The story deals with the return of the villainous Palpatine, having successfully cheated death by transferring his spirit into a succession of cloned bodies.
Part of the Star Wars Expanded Universe, the trilogy follows events in the Star Wars franchise six years after Return of the Jedi, specifically the aftereffects of Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy. The initial series is notable for being one of the first Star Wars comics to be produced by Dark Horse Comics, who had acquired the comic rights to the Star Wars franchise in the early 1990s. It consists of a six-issue limited series written by Tom Veitch and drawn by Cam Kennedy, followed by a second six-issue limited series by Veitch and Kennedy, followed in turn by a two-issue limited series written by Veitch and drawn by Jim Baikie.
Dark Empire is a Star Wars comic book metaseries produced by Dark Horse Comics.
