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Blood of the Empire
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Teneb Kel, a fiercely clever young man apprenticed as a Sith, is selected by his masters for a secret mission—a mission concerning the Emperor himself and a threat to the Dark Lord’s thousand-year plan. Doomed if he fails, expendable if he succeeds, Teneb must unravel the schemes at work around him if he is to seize control of his destiny and alter the course of history.
Set in the years before the Treaty of Coruscant and the establishment of peace between the great galactic powers, Blood of the Empire sets the stage for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ with new heroes, new villains and new revelations about the inner workings of the Emperor’s cabal.
Act 1: Shades of the Sith
The war begins here! A Sith apprentice pitted against a Republic army; an alien slave caught in the crossfire; a mysterious true-blood on a journey through the crime-ridden streets of Peragus spaceport. These individuals will fall under the shadow of the Emperor and the Dark Council, and their actions will define the future of the Empire and the Old Republic.
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Act 2: The Broken World
Teneb Kel has received his mission from the Dark Council: Find and slay the Emperor's traitorous apprentice, Exal Kressh. But can one young Sith defeat a master of the dark side? And what are Exal Kressh's true plans for the Emperor and the Empire? Jedi, slaves and Sith alike clash in act 2 of Blood of the Empire.
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Act 3: Burn the Future
Through pain, suffering and the power of the dark side, Sith apprentice Teneb Kel has learned the nightmarish truth about Exal Kressh and the Children of the Emperor. Now he's faced with the challenge of turning that knowledge into a deadly weapon, and defeating an enemy who nearly killed him once already. The final confrontation between Teneb, Maggot and Exal approaches, as war rages across the galaxy!
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Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, Blood of the Empire is being developed as a collaborative venture between BioWare, LucasArts, and Dark Horse Comics. Written in conjunction with the BioWare writing team working on Star Wars: The Old Republic and produced by the comic experts at Dark Horse, the comic will offer readers a dramatic introduction to the Old Republic time period. Issues of the comic will be released every two weeks.
About the Team:
Scripts
Alexander Freed is a Senior Writer at BioWare and has been part of the writing team for Star Wars: The Old Republic since 2006. His prose fiction has appeared in Interzone magazine and in several anthologies; this is his first published comic book.
Pencils
David Ross, a graduate of Sheridan College, Canada, has worked in the animation field as a designer and layout artist and as an illustrator for comic books. His dynamic projects for Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse Comics include Star Wars, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Captain America, Catwoman, Batgirl, and numerous others. Currently, he is active as a drawing instructor in addition to completing projects for comic book companies and ongoing commissions for private clients and collectors.
Inks
Mark McKenna has been working in comics for 25 years, starting on staff at Marvel as a "Romita's Raider" in the art corrections department in 1985. Mark has gone on to ink more than 450 comics and over 7000 pages of comic art during that stretch.
Colors
Michael Atiyeh has been coloring comics for 14 years. He has been working on the Knights of the Old Republic comic series for the past 3 years, making him the perfect choice to set the mood and tone for our tale.
Letters
Michael Heisler's experience with lettering Star Wars comics dates back to his first ongoing assignment for Dark Horse Comics in 2006, lettering Knights of the Old Republic. Michael's experience with Star Wars gaming, though, began with The Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600.
Special Thanks To
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