Shadows of the Empire 3

Shadows of the Empire 3
Attribution information
Writer	John Wagner
Penciller	Kilian Plunkett
Inker	P. Craig Russell
Colorist	Cary Porter
Cover artist	Hugh Fleming
Publication information
Publisher	Dark Horse Comics
Publication date	July 1, 1996
Pages	24
Chronological information
Timeline	3.5 ABY
Series	Shadows of the Empire
Issue number	3
Preceded by	Shadows of the Empire 2
Followed by	Shadows of the Empire 4

Shadows of the Empire 3 was the third issue in the six-part Shadows of the Empire series of comics, and was released on July 1, 1996 by Dark Horse Comics.

Publisher's summary

They outnumber him and outgun him. By all rights, Luke Skywalker should be one dead Jedi-in-training, the target of a surprise attack by Jabba's swoop gang. But he's not… and even he isn't certain of the reason!

Media

Cover gallery

Cover

Full cover art

Legends

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

4-LOM Big Gizz Bossk Salacious B. Crumb Boba Fett Furlag (First appearance) Guri Jabba's rancor (Mentioned only) Wrenga Jixton Obi-Wan Kenobi (Mentioned only) Koth Melan (Mentioned only) Leia Organa (Mentioned only) Palpatine R2-D2 Dash Rendar Luke Skywalker Han Solo (in carbonite) Spiker Jabba Desilijic Tiure Darth Vader Xizor Zuckuss

Creatures

Rancor (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2-series astromech droid Human replica droid Protocol droid LOM-series protocol droid

Events

Galactic Civil War Beggar's Canyon Incident

Locations

Bespin (Mentioned only) Bothawui (Mentioned only) Coruscant Imperial City Imperial Palace Imperial Throne Room Endor (Mentioned only) Gall (Mentioned only) Rodia (Mentioned only) Tatooine Beggar's Canyon Stone Needle Ben Kenobi's hut Jabba's Palace Mos Eisley Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Bothan Spynet (Mentioned only) Black Sun (Mentioned only) Bounty hunter Galactic Empire Emperor's Royal Guard Galactic Emperor Jabba Desilijic Tiure's criminal empire Jabba's swoop gang Swooper Order of the Sith Lords Dark Lord of the Sith Sith Lord Pilot Prince / Princess

Sentient species

Aqualish Bothan Chiss Falleen Gand Breather Gand Human Cyborg Hutt Kowakian monkey-lizard Morseerian Trandoshan

Vehicles and vessels

Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft Slave I Swoop T-65 X-wing starfighter TIE/LN starfighter YV-666 light freighter Hound's Tooth

Weapons and technology

Armor Darth Vader's armor Mandalorian armor Blaster Blaster carbine EE-3 carbine rifle Blaster pistol CN-15 camouflage netting Computer (Mentioned only) Force pike Controller FP Laser cannon Lightsaber Luke Skywalker's lightsaber Z-6 jetpack

Miscellanea

Asteroid belt Asteroid Carbonite Death Ecumenopolis Goggles Hookah pipe Man in Carbonite Planet

Collections

• Shadows of the Empire trade paperback
• Star Wars Omnibus: Shadows of the Empire

Sources

• "Straight from the Horse's Mouth" – Star Wars Insider 25
• "Lucasfilm's Latest: Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Update" – Star Wars Insider 28
• "Lucasfilm's Latest" – Star Wars Insider 29
• "Straight from the Horse's Mouth: Creating the Shadows Comic Book" – Star Wars Insider 29
• The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
• "The New Wonder Column" – Star Wars Insider 31
• "ComicScan: Rare, but Sometimes Well-Done" – Star Wars Galaxy Collector 2

External links

• Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire #3 (of 6) on Dark Horse Comics' official website (backup link)
• Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (1996) #3 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)

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