star-wars-dark-empire-4","title":"Star Wars: Dark Empire #4 [VF\/NM]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrade: VF\/NM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: Stock Image\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIssue Number: 4\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 1991-06-30\u003cbr\u003eWriter: \u003cbr\u003eArtist: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetrayed by their friends and pursued by everyone's favorite bounty hunter, Han and Leia try to escape from Nar Shaddaa. Meanwhile, the Rebels in combat over the planet Calamari receive aid from an unexpected source, and Luke falls deeper into the grip of the Dark Side!Overview:Han and Leia are greeted by Boba Fett, Dengar and Han’s old friend Mako (who seems to have changed sides). Boba tells Han that he has waited a long time to kill him. Han and Leia blast their way out of the backdoor, and flee through the streets. Quickly they come to a dead-end, an abandoned spaceport of Nar Shadda. Han and Leia counter the bounty hunters’ attack. Suddenly, a stray shot hits the passing floater of a hutt. The hutt falls off, and Han and Leia take this chance to get on the floater. They manage to evade the bounty hunters and fly upwards to find Salla Zend’s ship and the Millennium Falcon attached to it.Han thanks Salla for the rescue, but it is short lived, because it seems that Boba Fett has already given chase in his Slave II spaceship. In the meantime, Leia opens the box given to her by Vima da boda. She finds an ancient but working lightsaber inside. As she activates the lightsaber, her force awareness is amplified temporarily. She visualizes Luke, now turned to the dark side, and in command of a fleet of Imperial starships. Leia tells Han that they must hurry.Elsewhere, over Mon Calamari, Lando and his Rebel troops are in crisis. Their captured Star Destroyer is in the grip of a World Smasher. More World Smashers have ascended into orbit for a full frontal battle with the Alliance. Suddenly though, the World Smashers start self-destructing. It is revealed that override signals from Byss were the cause.Over Byss, Salla Zend’s Starlight Intruder makes it through the forcefield, using stolen Imperial Code , but Boba Fett’s Slave II gets deflected. The Intruder makes it into the hangar, and the Millennium Falcon detachs itself to penetrate even more through the security net. Leia uses the Force to evade the security and the Falcon touches down in the inner hangar. As soon as Han, Leia, Chewbacca and C3PO get off, Salla and Ninx takes the Falcon out of the clutches of the Imperials. Luke’s hologram appears before Leia, and the boarding party are escorted into the Emperor’s inner sanctum. Luke reveals that the Emperor still lives.Inside the cloning laboratories, Luke confronts them, asking them to unhand their weapons. Leia draws out her lightsaber, and notices Luke missing his prosthetic right hand. The Emperor comes forward and deactivates Leia’s lightsaber with a simple Force gesture. As he leads them to his cloning facility, Leia tries out her Force and breaks a heavy canister on the Emperor’s head. But there is no effect. The Emperor seems elated by Leia’s anger, and says that her time for training has come. With that, he sends out enough Force lightning to knock her out. Han is enraged, but Luke holds him at bay, saying that he will do whatever it takes to restore peace to the galaxy, even if it means his death.List of covers and their creators:CoverNameCreator(s)Sidebar LocationRegRegular CoverDave Dorman1VarGold Variant CoverDave Dorman3VarPlatinum Variant CoverDave Dorman2","brand":"Dark Horse Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43707599945807,"sku":"CV-CBTM-BOX549","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/5512\/files\/dark-horse-comics-comics-star-wars-dark-empire-4-vf-nm-1198460870.jpg?v=1760801751"},{"product_id":"t7yj-star-wars-dark-empire-5","title":"Star Wars: Dark Empire #5 [VF\/NM]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrade: VF\/NM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: Stock Image\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIssue Number: 5\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 1991-07-31\u003cbr\u003eWriter: \u003cbr\u003eArtist: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaptured by the Emperor, Leia discovers that he holds hostage an even greater treasure: a mysterious and intelligent artifact called the Jedi Holocron. With both the Holocron and Luke Skywalker under his control, there's no limit to what the Emperor can do! Written by Tom Veitch, with painted art by Cam Kennedy and painted cover by Dave Dorman. Don't miss out on the hottest series this side of Tatooine!Even as the Imperial World Devastators continue to savage the Rebel Alliance fleet, Leia and Han Solo succeed in freeing Luke Skywalker and his droid, R2D2 from the clutches of the evil Emperor Palpatine. In the course of the rescue operation on Byss, Leia manages to capture one of the Emperor’s most prized possessions, a Jedi Holocron. That particular holocron is believed to have been lost for over 600 years. She knows that it will be highly resourceful to the Alliance. The Emperor sends guards after her, but fails to capture her. They meet with Shug Ninx and Salla Zend, who take them into the Millennium Falcon, and the team takes to the skies.As the small band manages to escape from Byss, and into hyperspace, Luke