Shattered Empire , Part IV Shattered Empire , Part IV is the fourth and final issue of the Marvel comic book mini - series " " , set between and . The comic , written by Greg Rucka and with art by Marco Checchetto , was released on October 21 , 2015 . Plot summary . The Alliance Fleet is gathered at , and Admiral Gial Ackbar briefs the pilots on the planets targeted by . General Crix Madine tells them that while they wish the end was at hand , there appears to be no respite from hostilities from the Imperial remnants . In the hangar bay , Shara Bey talks to her commander , Captain L ' ulo L ' ampar . L ' ampar remarks that Bey ' s husband , Kes Dameron , has submitted his paperwork to be mustered out , and that he has taken the liberty of submitting her papers as well . Bey says he should not have done that , but he says she has done more than her fair share for the Rebellion , and it is time for her to settle down with her family . Bey is approached by R2 - D2 , who leads her to Luke Skywalker . Skywalker asks her to accompany him as his co - pilot on a trip to Vetine , to retrieve something he needs to get . He introduces himself and asks if they have met before – Bey responds that she was the pilot who nearly shot down his shuttle during the Battle of Endor , and he remarks on the coincidence that the pilot Artoo fetched happened to be her . In hyperspace , Bey asks why she is wearing an Imperial Security Bureau uniform , and Luke tells her she will be impersonating an ISB officer , Commander Alecia Beck , to infiltrate an Imperial base on Vetine to retrieve something the Emperor stole long ago . Using security clearances obtained from the raid at the Wretch of Tayron , Bey and Skywalker are cleared to land on Vetine and are greeted by base commandant Hurron . Bey introduces Luke as her bodyguard , and announces that she is conducting a surprise inspection of the base ' s laboratories . Hurron escorts them to the inner lab , which he assures them was accessible to only himself and the Emperor . He confesses that he never saw the need for such high security until now , and reveals that he has known of their deception since their arrival – Commander Beck is missing her left eye . Hurron asks Luke what is so special about the contents of the lab – two small trees . Luke answers that they are all that remains of the tree which grew at the heart of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant , and that the Force is with them . Hurron responds that the Force is meaningless , and Luke says he couldn ' t be more wrong . He uses the Force to push Hurron and his stormtroopers away , then catches his lightsaber ejected by Artoo . As Bey shuts down the field holding the trees , she catches them and the two of them escape . In the hangar bay , Hurron orders his troopers to stop shooting and blow the intruders up . The troopers throw several thermal detonator s , which Luke hurls back using the force , killing the commandant and the troopers . Skywalker and Bey board the shuttle and take off into hyperspace . Luke says that Artoo overheard Bey ' s conversation with L ' ampar about mustering out , and she says she is trying to decide if that ' s what she wants . Luke replies that if the cost of their struggle is the lives they fought to protect , then what are they fighting for ? He says that he didn ' t know there would be two trees on Vetine – one is spoken for , but he suggests a good home could be found for the other one . . . In the jungles of Yavin 4 , Shara Bey and Kes Dameron plant the second tree in the ground . Dameron takes her hand and says " Let ' s go home , Shara Bey . "