Jim Balkie — Empire’s End
Star Wars: Empire’s End #2, November 1995
Here’s a stunning Jim Balkie page from the Dark Horse mini-series, Star Wars: Empire’s End, a fitting sequel to the acclaimed Dark Empire saga.
Both stories feature the writing of the talented Tom Veitch, although Cam Kennedy illustrated the Dark Empire series.
Each page — by either artist — is fully painted, and most of the originals I’ve seen, including this one, are terrific.
Nice Star Wars iconography on this page too, featuring Han and Leia, a great action shot of the Millennium Falcon, and of course the Emperor frying one of his officers who displeased him.
How did the Empire ever get anyone to sign up for the officer’s school?
Fun fact: The Emperor “lives” in this 90s saga because of — you guessed it — clones. If this storyline didn’t influence at least some of The Rise of Skywalker, well, we can chalk up to: “Great minds think alike.”
