Star Wars : Legacy : Fight Another Day Star Wars : Legacy : Fight Another Day is the ninth story arc of the comic series " " . It stars Treis Sinde , an Imperial Knight of the Empire - in - exile , as he and the Mon Calamari Rangers of the water world Dac fight against the aquatic forces of Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire in the year 137 ABY . Darth Krayt has declared genocide on the Mon Calamari in the midst of an Imperial Civil War , and Sinde , stranded on - world , is serving as an advisor to the Rangers as they hold off the onslaught brought by Krayt ' s war machines . His beliefs in sacrificing others for the greater good contrast with those of the Rangers ' Captain Tanquar , who wants to save everyone he can , and their opposing viewpoints come to a head after they disable but fail to capture an Imperial Acklay battle fortress . Meanwhile , Darth Azard and Vul Isen — two members of Darth Krayt ' s One Sith — unleash a monstrous Sea Leviathan into Dac ' s oceans , and Sinde and Tanquar must reach a compromise regarding how best to deal with the new threat . " Fight Another Day " is composed of two issues : " Legacy " and . Both were written by John Ostrander , with Omar Francia penciling and inking ; Francia created fully poseable 3D models of the story ' s various vehicles before putting them to the page . " Fight Another Day , Part 2 " introduces new continuity by naming Jagged Fel , a star of several " Star Wars " novels , as the first Emperor of the Fel Empire — Ostrander held off making the revelation for nearly three years but felt that the time was finally right . The two issues of " Fight Another Day " were released by Dark Horse Comics in January and February of 2009 , respectively , and around 25 , 000 copies of each were to comic shops worldwide . Reception to the story was generally positive amongst fans and reviewers , with its examination of loyalty and duty often named as a highlight . " Fight Another Day " was later included in the 2009 " " trade paperback and the 2013 hardcover omnibus " " . Digital versions of its two issues were released in 2012 . Plot summary . Part 1 . In the year 137 ABY , weeks after Galactic Emperor Darth Krayt has ordered the extermination of the Mon Calamari species on their homeworld of Dac , a group of Mon Calamari are hiding in a makeshift settlement in the depths of the planet ' s oceans . They are discovered and attacked , however , by aquatic war machines of Krayt ' s Imperial Army : the " Acklay " - class mobile fortress " Sea Lion " and the shark underwater fighter s of Shark Squadron . Members of the Mon Calamari Rangers resistance movement come to their rescue inside Krakana underwater fighter s , and as a flurry of laser blasts fills the ocean , the Acklay Battle Fortress ' s Commander Sturves dispatches seatroopers into the melee . Their squadron is quickly disposed of by the lightsaber of Master Treis Sinde , an Imperial Knight of the Empire - in - exile who has been fighting on the side of the Rangers since becoming trapped on - world . Dressed in undersea armor , Sinde storms the " Sea Lion " bridge , and massive damage is caused when defensive blaster bolts rupture a fuel tank . Sinde is forced to kill the fortress ' s chief mechanic , Bor Alsek — a former comrade of his during their mutual service to the Fel Empire , before the beginning of the Imperial Civil War — and he retreats back to the ocean as the crippled " Sea Lion " flees . The Rangers return to the dry land of their grotto base , where Sinde berates the Ranger Captain Tanquar for launching a premature attack , thereby preventing them from capturing a badly needed mobile fortress . Although Tanquar did so in order to prevent his people from dying , Sinde tells him to prioritize — they are not fighting for victory , but merely for time , so that other forces in the galaxy may rescue them from without . A plan is then hatched to ferry the recovered refugees to a safer location , and Tanquar and Sinde engage in a calmer conversation , reflecting upon the battle and discussing the question of obedience and loyalty . Meanwhile , several kilometers away , an Aquatic Terrain Armored Transport watches over Imperial Extermination Camp 28 in the Soheras Trench . Onboard , the Sith Lord Darth Azard and the Sith scientist Vul Isen discuss how to best proceed with the genocide ordered by Darth Krayt , who is also the leader of their One Sith . Isen has adapted a massive Leviathan creature to undersea use , and the two Sith accordingly use the Force to touch the mind of the nearby sleeping Sea Leviathan and bend it to their will . The beast massacres the refugees in the camp , absorbing their life energies and sentience as it does so . Azard and Isen then decide to send the creature to the site of the earlier battle in order to draw out the Mon Calamari Rangers . Part 2 . The Mon Calamari Rangers Shonmai and Adriphar are searching the Devil ' s Crevasse at the outer regions of their patrol zone . When