For the Love of the Empire

"For the Love of the Empire"
Attribution information
Writer	Jason Aaron
Penciller	Leonard Kirk
Letterer	Clayton Cowles
Colorist	Jay David Ramos
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	January 29, 2025
Published in	A New Legacy 1
General information
Timeline	No earlier than c. 2 ABY

"For the Love of the Empire" is a comic story published in the one-shot comic A New Legacy 1. The story was written by Jason Aaron, illustrated by Leonard Kirk and Jay David Ramos, and published by Marvel Comics on January 29, 2025.

Development

"For the Love of the Empire" was initially titled "The Fate of Scar Squadron."

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

Aero Cav Kreel Mic Misty Shrap Darth Sidious (Mentioned only) Luke Skywalker (Mentioned only) Unidentified Rebel Alliance member (First appearance) Zuke

Organisms

Plant Tree

Events

Imperial Era Galactic Civil War Ambush on a frozen moon (First appearance) Battle of Yavin (Indirect mention only) Massacre on Horford (First appearance) Mission to Yelsain (First appearance)

Locations

The galaxy Outer Rim Territories Chagar IX (Indirect mention only) Horford (First appearance) Yelsain (First appearance) Unidentified city (First appearance) Unidentified frozen moon (First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Galactic Empire Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only) Imperial Academy (Mentioned only) Imperial Military Imperial Army Stormtrooper Corps 501st Legion Task Force 99 Sergeant Special Commando Advanced Recon Trooper Moff (Mentioned only) Sniper Soldier Trooper

Sentient species

Human Twi'lek Wookiee (Mentioned only)

Vehicles and vessels

Death Star (Mentioned only) DS-1 Orbital Battle Station (Mentioned only) Starship Shuttle Abecederian line Lambda-class T-4a shuttle

Weapons and technology

Armor Helmet Pauldron Stormtrooper armor Blaster Blaster rifle E-11 medium blaster rifle Sniper rifle Flamethrower Grenade Thermal detonator Jetpack Lightsaber Kreel's lightsaber

Miscellanea

Acid Acid rain City Clothing Death Fire Galaxy Heart (Mentioned only) Imperial crest Language Galactic Basic Standard "Hell" (Mentioned only) (as expletive) Writing Aurebesh Lekku Magma Metric ton Moon Near-human Soul (Mentioned only) Squad Star Binary star Terrorist (Mentioned only) Time Second Standard day Standard hour Standard year World

Sources

• Marvel Comics Celebrates Their History of Star Wars Comic Book Storytelling in 'Star Wars: A New Legacy' #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

Notes and references

In other languages

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