Shadows of the Empire 2

Shadows of the Empire 2 was the second issue in the six-part Shadows of the Empire series of comics, and was released on June 1, 1996 by Dark Horse Comics.

Publisher's summary

Prince Xizor controls the largest merchant fleet in the galaxy—that makes him a valuable asset to the Empire and to the Emperor. And that makes him Darth Vader's hated enemy. As Luke, Leia, and Chewbacca head to Tatooine to rescue Han Solo, they get caught in the crossfire of the galaxy's deadliest rivalry… in the Shadows of the Empire.

Media

Cover gallery

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  Legends

Appearances

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

4-LOM Wedge Antilles Big Gizz (First appearance) Bossk C-3PO Lando Calrissian Viera Cheran (Indirect mention only) Chewbacca Boba Fett Guri IG-88D (Indirect mention only) Wes Janson Wrenga Jixton (First appearance) Leia Organa Dash Rendar Luke Skywalker Han Solo (in carbonite) Spiker (First appearance) Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) Unidentified bounty hunter assistant (First appearance) Unidentified green-skinned alien bounty hunter (First appearance) Unidentified Herglic bounty hunter (First appearance) Unidentified horned bounty hunter (First appearance) Unidentified Ithorian bounty hunter (First appearance) Unidentified squid-like bounty hunter (First appearance) Darth Vader Xizor Zuckuss

Creatures

Womp rat (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2-series astromech droid R5-series astromech droid Human replica droid Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid LOM-series protocol droid Training droid ASP-series droid ASP-19 battle droid

Events

Galactic Civil War Battle of Gall Battle of Hoth (Indirect mention only)

Locations

Bespin (Mentioned only) Coruscant Imperial City Xizor's Palace Endor (Mentioned only) Hoth (Mentioned only) Tatooine Ben Kenobi's hut Mos Eisley Zhar Gall Imperial Enclave

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Fleet Rebel pilot Rogue Squadron Rogue Six Black Sun Bounty hunter Galactic Empire Scout trooper Jabba's swoop gang Mercenary Order of the Sith Lords Dark Lord of the Sith Sith Lord Pilot Prince / Princess Smuggler Swooper

Sentient species

Chiss Falleen Gand Breather Gand Herglic Human Cyborg Hutt (Mentioned only) Jawa Trandoshan Wookiee Rwook

Vehicles and vessels

74-Z speeder bike Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft Slave I Imperial-class Star Destroyer Imperial II-class Star Destroyer Unidentified Imperial II-class Star Destroyer (Gall, dayside) (First pictured) Unidentified Imperial II-class Star Destroyer (Gall, nightside) (First pictured) Swoop T-65 X-wing starfighter TIE/LN starfighter YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon YT-2400 light freighter Outrider

Weapons and technology

AG-2G quad laser cannon Armor Darth Vader's armor Mandalorian armor Scout trooper armor Stormtrooper armor Blaster Blaster carbine EE-3 carbine rifle Blaster rifle E-11 blaster rifle Comlink Headset comlink Laser cannon Lightsaber Darth Vader's lightsaber Moisture vaporator Targeting computer (Mentioned only) Z-6 jetpack

Miscellanea

Alliance Starbird Baldric Cockpit Ecumenopolis Goggles Lightsaber combat "May the Force be with you" Planet Rebel flight suit Spaceport Starfighter combat The Force

Collections

• Shadows of the Empire (TPB)
• Star Wars Omnibus: Shadows of the Empire

Sources

• "Straight from the Horse's Mouth" – Star Wars Insider 25
• "Lucasfilm's Latest: Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Update" – Star Wars Insider 28
• "Lucasfilm's Latest" – Star Wars Insider 29
• "Straight from the Horse's Mouth: Creating the Shadows Comic Book" – Star Wars Insider 29
• The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
• "The New Wonder Column" – Star Wars Insider 31
• "ComicScan: Rare, but Sometimes Well-Done" – Star Wars Galaxy Collector 2

External links

• Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire #2 (of 6) on Dark Horse Comics' official website (backup link)
• Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (1996) #2 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

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