Dark Empire 6
Dark Empire 6
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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.
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| BOOK 6: THE FATE OF A GALAXY |
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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! |
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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 soonthe entire galaxy would fall under the sway of the dark side.
Eclipse arrives at Pinnacle Base.
Luke traveled with the Emperor to capture his sister, aboard the recently completed and christened flagship, theEclipse. Prior to theEclipse'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. Palpatine
As theEclipse came out of hyperspace, the Emperor made his demands clear toAlliance Command for Leia to come to his flagship alone, with theholocron; he even promised to discuss a truce. Despite Han's objections, Leia boarded the shuttle, which took her to the Emperor'sEclipse-classSuper Star Destroyer. It was she who appealed to the good inside Luke, redeeming him. Outraged, the Emperor fought Luke in alightsaber battle, ultimately losing his hand.
However, an enraged Palpatine unleashed a titanicforce 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 theEclipse and Palpatine. As theEclipse was destroyed, the twins fled on a shuttle.
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The events ofThe Fate of a Galaxy were adapted in theDark 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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- Star Wars: Dark Empire trade paperback
- Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy
- Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy
- Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The New Republic Vol. 5
- Star Wars Legends: The New Republic Omnibus Vol. 2
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For a Thousand Generations onHyperspace(content obsolete and backup link not available)
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- Star Wars: Dark Empire #6 (of 6) onDark Horse Comics'official website(backup link)
- Star Wars: Dark Empire (1991) #6 onMarvel Comics'official website(backup link)
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