Star Wars: Infinities - The Empire Strikes Back
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Star Wars: Infinities - The Empire Strikes Back is a four-part story arc in the Star Wars Infinities series of comic books.
[edit] Synopsis
The Infinities version of The Empire Strikes Back begins with the Rebel Alliance setting up a new base on the remote ice world of Hoth. After escaping from a Wampa ice monster, Luke sees the spirit of Obi-Wan instructing him to go to Dagobah and find the Jedi Master Yoda. Events begin to change when Han’s Tauntaun dies before Han can find the missing Luke. Unable to find Luke in time and with no way to keep him warm, Han is unable to save Luke from death by exposure. But before Luke’s death, the young Jedi imparts Obi-Wan’s message to Han.
Later, during the funeral for Luke, Han tells Leia that he has to go to Dagobah, believing that he is to train as Jedi. Just then, the Empire attacks and the Rebellion starts to evacuate Hoth. The Millennium Falcon, unable to effectively escape the Hoth System due to a malfunctioning hyperdrive, sets a course for Bespin, where Han hopes he can get repairs to the ship. Unbeknownst to Han, Darth Vader has hired a number of bounty hunters to follow the Falcon, including Boba Fett, who follows the Falcon to Bespin.
Upon his arrival at Bespin, Han meets up with his gambling buddy Lando Calrissian. Casually laughing off Han’s claim that he’s going to become a Jedi, Lando agrees to repair the Falcon’s hyperdrive. When Lando returns to his office, he finds Boba Fett sitting at his desk, demanding that Han, Leia, Chewbacca and C-3PO be turned over to him. Fett is led into a trap by Lando and is knocked unconscious after grappling with Han and Chewbacca.
After the repairs are finished and the Falcon leaves Bespin, Lando returns to his office to admire his new desk, which is crafted using Boba Fett's carbonite-encased corpse. However, Vader’s ship arrives soon after the Falcon leaves and demands that Lando turn over the Rebels to him. Upon learning that the Falcon has already left, Vader destroys Cloud City, killing every inhabitant.
Eventually, the Falcon arrives at Dagobah where Han is surprised that he is not to be trained as a Jedi, but Leia is instead. Yoda tells Leia that Luke was her brother and her father is Darth Vader. Han, determined to settle his debt with Jabba the Hutt, leaves Leia on Dagobah to train with Yoda.
During the next several months, Han gathers together the money he needs to pay off Jabba, Leia trains with great fervor, and Darth Vader continues his search for Luke, not knowing the youth’s fate; dismissing rumors that Luke has died, Vader insists that he can still sense Luke’s presence.
Eventually, Han, Chewbacca, and C-3PO return to Tatooine to settle Han’s debt, but upon their arrival, they are captured by Jabba’s thugs. Han and Chewbacca are taken to Jabba’s palace where they are forced to do battle with two Nexu creatures that Jabba keeps in a pit beneath his audience chamber. Han and Chewbacca are able to escape with R2’s help, and the now freed Nexu tear through Jabba's palace, destroying everything in sight. In the confusion, Han and Chewbacca are able to board a Hutt shuttlecraft and escape to the docked Falcon in Mos Eisley.
Soon after Han's escape, Vader arrives at Jabba's palace to question him about Han’s presence. Jabba says that he doesn't know where Han is now. Vader recognises C-3PO and demands that his former creation be handed over to him. After returning to his ship, Vader dismantles 3PO and retrieves Dagobah's location from the droid’s memory.
Back on Dagobah, Leia is in the last stages of her training. Yoda sends her on a mission to find a crystal for her lightsaber from a nearby cave. During Leia’s absence, Vader arrives and confronts Yoda. Using his connection to the Force, Yoda delves deep into Vader’s psyche and confronts the man inside, Anakin Skywalker, who is surrounded by multiple layers of the Dark Side. During the mental battle, Leia finds her crystal and receives an image of Vader confronting Yoda. In his mind, Anakin fights of shadows of long-deceased Jedi such as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu and Qui-Gon Jinn. During the confrontation, Vader learns of Luke’s death. Vader is then able to deliver a fatal blow to Yoda through the mental link, severing the diminutive Jedi’s lock on his mind.
Leia then arrives and duels with Vader. Vader offers her the chance to join him and rule the galaxy, but Leia refuses. Before Vader can strike her down, Han and Chewbacca arrive in the Falcon. Han then fires on Vader and kills him. Before Yoda dies, he tells Leia to pass what she has learned on to others. Leia burns her father’s body on a funeral pyre before leaving with Han on the Falcon to rejoin the Rebels and save the galaxy.
[edit] External link
- Dark Horse Listing for part 1
- Dark Horse Listing for part 2
- Dark Horse Listing for part 3
- Dark Horse Listing for part 4
- Dark Horse Listing for TPB
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