Empire's End 2

Empire's End 2 was the second and final issue of the Star Wars: Empire's End series of comics. It was released November 28, 1995 by Dark Horse Comics.

Publisher's summary[]

Death stalks Emperor Palpatine! The Emperor's aging process is rapidly accelerating and his doom is foretold by the oracle stone. The key to his problem, the solution to his aging, is close at hand; Han and Leia's youngest child, Anakin, can reverse the process. Palpatine must kidnap young Anakin and claim the boy's body as his own! But for the sake of their son, and for the sake of the galaxy, Han and Leia cannot let that happen—even if it means losing their own lives.

Opening crawl[]

Rage of the Emperor

Emperor Palpatine is determined to rebuild his line of clones with the Jedi blood of the Ysanna shamans and of Leia Organa Solo's children. But his last clone body is rapidly nearing its end, its life span shortened by the volcanic anger he feels toward the Jedi and the Rebel Alliance.

Vowing to bring the Rebel Alliance to its knees, Palpatine launches hyperspace projectiles against Rebel troopships . . . and against the Rebel Command Base on the ancient Nespis VIII space city.

Thanks to a faulty timing mechanism, the Alliance leaders are able to evacuate Nespis VIII seconds before it is annihilated. To further avoid the Galaxy Gun's deadly precision, the Rebel fleet is forced to disperse throughout the galaxy.

As Han and Leia prepare to take their family once again into exile, for Jedi Knights - Luke Skywalker, Kam Solusar, Empatojayos Brand, and Rayf Ysanna - journey to Ossus to confer with the Ysanna Chief, Okko, about setting up a secret command base on the planet. They arrive moments after Okko and the other shamans are seized by Imperial dark-side warriors for use in the Emperor's cloning experiments.

Tracking the kidnappers to their refuge on the lifeless planet Vjun, the four Jedi defeat the darksiders in a climactic battle . . . and find Okko and his companions frozen in carbonite. In the name of all the Jedi, Luke vows to hunt down the Emperor and put and end, once and for all, to his cruel reign over the Galaxy.

But Luke's vow will be difficult to accomplish. With two of his adepts, Palpatine has journeyed to Korriban, a world of the ancient Sith, seeking healing for flesh ravaged by the energies of his dark power.

Plot summary[]

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Legacy[]

The events of this issue were adapted in the Empire's End (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

Wedge Antilles
Empatojayos Brand
C-3PO
Lando Calrissian
Chewbacca
Jeng Droga (Retcon)
Emperor's physician
Arca Jeth (Mentioned only)
Kira (Lady) (First appearance)
Modon Kira (First appearance)
Umak Leth
Shug Ninx (Mentioned only)
Palpatine
R2-D2
Luke Skywalker
Anakin Solo
Han Solo
Jacen Solo
Jaina Solo
Leia Organa Solo
Kam Solusar
Nomi Sunrider (Mentioned only)
Vima Sunrider (Mentioned only)
T'iaz (First appearance)
Unidentified Dark Lord (Great Temple) (First appearance)
Unidentified Dark Lord 4 (Great Temple) (First appearance)
Unidentified Royal Guard (Onderon) (First appearance)
Darth Vader (Mentioned only)
Vima-Da-Boda
Rayf Ysanna
Salla Zend (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Events

Galactic Civil War
- Operation Shadow Hand
  - Battle of Onderon (First appearance)
  - Destruction of Byss (First appearance)
Hundred-Year Darkness (Indirect mention only)

Locations

Arkania (Mentioned only)
Byss
Dxun
Ganath (Mentioned only)
Korriban
- Valley of the Dark Lords (First identified as Valley of the Dark Lords)
  - Great Temple
    - Tomb of Darth Vader (First appearance)
Onderon
- Iziz
  - Iziz Royal Palace
- Kira Fortress
- Shatoon Monastery (Mentioned only)
Ossus (Mentioned in opening crawl)

Organizations and titles

Galactic Empire
New Jedi Order
New Republic
Sith
- Order of the Sith Lords
- Sith Empire (Mentioned only) (as "ancients")
  - Exiles (Mentioned only) (as "outcasts")
- Sith Lord
  - Dark Lord of the Sith

Sentient species

Human
- Ysanna
Jawa (Mentioned only)
Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

Weapons and technology

Miscellanea

Oracle stone (First appearance)
Book
- Unidentified Jedi book

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 (3rd ed.) · Dark Empire II (2nd ed.) 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

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[Marvel-1] Star Wars: Empire's End (1995) #2 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

[SWTCC-2] Star Wars: The Comics Companion

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