Dark Empire 6

Dark Empire 6 was the sixth and final issue of the 6-part Star Wars: Dark Empire series of comics. It was released on October 20, 1992 by Dark Horse Comics.

Publisher's summary

Left behind on Byss, Luke travels with the newly-powerful Emperor Palpatine to capture his sister Leia. Meanwhile, the Jedi Holocron delivers a thousand-year-old prophecy to Leia, which tells of her battle against the young Emperor!

And as the Battle of Calamari rages over the waters of that world and the Mon Calamari Rebels wonder when their savior Luke will shut down the killing machines, a battle begins above them that overshadows the outcome of their more conventional war…

The key to their survival all comes down to the data carried inside one brave little robot.

Opening crawl

BOOK 6:
THE FATE OF A GALAXY 
Even as the Imperial World Devastators continue to savage the Alliance, Princess Leia and Han Solo succeed in freeing Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 from the clutches of the evil Emperor Palpatine.

During the rescue, Leia captures one of the Emperor's most prized possessions: an ancient artifact called the ''Jedi Holocron''. The Holocron is a legendary source of Jedi teaching believed lost for over six hundred years.

As the heroes of the Rebel Alliance escape through hyperspace aboard the Millennium Falcon, Luke explains that the master control codes to the Emperor's World Devastators are now safely hidden in Artoo's memory banks... ''Then Luke vanishes''.

Using the secrets of the Dark Side, Luke has created a doppelganger to trick his friends into leaving him on Byss – where, at that very moment, Luke is confronting the dying despot, and smashing the Emperor's clone tanks with his lightsaber!

But before Luke can finish his dreadful task, the Emperor succeeds in transferring his consciousness to one of his clones, a strong and agile fifteen-year-old!

Filled with Dark Side power, the reborn Emperor engages Luke in a ferocious lightsaber duel – and ''wins''. Triumphant over his greatest adversary, the young Emperor vows to find Leia – and the Holocron – and crush the Rebellion once and for all!

Plot summary

on Mon Cala, the Devastators were still invincible. However, Luke installed a code into R2-D2's memory banks to shut down the Devastators. Though the great war machines were down, the crew managed to power up the factories until control was restored, but R2-D2 created a new code to make the Devastators recycle each other.

But this was only a small part of the Emperor's plan. Great new fleets of the Empire were spreading across the Galactic Core, and soon the entire galaxy would fall under the sway of the dark side.

Eclipse arrives at Pinnacle Base.

Eclipse arrives at Pinnacle Base.

Luke traveled with the Emperor to capture his sister, aboard the recently completed and christened flagship, the Eclipse. Prior to the Eclipse's arrival, the Holocron which Leia had stolen from the Emperor delivered a thousand-year-old prophecy to the Princess, which told of her battle against the young Emperor:

Skywalker vs

Skywalker vs. Palpatine

As the Eclipse came out of hyperspace, the Emperor made his demands clear to Alliance Command for Leia to come to his flagship alone, with the holocron; he even promised to discuss a truce. Despite Han's objections, Leia boarded the shuttle, which took her to the Emperor's Eclipse-class Super Star Destroyer. It was she who appealed to the good inside Luke, redeeming him. Outraged, the Emperor fought Luke in a lightsaber battle, ultimately losing his hand.

However, an enraged Palpatine unleashed a titanic force storm to obliterate the Rebel Alliance fleet. Using knowledge taught to them, brother and sister turned the Force storm upon its dark master. The result was the destruction of the Eclipse and Palpatine. As the Eclipse was destroyed, the twins fled on a shuttle.

Legacy

The events of The Fate of a Galaxy were adapted in the Dark Empire (audio) radio drama, which featured the music of John Williams' score from the films, as well as a voice cast that included Billy Dee Williams reprising his role as Lando Calrissian.

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  1. ↑ Marvel-TemplateLogo Star Wars: Dark Empire (1991) #6 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
  2. ↑ Star Wars: The Comics Companion

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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