Dark Empire 4

Dark Empire 4: Confrontation on the Smugglers' Moon was the fourth issue of the 6 part Star Wars: Dark Empire series of comics. It was released June 23, 1992 by Dark Horse Comics.

Opening crawl

BOOK 4: CONFRONTATION ON THE SMUGGLERS' MOON Believing he can resolve the Galactic conflict by learning the Emperor's darkest secrets, Luke Skywalker has at last taken his father's place as the Emperor's protégé and Supreme Commander of the Imperial forces. The Emperor, for his part, hopes to push his “young apprentice” over the edge, deep into the seductive embrace of the Dark Side of the Force. Luke's decision to follow his father's destiny is a dangerous and perhaps foolhardy one, for the Emperor has now launched a massive assault upon the crumbling New Republic. As the Emperor's inexorable ''World Devastators'' smash the floating cities of Admiral Ackbar's home planet, Lando Calrissian and Wedge Antilles lead Rebel forces in a fierce – and fruitless – attempt to save the gentle Mon Calamari. Meanwhile, ''Han Solo'' and ''Leia Organa'' embark on a quest to free Luke. Together with ''Chewbacca'' and ''C-3PO'' they journey to Nar Shaddaa, a smugglers' moon orbiting the Hutt homeworld. There they find Han's old friend, ''Shug Ninx'', and old girlfriend, ''Salla Zend'', who owns a ship that can travel the Deep Galactic Core with impunity. And there Leia meets ''Vima-Da-Boda'', an old woman Jedi overlooked in the great purge, who gives Leia a mysterious gift. But the highest clan of Hutts, brothers of the dead gangster Jabba, have placed a fabulous price on the heads of Han and Leia... a price that attracts the attention of an old enemy: ''Boba Fett''!

Publisher's summary

Betrayed 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!

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

Full cover art Gwellib Ap-Llewff Wedge Antilles C-3PO Lando Calrissian Chewbacca Dengar Boba Fett Titus Klev Knave Leader (First appearance) Knave Three (First appearance) Shug Ninx Palpatine R2-D2 Luke Skywalker Han Solo Leia Organa Solo Mako Spince Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) Savuud Thimram Salla Zend ZZ-4Z

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2-series astromech droid JV-Z1/D butler droid Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid

Events

Galactic Civil War Operation Shadow Hand Battle of Calamari

Locations

Byss Mon Calamari Nar Shaddaa

Organizations and titles

Bounty hunter Galactic Empire Byss Defense Fleet (First appearance) Byss Security CompForce Galactic Emperor Imperial Sentinel Inquisitorius Jedi Jedi Knight New Republic Knave Squadron Knave Leader (First appearance)

Sentient species

Human Clone Corellian Naboo Gank Hutt (Mentioned only) Wookiee Rwook

Vehicles and vessels

E-wing escort starfighter EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate Antares Six Guardian-class patrol ship Patrol XLS Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Emancipator MB-C1 medium transport Starlight Intruder Modular taskforce cruiser (First appearance) Nimbus Rider 2000 Seltiss-2 caravel YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon

Weapons and technology

Armor Mandalore's armor Blaster Blaster pistol DL-44 heavy blaster pistol EE-3 carbine rifle Imperial Hyperspace Security Net Power coupling

Collections

• Dark Empire trade paperback
• Star Wars: Dark Empire Third Edition
• Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy
• Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy
• Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The New Republic Vol. 5

Sources

• "Boba Fett: Mystery Man in Not-So-Shining Armor" – Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 1

External links

• For a Thousand Generations on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com; backup link)

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