Empire's End 1

Empire's End 1: Triumph of the Empire was the first issue of the two-part Star Wars: Empire's End series of comics. It was released on October 24, 1995 by Dark Horse Comics.

Publisher's summary

The Emperor is back—and this time he's out for blood! Following his battle with Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Dark Empire II, Emperor Palpatine was forced to occupy an inferior clone-body. That body is now aging rapidly, and Palpatine's final, irrevocable end is near unless he can infuse his line of clones with genetic material from a Jedi bloodline. His target: Han and Leia's youngest child, Anakin!

Opening crawl

Triumph of the Empire With the birth of Leia and Han's third child, Anakin Solo, Luke Skywalker feels a surge of hope for the future of the Jedi Knights. But it is a dark time for the Rebel Alliance: deploying Umak Leth's new terror weapon, Emperor Palpatine has once again asserted his technological dominance over the galaxy. No planet, no space fleet, is safe from the destructive power of lightspeed projectiles that can set off nucleonic chain reactions anywhere in the galaxy. In a demonstration of power, Pinnacle Moon and its Rebel Command Base have been destroyed by the weapon, and the Alliance has been driven into hiding. Numerous systems sympathetic to the Rebel cause have rapidly capitulated to this new Imperial threat of total annihilation. Secreted on the Nespis VIII space city, Mon Motha and her generals vow to fight on. Troopships and heavy armor are directed against Imperial supply ports and shipyards . . . and, without success, against the Galaxy Gun itself. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker and his small band of Jedi have the critical task of protecting Leia's children, who are the future of the Jedi. Most urgently, Luke and the Jedi hope to draw the Emperor into a face-to-face confrontation that will end his dark reign - and restore peace to the galaxy - for all time to come.

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. Empatojayos Brand C-3PO Lando Calrissian Chewbacca Boba Fett (Mentioned only) Emperor's physician (First appearance) Green Leader (First appearance) Jenks (First appearance) Umak Leth Mon Mothma Xecr Nist Okko Palpatine R2-D2 Sedriss QL (Mentioned only) Luke Skywalker Anakin Solo Leia Organa Solo Han Solo Jacen Solo Jaina Solo Ranik Solusar (Mentioned only) Kam Solusar Tekba (First appearance) Darth Vader (Mentioned only) Unidentified Gama-Senn ruler (First appearance) Jem Ysanna (Mentioned only) Rayf Ysanna

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2-series astromech droid Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid Subminiature probe drone (First appearance)

Events

Clone Wars (Mentioned only) Galactic Civil War Operation Shadow Hand Destruction of the Nespis VIII spaceport (First appearance) Destruction of the Pelagia (First appearance) Mission to Vjun (First appearance) Siege of an Imperial Galactic Rim shipyard (First appearance)

Locations

Bonadan (Mentioned only) Byss Gama system (First appearance) Auril systems Nespis VIII Space City Ossus Ottegan system Da Soocha V ("Pinnacle Moon") (Mentioned only) Pinnacle Base (Mentioned only) Vjun Bast Castle

Organizations and titles

Galactic Empire Dark Side Elite Stormtrooper Corps Jedi Knight Rebel Alliance New Republic Captain General Green Leader Technician

Sentient species

Gama-Senn (First appearance) Human Ysanna Mon Calamari Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

Eclipse-class dreadnought Eclipse II Front End (Mentioned only) Galaxy Gun I-7 Howlrunner Jedi Explorer II (First appearance) Mon Calamari Star Cruiser Pelagia Republic T-65 X-wing starfighter YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon

Weapons and technology

Arakyd missile (Mentioned only) Homing beacon Kuat V-200 ion cannon (First appearance) Lightning gun (Mentioned only) Lightsaber Navicomputer Particle disintegrator warhead

Miscellanea

Cloning Hangar bay

Collections

• Empire's End trade paperback
• Star Wars: Dark Empire II Second Edition
• Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy
• Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The New Republic Vol. 5

Notes and references

In other languages

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