Warning: This infobox has missing parameters: end date, start date and unrecognized parameters: era Empire's End, also known as Dark Empire III: Empire's End, was a series of comics written by Tom Veitch and Jim Baikie, and the end of the Dark Empire trilogy. It was originally released by Dark Horse Comics in 1995 as a two-issue monthly series, then in September 1997 as a trade paperback.
Publisher's summary
Emperor Palpatine has a new weapon—one that can annihilate a planet. But he's not targeting a planet—he's targeting the future of the Jedi, Leia's children. It looks like a hopeless situation for Luke Skywalker, who has the critical task of protecting the children. But it's not the first time Luke has found hope where none existed. The finale to the Dark Empire trilogy is collected here.
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Plot summary
After perishing in battle with Luke and Leia Skywalker in Dark Empire, Emperor Palpatine was forced to occupy an inferior clone body. Unbeknownst to him, his personal physician had been suborned by Carnor Jax, backed by a number of other high-ranking Imperial personnel. The physician deliberately inserted genetic material and contaminants into all stored samples of the Emperor's original body, to the effect that these bodies would be nowhere as resistant to the ravaging effects of the dark side as the original.
The last remaining clone body undestroyed by Skywalker or traitorous Imperials is now aging rapidly, and Palpatine's final, irrevocable end is near unless he can either fix his genetic material (an impossibility since no unadulterated samples remain) or insert his spirit into another body. After consulting with ancient Sith Lords on the mausoleum planet Korriban, Palpatine learns that Han and Leia's youngest child, Anakin, is the only workable body.
After an attack on Byss, in which the second Eclipse-class Star Destroyer, the Eclipse II, is steered into the Galaxy Gun by R2-D2, and a projectile from the Gun was shot into Byss (destroying Byss utterly), Palpatine following the Solos to Onderon, then proceeded to attack Leia inside the Kira fortress, prompting Leia to fight back before realising she was no match for the Emperor. Shortly after, Luke Skywalker arrived with his fellow Jedi. Following their arrival, Rayf Ysanna was then killed by a barrage of Sith lightning, and Brand was mortally wounded. Skywalker, stunned that Palpatine was going for baby Anakin Solo, looked on in shock, before Sidious was then shot by a blaster bolt sent from Han Solo (which he purposely didn't block) and proceed to sadistically rush his cackling spirit towards the infant Anakin Solo, however, he was intercepted by the body of the dying Empatojayos Brand, who chose to make the ultimate sacrifice as he died, willingly clasping his soul to Palpatine's, ensuring that both of them would be pulled into the netherworld of the Force (In Palpatine's case, Chaos). At long last, and with the assistance of all the Jedi of the past dragging him down, Emperor Palpatine was finally and truly killed.
Appearances
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Issues
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| Issue | Title | Publication date | Trade paperback | TPB pub date |
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| Empire's End | Empire's End Dark Empire II Second Edition Dark Empire Trilogy |
September 10, 1997 September 13, 2006 September 15, 2010 | ||
| 1 | Empire's End 1: Triumph of the Empire | October 24, 1995 | ||
| 2 | Empire's End 2: Rage of the Emperor | November 28, 1995 | ||
Notes and references
External links
Empire's End on Wikipedia- The Dark Empire Saga on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