they spot the Sea Leviathan , it absorbs Adriphar ' s life energy and sends Shonmai fleeing back to base . Azard and Isen let her go to draw out the Rangers and proceed to argue over which of them is a higher - ranked Sith in Krayt ' s Order . Back at the grotto , Treis Sinde is finally able to use a jerrybuilt comm unit to contact his Emperor , Roan Fel of the Empire - in - exile . Sinde protests Fel ' s order that he return to the fortress world of Bastion , but the Emperor is adamant that Sinde ' s duty is to him and not to the Mon Calamari . Tanquar overhears the conversation , but their ensuing argument is quickly broken up by Shonmai ' s return . Tanquar orders an immediate counterattack in order to save the refugees whom they earlier released , and when Sinde declares the plan to be suicide , the captain asserts that it is not the Mon Calamari way to sacrifice the helpless for the greater good . Sinde proposes a compromise , and when the Rangers meet the Leviathan and the AT - AT swimmer near the Devil ' s Crevasse , his plan is carried out : the Rangers concentrate their fire on the swimmer while the nearby refugees are moved into the crevasse . Several devilsquid emerge from the crevasse ; Sinde is riding one of them and taming them all with the Force . As they attack the Leviathan , Azard orders shark underwater fighters into the battle despite the loss of shielding around the hatch that doing so will entail . Azard is confident that the Mon Calamari value their own lives too much to directly assault the non - shielded but heavily defended area , but Shonmai sacrifices her life and rams the hatch , which sets off a chain reaction and destroys the entire swimmer . The devilsquid drag the Leviathan into the crevasse , and Tanquar rescues a weakened Sinde from going down with them . On the bridge of the downed swimmer , Azard ' s shoulder is impaled by debris , but Isen saves him , and the two Sith swim to safety . At the Rangers ' grotto , Sinde again speaks with Emperor Fel , who is unable to spare a shuttle to retrieve him . Sinde maintains that it is thus impossible to leave the planet , and Fel reluctantly accepts his stubbornness . Tanquar overhears the conversation and thanks Sinde , who tells him that the only thing won from the battle is the right to fight another day . Main characters . Treis Sinde . Master Treis Sinde is an Imperial Knight of Roan Fel ' s Empire - in - Exile . He became stranded on Dac after Darth Krayt declared genocide on the Mon Calamari , and he has since been fighting the aquatic forces of Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire alongside the Mon Calamari Rangers . Sinde is firm that his role is an advisory one rather than that of a leader , but his Imperial frame of mind , which advocates sacrificing others for the greater good , clashes with the Rangers ' desire to save everyone they can , even at the cost of their own lives . Sinde regrets killing his former comrade Bor Alsek , believing that the mechanic ' s only crime was obedience . Although his duty as an Imperial Knight is to serve the Force as embodied by his Emperor , Sinde ultimately defies Roan Fel ' s order to return to Bastion by claiming that it is impossible for him to get off - world . Tanquar . Captain Tanquar is the leader of the Mon Calamari Rangers . He is willing to compromise carefully laid plans and to blindly rush into battle in order to save helpless refugees . Although his mindset leads to frequent arguments with Treis Sinde , the two maintain a professional respect for one another and call each other friends , and Tanquar saves Sinde ' s life during the battle at the Devil ' s Crevasse . Unlike Sinde , Tanquar has no regrets regarding Bor Alsek ' s death , arguing that the mechanic ' s role aboard the " Sea Lion " rendered him complicit in the crime of genocide . Darth Azard . The Sith Lord Darth Azard has been appointed by Darth Krayt to oversee the extermination of the Mon Calamari , and he steadfastly obeys Krayt ' s order to not target any of Dac ' s other species . Azard sees the Mon Calamari ' s compassion as a weakness , and he believes that Vul Isen , his fellow Sith , questions Krayt ' s orders too much . He openly tells Isen that , lacking a Darth title , he is not Azard ' s equal , and is consequently surprised when Isen rescues him from the sunken AT - AT swimmer . Vul Isen . Vul Isen is a Sith scientist who has been sent to Dac to speed up the Mon Calamari ' s demise . Despite Krayt ' s order that none of Dac ' s other sentient species should die , Isen hopes to unleash his experimental viral spore s into the oceans and kill every living thing on the planet . Azard ' s vigilance stays his hand , however . Isen defends his constant questioning to Azard , calling it the nature of a scientist , and he disagrees with the Sith Lord ' s declaration of his inferiority . He is confident that his skills serve the One Sith as importantly as do those of a warrior , and he rescues Azard from the downed