Zahn refused, however, so Dark Empire was relocated to being set after the events of Zahn's books. Though they were able to break through the Star Destroyer defenses, the Devastator Silencer-7 turned the Emancipator to scrap and launched squadrons of robotic TIEs. Palpatine eventually traveled to the New Republic's headquarters, Pinnacle Moon, in his flagship, the Eclipse, and created a Force storm to destroy the Pinnacle Moon, although his plan backfired when Luke and Leia cut him off from the dark side and had him consumed by his own creation. The Emperor kept a group of Force-sensitives, called the Dark Side Elite, to carry out his will, similar to the Emperor's Hands of the earlier Empire. He then seemingly converted Luke into his Sith apprentice, and proceeded to launch an attack on Mon Calamari with his World Devastators. But their greatest foe may be their closest friend: Luke Skywalker…. We all know by now that Emperor Palpatine was resurrected on Exegol in the Unknown Regions where he, somehow, had amassed a huge army of Sith Eternal to carry out his Final Order. Although his renewed regime itself was formed when Palpatine revived himself in a clone body in 4 ABY, it officially revealed itself in 10 ABY, when he became strong enough to resume conquest of his broken Empire that had all but fallen into civil war. The primary method of governance was a dark-side magocracy, where the most powerful Force user (Palpatine) would rule, with several Dark Side Adepts enforcing his will. Imperial Citadel, Byss[1] Start date During the writing of the Thrawn Trilogy, Timothy Zahn was asked to incorporate references and elements from Dark Empire into his books, since they were set chronologically later than the comic. Cover artist(s) Wookieepedia is a FANDOM Movies Community. Despite Han's objections, Leia boarded the shuttle, which took her to the Emperor's Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer. Although the Dark Empire intended to fully replace all superweapons and vessels and solely use dark-side-related methods of enforcing its rule, it was forced to rely on them to defeat the New Republic. Along the way, they encounter a woman named Vima-Da-Boda, who gave Leia a lightsaber. Cam Kennedy Emperor Palpatine was able to send one storm over thousands of light years from Byss to Coruscant. On one of these raids to the Coruscant system, in the Star Destroyer Liberator (formerly the Adjudicator), an Imperial-class Star Destroyer captured at the Battle of Endor and, over a five-year period, repaired and modified for covert missions, and its sister ship, the Emancipator (originally the Accuser) entered the Coruscant system, where three Star Destroyers demanded novel and unusual codes for clearance. Luke told everyone to go but R2-D2 stayed with him. Issues Emperor Palpatine lived, after a fashion, and Kylo could feel in his very bones that this clone body sheltered the Emperor's actual spirit. Luke Skywalker attempts to subdue Palpatine. The Emperor's Citadel on Byss, capital of the Dark Empire. Ultimately, Princess Leia … The name generally applies to both the original Dark Empire, as well as its two sequels Dark Empire II and Empire's End. Suddenly, three Devastators fell into the sea because Luke Skywalker shut them down from Byss. Palpatine purportedly experimented for years, transferring his spirit from body to body. You're my only hope. [3], The original idea for Dark Empire revolved around the Empire using an impostor in Darth Vader's armor (or a replica of it) to use as a continuing symbol of fear to help force far-flung worlds into obedience. As such, the Chosen One seems to be contradicted by the story. After landing the Falcon in Shug Ninx's garage, meeting Han's former girlfriend, Salla Zend, Han and Leia went to Han's old living quarters. Furthermore, the initial phase of Operation Shadow Hand had begun: fleets of World Devastators, brainchildren of Umak Leth, machines which destroyed everything in their path, plunging them into vast furnaces which produced weapons and items which could repair or build new World Devastators. Format It was she who appealed to the good inside Luke, redeeming him. According to Dark Empire, his death at the hands of Darth Vader wasn't his first; he'd cheated mortality, through a combination of the Dark Side and technology. In The Rise of Skywalker, Rey had a vision of Ochi of Bestoon, the Acolyte assassin who was hired by Emperor Palpatine to kill her parents and capture her. They arrived in the nick of time to rescue Lando and the crew of the Liberator. The real Luke Skywalker then marched into the clone lab during Palpatine's last few moments before the transition. Dark Empire Unlike the Empire prior to 4 ABY, however, it was openly run by a Force user (in this case, Dark Jedi/Sith). Force-related weapons included the Shadow Droids, which were biomechanical weapons created with Sith alchemy, and Chrysalides, which were rancors mutated by Sith alchemy. The Sith baddy was resurrected in the non-canon Dark Empire comic series. Timeline After she, C-3PO, Han and Chewbacca got off, Salla and Shug took the Falcon to a safe place. