Star Wars: Early Victories Series by Terry Kevin Austin, Chris Sprouse, Darko Macan, Dave Gibbons

Collects Star Wars: Vader's Quest (1999) #1-4. After Darth Vader's narrow escape from the destruction of the Death Star, the Dark Lord is consumed with a desire to find the Force-strong young pilot who fired the fatal shot. For Luke Skywalker represents the heart and soul of the Alliance, and perhaps, for Vader, he represents much, much more. The book's first printing features a foil-stamped logo and special bonus fold-out poster by Gibbons and Angus McKie.

Deep in the swamplands of the planet Mimban lies a powerful crystal, capable of giving its possessor an invincible mastery of the Force. In the right hands, it could save the galaxy. In the wrong hands, it could destroy it! While the explosion of the first Death Star still reverberates through the cosmos, Luke and Leia find that the war they thought they won was only a battle and that the dark side of the Force still stalks the galaxy.

Set between Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, this bumper omnibus edition collects long out-of-print stories including Shadow Stalker, Tales from Mos Eisley and River of Chaos. Also featured is Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, the story written by George Lucas and Alan Dean Foster which spawned the Star Wars sequels, as well as Vader’s Quest, where the Sith Lord hunts his own son!