Dark Knight ' s Devilry Dark Knight ' s Devilry is a comic story originally featured in " The Empire Strikes Back Monthly 153 " , written by Steve Moore . It was later reprinted as the second story in " " . Plot summary . On the planet Jerne , Luke Skywalker , R2 - D2 , and Leia Organa are being transported to an Imperial base , after being captured by Captain Ryko Vant . The transport comes under attack from native guerrilla fighters who had set - up an ambush by hiding under the sand of the planet . Distracted , the troopers are attacked by their captives , and are quickly defeated . All troopers aboard the transport are killed , with the exception of Vant , who uses a jetpack to escape the scene . As he is departing , the Captain aims and fires at Organa , who is pushed aside by Luke , while R2 is hit by the shot . The rebels then find themselves prisoners again , this time to the native fighters , who take them to their base . Captain Vant arrives back at the Jerne City H . Q . as his jetpack runs out of fuel . In a foul mood , the commander instructs Sgt . Falesh to send a task force to sweep the planet , informing him of the tracer placed on R2 . Entering his control room , Vant is surprised and frightened to see Darth Vader waiting for him inside . The Dark Lord is not happy that his prisoners were able to escape , berating the Captain , and informing him the tracer is not needed , since he knows where they are heading . Back at the guerrilla ' s base , Luke and Leia meet the leader of the fighters , Meeka Reen . The young woman demands to know why the two Rebels are on her planet , threatening to " get rid of them " if she does not find out . Having no other option , Luke tells the story of finding a lifeless ship in the sector , and going to investigate it . Luke brought the ship to be analyzed by Rebel scientists , who found image tapes , including the ship ' s log , and an entry on the Eternity Crystal . The tapes stated that the crystal and the ship were both made the by long extinct original Jerni inhabitants , and also described the power of the crystal , being able to turn time backwards to a specific point , and then start time again , along a different path . When hearing of this Leia wished to use the crystal to stop the destruction of Alderaan by the Death Star , or even potentially stopping the Empire from forming at all . They decided to investigate Jerne for the crystal , but were shot down by TIE / LN starfighter s while trying to enter the planet . After hearing their story , Meeka expresses disbelief over the claims they made , while still entertaining the idea of using the crystal for her own ends . She does insist on traveling to Adony station , where the crystal is supposedly held to check the validity of these claims . Luke notices that something is not right with the station , seeing fresh concrete on the supposedly ancient structure . The guerrillas blow open the door to the station , while entering , they trip a booby trap , and the whole station explodes leaving nothing but a crater . Vader and Vant then arrive at the crater that was once the station . Vader reveals that it was he who had set the alien ship orbiting the planet , hoping the rebels would find it . Knowing Leia would want to use the crystal to change the fate of her home planet , the sith lord had set the trap to kill the rebels when they entered the station . Believing both rebels were killed in the blast , neither man notices the two rising from the crater in the sand . Luke finds a proton grenade nearby , and hurls it at the two imperials . Luke and Leia then board the scout ship Vader arrived on , and fly off the planet . While departing Leia asks if Luke thinks Vader died from the grenade , to which Luke replies that with all of the armor he wears , you can ' t be sure .