Plot
Collects Star Wars (1998-2006 Dark Horse 1st Series) #78-80, Star Wars: Purge (2006), Star Wars: Purge - Seconds to Die (2009 Dark Horse), Star Wars: Purge - The Hidden Blade (2010 Dark Horse), Star Wars: Purge - The Tyrant's Fist (2012) #1-2, Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command (2011 Dark Horse) #1-5,Star Wars: Dark Times (2006-2010) #1-17, Star Wars: Dark Times - Blue Harvest (2009 Dark Horse), Star Wars: Dark Times - Out of the Wilderness (2011 Dark Horse) #1-5 and Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison (2012 Dark Horse) #1-5.
Cover by Tsuneo Sanda.
The Old Republic has fallen - and the Empire is rising!
In the aftermath of Episode III, Sith lord Palpatine exerts his ruthless grip on the galaxy as his enforcer Darth Vader leads a brutal purge to wipe out the Jedi Order! Marked for death, Jedi Master K'Kruhk must protect the younglings under his care, as Master Dass Jennir finds refuge with a crew of smugglers. But to survive, will they abandon their heroic ideals?
Meanwhile, the relentless Vader must rescue an officer's son and defend the Emperor from an uprising - by any means necessary!
Witness the beginnings of the Galactic Empire!
