Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

In 1996, Dark Horse Comics released Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, a two-issue miniseries written by John Wagner with art by Kilian Plunkett. Serving as a comic adaptation of the larger multimedia project set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, it explores the criminal underworld's power struggles in a galaxy far, far away. This series is a key piece of the Shadows of the Empire event, which expanded the original trilogy's lore through a coordinated story across multiple media.