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Star Wars - Dark Empire Trilogy (Star Wars: The New Republic) Kindle & comiXology
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherMarvel
- Publication dateSeptember 28, 2010
- File size1822999 KB
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- ASIN : B00PJ2CF34
- Publisher : Marvel (September 28, 2010)
- Publication date : September 28, 2010
- Language : English
- File size : 1822999 KB
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- Print length : 385 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #51,470 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author
During his years as a Benedictine monk, TOM VEITCH formed lasting friendships with two former Trappist monks. One of those men, whose religious name was Elias, agreed to discuss with Tom his inner spiritual life, covering a period of more than fifty years. The result was THE VISIONS OF ELIAS, published in 2016 by Sky River Books and available on Amazon.
TOM VEITCH wrote the best-selling STAR WARS graphic novels DARK EMPIRE and TALES OF THE JEDI. He also authored creator-owned graphic novels for DC Comics and Marvel/Epic Comics, including THE LIGHT AND DARKNESS WAR (with artist Cam Kennedy), THE NAZZ (with artist Bryan Talbot), CLASH! (with artist Adam Kubert), and MY NAME IS CHAOS (with artist John Ridgway). In the early 1990s Tom and Cam Kennedy were invited by George Lucas to revive Star Wars comics, which had been dormant for half a decade. Their award-winning graphic novel STAR WARS: DARK EMPIRE has gone through many editions and helped pave the way for a Star Wars renaissance. Tom also conceived and originated TALES OF THE JEDI (aka Knights of the Old Republic), featuring stories that take place 4000 years before the time period of the Star Wars films.
Less well known is the fact that From 1960 to 1965 Tom was an active participant in the literary scene on New York's Lower East Side, and from 1965 to 1968 he was a cloistered Benedictine monk in Weston, Vermont. It was at Weston that Tom met the two spiritual visionaries whose stories he tells in THE VISIONS OF ELIAS.
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It's a classic now, but many have recommended Star Wars: Dark Empire. I picked it up a while back but just tonight sat down to crack the cover of this beautiful hardback that collects Dark Empire I and II, Empire's End, and the Dark Empire Handbook.
The art is good. I understand it was superior for the day (Dark Empire I was conceived in 1988), but after looking at the amazing stuff in Dark Times, it's definitely a step down (but not bad at all).
But, the story! My God, man! THIS IS STAR WARS!!
I can tell, just by the first couple of pages, that the producers of this work LOVED Star Wars the way I do.
I started reading, and turning the pages...and I stepped back in time. I was a kid again, in a dark theater, seeing a new Star Wars film that I had never seen before.
In a few pages this book is doing what Lucas couldn't do in over 6 hours of the prequels.
I want you to turn on your imagination for a moment...sit back, and in your minds eye, think of how the intro to this Star Wars story would be as a film....
The theater is dark. You've got your popcorn. You're excited. You're about to view some new Star Wars!
Blam! The powerful score starts, and the opening title crawl begins to slide up the screen in front of you--
STAR WARS
DARK EMPIRE
Like all the Star Wars movies, this one starts in medias res--right in the middle of the action. You're acutely aware that time has not stopped in this universe while you were away. There are things you don't know--things that have happened. But, you're not privy to those events. All you know is what little you can learn from the opening title crawl.
It is 10 years after the Battle of Yavin. The Rebel Alliance has morphed into the New Republic, but the Empire is not dead. Though the Emperor and Lord Vader are dead, Palpatine's Galactic Empire lives on and has recaptured much of its lost territory during th Rebellion. Even the capital, Coruscant, is now back in Imperial hands.
But, not everything has gone well for the Empire. Members of the remnant are revolting against the traditionalists. The Empire is fighting a second civil war within itself, Imperial against Imperial, and the New Republic moves to take advantage of the situation.
Master Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian have captured an Imperial Star Destroyer, returning to Coruscant, where the Imperial Civil War is raging. During the fighting, the mammoth starship crashes on the surface of the world. And, the surviving New Republic soliders are holding out against the warring Imperials, waiting for rescue.
The title crawl stops. "Man," you think to yourself,"....Wow. THIS is where the story BEGINS!"
The gold letters of the title crawl have receded into the top of the screen. You're looking at deep, dark, space. The music cues up.
And your point of view drops.
Now, you see a world. Dark, but with billions of distant lights. Coruscant.
Then, a hulk of space debris swings past you. Your view widens, and you realize that you're looking at a piece of a Star Destroyer. Millions of other starship pieces float past. Some of the ships are recognizable. Some are not.
A huge space battle took place here.
