Dark Empire II 5

Dark Empire II 5 was the fifth issue of the 6 part Star Wars: Dark Empire II series of comics. It was released by Dark Horse Comics on April 18, 1995.

Publisher's summary[]

Lando Calrissian's X-1 Viper War Droids have painted a target on the Emperor's citadel, but an army of monstrous creatures are making it their own mission to stop the New Republic fighters. Meanwhile, on the world of Ganath, Han Solo has to equip his damaged Millennium Falcon with antique weaponry. Will it be enough to escape from Boba Fett? Don't miss the penultimate chapter of this landmark Star Wars series!

Opening crawl[]

The Galaxy Weapon

On the ancient Jedi planet Ossus, Luke Skywalker, Kam Solusar, and the young Ysanna warriors Jem and Rayf explore an ancient library. Luke finds a book on ancient Jedi Battle Meditation, a subject spoken of by Obi-Wan Kenobi, about which Luke has learned little.

Luke asks the Ysanna tribe to join him and become Jedi Knights. The chiefs refuse, but they allow both Jem and Rayf to leave Ossus with Luke – as his Jedi apprentices.

Elsewhere, as the ''Millenium'' [sic] ''Falcon'' departs Nar Shaddaa, Boba Fett's ''Slave I'' appears out of nowhere, catching the ''Falcon'' with its shields down. Fett's firepower finds its mark, and the seriously damaged ''Falcon'' careens into a radioactive, interstellar gas cloud.

Emerging on the other side of the gas cloud, Han, Leia, and Chewbacca behold an unexpected sight: a massive, antique, steam-powered spacecraft. An entire race of people – the Ganathians – live cut off from the rest of the galaxy by the gas cloud. Their ruler is a Jedi, Empatojayos Brand, who has hidden here for decades from the wrath of the Empire.

Jedi Brand, who suffered terrible loss of limb in a battle with Darth Vader, wears complex life-support systems and high-tech prosthetics of his own design. Brand is overjoyed to meet Leia and Vima Da-Boda... and to learn of Luke Skywalker's plan to restore the Jedi Knights.

On Byss, Lando Calrissian's commando teams direct their powerful Viper Automadon war droids against the Emperor's citadel. But they are about to confront a new adversary from the Emperor's arsenal of dark-side surprises.

Plot summary[]

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Legacy[]

The events of this issue were adapted in the Dark Empire II (audio) radio drama, which featured the music of John Williams' score from the films.

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Appearances[]

By type

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

Characters

Droid models

Events

Galactic Civil War
- Operation Shadow Hand
  - Battle of the Emperor's Citadel
  - Destruction of Da Soocha V (First appearance)

Locations

Organizations and titles

Galactic Empire
- Dark Side Elite
- Galactic Emperor
New Republic
- Chief of State
Smuggler
Tillerman (First appearance)

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Weapons and technology

Cybernetics
Galaxy Gun (First appearance)
Lightning gun
Tripod laser (First appearance)

Notes and references[]

External links[]

The Dark Empire trilogy

Comics
Star Wars: Dark Empire:	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Star Wars: Dark Empire II:	1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Star Wars: Empire's End: 1 · 2
Collected editions
Dark Empire · Dark Empire II Empire's End · Dark Empire Trilogy Legends Epic Collection · Legends Omnibus
Audiobooks
Dark Empire · Dark Empire II · Empire's End Dark Empire: The Collector's Edition
Related material
Endnotes · Lightsider · Sourcebook · Handbook The Making of Dark Empire: Part I · Part II · Part III

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In other languages

[Marvel-1] Star Wars: Dark Empire II (1994) #5 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

[SWTCC-2] Star Wars: The Comics Companion

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