Star Wars: Dark Empire

Star Wars: Dark Empire is a comic mini-series that ran for 6 issues set 6 years after Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. Originally published by Dark Horse Comics from December 12, 1991 to October 20, 1992 and later republished by Marvel Comics digitally and in its Star Wars Legends Epic Collections. It's popularity would later spawn a sequel Star Wars: Dark Empire II in 1994.

Issue 1: The Destiny of a Jedi
The Issue starts out with Han Solo, Leia Organa Solo, Chewbacca, and C-3PO in the Millennium Falcon about to exit hyperspace with Leia informing Han to expect extreme turbulence during reentry, with Han suspecting it to be battle debris and C-3PO calculating the odds of a collision with it before being shut up my Chewbacca. Exiting Hyperspace above Coruscant with an escort of two Nebulon-B Escort Frigates Antares Six and Rebel Star in an attempt to rescue Luke Skywalker, Lando Calrissian, Wedge Antilles and other New Republic personnel. As the Rebel Star came out of hyperspace and crashed into the debris of a Star Destroyer orbiting the planet. Han is already having reservations about the rescue mission and still believes that Luke and Lando can handle themselves as he voices his concerns out loud as Leia and Chewbacca fire back at him causing him to relent and apologize. Han orders the Antares Six to hold a docking Orbit as the Falcon follows a group of I-7 Howlrunners down to the surface of the world and towards Imperial City.

In Imperial City a battle rages between Imperial Coalition Forces fighting amongst themselves and the New Republic survivors. The Falcon soon approaches Luke's last known coordinates and encounters the wreck of the Liberator with an AT-AT pinning them down as Han and Leia mount the Falcon's quad laser canons and with Leia's connection to the Force manages to destroy the imperial walker. The group soon lands and greets the survivors C-3PO talks to R2-D2 as Lando talks to Han and Leia expressing his frustration on what took them so long as they were holed up for days, Leia questions Lando on Luke's whereabouts. Lando explains that Luke took off right after they crashed and that Luke felt the Dark Side was very powerful still in the Imperial City, Lando grows concerned about the scavengers on the battlefield and other Imperial renegades.

As Lando explains the situation with the scavengers a group of them makes their move against the group rolling up in an armored wheeled vehicle and cutting them off from the Millennium Falcon. A group of repurposed War Droids and scavengers begin blasting at the group as the scavengers begin to tear apart the Falcon. Han charges at them as they release a pack of Neks, Leia seeing Han in danger holsters her blaster and starts to use the Force to confuse the creatures, only to be interrupted by the Neks being tossed and the War Droids falling apart all guided by Luke Skywalker emerging from the shadows of a ruined building as he does so does an AT-AT.

Luke Skywalker stands down the AT-AT with it firing its blaster cannons down at Luke only to have them deflected back into the head of the giant vehicle and while the vehicle is stunned he uses the Force to pull the walker down. Leia embraces and notices something is wrong with Luke explaining that he has found strange clue within the old Imperial Palace and warns her that she along with the rest should leave at once as he feels a Disturbance in the Force. Han and Leia objects wanting to stay at his side only to have Luke argue with them. Meanwhile the crew of the Antares Six observes a Hyperspace Wormhole form and a Storm coming out from it heading toward the surface. Luke still arguing with Leia as she wants to confront this with him only for Luke to tell her it's his destiny not hers and to protect her children. Han pulls her away as the Energy Storm approaches Luke.

Embracing his destiny Luke waits for the storm to take him as R2-D2 approaches Luke not wanting to leave his side as the rest board the Falcon and leave Coruscant as Luke and R2 are pulled in by the Storm. Back on the Millennium Falcon Han comforts Leia that Luke knows what he's doing with Leia having her doubts about the situation as they jump to lightspeed back to Pinnacle Base with Antares Six.

Issue 2: The Devastator of Worlds
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Issue 3: The Battle of Calamari
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Issue 4: Confrontation on the Smugglers' Moon
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Issue 5: Emperor Reborn
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Issue 6: The Fate of a Galaxy
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