The New Republic > Empire's End

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Events that occur between 5 and 25 years after the Battle of Yavin.

		Title:		Empire's End
		Author:		Tom Veitch et al.
		Formats:		Comic Book Series, GRAPHIC NOVEL
		Published:		1994, 1997 (2006)

Synopsis:
This book collects together the following issues from the Empire's End by Dark Horse Comics:

Issue 1:
The Emperor is back -- and this time he's out for blood! Following his battle with Luke Skywalker in 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!
Issue 2:
Death stalks Emperor Palpatine! The Emperor's aging process is rapidly accelerating and his doom is foretold by the oracle stone. The key to his problem, the solution to his aging, is close at hand; Han and Leia's youngest child, Anakin, can reverse the process. Palpatine must kidnap young Anakin and claim the boy's body as his own! But for the sake of their son, and for the sake of the galaxy, Han and Leia cannot let that happen -- even if it means losing their own lives.

Synopsis taken from Dark Horse, www.darkhorse.com.

Chronology:
This story occurs approximately 11 years after the Battle of Yavin, and is the last book of a trilogy.

Related Stories (in chronological order):

Availability:
This book is now included in the second edition publication of Dark Empire II.

Comic Book covers:
Originally published October and November 1995 by Dark Horse Comics in 2 issues:

[cover]

Cover: issue 1

Cover: issue 2

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