num_pages: 385
description: Here is the untold story of the events that took place between the movies The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi: a novel in which Darth Vader still lives--and battles a villain as powerful and evil as himself.SHADOWS OF THE EMPIREIt is a time of crisis. Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, is being taken to the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. As Princess Leia mounts a rescue mission including Luke Skywalker, Lando Calrissian, and a brilliant young pilot, Darth Vader pits himself against a cunning and ruthless rival. Xizor is the leader of a powerful crime syndicate who seeks to supplant Vader for the favor of their mutual master, the dreaded Emperor. Their target: Luke Skywalker. Suddenly Luke finds himself the potential prize of the two most evil entities in the galaxy--one who wants him alive...and one who wants him dead.
language: English
title: Shadows of the Empire
titlecomplete: Shadows of the Empire
characters: Xizor, Dash Rendar, Anakin Skywalker, Sheev Palpatine, Wedge Antilles, Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca
genres: Novels, Science Fiction, Media Tie In, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Adventure, Star Wars, Space, Space Opera
ratings_count: 17752
places: Coruscant
series: Star Wars Legends: Novels
publisher: Bantam Spectra