Star Wars: Empire: Volume Two: Darklighter

Star Wars Empire: Darklighter is the second volume in a series of trade paperbacks collecting issues from the Star Wars: Empire series of comics. Darklighter collects Star Wars: Empire issues 8-12, and 15.

Publisher's Summary
Before Luke Skywalker, the Rebel Alliance had another hero: Biggs Darklighter. For the first time, the full story of Luke’s boyhood friend is revealed; from his departure from Tatooine to attend the Imperial Academy, to his decision to lead a mutiny against the Empire and join the Rebellion, to the fateful attack on the Death Star.

Writer Paul Chadwick has resurrected scenes that were shot for Star Wars: A New Hope, but which ended up on the cutting room floor, and extrapolated from them the life and times of Luke Skywalker’s best friend; and artist Doug Wheatley has produced stunning artwork for one of the most acclaimed Star Wars comics stories ever. An essential companion to A New Hope, and an exciting addition to any Star Wars library!

Also included: “Star Wars Empire: The Short, Happy Life of Roons Sewell,” by Chadwick and artist Tomás Giorello. A revealing look at one of the early leaders of the Rebel Alliance; a man haunted by a dark past and driven to a heroic, but self-destructive fate.

Collected Issues

 * Star Wars Empire 8: Darklighter, Part 1
 * Star Wars Empire 9: Darklighter, Part 2
 * Star Wars Empire 12: Darklighter, Part 3
 * Star Wars Empire 15: Darklighter, Part 4
 * Star Wars Empire 10: The Short, Happy Life of Roons Sewell, Part 1
 * Star Wars Empire 11: The Short, Happy Life of Roons Sewell, Part 2