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Cam Kennedy Later, at the Alliance base on the fifth moon of Da Soocha, code-named Pinnacle Base, the Alliance leaders reported that the separate Imperial factions had disappeared into the unknown regions of the Galactic Core. Non-Force-related weapons and vessels included various capital ships, including Imperial-class Star Destroyers, Victory-class Star Destroyers, Interdictor-class heavy cruisers, at least four Sovereign-class Super Star Destroyers, at least one Bellator-class dreadnought, at least five Allegiance-class battlecruisers (including the Allegiance itself), the Eclipse and Eclipse II of the Eclipse-class dreadnoughts, at least one Secutor-class Star Destroyer, at least three Procursator-class Star Destroyers, at least two Vengeance-class dreadnoughts, Lambda-class T-4a shuttles, Delta-class DX-9 stormtrooper transports at least three Executor-class Star Dreadnoughts, at least five Mandator III-class dreadnoughts, and many Modular taskforce cruisers of all varieties. Executive branch In anger, Leia toppled Palpatine from his bed and stole the Holocron. [Source]. Great new fleets of the Empire were spreading across the Galactic Core, and soon the entire galaxy would fall under the sway of the dark side. Palpatine intended to eventually use solely the dark side of the Force to run the Empire, but had to use regular vehicles until that could be accomplished. His Force Storm also resulted in Luke Skywalker being captured and delivered to Byss. In actuality, Luke Skywalker feigned allegiance to Palpatine in order to defeat the dark side from within, and proceeded to leak the override codes for the World Devastators, although this did not last long. In the Star Wars Legends timeline, Luke Skywalker was corrupted to the Dark Side by a resurrected Emperor Palpatine, becoming his new apprentice. The Sith surviving after Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi has been adopted by the rest of the Expanded Universe, taking as examples Lumiya, Darth Caedus or the One Sith. During Kylo Ren's first meeting with Palpatine, he decides to take a close look at the machinery connected to the resurrected Emperor. The Dark Empire first appeared in Tom Veitch's Dark Empire comic book series. This forced the crew of the Republic Destroyer to abandon ship. He revealed that he planned to overshadow Leia's third child stirring in her womb as his next new body. Date established Scheming, powerful, and evil to the core, Darth Sidious restored the Sith and destroyed the Jedi Order. Publication information Publisher Along with Timothy Zahn's books, Dark Empire has been credited with sustaining the profitability of Star Wars during the 1990s. Palpatine had planned to replace the Galactic Empire with his Dark Empire since prior to the Galactic Civil War. There, she discovered that he held hostage an even greater treasure: a mysterious and intelligent artifact called the Jedi Holocron, which the Emperor had stolen during the Great Jedi Purge from Ashka Boda. General information The codes the Alliance had stolen or bartered with slicers for did not work, and Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian were shot down over the former Imperial City. A similar action happened with its successor, the Crimson Empire. Briefly, the first series concerns the resurrection of Emperor Palpatine as a clone of himself, revealing Palps has the ability to transfer his soul/essence/whatever into … Help us. Writer(s) It also possessed superweapons, including the World Devastators and the Galaxy Gun, as well as the Eclipse-class dreadnoughts' superlasers. Massive World Devastators, more powerful and unstoppable than the Death Star, ravage entire planets, while the ruthless heirs of Jabba the Hutt place a monumental price on the heads of Princess Leia and her husband, Han Solo. In Vision of the Future, Timothy Zahn included a conversation that refers to the events of Dark Empire with Luke Skywalker mentioning "the resurrected Emperor" and Mara Jade retorting, "Whatever. Letterer(s) Veitch was criticized for having many pivotal events occur within a single panel or entirely off-panel, which many fans found jarring, while other fans criticized the resurrection of the saga's main antagonist.[source?] Remove this notice when finished. For those who might not remember, Dark Empire focused on the resurrection of Emperor Palpatine after his “death” in Return of the Jedi. In addition, there was a group of dark side warriors within its ranks (Dark Side Elite/Knights of Ren), both have an alternative name with "Empire" in it (Empire Reborn/New Empire), both possessed starships equipped with superlasers and a fleet tasked with retaking control of the galaxy, and both attempted to bring a Jedi over to the dark side (Luke Skywalker/Rey).[5][6]. After Palpatine's death at 4 ABY, his spirit traveled to Byss by possessing Jeng Droga, one of his Emperor's Hands, a process that cost the latter his sanity until he managed to gain a clone body as well as contact Sate Pestage, who was also partially responsible for his revival. However, he designed a reboot method in case this were to happen and proceeded to take over another clone body, although the rest of his clone bodies were destroyed by Sa-Di and Nefta, and orchestrated Operation Shadow Hand. You're my only hope. Tom Veitch could hardly have known what George Lucas had planned for the prequels, which would not be made for another seven years. They were originally released by Dark Horse Comics between December 1991 and October 1992 as a 6-issue bi-monthly series, which were later compiled and sold as trade paperbacks and hardcovers. The four were brought before the Emperor and Luke. [2] In the late 1980s, Lucasfilm expressed interest in a Star Wars proposal from Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy, based on their work on The Light and Darkness War series. Another difference was that Palpatine designed the Dark Empire to run on autopilot in the event that he was killed before he could do a soul transference, at least while Byss was still in existence.