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Star Wars: Infinities - A New Hope #3 2001 pg 2 by Al Rio

Artists: Al Rio (All) , Chris Warner (Writer)

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Star Wars: Infinities - A New Hope #3 2001 pg 2 by Al Rio Comic Art

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Title:	Star Wars: Infinities - A New Hope #3 2001 pg 2 by Al Rio
Artist:	Al Rio (All)
Artist:	Chris Warner (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Splash Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,081
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Favorited on CAF:	2
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	4/26/2012
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Star Wars: Infinities - A New Hope #3
September 2001 Pg 2
Inks over pencil on comic art board with Dark Horse sticker
Pencils & Inks Al Rio (Signed top right)
Writer: Chris Warner

The Empire is celebrating the five year anniversary of the defeat of the Rebellion while Han & Chewie look on "casually" as Storm troupers enter the bar.

At the 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, the great former Jedi 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 Kenobi's ghost then appears and tells Luke that he is moving into the dark side. 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, more aggressive C-3PO before confronting the Emperor and his two apprentices, Vader and Leia. 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. When Leia refuses to kill her brother, the Emperor tortures them both with Force lightning. 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 and kills him. Yoda, using R2 to control the Justice Star's orbit, contacts the Emperor and announces that he is coming to see him and will be there soon. The Justice Star crashes into Coruscant, destroying both the planet and the battle station and killing both Yoda and the Emperor.

Later, 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 during the inaugural celebration of the first Chancellor of the New Republic, Leia, on the planet Naboo.

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Terry Maltos
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 4/27/2012

Awesome page. Congrats.

Michael Molinario
Member Since 2011

Posted on 5/14/2012

Thanks, I was real happy to add this piece to my collection as an Al Rio fan and Star Wars fan.

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