Original generated cover art — not a reproduction of any published cover
Two issues to finish the Dark Empire trilogy: Palpatine makes one last attempt at immortality by seizing the body of Han and Leia’s infant son, and is stopped for good.
Published October and November 1995. Tom Veitch scripted with Mike Beidler; Cam Kennedy had moved on and Jim Baikie drew and coloured both issues, with Dave Dorman covers. Collected in 1997.
This run is in the catalogue but has not been written up. Everything above is verified publication data; there is no opinion here yet, and a placeholder review would be worse than none.
The arc breakdown and issue list below are the useful part for now.
Structure
How the run divides, and where a reader can get on and off.
#1–2
Empire’s End
The close of the Dark Empire trilogy, sometimes billed as Dark Empire III.
Every issue
Number, title, cover date and credits. A dash means the field is not verified — not that it is empty.
| # | Title | Cover date | Writer | Artist | Cover artist | Arc | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Triumph of the Empire | October 1995 | Tom Veitch | Jim Baikie | Dave Dorman | — | |
| 2 | Rage of the Emperor | November 1995 | Tom Veitch | Jim Baikie | Dave Dorman | — |
In print
Trades, omnibuses and Epic Collections. ISBNs appear only where verified.
| Edition | Format | Publisher | Year | Collects | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Wars: Empire’s End | TPB | Dark Horse Comics | 1997 | Star Wars: Empire’s End #1-2 | 1569713065 |
Dossiers
Encyclopedia entries for the figures this run develops.
The farm boy the whole shelf is built around — and the character the two continuities disagree about most.
A politician first, a fighter by necessity, and the character the novels have served best.
The genre’s most durable scoundrel, and a surprisingly hard character to write well in prose.
A thousand years of Sith planning, executed by a man whose main weapon was committee procedure.
