Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 1

Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 1 was the first issue in the Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand series of comics. It was released on August 5, 1998 by Dark Horse Comics.

Publisher's summary

After she fails to eliminate the young Jedi Luke Skywalker, Mara Jade is dispatched to take down a crimelord who seeks to reestablish the criminal organization Black Sun. Little does she know that the Emperor's imminent date with death will change her life forever! Written by Timothy Zahn and Michael A. Stackpole, and illustrated by Carlos Ezquerra.

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

C-3PO Melina Carniss (In flashback(s)) Chewbacca (In flashback(s)) Dequc (First appearance) Boba Fett (In flashback(s)) Bib Fortuna Mara Jade Kaythree (First appearance) Leia Organa Palpatine Salacious B. Crumb (In flashback(s)) Luke Skywalker (In flashback(s)) Han Solo (In flashback(s)) Strok (First appearance) Jabba Desilijic Tiure Touno (First appearance) Darth Vader (Mentioned only) Cevva Xuz (First appearance) (Appears in hologram) Unidentified Imperial officer (Svivren) (First appearance)

Creatures

Bantha (as meat) Dewback (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid

Events

Festival of Great Trade (First appearance) Galactic Civil War Battle of Svivren

Locations

Coruscant (Mentioned only) Qiaxx (First mentioned) Svivren Wrils (First appearance) Tatooine Jabba's Palace (In flashback(s))

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Black Nebula (First appearance) Black Sun (Mentioned only) Bounty hunter (In flashback(s)) Galactic Empire Captain Galactic Emperor Emperor's Hand Emperor's Royal Guard (In flashback(s)) General Lieutenant Stormtrooper Corps Stormtrooper Jabba Desilijic Tiure's criminal empire Order of the Sith Lords Dark Lord of the Sith Sith Lord Pilot

Sentient species

Abyssin Gamorrean Gran (In flashback(s)) Human Hutt Ithorian Jawa (Mentioned only) Jeodu (First appearance) Kowakian monkey-lizard (In flashback(s)) Rodian (Appears in hologram) Twi'lek Weequay (In flashback(s)) Wookiee (In flashback(s)) Rwook (In flashback(s))

Vehicles and vessels

Bantha-II cargo skiff Landspeeder Sail barge Luxury-class sail barge Khetanna Z-95 Headhunter

Weapons and technology

Armor Mandalorian armor (In flashback(s)) Stormtrooper armor Axe Blaster Blaster carbine Blaster pistol DL-18 blaster pistol Blaster rifle E-11 blaster rifle Sleeve gun Combat knife Datacard Enviro-suit (In flashback(s)) Holoprojector Hologram Hoversled Imperial officer's disc Jetpack (In flashback(s)) Lanvarok Lightsaber Mara Jade's first lightsaber Safe

Miscellanea

Alliance Starbird (Appears in hologram) AT3 Directive (First appearance) Baldric (In flashback(s)) Basic Credit Glitterstim (Mentioned only) Goggles Huttese slave-girl costume Man in Carbonite (In flashback(s)) Rank insignia plaque Slicing (Mentioned only) The Force Telekinesis Telepathy

Collections

• Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand TPB
• Star Wars Omnibus: Shadows of the Empire
• Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The New Republic Vol. 1
• Star Wars Legends: The New Republic Omnibus Vol. 1

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