swimmer due to his belief that they are equal servants of Darth Krayt . Isen impatiently awaits the day that the genocide is complete , as he prefers the artistry of breaking a population ' s will . Shonmai . The Mon Calamari Ranger Shonmai is uncomfortable with Treis Sinde ' s decision to send the rescued refugees away from the Rangers ' grotto , but she sees logic in his reasoning that it is both safer and a better use of resources to escort them elsewhere . After spotting the Sea Leviathan , Shonmai insists on doing a reconnaissance run so that Tanquar and Sinde may be fully aware of its danger , and she attempts to rescue Adriphar after he is knocked from his Krakana . Adriphar is killed , however , and Tanquar later orders Shonmai not to participate in the battle at the Devil ' s Crevasse . Shonmai ignores the directive in order to save her people , and during the fight , she rams her Krakana into the AT - AT swimmer . Her sacrifice brings down the battle fortress . Bor Alsek . Bor Alsek is the chief mechanic aboard the " Sea Lion " . He served the Fel Empire under Treis Sinde prior to Darth Krayt ' s usurping of the throne and the beginning of the Imperial Civil War , and when Sinde storms the " Sea Lion " , Alsek questions why an Imperial is attacking other Imperials . Sinde asserts that Roan Fel is the rightful Emperor , but Alsek simply states that he obeys his superiors without debating right or wrong . Sinde is forced to kill him , but the Imperial Knight is shaken by the action , which leads to an argument between himself and Tanquar over the question of duty . Development . The comic book series " " was first published by Dark Horse Comics in June 2006 . Series creators John Ostrander and Jan Duursema developed an extensive cast of characters prior to its launch , but as " Legacy " progressed , new characters were added to the mix . One such character was Treis Sinde , who first appeared in April 2008 ' s " " . The issue saw him stranded on the planet Dac after Darth Krayt ' s declaration of genocide , and concluded with him joining forces with a Mon Calamari resistance movement . Ostrander developed Sinde ' s further adventures on Dac for " Legacy " and issues : Parts 1 and 2 of the series ' ninth story arc , " Fight Another Day " . " Fight Another Day " marks the first appearance of the Mon Calamari Rangers . Ostrander considered using the previously established Mon Calamari Knights , a group that first appeared in the fifth chapter of the 2003 " " cartoon , but as " Legacy " already featured such similarly named groups as the Jedi Knights and Imperial Knights , he instead sought out permission to create the new " Mon Calamari Rangers " for the Legacy era . He hoped for the Rangers to be presented in the same tradition as the Knights despite visual differences between the two . Ostrander was eager to chronicle the Rangers ' story under the sea , a setting not normally used in " Star Wars " comics that he felt offered its own demands and risks . Omar Francia , the artist behind " Fight Another Day " , was also excited to work in an underwater environment . He created fully poseable 3D models of all of the arc ' s vehicles , including the Acklay Battle Fortress ' s interior , as well as models of the Sea Leviathan and the seatroopers ' plasma rifle . This allowed him to place a model in a certain position , print the image , and then pencil it into the comic . His initial design for the Sea Leviathan was done before he knew about the existing Leviathans in Expanded Universe lore , and he later used those Leviathans to develop a more accurate final model . While designing the arc ' s Mon Calamari characters , Francia was determined to make their faces recognizable and expressive , and not at all like the limited Mon Calamari puppets used in — his goal was to show various kinds of faces that would decidedly not give the reader the impression that the Mon Calamari were an " animal species . " He also provided the covers for both of " Fight Another Day " issues , which were done with a mixture of 3D models and traditional illustrations . Francia ' s work was praised by Ostrander , who admitted that he had thrown a lot at the artist , and Francia in turn called the story " beautifully written " and something on which he wished he could have worked for an entire year rather than a few months . The story arc ' s second issue , " Fight Another Day , Part 2 " , introduces new continuity to " Legacy " by establishing the identity of Roan Fel ' s grandfather , the first Emperor of the Fel Empire , as Jagged Fel , a star of several " Star Wars " novels . The first Emperor Fel ' s identity had been a secret since the 2006 release of " " , but Ostrander " felt it was necessary , appropriate , and it was time " to make the reveal . The issue ' s script was approved by Lucasfilm Ltd . , who , according to Ostrander , would have removed the revelation if they had felt that it compromised the novels in which Jagged was still appearing . In addition to Ostrander ' s script and Francia ' s penciling , inking , and cover art , Brad Anderson ' s colors and Michael Heisler ' s letters helped bring both issues of " Fight Another Day " to life . Mike Richardson was credited as the issues ' Publisher , Freddye Lins as the Assistant Editor , Dave Marshall as the Associate Editor , Randy Stradley as the Editor , and Sean Cooke as the Designer . Dark Horse posted a three - page online preview for each issue in advance of its release , and the " Blaster " department of " Star Wars Insider " 107 , released in January 2009 , showcased " Fight Another Day " with a preview article that included quotes from both Ostrander and Francia . Dark Horse published " Fight Another Day , Part 1 " on January 28 , 2009 and " Fight Another Day , Part 2 " on February 25 of the same year ; both issues include a page that features Francia ' s concept art in lieu of a letters section . " Fight Another Day " was later published as a single , uninterrupted story in " " , a trade paperback released on December 2 , 2009 , and in " " , a hardcover omnibus released on September 18 , 2013 . Digital editions of each issue were made available for purchase in 2012 on February 22 and March 21 , respectively . Continuity . In naming Jagged Fel as the first Emperor of the Fel Empire , the second issue of " Fight Another Day " tied the Fel Empire ' s continuity into that of the " Legacy of the Force " novels . Although 2007 ' s " " did name Roan Fel as a descendant of Jagged ' s father , Baron Soontir Fel , and 2008 ' s " " — the final volume of " Legacy of the Force " — placed Jagged in charge of the Imperial Remnant , the Fel Empire ' s precursor , it was not until " Fight Another Day , Part 2 " that all of the dots were explicitly connected . " The Essential Atlas " , released later in 2009 , went on to discuss how Jagged ' s leadership of the Remnant morphed into an Emperorship . In " Fight Another Day , Part 1 " , Vul Isen adapts a Leviathan creature to undersea use . A Leviathan first appeared in the 1998 – 1999 comic miniseries " " . The Imperial seatroopers and AT - AT swimmer seen in " Fight Another Day " date back to the 1988 adventure " Battle for the Golden Sun " , while the Krakana underwater fighters share a name with the krakana , a creature native to Dac that first appeared in the 1994 novel " Dark Apprentice " . Reception . 25 , 806 issues of " Fight Another Day , Part 1 " were to comic shops worldwide in January 2009 , and 25 , 384 of Part 2 the following month . Each issue was Dark Horse ' s second - best - selling comic of the month , falling only behind " " . Part 1 was the overall seventieth - best - selling comic in January , and Part 2 the seventy - first in February . Following their respective releases , both issues of " Fight Another Day " were received positively at the Jedi Council Forums , but reviews on the Dark Horse Message Boards were more mixed . A review of Part 1 from Chud . com that was re - posted on Dark Horse ' s official website called it " kick ass " and " a very good issue of a great series , " positing that " Legacy " side stories were just as exciting as the series ' main storyline . The reviewer felt that Sinde ' s chance encounter with Bor Alsek was slightly out of place but also praised the interesting discussion about duty that it spawned . On TheForce . net , reviewer JF Boivin awarded both issues a 7 . 5 / 10 , praising the change of pace from " Legacy " main storyline , the diversity of the alien species used , Francia ' s art and designs , Anderson ' s coloring , and the examination of loyalty . Boivin did , however , assert that Darth Azard was a rather one - dimensional villain . At the end of 2009 , members of the Jedi Council Forums voted " Fight Another Day " the best " Star Wars " comic story arc of the year . As of October 21 , 2013 , the " Storms " trade paperback maintains an average rating of 4 / 5 stars on Amazon . com after eight customer reviews . Legacy . Sinde ' s presence on Dac is revisited as early as " Legacy " , which sees Roan Fel dispatch the Imperial Knight Sigel Dare to Dac to retrieve her wayward comrade . Her mission is depicted in the , where she meets with Sinde and Tanquar on Dac ' s surface but is told by Sinde that he intends to remain on - world with the Rangers . An adamant Dare initiates a lightsaber duel , but the Jedi Master Asaak Dan — who has accompanied Dare on her mission — breaks up the fight and volunteers to take Sinde ' s place , an offer which Sinde accepts . In " Legacy " , the Imperial Regent Darth Wyyrlok orders Isen to release his viral spores and poison all life on Dac ; the resulting massacre leads to Isen and Azard serving as the primary antagonists of " Legacy " final story arc , " " . The undersea armor that Sinde sported in " Fight Another Day " is worn by numerous Imperial Knights in the tenth issue of Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman ' s comic series " " , released in December 2013 .