Star Wars: The Crimson Empire Saga

Star Wars: The Crimson Empire Saga is a hardcover collection of the Dark Horse Comics comic book series Star Wars: Crimson Empire, Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood, and Star Wars: Crimson Empire III—Empire Lost, along with the Crimson Empire Handbook and the one shot stories Hard Currency, The Bounty Hunters: Kenix Kil, and The Third Time Pays for All. It was published on September 12, 2012.
==Publisher's summary==
The blood-soaked tale of the last surviving member of Emperor Palpatine's Royal Guard is now complete in one dust-jacketed hardcover edition! From revenge to redemption, the story of Kir Kanos takes him from the deserts of Yinchorr, to the halls of Imperial power, and to the inner circle of the New Republic. Included are encounters with Darth Vader, Boba Fett, Luke Skywalker, and Leia Organa Solo. An epic tale in one epic tome!
==Back Cover Summary==
The elite soldiers of Emperor Palpatine's Royal Guard were among the most feared in the galaxy – so feared that after the Emperor's death, those who assumed power ordered the murder of all of them. But one, Kir Kanos, survived.
For the first time, the entire Crimson Empire saga is presented in one volume. From revenge to redemption, from Royal Guard to deadly bounty hunter, from the halls of Imperial power to the inner circle of the New Republic...
...Loyalty never dies.
==Internal Flap==
After Emperor Palpatine's death, the elite brotherhood of his Royal Guards is betrayed by one of their own, Carnor Jax, whose ambition is to put himself on Palpatine's throne. But Kir Kanos escapes the ambush that kills his fellow guardsmen and takes an oath of vengenace that will lead him to cut a bloody swath from one end of the galaxy to the other.
Along the way, Kanos will find himself allying with former Rebel enemies, assuming a false identity and becoming a feared bounty hunter, infiltrating the heart of the vast criminal organization known as Black Sun, bringing down two Imperial governments, and finally setting his sights on Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa Solo and Han Solo.
But Kanos's vendetta spawns another as New Republic commander Mirith Sinn makes him the target of her own revenge. And what of the mysterious Imperial cult that has its own plans for Palpatine's most loyal defender? Can revenge serve as its own reward? or is ther another way out of the cycle of vengeance?
The blood-soaked tale of a Royal Guard's revenge - Star Wars: Crimson Empire, Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood, and Star Wars: Crimson Empire III—Empire Lost - is collected for the first time in one volume, along with two tale-enhancing short stories.
==Collected issues==
*Crimson Empire 0
*Crimson Empire 1
*Crimson Empire 2
*Crimson Empire 3
*Crimson Empire 4
*Crimson Empire 5
*Crimson Empire 6
*The Bounty Hunters: Kenix Kil
*Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood 1
*Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood 2
*Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood 3
*Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood 4
*Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood 5
*Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood 6
*Hard Currency
*The Third Time Pays for All
*Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 1
*Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 2
*Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 3
*Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 4
*Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 5
*Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost 6
*Star Wars Handbook 2: Crimson Empire
==Notes and references==
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