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Star Wars Legends: Omnibus Collection
Star Wars Legends: The Empire Omnibus, Vol. 3
The omnibus series collecting the Legends continuity of Star Wars continues, this time featuring the greatest villains of the original Star Wars trilogy!
Darth Vader and Boba Fett: enemies and allies! The Empire rules the galaxy, but Vader schemes for even greater power — and strikes a deal with the deadly bounty hunter that will have unexpected consequences for them both! But Boba Fett is more than a means to an end: Whether becoming an enemy of the Empire, being framed for murder or dealing with sins of his past, every mission will be dealt with — on his own terms! Plus: Meet Starkiller, Vader’s secret apprentice! Young Leia Organa joins her father in the formation of a rebellion! And crimelord Jabba the Hutt deals with bartering, backstabbing, betrayal…and Han Solo!
COLLECTING: Star Wars: Jabba the Hutt - The Gaar Suppoon Hit (1995) 1, Star Wars: Jabba the Hutt - The Hunger of Princess Nampi (1995) 1, Star Wars: Jabba the Hutt - The Dynasty Trap (1995) 1, Star Wars: Jabba the Hutt - Betrayal (1996) 1, Free Comic Book Day 2012: Star Wars, Star Wars: Boba Fett - Enemy of the Empire (1999) 1-4, Star Wars: Agent of the Empire - Iron Eclipse (2011) 1-5, Star Wars: Agent of the Empire - Hard Targets (2012) 1-5, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008), Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (2010), Star Wars: Blood Ties (2010) 1-4, Star Wars: Blood Ties - Boba Fett Is Dead (2012) 1-4, Star Wars: Empire (2002) 1-4; material from Star Wars Tales (1999) 7, 11, 15-16, 18-20; A Decade of Dark Horse (1996) 2
Darth Vader and Boba Fett: enemies and allies! The Empire rules the galaxy, but Vader schemes for even greater power — and strikes a deal with the deadly bounty hunter that will have unexpected consequences for them both! But Boba Fett is more than a means to an end: Whether becoming an enemy of the Empire, being framed for murder or dealing with sins of his past, every mission will be dealt with — on his own terms! Plus: Meet Starkiller, Vader’s secret apprentice! Young Leia Organa joins her father in the formation of a rebellion! And crimelord Jabba the Hutt deals with bartering, backstabbing, betrayal…and Han Solo!
COLLECTING: Star Wars: Jabba the Hutt - The Gaar Suppoon Hit (1995) 1, Star Wars: Jabba the Hutt - The Hunger of Princess Nampi (1995) 1, Star Wars: Jabba the Hutt - The Dynasty Trap (1995) 1, Star Wars: Jabba the Hutt - Betrayal (1996) 1, Free Comic Book Day 2012: Star Wars, Star Wars: Boba Fett - Enemy of the Empire (1999) 1-4, Star Wars: Agent of the Empire - Iron Eclipse (2011) 1-5, Star Wars: Agent of the Empire - Hard Targets (2012) 1-5, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008), Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (2010), Star Wars: Blood Ties (2010) 1-4, Star Wars: Blood Ties - Boba Fett Is Dead (2012) 1-4, Star Wars: Empire (2002) 1-4; material from Star Wars Tales (1999) 7, 11, 15-16, 18-20; A Decade of Dark Horse (1996) 2
1056 pages, Hardcover
Published January 7, 2025
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About the author
Jim Woodring
172 books241 followersJim Woodring was born in Los Angeles in 1952 and enjoyed a childhood made lively by an assortment of mental an psychological quirks including paroniria, paranoia, paracusia, apparitions, hallucinations and other species of psychological and neurological malfunction among the snakes and tarantulas of the San Gabriel mountains.
He eventually grew up to bean inquisitive bearlike man who has enjoyed three exciting careers: garbage collector, merry-go-round-operator and cartoonist. A self-taught artist, his first published works documented the disorienting hell of his salad days in an “illustrated autojournal” called Jim. This work was published by Fantagraphics Books and collected in The Book of Jim in 1992.
