Original generated cover art — not a reproduction of any published cover
The end of the Thrawn trilogy, and the best-drawn of the three adaptations: the assault on Coruscant, the cloning caves of Wayland, and a Grand Admiral undone by a bodyguard.
Six issues from November 1997 to July 1998, adapted by Mike Baron and drawn by Edvin Biuković, with Eric Shanower inking the last two. Biuković died in 1999, aged thirty; this was his final Star Wars work. Collected in June 1999.
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.
#1–6
The Last Command
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 | — | November 1997 | Mike Baron | Edvin Biukovic | Mathieu Lauffray | The Last Command | |
| 2 | — | December 1997 | Mike Baron | Edvin Biukovic | Mathieu Lauffray | The Last Command | |
| 3 | — | February 1998 | Mike Baron | Edvin Biukovic | Mathieu Lauffray | The Last Command | |
| 4 | — | March 1998 | Mike Baron | Edvin Biukovic | Mathieu Lauffray | The Last Command | |
| 5 | — | April 1998 | Mike Baron | Edvin Biukovic | Mathieu Lauffray | The Last Command | |
| 6 | — | July 1998 | Mike Baron | Edvin Biukovic | Mathieu Lauffray | The Last Command |
In print
Trades, omnibuses and Epic Collections. ISBNs appear only where verified.
| Edition | Format | Publisher | Year | Collects | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Wars: The Last Command | TPB | Dark Horse Comics | 1999 | Star Wars: The Last Command #1-6 | 1569713782 |
Dossiers
Encyclopedia entries for the figures this run develops.
The Empire’s only alien Grand Admiral, and the one commander it could never quite trust.
The Emperor’s assassin who became Luke Skywalker’s wife — and the best case for reading Legends.
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.
