Tsuneo Sanda Cover

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Star Wars (1998-2006 Dark Horse 1st Series) #78-80, Star Wars: Purge (2006), Star Wars: Purge - Seconds to Die (2009 Dark Horse), Star Wars: Purge - The Hidden Blade (2010 Dark Horse), Star Wars: Purge - The Tyrant's Fist (2012) #1-2, Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command (2011 Dark Horse) #1-5,Star Wars: Dark Times (2006-2010) #1-17, Star Wars: Dark Times - Blue Harvest (2009 Dark Horse), Star Wars: Dark Times - Out of the Wilderness (2011 Dark Horse) #1-5 and Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison (2012 Dark Horse) #1-5.

Written by John Ostrander, Randy Stradley, W. Haden Blackman, and Alexander Freed. Art by Luke Ross, Doug Wheatley, Jim Hall, Alex Lei, Chris Scalf, Marco Castiello, Andrea Chella, Rick Leonardi, Dave Ross, Lui Antonio, Dan Green, Alex Lei, Mark McKenna, and Agustin Alessio. Cover by Tsuneo Sanda.

The Old Republic has fallen - and the Empire is rising!

In the aftermath of Episode III, Sith lord Palpatine exerts his ruthless grip on the galaxy as his enforcer Darth Vader leads a brutal purge to wipe out the Jedi Order! Marked for death, Jedi Master K'Kruhk must protect the younglings under his care, as Master Dass Jennir finds refuge with a crew of smugglers. But to survive, will they abandon their heroic ideals?

Meanwhile, the relentless Vader must rescue an officer's son and defend the Emperor from an uprising - by any means necessary!

Witness the beginnings of the Galactic Empire!

Hardcover, 992 pages, full color. Rated T