He is best known for his wordless comics series depicting the follies of his character Frank, a generic cartoon anthropomorph whose adventures careen wildly from sweet to appalling. A decade’s worth of these stories was collected in The Frank Book in 2004. The 2010 Frank story Weathercraft won The Stranger’s Genius Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for that year. The most recent Frank book, Congress of the Animals, was released in 2011.
Woodring is also known for his anecdotal charcoal drawings (a selection which was gathered in Seeing Things in 2005), and the sculptures, vinyl figures, fabrics and gallery installations that have been made from his designs. His multimedia collaborations with the musician Bill Frisell won them a United States Artists Fellowship in 2006. He lives in Seattle with his family and residual phenomena.
-Walter Foxglove
He eventually grew up to bean inquisitive bearlike man who has enjoyed three exciting careers: garbage collector, merry-go-round-operator and cartoonist. A self-taught artist, his first published works documented the disorienting hell of his salad days in an “illustrated autojournal” called Jim. This work was published by Fantagraphics Books and collected in The Book of Jim in 1992.
He is best known for his wordless comics series depicting the follies of his character Frank, a generic cartoon anthropomorph whose adventures careen wildly from sweet to appalling. A decade’s worth of these stories was collected in The Frank Book in 2004. The 2010 Frank story Weathercraft won The Stranger’s Genius Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for that year. The most recent Frank book, Congress of the Animals, was released in 2011.
Woodring is also known for his anecdotal charcoal drawings (a selection which was gathered in Seeing Things in 2005), and the sculptures, vinyl figures, fabrics and gallery installations that have been made from his designs. His multimedia collaborations with the musician Bill Frisell won them a United States Artists Fellowship in 2006. He lives in Seattle with his family and residual phenomena.
-Walter Foxglove
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August 12, 2024
I thoroughly enjoyed the Jabba the Hutt comics, the Empire comics 1-4, and the Agent of the Empire comics.
The Jabba the Hutt comics were enjoyable and goofy stories with convoluted mafioso scheming that I still thoroughly remember. I'd read these on my own.
The Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire comics were semi-serious stories where a gang of scooby-doo bounty hunters try and fail to steal a head from Boba Fett. While I found the story to be alright, I do like how the ending has it that Vader will go to any length to prevent the Emperor from getting an advantage in the relationship between himself and his master.
The Agent of the Empire comics (seemingly all these comics are named "empire" something) are a series of enjoyable pulpy espionage stories centered around an imperial operative who like many of these stories does not appear later because Legends was ended in 2012. Lots of gadgets and plenty of well-drawn panels. It also wins me over because it has my favorite, Imperial internal rivalry.
Force Unleashed Comics. I liked these quite a bit because I have a soft spot for the Force Unleashed. I would've preferred the comics to have more scenes in it, blitzing past several in-game levels, but I suppose the games fill that in.
The Blood Ties comics are well drawn and done in a very grounded style. That is mainly what I like in it, because the storyline I felt was a little underwhelming. Boba Fett and his half brother go on some adventures. There's a lot of Boba Fett outsmarting people and his half brother making some corny dialogue. Its not bad but I feel like it could've been written a lot better, the stakes don't feel high enough for me to be engaged.
The Empire 1-4 Comics were focused on internal Imperial conspiracies, my favorite part of the Rebellion-Era star wars personally. So much backstabbing. The art is pretty good and has the debut of Moff Trachta, a cyborg who looks like Dib from Invader Zim after Zim used plush piggies to replace random objects and injure Dib. I would've liked to see far more of Grand Moff Trachta and his cronies, but he only appears in a few comics.
