Meanwhile, Lando's attack force began their attack on the Imperial fleet. All three comic series detailed the resurrection of Emperor Palpatine in clone bodies. 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. Meanwhile, on Mon Calamari, the Devastators were still invincible. 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. December 12, 1991 Start date Luke Skywalker in his father's armor with World Devastators and Star Destroyers in the background, Six years after the Battle of Endor, the fight for freedom rages on. Imperial Basic Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Cam Kennedy Some minor dialogue and art were altered to reflect this change (as it was too far along in production to implement any major corrections) and references to the Thrawn trilogy were inserted into the text of Dark Empire's opening crawl. 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]. Luckily, Luke managed to install a code into R2-D2's memory banks to shut down the Devastators. 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. However, the clones were one crucial step from long life; they were more ravaged by the dark side than sustained by the Force. He revealed that he planned to overshadow Leia's third child stirring in her womb as his next new body. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural, and Sheev Palpatine is the most infamous follower of its doctrines. For those who might not remember, Dark Empire focused on the resurrection of Emperor Palpatine after his “death” in Return of the Jedi. 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. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. 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. Palpatine … In anger, Leia toppled Palpatine from his bed and stole the Holocron. 6 The first was consumed by Palpatine's Force Storm, which he lost control of, and the second was destroyed when R2-D2 set it on a collision course with the Galaxy Gun, another superweapon, similar to the Tarkin. Tom Veitch At that moment, a Force storm came out of a hyperspace wormhole. 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. Formed from The name generally applies to both the original Dark Empire, as well as its two sequels Dark Empire II and Empire's End. Sedriss QL held the title of Military Executor appointed by Emperor Palpatine, but Sedriss died in 10 ABY; he was replaced by Xecr Nist. Palpatine, needing to recover his strength before resuming his conquest and revealing his revival, observed the crumbling state of his … Despite his valiant efforts, Luke was disarmed and held at blade-point. Help us. Cam Kennedy Years ago, Emperor Palpatine chose Byss as his private retreat, and Imperial architects and engineers were commissioned to build him an opulent palace. How Wookieepedia treats Canon and Legends, Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith, Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded, The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire, Part 2, The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire, Part 3, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary, https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Dark_Empire_(Galactic_Empire)?oldid=9674076, Pages using DynamicPageList parser function. [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. Star Wars: Dark Empire is the epic comic series from Dark Horse Comics that was one of Star Wars' fans first ever looks at the events that occurred after Return of the Jedi. The Emperor's Citadel on Byss, capital of the Dark Empire.