Dark Empire 5: Emperor Reborn

Dark Empire 5: Emperor Reborn was the fifth issue of the six-part Dark Empire series of comics. It was released on August 18, 1992 by Dark Horse Comics.

Opening crawl[edit | edit source]

BOOK 5: EMPEROR REBORN

As the Emperor's World Devastators continue to savage the Alliance, Princess Leia and Han Solo embark on a quest to free Luke Skywalker from the grasp of the Dark Side.

With Chewbacca and C-3PO, Han and Leia journey to an ancient spaceport moon, refuge of Corellian smugglers. There they encounter bounty hunter Boba Fett, who survived being swallowed by the Sarlacc on Tatooine.

Thanks to Han's old friends: ''Salla Zend'' and ''Shug Ninx'', the Millennium Falcon and its crew escape to hyperspace aboard Salla's ''Starlight Intruder'' – a hot rod freighter licensed to haul military cargo to the Deep Galactic Core.

Boba Fett pursues the ''Intruder'', but meets disaster over Byss – the Emperor's throne world – when he attempts to sneak past the planet's security shields.

Once in port, Leia uses her Jedi powers to guide the Millennium Falcon to the citadel where Luke now reigns as the Emperor's protégé. A vicious fight ensues, but according to plan, Ninx and Salla save the Falcon – and Leia, Han, Chewbacca, and C-3PO allow themselves to be captured.

Brought at last into the presence of Emperor Palpatine and his Supreme Commander Luke Skywalker, Leia makes a valiant attempt to save luke [sic], using her intensifying control of the Force.

But the Emperor cannot be overcome so easily. He gives Leia a painful demonstration of his ever-expanding power, crowing in triumph that he has finally captured the last of the Jedi!

Publisher's summary[edit | edit source]

Captured by the Emperor, Leia discovers that he holds hostage an even greater treasure: a mysterious and intelligent artifact called the Jedi Holocron. With both the Holocron and Luke Skywalker under his control, there's no limit to what the Emperor can do! Written by Tom Veitch, with painted art by Cam Kennedy and painted cover by Dave Dorman. Don't miss out on the hottest series this side of Tatooine!

Appearances[edit | edit source]

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Bodo Baas (First appearance) (Appears in holocron)
C-3PO
Chewbacca
Judgement 12-X7 (First appearance)
Lo Khan (First appearance)
Luwingo (First appearance)
Shug Ninx
Palpatine
Hideaz Quill-Face (First appearance)
R2-D2
Jak Sazz (First appearance)
Luke Skywalker
Han Solo
Leia Organa Solo
Spog (First appearance)
Salla Zend

Droid models

Events

Galactic Civil War
- Operation Shadow Hand
  - Duel on Byss (First appearance)

Locations

Byss
- Imperial Freight Complex
  - Byss Bistro (First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Sentient species

Ab'Ugartte (First appearance)
Human
- Clone
  - Naboo
- Corellian
Krevaaki (First appearance) (Appears in holocron)
Wookiee
- Rwook
Yaka

Vehicles and vessels

Starlight Intruder (Mentioned only)
Storm Skimmer Patrol Sled (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

Grivooga (First appearance)
Holocron
- Jedi Holocron (First appearance)
Lightsaber

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Notes and references[edit | edit source]

↑ Star Wars: The Comics Companion

External links[edit | edit source]

Lost For Over 300 Years on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)

The Dark Empire saga

Comics
Dark Empire:	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Dark Empire II:	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Empire's End: 1 · 2
Collected editions
Dark Empire (3rd ed.) · Dark Empire II (2nd ed.) Empire's End · Dark Empire Trilogy Epic Collection
Audiobooks
Dark Empire · Dark Empire II · Empire's End Dark Empire: The Collector's Edition
Related material
Endnotes · Lightsider · Sourcebook · Handbook

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In other languages

[SWTCC-1] Star Wars: The Comics Companion

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