There are also several one-shot comics afterwards. I vaguely remember the Outbid but Never Outgunned for having Boba Fett's ex, good art, and a more emotionally resonant story. The Princess Leia one-shots are about Princess Leia's upbringing and her experience with the Imperial high society. I remember the scene of her seeing the Emperor being so evil from his dark side aura, and I remember that Tarkin owns an alien as a slave, but other than that, it wasn't a story that got my attention.
The Jabba the Hutt comics were enjoyable and goofy stories with convoluted mafioso scheming that I still thoroughly remember. I'd read these on my own.
The Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire comics were semi-serious stories where a gang of scooby-doo bounty hunters try and fail to steal a head from Boba Fett. While I found the story to be alright, I do like how the ending has it that Vader will go to any length to prevent the Emperor from getting an advantage in the relationship between himself and his master.
The Agent of the Empire comics (seemingly all these comics are named "empire" something) are a series of enjoyable pulpy espionage stories centered around an imperial operative who like many of these stories does not appear later because Legends was ended in 2012. Lots of gadgets and plenty of well-drawn panels. It also wins me over because it has my favorite, Imperial internal rivalry.
Force Unleashed Comics. I liked these quite a bit because I have a soft spot for the Force Unleashed. I would've preferred the comics to have more scenes in it, blitzing past several in-game levels, but I suppose the games fill that in.
The Blood Ties comics are well drawn and done in a very grounded style. That is mainly what I like in it, because the storyline I felt was a little underwhelming. Boba Fett and his half brother go on some adventures. There's a lot of Boba Fett outsmarting people and his half brother making some corny dialogue. Its not bad but I feel like it could've been written a lot better, the stakes don't feel high enough for me to be engaged.
The Empire 1-4 Comics were focused on internal Imperial conspiracies, my favorite part of the Rebellion-Era star wars personally. So much backstabbing. The art is pretty good and has the debut of Moff Trachta, a cyborg who looks like Dib from Invader Zim after Zim used plush piggies to replace random objects and injure Dib. I would've liked to see far more of Grand Moff Trachta and his cronies, but he only appears in a few comics.
There are also several one-shot comics afterwards. I vaguely remember the Outbid but Never Outgunned for having Boba Fett's ex, good art, and a more emotionally resonant story. The Princess Leia one-shots are about Princess Leia's upbringing and her experience with the Imperial high society. I remember the scene of her seeing the Emperor being so evil from his dark side aura, and I remember that Tarkin owns an alien as a slave, but other than that, it wasn't a story that got my attention.
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May 20, 2025
This was just alright. Most of the Boba Fett comics were pretty good, as well as the Jabba the Hutt ones, strangely. I also particularly enjoyed the imperial James Bond type guy.
The force unleashed comics were fairly lackluster. The first game had moments that were straight up omitted, dumbed down, or completely changed from the game. The comic for the second game was alright since it provided the story from Boba Fett's perspective. He didn't have much to do in the game, so it was cool to see that. The rest of the comics after those were fairly mid-tier and forgettable. I ain't really looking to re-read this omnibus anytime soon, but it passed the time fairly well.
The force unleashed comics were fairly lackluster. The first game had moments that were straight up omitted, dumbed down, or completely changed from the game. The comic for the second game was alright since it provided the story from Boba Fett's perspective. He didn't have much to do in the game, so it was cool to see that. The rest of the comics after those were fairly mid-tier and forgettable. I ain't really looking to re-read this omnibus anytime soon, but it passed the time fairly well.
December 14, 2025
Rating: 3.5
We are back on track with the third volume of The Empire Omnibus series. A lot of space is given to Boba Fett, and he is the protagonist of some of the best stories. We find, of course, Darth Vader and the emperor too, as well as original characters created for the comics.
We are back on track with the third volume of The Empire Omnibus series. A lot of space is given to Boba Fett, and he is the protagonist of some of the best stories. We find, of course, Darth Vader and the emperor too, as well as original characters created for the comics.
January 26, 2025
Amazing one of my favorite Star Wars Omnis so far !!!
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