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Star Wars: Shadow Stalker                                            One-shot Comic
A Shadows of the Empire Story.  Awesome!!
Writer: Ryder Windham
Artist: Nick Choles
Colorists: Cary Porter & Dave Stewart
Letterer: Michael Taylor
Editor: Peet Janes
Cover by: Nick Choles

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…

Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas.  The film series began with Star Wars, released on May 25, 1977. This was followed by two sequels: The Empire Strikes Back, released on May 21, 1980, and Return of the Jedi, released on May 25, 1983. Then more than two decades after the release of the original film, the series continued with a prequel trilogy; consisting of Episode I: The Phantom Menace, released on May 19, 1999; Episode II: Attack of the Clones, released on May 16, 2002; Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, released on May 19, 2005; and finally the epic saga concluded with Star Wars: The Force Awakens released on December 18, 2015; Star Wars: The Last Jedi was released on December 18, 2017. And Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was released on December 20, 2019.

Shadow Stalker was a one-shot comic originally serialized in Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 10 and tied into the Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire multimedia campaign by expanding on the character of Jix, introduced in the comic version of Shadows of the Empire. It also serves as the prequel of the comic strip Iceworld, showing the origins of the Frija Torlock replica droid. This one-shot collects the hit serial originally from Topps’ Star Wars Galaxy magazine, issues 9-12.

Now, Dark Horse Presents, Star Wars: Shadow Stalker. Darth Vader has a covert agent to take care of his dirty work: Jix. Vader dispatches Jix to take care of an Imperial governor who has defected to the Rebel Alliance. But Jix finds a different, more important traitor, and winds up in a one-man war against a legion of stormtroopers.

Story/Spoilers
Former Imperial Gunnery Sergeant Wrenga Jixton (a.k.a. Jix) is called before Darth Vader on Coruscant. He evades Vader’s castle’s security and meets the Dark Lord of the Sith in his meditation chamber (much like the one that will be aboard the Executor). Vader wants Jix to go to Corulag and assassinate Imperial Governor Torlock, who is supposedly planning to defect to the Rebel Alliance. He wants the kill to look like the work of the Rebels. Jix makes it to Corulag and finds a landspeeder under attack by Rebels. Inside, he finds Frija Torlock and a hologram of the governor. Frija tells him that her father is suspected of treason and in hiding or in prison. Jix realizes that more is up than he believed when he notes the Rebels who attacked the speeder were actually Black Sun operatives. He takes her to relative safety and then heads for the prison where Governor Torlock has supposedly been taken. Upon breaking in, he finds that the Torlock in the prison is actually a human replica droid (HRD) of Torlock. He is captured by Imperial Admiral Droon, who is in league with the real Frija. (The one he saved was another HRD.) They are dropped into a pit with a dragon slug, but manage to survive. The Torlock HRD then tells Jix that the real Torlock had learned that the Rebels would soon attack Corulag, so he built the two HRDs and made an escape plan. He then learned that Droon and Frija had been conspiring to implicate him as a traitor so that Droon could rule Corulag in his place. Jix notes that since Vader wanted Torlock dead or captured (which would’ve left Droon in power either way), Droon’s plan almost succeeded. Jix breaks into Droon’s quarters and kills Frija when she tries to kill Droon for saying it was all her idea. He knocks out Droon and notices Droon’s collection of lightsabers, taking one with him. Jix reunites the Torlock HRD and Frija HRD and they escape to Coruscant. Jix brings Droon to Vader, where Vader informs Droon of how Jix came to be in the Dark Lord’s service. After the mission to Falleen and Jix’s subsequent court-martial and escape from Kessel, Vader was on a mission to Aridus when he was nearly killed when a tower he was in exploded. He awoke aboard Jix’s craft. Jix had been in hiding on Aridus, and in return for keeping the Empire from Jix’s newfound “home” of Aridus, Jix would do whatever the Dark Lord commanded. Knowing that Vader will not let Droon live with this new knowledge, Jix gives Droon the lightsaber from Droon’s quarters and walks out of the room as Vader ignites his lightsaber and kills Droon in a very uneven match. Outside, Jix is thanked by the two HRDs and lies when he tells the Frija HRD that Frija survived the encounter on Corulag. The Frija HRD is happy about this, hugs him, and she and her “father” depart from Coruscant.

Comic is bagged & double boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

First Printing
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Publication Date: September 1997
Format: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.75″
UPC: 761568967395

Collectible Entertainment note: One-shot Comic is in Very Fine condition.  Beautiful!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Star Wars, Darth Vader and/or Shadow of the Empire collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Recommended.

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