Star Wars: Agent of the Empire

Star Wars: Agent of the Empire
Publication information
Publisher	Dark Horse Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Science fiction
Publication date	2011 - 2013
Creative team
Written by	John Ostrander
Penciller(s)	Stephane Roux
Inker(s)	Julien Hugonnard-Bert

Last updated October 14, 2019

Star Wars: Agent of the Empire is an American comic book series set in the Star Wars universe. The series, published by Dark Horse Comics, is written by John Ostrander and illustrated by Stephane Roux. Set between 3 BBY and 0 BBY, the series followed Imperial Intelligence agent Jahan Cross and his droid assistant, IN-GA 44, on undercover assignments for the Empire that took them to exotic locales. The first issue was released in December 2011.

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Star Wars is an American epic space-opera media franchise created by George Lucas. The franchise began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The original film, later subtitled Episode IV – A New Hope, was followed by the sequels Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983), forming what is collectively referred to as the original trilogy. A prequel trilogy was later released, consisting of Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005). Years later, a sequel trilogy began with Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015), continued with Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017), and will conclude with Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019). The first eight films were nominated for Academy Awards and were commercially successful. Together with the theatrical anthology films Rogue One (2016) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), the combined box office revenue of the films equates to over US$9 billion, and is currently the second-highest-grossing film franchise.

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Characters

Protagonists

Arlessi Quon: A Sluissi, which is an alien that rarely works for the Empire. His loyalty is first to his craft and then to those who employ him. He is a genius inventor and tinkerer. Likes Cross in so much as he likes any human.
Armand Isard: Head of Imperial Intelligence, and Cross' mentor and superior. Despite what Cross thinks, he is cold and feels no sense of loyalty to those under him. His agents, including Cross, are pawns to be used.
IN-GA 44: Cross' assistant. She is a human replica droid, but without the hair or synthiskin that would make her seem human. Has weapons in her forearms and jets in her calves.
Jahan Cross: An Imperial Intelligence agent with the cover of a diplomatic envoy who reports directly to the Head of Imperial Intelligence, Armand Isard. When the Republic ended he was 10 years old, so he remembers the Clone Wars. Due to that experience, he believes that without the Empire there would be chaos.

Other characters

Chewbacca : He will be making an appearance in the first story arc, Iron Eclipse.
Dah'lis Stark: A Nautolon, she is the widow and second wife of industrialist Iaco Stark. She was a dancer when she first met Iaco. She is beautiful and sensual, and uses it to her advantage. She knows more than she should.
Darth Vader : Confirmed to be in the series, but role is yet unknown.
Emesh Nar: He is the assistant to Ambassador Bains Vorlin. He is haughty and mercurial. He will serve those to whom he must toady, and sneer at those he perceives as beneath him.
Han Solo : He will be making an appearance in the first story arc, Iron Eclipse.
Lt. Myrsk: He is a Nikto who served in the Clone Wars for the Separatists. Given the Empire's xenophobia and his own history, he fled to the Corporate Sector. He fell in with the CorSec Security Forces and has risen in the ranks, but lieutenant is as high as he is likely to go. He has a disgruntled nature, and dislikes Imperials and almost everybody else.
Milosh Muhrlein: Imperial Colonel and head of Imperial Research Center 61. Served with the army of the Republic during the Clone Wars, and later the Imperial Army. He is stiff, arrogant, and superior. He has always used his position to benefit himself, as he feels is his right due to his family's position and wealth.

Chewbacca Fictional character in the Star Wars franchise

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Darth Vader fictional character in the Star Wars franchise

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Issues

Agent of the Empire #1: Iron Eclipse, Part 1 of 5 (Color 40 Pages, December 2011) $3.50
Agent of the Empire #2: Iron Eclipse, Part 2 of 5 (Color 32 Pages, January 2012) $3.50
Agent of the Empire #3: Iron Eclipse, Part 3 of 5 (Color 32 Pages, February 2012) $3.50
Agent of the Empire #4: Iron Eclipse, Part 4 of 5 (Color 32 Pages, March 2012) $3.50
Agent of the Empire #5: Iron Eclipse, Part 5 of 5 (Color 32 Pages, April 2012) $3.50
Agent of the Empire #6: Hard Targets, Part 1 of 5 (Color 32 Pages, Oct 2012) $2.99
Agent of the Empire #7: Hard Targets, Part 2 of 5 (Color 32 Pages, Nov 2012) $2.99
Agent of the Empire #8: Hard Targets, Part 3 of 5 (Color 32 Pages, Dec 2012) $2.99
Agent of the Empire #9: Hard Targets, Part 4 of 5 (Color 32 Pages, Jan 2013) $2.99
Agent of the Empire #10: Hard Targets, Part 5 of 5 (Color 32 Pages, Feb 2013) $2.99

Trade Paperbacks

Iron Eclipse.....(#s 1-5) - $18.99
Hard Targets....(#s 6-10) - $19.99

External links

Agent of the Empire on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki

Wookieepedia online Star Wars encyclopedia

Wookieepedia: The Star Wars Wiki is an online encyclopedia for information on the Star Wars universe—including information on all the films, as well as Clone Wars, The Clone Wars and its introductory film, Rebels, the Star Wars expanded universe, and any upcoming Star Wars material. It is a specialized wiki created to be an extensive encyclopedia of the Star Wars universe with some articles reaching up to 60,000 words, and is written almost entirely from an in-universe perspective. The name Wookieepedia is a portmanteau of Wookiee and encyclopedia, a pun on the name of Wikipedia. The logo, too, is a visual pun showing the incomplete second Death Star as opposed to Wikipedia's incomplete "jigsaw logo".

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