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Book Review: 'Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy'

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Cover art by Dave Dornan. © 1991, 2010 Dark Horse Comics and Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL) Following the deaths of Darth Vader and the Emperor at the Battle of Endor, the Rebel Alliance formed a New Republic over much of the galaxy. Long years of struggle have ensued. Remnants of the Empire have regained strength and reclaimed the majority of worlds, including the city-world of Coruscant. Now a civil war within the resurgent Empire has erupted, and the New Republic has seized the opportunity to increase confusion. A recent raid over Coruscant has left Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian stranded on the war-torn planet, but help is on the way...- Opening crawl, Dark Empire On September 15, 2010, Dark Horse Comics published Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy, a 352-page hardcover volume that collected Tom Veitch's 1991-1995 Expanded Universe trilogy of stories in which the fledgling New Republic's legendary heroes - Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Land