Star Wars: Infinities - A New Hope
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Star Wars: Infinities - A New Hope is a four-part story arc in the Star Wars Infinities series of comic books.
[edit] Synopsis
The Infinities version of A New Hope begins with the pivotal Battle of Yavin. Events begin to change when the torpedoes fired by Luke Skywalker experience a technical malfunction and fail to destroy the Death Star, but prevent the complete destruction of Yavin 4. Unable to fire a fully charged shot from the Death Star's superlaser, Grand Moff Tarkin orders the technicians to fire at reduced power, nearly levelling the Massassi Temple on the moon’s surface.
The Imperials send out a wing of TIE Fighters to pick off the remaining members of Red Squadron. Luke, driven to near-insanity by the failure of the mission and the apparent destruction of Rebel base, turns his fighter to face the TIEs alone. Eventually, Han Solo convinces Luke to flee and the Millennium Falcon jumps into hyperspace with Luke’s X-Wing on its tail.
The Rebel forces attempt to flee the Yavin system, but are captured by the Imperials. The Rebel leaders are imprisoned on the Death Star to await execution, but Princess Leia is taken to Coruscant, where she is put under house arrest at the Emperor’s residence, which was once the Jedi's temple. Once there, Darth Vader subtly begins Leia's conversion to the Dark Side of the Force.
After the Falcon drops out of hyperspace, Luke and Han argue and Luke accuses Han of having abandoned the Rebellion. Luke pulls out his lightsaber and threatens to kill Han. Obi-Wan's ghost then appears and tells Luke that he is moving into the Dark Side of the Force. Obi-Wan then instructs Luke to travel to Dagobah and seek out the Jedi Master Yoda. Han takes Luke to Dagobah, where he begins his training under Yoda’s tutelage. Han then leaves with Chewbacca to finish the repairs on the Falcon. While on Dagobah, Luke enters a mysterious cave as part of his training. There, he fights and kills a vision of Darth Vader and is shocked to find Leia's face under the helmet.
Five years later, the Empire celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Rebellion's defeat by renaming the Death Star the Justice Star, which then eclipses over the sun as a sign of everlasting peace. Now trained in the ways of the Sith, Leia convinces the Emperor to reinstate the Imperial Senate. Han and Chewbacca watch coverage of the celebrations in a bar on Ord Mantell and then board the Falcon and head back to Dagobah.
On Dagobah, Luke’s training is nearing completion. The last test is for Luke to re-enter the cave. Luke is again confronted by a vision of Vader but is now able to overcome his fears and completely connect to the Force. Han arrives soon after and informs Luke of Leia's whereabouts. Yoda then reveals to Luke the truth that Leia is really his sister and that Vader is their father.
Luke, Yoda, Han, Chewbacca and R2-D2 then take on in the Falcon to Coruscant. Once there, the Falcon lands on the Justice Star where Yoda and R2 debark. Yoda confronts Tarkin, now an admiral, and takes control of him with a Jedi mind trick.
Chewbacca flies the Falcon to Coruscant where Luke and Han attempt to infiltrate the Emperor’s palace. Once there, Luke and Han defeat a number of red-cloaked Imperial Guards and a reprogrammed C-3PO before confronting the Emperor and his two apprentices, Darth Vader and Leia Organa. At his master’s orders, Vader turns his lightsaber over to Leia who duels with Luke. Luke refuses to kill her and reveals to her that she is his sister. After the duel ends, the Emperor becomes angry and casts his Force Lightning at them. Vader attacks his master to protect Luke and Leia.
Luke, Leia, Han and 3PO then escape to the Falcon as the Emperor turns on Vader. Before Palpatine kills Vader, Yoda, using R2 to control the Justice Star's orbit, contacts the Emperor and announces that he is visiting. The Justice Star crashes into Coruscant, wiping out everything on it, including the Emperor and Vader.
Several years later, Leia is made the Chancellor of the New Republic. R2’s memory is inserted into an identical body. The story ends with Luke and Leia being visited by the ghosts of Obi-Wan, Yoda and Anakin Skywalker.
[edit] External link
- Dark Horse Listing for part 1
- Dark Horse Listing for part 2
- Dark Horse Listing for part 3
- Dark Horse Listing for part 4
- Dark Horse Listing for TPB
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