Empire 8

Empire 8 is the eighth issue in the Star Wars: Empire series of comics. It was published on May 21, 2003 by Dark Horse Comics.

Publisher's summary

Everybody remembers the scene in A New Hope where Biggs Darklighter heroically sacrifices himself during the attack on the Death Star. Fewer people know is that before that fateful battle, Luke and Biggs were childhood friends. In fact, it was Luke's dream to follow Biggs to the Imperial Academy. But what Biggs learns from his time with the Empire pushes him to become one of the earliest heroes of the Rebellion.

Eisner and Harvey award winner Paul Chadwick (Concrete) writes, Doug Wheatley (Superman: Last Son of Krypton) and colorist Chris Chuckry provide the stunning artwork.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ Marvel-TemplateLogo Star Wars: Empire (2002) #8 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
  2. ↑ Soontir Fel's entry in The New Essential Guide to Characters places this event two years after the Battle of Nar Shaddaa; though later sources moved the battle to 4 BBY, sources such as The New Essential Chronology released around the same time as Characters placed the battle in 3 BBY, thus lining up with Empire 8's dating of the mutiny to shortly before the Battle of Yavin.

External links

Star Wars: Empire
Betrayal: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4
Princess... Warrior: 5 · 6
Darklighter: 8 · 9 · 12 · 15
The Short, Happy Life of Roons Sewell: 10 · 11
To the Last Man: 16 · 17 · 18
A Little Piece of Home: 20 · 21
Idiot's Array: 24 · 25
"General" Skywalker: 26 · 27
In the Shadows of Their Fathers: 29 · 30 · 32 · 33 · 34
The Wrong Side of the War: 36 · 37 · 38 · 39 · 40
Stand-alone: 7 · 13 · 14 · 19 · 22 · 23 · 28 · 31 · 35
Trade paperbacks
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 30th Anniversary Collection
Omnibus: The Other Sons of Tatooine · At War with the Empire: 1 · 2
Epic Collections
The Rebellion: Vol. 1 · Vol. 2 · Vol. 3
Omnibus Vol. 1 · Omnibus Vol. 2
The Empire: Vol. 7 · Vol. 8
Omnibus Vol. 3 · Omnibus Vol. 4
Related issues and series
A Valentine Story · Star Wars: Rebellion
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