Dark Empire II 6: Hand of Darkness

Dark Empire II 6: Hand of Darkness was the sixth and final issue of the 6 part Dark Empire II series of comics. It was released by Dark Horse Comics on May 23, 1995.

Opening crawl[edit | edit source]

Hand of Darkness

As Lando Calrissian’s Viper Automadon war droids attack the Emperor’s citadel on Byss, they are met by an army of monstrous creatures bent on destruction.

They war droids are no match for the Emperor’s dark-side monsters, and soon the Rebels are pinned down amidst the ruins of their attack.

But Salla Zend and Shug Ninx pull together a group of smugglers to come to the aid of the Rebels. Manning fast-armed freighters, the spacers hold the dark-side beasts at bay long enough for Lando’s crew to scramble aboard.

Across the galaxy, Luke Skywalker, Kam Solusar, and the young Jedi Knights Jem and Rayf Ysanna head for the Alliance command base on the pinnacled fifth moon of Da Soocha.

As Luke’s ship, the ''Jedi Explorer'', emerges from hyperspace, a light-speed torpedo fired from the Emperor’s new Galaxy Weapon emerges near them, heading straight for Pinnacle Base.

Guessing the projectile’s purpose, Luke tries to shoot it down – but the torpedo’s shields hold and it strikes the Rebel moon with a planet-shattering blast.

Elsewhere, the ''Millenium'' [sic] ''Falcon'', repaired by antique Ganathan technology, arrives at a tiny settlement on exotic New Alderaan. There, Han and Leia’s twin children, Jacen and Jaina, have been secreted since birth from the prying eyes of the Emperor...

Publisher's summary[edit | edit source]

Han Solo and Princess Leia have taken refuge with their twins on the planet New Alderaan.

But refuge, it seems, eludes the family when Emperor Palpatine and an AT-AT battalion come hunting for Rebel officers. Worry not, Leia! They don't want your lives… they just want your children!

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

Droid models

Assassin droid
- Scarab Mark VI assassin droid (First appearance)
Astromech droid
- R-series
  - R2-series astromech droid
Protocol droid
- 3PO-series protocol droid

Events

Galactic Civil War
- Operation Shadow Hand
  - Battle of New Alderaan (First appearance)

Locations

Organizations and titles

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Weapons and technology

1.4 FD P-Tower
Armor
- Stormtrooper armor
Blaster
Bowcaster
DF.9
Lightsaber
- Luke Skywalker's lightsaber
Turbolaser
X-80 Power Cell (First appearance)

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External links[edit | edit source]

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 Legends Epic Collection: The New Republic Vol. 5
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

[Marvel-1] Star Wars: Dark Empire II (1994) #6 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

[SWTCC-2] Star Wars: The Comics Companion

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