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Warning: This infobox has missing parameters: upc, release date and unrecognized parameters: era, publication date, isbn Star Wars: Empire 9: Darklighter, Part 2 is the ninth issue in the Star Wars: Empire series of comics. It was published on July 2, 2003 by Dark Horse Comics.

Publisher's summary

As a newly commissioned officer in the Empire, Biggs Darklighter is assigned to the frigate Rand Ecliptic. In his new post he learns that expediency is preferable to honesty, and that the deaths of innocents is an acceptable price to pay for covering one's mistakes. Horrified by what he has seen of the Empire in action, Biggs and a circle of his close companions plot to desert their posts and join the Rebellion. But when their plan is uncovered by another officer, desertion becomes a fight for survival!

Don't miss this stunning Classic Era story of how Biggs Darklighter and his boyhood friend, Luke Skywalker, came to fight side-by-side for the Rebellion!

Plot summary

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Appearances

By type

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

Characters

Biggs Darklighter
Delund
Jan Dodonna
Heliesk
Kandji (Appears in hologram)
Derek Klivian / "Hobbie"
Peate Kurin
Mon Mothma (Appears in hologram)
Tars Nandy
Palpatine (Indirect mention only)
Roons Sewell (First mentioned)
Luke Skywalker (Appears in hologram)
Vanden Willard

Organisms

Dog (Appears in hologram)
Jakrab (Mentioned only)

Events

Mutiny on the Rand Ecliptic

Locations

Daemen (Mentioned only)
- Clarion Scholars Academy (Mentioned only)
Eedoq (Mentioned only)
Sullust (Mentioned only)
Sululluub asteroid belt (Indirect mention only)
Tatooine (Appears in hologram)
Yavin 4
- Great Temple
  - Grand Audience Chamber
Yavin Prime

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic
Camblian Order (Mentioned only)
Galactic Empire
- Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only)
- Imperial Navy
  - Captain
  - First Mate
  - Imperial Navy crewman
  - Second Mate
  - TIE pilot
  - Twilight Squadron
    - Twilight Leader
- Imperial medic
- Senator
- Stormtrooper

Sentient species

Human
Tusken Raider (Mentioned only)

Vehicles and vessels

AA-9 Coruscant freighter
BTL Y-wing starfighter
Imperial II-class frigate
- Rand Ecliptic
Lark
TIE/LN starfighter

Weapons and technology

Concussion grenade
CS-Mark 12 holoprojector
- Hologram
Data stick
E-11 blaster rifle
GX-8 water vaporator (Appears in hologram)
Hyperdrive (Mentioned only)
SE-14r light repeating blaster
Stormtrooper armor
Vibroknife
Vibro-lance

Miscellanea

Force Multiple Orbit
Goblin moss (Mentioned only)

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Star Wars: Empire

Trade paperbacks
Betrayal:	1 · 2 · 3 · 4
Princess... Warrior:	5 · 6
Darklighter:	8 · 9 · 12 · 15
The Short, Happy Life of Roons Sewell:	10 · 11
To the Last Man:	16 · 17 · 18
A Little Piece of Home:	20 · 21
Idiot's Array:	24 · 25
"General" Skywalker:	26 · 27
In the Shadows of Their Fathers:	29 · 30 · 32 · 33 · 34
The Wrong Side of the War:	36 · 37 · 38 · 39 · 40
Stand-alone:	7 · 13 · 14 · 19 · 22 · 23 · 28 · 31 · 35
Volume One · Volume Two · Volume Three · Volume Four · Volume Five Volume Six · Volume Seven · 30th Anniversary Collection: Darklighter Omnibus: The Other Sons of Tatooine · At War with the Empire: Volume 1 · Volume 2
Epic Collections
The Rebellion:	Vol. 1 · Vol. 2 · Vol. 3 Omnibus Vol. 1 · Omnibus Vol. 2
The Empire:	Vol. 7 · Vol. 8 Omnibus Vol. 3
Related issues and series
A Valentine Story · Star Wars: Rebellion

