''Vader's Quest''
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Publication information | |
Publishing company | Dark Horse Comics |
Subject | Star Wars |
Genre | Science fiction |
Release date(s) | 17 February 1999 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
No. of pages | 32 each |
Expanded Universe | |
Era | Rebellion |
Galactic Year | 0 ABY |
Canon | C |
Script writer | Darko Macan |
Cover artist(s) | Dave Gibbons |
Penciller(s) | Dave Gibbons |
Inker(s) | P. Craig Russell |
Colorist(s) | Angus McKie |
Publisher(s) | Mike Richardson |
Vader's Quest is a four issue comic book miniseries set in the Star Wars expanded universe, written by Darko Macan and drawn by Dave Gibbons and Angus McKie. Published by Dark Horse Comics, the original four issues appeared in February through May 1999; a trade paperback reprinting all four was released in December of that same year.
Synopsis
Darth Vader (the titular Sith Lord) hires bounty hunters (including Brazzo, Selle, 4-D, Mala Mala, B-6, and Ban Papeega) to find out who was responsible for the destruction of the Death Star. Thurlow Harris, a captured and tortured Rebel pilot who survived the Death Star battle, who returned to his homeworld of Centares, informs him of the pilot's identity—Vader's son, Luke Skywalker—and Vader sets up a plan for catching him, which eventually fails on Jazbina. This series depicts the first meeting between Luke and his father, and a Rebel pilot, Jal Te Gniev, is jealous and resentful of Luke destroying the Death Star, due to having measles during the Battle of Yavin.
Issues
- Star Wars: Vader's Quest, part 1
- Star Wars: Vader's Quest, part 2
- Star Wars: Vader's Quest, part 3
- Star Wars: Vader's Quest, part 4
Characters
- 3DVO
- Ban Papeega
- Beesix
- Bobek
- Brazzo
- C-3PO
- Choraw
- Darth Vader
- Fordee
- General Jan Dodonna
- Grand Moff Tarkin (Mentioned only)
- Jal Te Gniev
- Lord Prepredenko
- Luke Skywalker
- Mala Mala
- Nevana
- Palpatine
- Princess Leia Organa (Mentioned only)
- R2-D2
- Raol
- Rich
- Sarma
- Sebb
- Selle
- Syayna
- Thurlow Harris
- Wedge Antilles
Collections
- Omnibus: Early Victories
External links
- Dark Horse listing for issue #1
- Dark Horse listing for issue #2
- Dark Horse listing for issue #3
- Dark Horse listing for issue #4