STAR WARS: DARTH VADER AND THE LOST COMMAND TRADE PAPERBACK
Writer W.Haden Blackman (Batwoman, Force Unleashed) tells the story of Darth Vader following the events of Revenge of the Sith. The Emperor has sent Darth Vader into the Ghost Nebula in search of a missing Imperial Star Destroyer under the command of Moff Tarkin’s son. This is the time where Darth Vader is trying to prove himself and strengthen his position under the new Empire.
SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
- Darth Vader and Captain Shale lead an attack on a rebel outpost
- Lady Saro of the High Priestess of Atoa
- Lady Saro wants to be Queen of the Ghost Nebula after finding Garoche Tarkin
- Within his hibernation chamber Anakin has dreams of Padme and their son Jinn
- Vader takes a squadron to investigate the wreckage of the missing Imperial Fleet
- The Imperial Fleet pursue the Atoans on a planet with oceans filled with boiling tar
- Vader returns back to the Star Destroyer however Vader is surrounded by assassins
- Vader is betrayed by his second-in-command Captain Shale
- Vader with his 501st head to the heart of the Ghost Nebula after surviving the attack
- Vader unintentionally killed Lady Saro’s political rivals and is captured by Garoche Tarkin
- Vader frees himself and faces Captain Shale who kills himself rather than being the Empire’s slave
- The Ghost of Padme forgives Vader however it was Lady Saro who is behind it
- Vader buries himself as well as Lady Saro and Garoche Tarkin alive
- Moff Tarkin believes his son was killed by natives making him more vicious
This trade paperback collects
Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command #1-5
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