[3]. Even before the release of the prequel trilogy, some contributors to the Expanded Universe made known publicly their dissatisfaction with the decision to bring Palpatine back to life.[source?] Commander-in-chief Meanwhile, the Rebels in combat over the planet Mon Calamari received aid from the Alliance reserves, including the new E-wings. He also intended to use the dark side of the Force alone to attack his enemies, to the extent that he eventually wouldn't even need to rely on superweapons to enforce his will. Shadow Hand Fleet 11 ABY, as Crimson Empire Interim Ruling Council (11 ABY)Diet of Imperial Planetary Governors (11 ABY) At this time, Luke Skywalker had reached Byss, a Deep Core world enveloped in the power of the dark side. The war ended with the deaths of Adam Harmon who led the True Imperials and Emperor Palpatine. Tom Veitch Prior to the Eclipse's arrival, the Holocron Leia stole from the Emperor delivered a thousand-year-old prophecy to Leia, which told of her battle against the young Emperor: As the Eclipse came out of hyperspace, the Emperor demanded to the Alliance for Leia to come to his ship alone, with the holocron; he even promised to discuss a truce. George Lucas personally shot down this concept, and instead directed them to bring back the Emperor through cloning. Darth Vader is dead, but a reborn Empire—under a mysterious new leader—strikes back at the struggling Rebel Alliance. During the Imperial Mutiny, the Rebel Alliance sought to weaken the factions as much as possible by surreptitiously entering systems and battles with captured Star Destroyers broadcasting falsified signals, and provoking attacks by one group against another. Date reorganized Pursued by the hunters, Han and Leia made it to the Starlight Intruder, the ship that brought them to the Deep Core. October 20, 1992 Inquisitors Also known as Jedi Hunters, the Inquisitorius was a group of Dark Side users founded by Palpatine following the end of the Clone Wars and the Galactic Empire's rise to power. All three comic series detailed the resurrection of Emperor Palpatine in clone bodies. Meanwhile, Luke has been captured by the Imperials and taken before the resurrected Emperor Palpatine. Luckily, Luke managed to install a code into R2-D2's memory banks to shut down the Devastators. Todd Klein Palpatine proceeded to complete Skywalker's turn to the dark side, reducing him to an obedient watchdog. Outraged, the Emperor fought Luke in a lightsaber battle, ultimately losing his hand. Set six years after the end of Return of the Jedi, Dark Empire shows a resurrected Palpatine returning to life via a clone body and taking back control of his Empire. Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers, and Carrack-class light cruisers, Lancer-class frigates, Lictor-class dungeon ships, Guardian-class patrol ships, Imperial Hunters, and Imperial Customs Frigates were also used. Palpatine was eventually killed on Onderon, failing to possess Anakin Solo, and Byss was destroyed shortly beforehand, thus not only ending the Dark Empire, but also severely crippling the Galactic Empire beyond any chance of recovery. By the end of the decade, it had sold over 100,000 copies. Palpatine made his first major appearance in Star Wars-related comic books in 1991 and 1992, with the Dark Empire series written by Tom Veitch and illustrated by Cam Kennedy. When Luke attempted to subdue Palpatine, the Sith Lord seized one of the lightsabers he kept stored in the lab and engaged Luke. How Wookieepedia treats Canon and Legends, Boba Fett: Mystery Man in Not-So-Shining Armor, The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, Of Rebel Dreams and Dark Empires: The Making of a Star Wars Legend, Of Light and Darkness: The Making of Dark Empire – Part II, Legends Epic Collection: The New Republic Vol. Palpatine, needing to recover his strength before resuming his conquest and revealing his revival, observed the crumbling state of his Empire from behind the scenes. She found Luke, who claimed he was free of the dark side, despite his eyes continuing to shine yellow. However, Lucas himself praised the series according to Tom Veitch.[5]. However, Luke informed them of a great disturbance in the Force. Palpatine … At that moment, a Force storm came out of a hyperspace wormhole. In the Expanded Universe, the Dark Empire comics by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy revealed that Palpatine had the ability to transfer his consciousness between cloned bodies. Faced with an impossible situation, and deeply impressed by the power of the Emperor, his charismatic presence, his undoubted genius and deep knowledge of both sides of the Force, Luke acquiesced to becoming his apprentice. Six years after the Battle of Endor, the fight for freedom rages on. For the next several days, Luke, Lando, and their forces hid and fought Imperial battalions. Luckily, Palpatine had numerous clones to laugh in the face of death itself, allowing him to rule indefinitely. Capital Darth Vader is dead, but a reborn Empire—under a mysterious new leader—strikes back at the struggling Rebel Alliance. Organization type Additionally, Dark Empire was originally set shortly after the Battle of Endor (as that was the timeframe in which the previous Marvel Comics series had left off). 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