Dark Empire is a trilogy of Star Wars limited series produced by Dark Horse Comics. The trilogy consists of two six issue limited series books ("Dark Empire" and "Dark Empire II", which were written and drawn by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy) and a two-issue limited series "Empire's End", written by Veitch and drawn by Jim Baikie. The "Dark Empire Trilogy" follows the post-trilogy adventures of the main characters from the original Star Wars franchise. The first installment (Dark Empire) in particular, is notable for being one of the very first Star Wars comic to be produced by Dark Horse Comics, who had acquired the comic rights to the Star Wars franchise in the early 90s. "Dark Empire" is also notable as being the first Star Wars comic to spin directly out of the events of Timothy Zahn's "G