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Star Wars: Empire #9

Dark Horse · Series began 2002 · June 2003

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Dates

Cover date: June 2003
Pages: 32

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #9 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct Sales

Barcode 76156811564200911
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07098932496146
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Story arc: Galactic Civil War

This is part 98 of 116. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Kilian Plunkett, Douglas Wheatley, Tomás Giorelloinks: Kilian Plunkett, Douglas Wheatley, Tomás Giorellocolors: Kilian Plunkett, Chris Chuckry, Brad Andersonscript: Paul Chadwickletters: Sno Cone

Stories

Darklighter, Part 2 of 4 · 22 pages

Publisher’s description

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!

Reprinted in

Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire (2015), Star Wars: Empire (2003), Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collection (2007), Star Wars Legends: The Empire Omnibus (2021)