BOOM! The Millenium Falcon zips into view, exiting hyperspace. The ship begins to zip and zoom impossibly around the tight confines of the debris.
C-3PO: "Sir! The odds of collision with the space debris are 3,722 to one...If I may suggest..."
Chewbacca: "Rrrraaawwww!"
Han (completely ignoring the droid): "Chewie! Watch your thrusters!"
Two New Republic Frigates exit hyperspace immediately behind the Falcon. One begins maneuvers to navigate the debris, but the other is not as fortunate. It slams into another section of a destroyed Star Destoyer. The bow structure of the frigate explodes with the brightness of a sun. The long, cylindrical section that connects to the engineering hull snaps in two, and the rest of the ship, fire blazing from a thousand hull ruptures, begins to float and take its place in the starship graveyard.
The Falcon dips form the debris cloud down into the atmosphere of Coruscant. In seconds, it is skimming the ground below.
The surface of Coruscant looks much like its orbit. Buildings have toppled. Fighters and troop transports litter the sky. Men and machines maneuver around the ground debris. Blaster bolts make the surface of the world seem alive with bright, flashing impulses.
With Chewie at the controls, Han and Leia take to the Falcon's gunwells. The craft expertly swoops by an Imperial Walker. Leia's touch on the firing controls blow the vehicle to smithereens.
The crashed Star Destroyer is located. Lando and his troops are busy defending their postion. The Wookiee lands the freighter to give them a hand and begin the rescue.
Lando: "What took you so long? Another honeymoon? We've been holed up here for days!"
Then, a new Walker comes into view. All eyes go to the behemoth stepping towards them. The ground shakes with each of its steps.
What are they going to do? Han! Chewie! Leia! Lando!
There is a familiar figure at the rubble to the old Imperial Tower. The shape...no, it can't be! Darth Vader is dead!
But, his outline is unmistakeable. And, he walks into the light...it's Luke!
The scene is one you'll never forget. The auditorium is quiet. Everyone is gripped by the events, glued to their seats. No one can take their eyes off the massive Imperial Walker, impossibly huge on the screen...and standing in front of it, a lone figure.
Luke Skywalker.
Master Jedi Knight.
The turrets on the Walker angle and fire! Luke's lightsaber flashes into existence at the same moment. The hum of the weapon is loud, and the blast is deflected back to the control cabin on the Walker, obviously doing severe damage to the vehicle.
Then, Luke's hand is proffered in front of him. In his head, he can hear the echoes of Master Yoda, "Size matter not--the only difference is in your mind."
As Luke's fingers start to clench into a fist, the control cabin on the Walker begins to implode! It's as if a giant invisible hand has gripped the Walker's head and begun to sqeeze.
Crushed! The Walker's head explodes, and the giant vehicle falls on its knees, then over on its side.
Luke Skywalker. Master Jedi Knight.
God! That's COOL! THAT'S why I've started reading comics. I can hear the voices in my head...SEE the action take place.
When a comic is done well, it's an amzing experience unlike a novel or a movie. It's a combination of story-telling, visuals, and your own imagination.
NONE of the prequels delivered this kind of Star Wars high for me.
It's amazing.
I'm addicted.
Five Stars.
I love the size and the convenience of having Dark Empire I-III in one complete volume. The binding is great and the colors pop off of the page. This is the definitive edition.
Second, the content: 9/10
I consider myself an avid explorer of the Expanded Universe - but mostly I read the novels. I have read relatively few Star Wars comics, and for some reason I have avoided Dark Empire because I've heard hardcore fans complaining about the resurrection of the Emperor, and the whole state of the galactic civil war in Dark Empire.
I would liken this to Splinter of the Mind's Eye (an early SW novel) - does it fit in 100% with the rest of the EU? No. Is it a helluva lot of fun? YES. Read Dark Empire - it's a different flavor of Star Wars. But in a fun, classic way. Han Solo is perfect, and we get to see a new side of Luke that is thought provoking and sets up an epic story if nothing else.
Read Dark Empire, and buy this edition.
Chapter three in this edition is disappointing. No Star Wars vibe. Lousy dialogue. Repeat threat.
The painted covers for each chapter are delightful!
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judge it and that meant for a younger audience like I was when star wars first came out?
Then I came across reference to this on youtube and I was hooked. This sounded like star wars. This was
more what I was looking for!
Now I am nearly finished and can see similarities with the way the movies are going and so have paused,
since I want to watch the movie first instead of going in to it and complaining about how much better
this was than they are. No, watch the movies so that don't have spoilers. Then can finish off and enjoy
the proper star wars story...