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STAR WARS: DARK EMPIRE AUDIO ADAPTATION TRANSCRIPT Based on an audio adaptation of “Star Wars: Dark Empire,” a six-issue comic book miniseries published by Dark Horse Comics in 1991. Audio Adaptation produced by Highbridge Audio, Inc. Comic version written by Tom Veitch Audio version adapted by John Whitman A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...... NARRATOR: Star Wars: Dark Empire. Music: Star Wars Main Theme. NARRATOR: Following the deaths of Darth Vader and the Emperor and the destruction of the second Death Star, the Rebel Alliance proclaimed a New Republic over three-fourths of the galaxy. But without the thousands of Jedi Knights who formed the backbone of the Old Republic, the new confederation was a precarious one. Long years of struggle followed, during which Imperial factions gained control over a fourth of the Galaxy. Whole systems became fortresses, bristling with firepower. Then, five years after the Battle of Endor, the infamous Grand Admiral Thrawn mounted a terrible assault, nearly bringing the fledgling Republic to its knees. Ultimately, Thrawn was defeated. But within days of his downfall, surviving members of the Emperor’s Ruling Circle staged a stunning assault on the Emperor’s throneworld, a planet called Coruscant, and that vital system once again fell under Imperial control. It seemed certain that a new Empire was about to emerge from the ashes of the old. That very possibility triggered a ferocious civil war among the numerous Imperial factions. Who would sit in the Emperor’s throne? Who had the right--and the might? Meanwhile, the Rebels were quick to seize the opportunity to sow confusion among the feuding Imperials, using two captured Star Destroyers to stage hit-and-run sorties into the war zones. One such raid, over the raging Imperial City battleground, ended in disaster: The Alliance Star Destroyer Liberator, commanded by Luke Skywalker and Lando