5 It is a period of Civil War.
6 Rebel Spaceships, striking
7 from a hidden base, have won
8 their first victory against
9 the evil Galactic Empire.
11 During the battle, Rebel
12 spies managed to steal secret
14 ultimate weapon, the DEATH
15 STAR, an armored space
16 station with enough power to
17 destroy an entire planet.
19 Pursued by the Empire's
20 sinister agents, Princess
21 Leia races home aboard her
22 starship, custodian of the
23 stolen plans that can save
24 her people and restore
25 freedom to the galaxy...
56 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
58 It is a dark time for the
59 Rebellion. Although the Death
60 Star has been destroyed,
61 Imperial troops have driven the
62 Rebel forces from their hidden
63 base and pursued them across
66 Evading the dreaded Imperial
67 Starfleet, a group of freedom
68 fighters led by Luke Skywalker
69 has established a new secret
70 base on the remote ice world
73 The evil lord Darth Vader,
74 obsessed with finding young
75 Skywalker, has dispatched
76 thousands of remote probes into
77 the far reaches of space....
110 Luke Skywalker has returned to
111 his home planet of Tatooine in
112 an attempt to rescue his
113 friend Han Solo from the
114 clutches of the vile gangster
117 Little does Luke know that the
118 GALACTIC EMPIRE has secretly
119 begun construction on a new
120 armored space station even
121 more powerful than the first
124 When completed, this ultimate
125 weapon will spell certain doom
126 for the small band of rebels
127 struggling to restore freedom
161 Turmoil has engulfed the
162 Galactic Republic. The taxation
163 of trade routes to outlying star
164 systems is in dispute.
166 Hoping to resolve the matter
167 with a blockade of deadly
168 battleships, the greedy Trade
169 Federation has stopped all
170 shipping to the small planet
173 While the Congress of the
174 Republic endlessly debates
175 this alarming chain of events,
176 the Supreme Chancellor has
177 secretly dispatched two Jedi
178 Knights, the guardians of
179 peace and justice in the
180 galaxy to settle the conflict...
213 There is unrest in the Galactic
214 Senate. Several thousand solar
215 systems have declared their
216 intentions to leave the Republic.
218 This separatist movement,
219 under the leadership of the
220 mysterious Count Dooku, has
221 made it difficult for the limited
222 number of Jedi Knights to
223 maintain peace and order in the
226 Senator Amidala, the former
227 Queen of Naboo, is returning
228 to the Galactic Senate to vote
229 on the critical issue of creating
230 an ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
231 to assist the overwhelmed
265 War! The Republic is crumbling
266 under attacks by the ruthless
267 Sith Lord, Count Dooku.
268 There are heroes on both sides.
271 In a stunning move, the
272 fiendish droid leader, General
273 Grievous, has swept into the
274 Republic capital and kidnapped
275 Chancellor Palpatine, leader of
278 As the Separatist Droid Army
279 attempts to flee th besieged
280 capital with their valuable
281 hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a
282 desperate mission to rescue the
283 captive Chancellor....