Star Wars: Empire Vol. 1: Betrayal

Writer	Scott Allie
Artist	Ryan Benjamin
Paperback:	Aug 27, 2003, $12.95

In the weeks before the events in Star Wars: A New Hope, as the Death Star is readied for its fateful first mission, a power-hungry cabal of Grand Mofs and Imperial Officers embark on a dangerous plan to kill Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader and seize control of the Empire!

When word that a "Jedi" has made an appearance on a backwater world lures Vader away from his master, the cabal makes its move. But even the galaxy isn't enough of a prize to sate the ambitions of some of the conspirators, and before long the would-be assassins are turning on one another. Their plans are further complicated by the actions of bounty hunter Bob a Fett. And, of course, they may have fatally underestimated the cunning of their primary target: Emperor Palpatine! more