explains to Leia that the control codes of the World Devastators are safely hidden in R2D2’s memory circuits. Then, he vanishes. Leia realizes too late that Luke has employed his newly acquired Dark Side powers to create a living doppelganger, and trick them into leaving Byss.At that exact moment, Luke is busy in the Emperor’s clone laboratory, smashing and hacking at the clone vats, to destroy every one of them, and thus force Palpatine’s death. However, he is unsuccessful, because the Emperor finds an undamaged body to transfer his consciousness. This is a 15 year old body, meaning that the Emperor now has a physical strength comparable to Luke.Palpatine engages Luke in a lightsaber duel, and wins. Triumphant over his greatest adversary, Palpatine vows to find Leia and her children, and to crush the Rebellion once and for all.List of covers and their creators:CoverNameCreator(s)Sidebar LocationRegRegular CoverDave Dorman1VarGold Variant CoverDave Dorman3VarPlatinum Variant CoverDave Dorman2","brand":"Dark Horse Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43707599978575,"sku":"CV-BASR-BOX549","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/5512\/files\/dark-horse-comics-comics-star-wars-dark-empire-5-vf-nm-1198460869.jpg?v=1760801749"},{"product_id":"ahad-star-wars-dark-empire-6","title":"Star Wars: Dark Empire #6 [VF\/NM]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrade: VF\/NM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body-note\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: Stock Image\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIssue Number: 6\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 1991-08-31\u003cbr\u003eWriter: \u003cbr\u003eArtist: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeft behind on Byss, Luke travels with the newly-powerful Emperor Palpatine to capture his sister Leia. Meanwhile, the Jedi Holocron delivers a thousand-year-old prophecy to Leia, which tells of her battle against the young Emperor!And as the Battle of Calimari rages over the waters of that world and the Mon Calimari Rebels wonder when their savior Luke will shut down the killing machines, a battle begins above them that overshadows the outcome of their more conventional war...The key to their survival all comes down to the data carried inside one brave little robot.Han, Leia, Chewbacca, R2D2, C3PO, Salla and Shug flee the planet Byss on their trusted ship Millennium Falcon. Chewbacca links R2D2 to the communication system, and R2D2 uses the stolen control codes that Luke them to immobilize the World Devastators, situated far away on the planet Mon Calamari.As the Devastators stop moving, elite water commandos of Lando Calrissian strike from beneath them and start boarding the machines of destruction. But the Imperial Commanders do not resign to fate. They launch a counter attack with fighter ships. Coming into the atmosphere, the Millennium Falcon’s party behold this small battle, and are unsure of what to do. R2D2 says that he has acquired full control of the World Devastators. Han makes a devious plan, and commands R2D2 to ram the Devastators into one another. Thus the battle over Mon Calamari ends, and the Rebel Alliance is victorious. But, Han still does not trust Luke.Back at the Rebel base, news of the Emperor unfolds. The Emperor plans to unleash attacks on worlds in proximity to the Galactic Core. Mon Mothma tells that they have to make haste to check the Emperor’s advance. In her room, Leia consults the Jedi Holocron she stole from Palpatine. The Jedi spirit suggests that she join the fight to bring back Luke and secure the future of the Jedi.Suddenly, a huge Imperial ship materializes in orbit above the Pinnacle Moon. The Emperor transmits a hologram to the Rebel Alliance, asking them to send Princess Leia up to him, and thus avoid a confrontation. Han disagrees, but Leia insists.As Leia is taken to the Emperor’s room, she sees Luke there as well. Palpatine asks for the holocron but Leia does not have it. Palpatine however has other thoughts. He says that he will have Leia’s unborn child, and that boy will be a vessel for his spirit. But Leia uses the Force to keep Palpatine at bay. Palpatine commands Luke to overpower his sister, but after a short spar, Leia frees Luke’s mind of the Dark Side. Palpatine lashes out with his lightsaber, but Luke cuts off his hand. Palpatine is enraged, and commons his Force Storm upon the Rebel fleet. Luke asks Leia’s help to maneuver the Force against the Emperor. As they join their power, Palpatine is flooded by the Light side of the Force, and the Force Storm turns upon the Emperor’s flagship. Luke and Leia escape at the last moment, as the Force Storm engulfs the Imperial flagship.Back on Pinnacle Moon, Leia and Luke discuss the future of the Jedi. Luke feels that bright days await the Jedi.List of covers and their creators:CoverNameCreator(s)Sidebar LocationRegRegular CoverDave Dorman1VarGold Variant CoverDave Dorman3VarPlatinum Variant CoverDave Dorman2","brand":"Dark Horse Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43707600011343,"sku":"CV-BX3G-BOX549","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/5512\/files\/dark-horse-comics-comics-star-wars-dark-empire-6-vf-nm-1198460868.jpg?v=1760801745"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.packratcomics.com\/collections\/star-wars-dark-empire-1991.oembed","provider":"Packrat Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}