Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire Vol. 1

Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire Vol. 1 is an Epic Collection trade paperback that collects Star Wars: Republic #78–80, Star Wars: Purge, Star Wars: Purge: Seconds to Die, Star Wars: Purge: The Hidden Blade, Star Wars: Purge: The Tyrant's Fist #1–2, Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command #1–5, and Star Wars: Dark Times #1–5. It was released on April 28, 2015.
==Publisher's summary==
Let the dark times begin! Marvel welcomes Star Wars to the Epic Collection program, with the first volume of a series focusing on the years that follow Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith! After the end of the Clone Wars, the Republic has fallen and Palpatine exerts his ruthless grip on his new Galactic Empire. Now, the few Jedi that remain must decide whether to hold true to their faith, or abandon it completely in the face of a brutal purge — one carried out by the new Dark Lord of the Sith. Rise, Darth Vader!
COLLECTING: STAR WARS: REPUBLIC 78-80; STAR WARS: PURGE, PURGE - SECONDS TO DIE, PURGE - THE HIDDEN BLADE ONE-SHOTS; STAR WARS: PURGE - THE TYRANT'S FIST 1-2; STAR WARS: DARTH VADER AND THE LOST COMMAND 1-5; STAR WARS: DARK TIMES 1-5
==Opening crawl==
==Media==
===Editions===
*; April 8, 2015; Marvel Comics; US eBook
*; April 28, 2015; Marvel Comics; US paperback
*; March 19, 2024; Marvel Comics; US paperback second printing
===Cover gallery===
File:SWREP78-FC.jpg|Unlettered cover by Luke Ross
File:LegendsEpicCollection-EmpireVol1.png|Lettered cover by Luke Ross
==Collected issues==
*Republic 78
*Republic 79
*Republic 80
*Star Wars: Purge
*Star Wars: Purge: Seconds to Die
*Star Wars: Purge: The Hidden Blade
*Purge – The Tyrant's Fist 1
*Purge – The Tyrant's Fist 2
*Darth Vader and the Lost Command 1
*Darth Vader and the Lost Command 2
*Darth Vader and the Lost Command 3
*Darth Vader and the Lost Command 4
*Darth Vader and the Lost Command 5
*Dark Times 1
*Dark Times 2
*Dark Times 3
*Dark Times 4
*Dark Times 5
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