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 '''''Star Wars: Empire 9: Darklighter, Part 2''''' is the ninth issue in the ''[[Star Wars: Empire]]'' series of comics. It was published on [[July 2]], [[2003]] by [[Dark Horse Comics]].
 ==Publisher's summary==
-As a newly commissioned officer in the [[Galactic Empire|Empire]], [[Biggs Darklighter]] is assigned to the frigate ''[[Rand Ecliptic]]''. In his new post he learns that expediency is preferable to honesty, and that the deaths of innocents is an acceptable price to pay for covering one's mistakes. Horrified by what he has seen of the Empire in action, Biggs and a circle of his close companions plot to desert their posts and join the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic|Rebellion]]. But when their plan is uncovered by another officer, desertion becomes a fight for survival!
+As a newly commissioned officer in the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Empire]], [[Biggs Darklighter/Legends|Biggs Darklighter]] is assigned to the frigate ''[[Rand Ecliptic/Legends|Rand Ecliptic]]''. In his new post he learns that expediency is preferable to honesty, and that the deaths of innocents is an acceptable price to pay for covering one's mistakes. Horrified by what he has seen of the Empire in action, Biggs and a circle of his close companions plot to desert their posts and join the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Rebellion]]. But when their plan is uncovered by another officer, desertion becomes a fight for survival!
-Don't miss this stunning Classic Era story of how Biggs Darklighter and his boyhood friend, [[Luke Skywalker]], came to fight side-by-side for the Rebellion!
+Don't miss this stunning Classic Era story of how Biggs Darklighter and his boyhood friend, [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]], came to fight side-by-side for the Rebellion!
+==Plot summary==
+{{Plot}}
 ==Appearances==
 {{App
 |characters=
+*[[Biggs Darklighter/Legends|Biggs Darklighter]]
-[[File:SWEMP9-FC.jpg|thumb|Full cover art]]
-*[[Biggs Darklighter]]
 *[[Delund]]
-*[[Jan Dodonna]]
+*[[Jan Dodonna/Legends|Jan Dodonna]]
 *[[Heliesk]]
-*[[Kandji]] {{Holo}}
+*[[Kandji]] {{Hologram}}
-*[[Derek Klivian]]
+*[[Derek Klivian/Legends|Derek Klivian]] / "Hobbie"
 *[[Peate Kurin]]
-*[[Mon Mothma]] {{Holo}}
+*[[Mon Mothma/Legends|Mon Mothma]] {{Hologram}}
+*[[Tars Nandy]]
+*[[Palpatine]] {{Imo}}
+*[[Roons Sewell]] {{1stm}}
+*[[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] {{Hologram}}
 *[[Vanden Willard]]
-*[[Roons Sewell]] {{Mo}}
+|creatures=
+*[[Dog/Legends|Dog]] {{Hologram}}
+*[[Jakrab/Legends|Jakrab]] {{Mo}}
+|events=
+*[[Mutiny on the Rand Ecliptic]]
 |locations=
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 **[[Clarion Scholars Academy]] {{Mo}}
 *[[Eedoq]] {{Mo}}
+*[[Sullust/Legends|Sullust]] {{Mo}}
-*[[Yavin 4]]
+*[[Sululluub|Sululluub asteroid belt]] {{Imo}}
+*[[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]] {{Hologram}}
+*[[Yavin 4/Legends|Yavin 4]]
+**[[Great Temple (Yavin 4)|Great Temple]]
+***[[Grand Audience Chamber]]
+*[[Yavin Prime]]
 |organizations=
-*[[Alliance to Restore the Republic]]
+*[[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]]
+**[[General/Legends|General]]
+**[[Rebel Honor Guard/Legends|Rebel Honor Guard]]
+**[[Rebel pilot/Legends|Rebel pilot]]
+**[[Rebel trooper/Legends|Rebel trooper]]
 *[[Camblian Order]] {{Mo}}
-*[[Galactic Empire]]
+*[[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]]
+**[[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Galactic Emperor]] {{Mo}}
+**[[Imperial Navy/Legends|Imperial Navy]]
+***[[Captain/Legends|Captain]]
+***[[First Mate]]
+***[[Imperial Navy crewman]]
+***[[Second Mate]]
+***[[TIE pilot]]
+***[[Twilight Squadron (Imperial)|Twilight Squadron]]
+****[[Twilight Leader]]
+**[[Imperial medic]]
+**[[Senator/Legends|Senator]]
+**[[Stormtrooper/Legends|Stormtrooper]]
 |species=
-*[[Human]]
+*[[Human/Legends|Human]]
+*[[Tusken Raider/Legends|Tusken Raider]] {{Mo}}
 |vehicles=
+*[[AA-9 Coruscant freighter/Legends|AA-9 Coruscant freighter]]
-*[[Class II Frigate]]
-**''[[Rand Ecliptic]]''
-*''[[Lark]]''
-*[[TIE/ln starfighter]]
 *[[BTL Y-wing starfighter]]
+*[[Imperial II-class frigate|''Imperial II''-class frigate]]
+**''[[Rand Ecliptic/Legends|Rand Ecliptic]]''
+*''[[Lark]]''
+*[[TIE/LN starfighter/Legends|TIE/LN starfighter]]
 |technology=
 *[[Concussion grenade]]
+*[[CS-Mark 12 holoprojector]]
+**[[Hologram/Legends|Hologram]]
+*[[Data stick]]
+*[[E-11 blaster rifle/Legends|E-11 blaster rifle]]
+*[[GX-8 water vaporator]] {{Hologram}}
+*[[Hyperdrive/Legends|Hyperdrive]] {{Mo}}
+*[[SE-14r light repeating blaster]]
+*[[Stormtrooper armor/Legends|Stormtrooper armor]]
+*[[Vibroknife]]
+*[[Vibro-lance/Legends|Vibro-lance]]
+|miscellanea=
+*[[Force Multiple Orbit]]
+*[[Goblin moss]] {{Mo}}
 }}
 ==Collections==
 {{Imagecat|Images from Star Wars: Empire 9: Darklighter, Part 2}}
-*[[Star Wars: Empire: Darklighter (TPB)|''Star Wars: Empire: Darklighter'' (TPB)]]
+[[File:SWEMP9-FC.jpg|thumb|Full cover art]]
+*[[Star Wars: Empire: Volume Two: Darklighter|''Star Wars: Empire: Darklighter'' (TPB)]]
 *''[[Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collection Volume 7: Darklighter]]''
+*''[[Omnibus: The Other Sons of Tatooine]]''
 {{Empire}}
+{{Interlang
-[[Category:Star Wars: Empire|Empire 09]]
+|pl=Biggs Darklighter: Bohater Rebelii, część 2
+|ru=Звёздные войны. Империя 9: Дарклайтер, Часть 2
+}}
+[[Category:Star Wars: Empire|Empire 09]]
-[[pl:Biggs Darklighter: Bohater Rebelii, część 2]]
-[[ru:Звёздные войны. Империя 9: Дарклайтер, Часть 2]]