Vader's Quest is a four issue comic book

Comic book

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 miniseries set in the Star Wars

Star Wars

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 Expanded Universe

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, written by Darko Macan

Darko Macan

Darko Macan is a Croatian author and illustrator who has created and collaborated on comics, essays and science fiction and fantasy...

 and drawn by Dave Gibbons

Dave Gibbons

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 and Angus McKie

Angus McKie

Angus McKie is an artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry.He is best known as an English science fiction illustrator whose work appeared on the covers of numerous science fiction paperback novels in the mid 1970s and 1980s, as well as in Stewart Cowley's Terran Trade Authority...

. Published by Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics

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, the original four issues appeared in February through May 1999; a trade paperback reprinting all four was released in December of that same year.

Synopsis

Darth Vader

Darth Vader

Darth Vader is a central character in the Star Wars saga, appearing as one of the main antagonists in the original trilogy and as the main protagonist in the prequel trilogy....

 hires bounty hunter

Bounty hunter

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s to find out who was responsible for the destruction of the Death Star

Death Star

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. One captured Rebel

Rebel Alliance

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 pilot informs him of the pilot's identity — Vader's son, Luke Skywalker

Luke Skywalker

Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the original film trilogy of the Star Wars franchise, where he is portrayed by Mark Hamill. He is introduced in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, in which he is forced to leave home, and finds himself apprenticed to the Jedi master...

 — and Vader sets up a plan for catching him, which eventually fails. This series depicts the first meeting between Luke and his father.

Issues

• Star Wars: Vader's Quest, part 1
• Star Wars: Vader's Quest, part 2
• Star Wars: Vader's Quest, part 3
• Star Wars: Vader's Quest, part 4

Characters

• 3DVO
• Ban Papeega
• Beesix
• Bobek
• Brazzo
• C-3PO
  C-3PO
  C-3PO is a robot character from the Star Wars universe who appears in both the original Star Wars films and the prequel trilogy. He is also a major character in the television show Droids, and appears frequently in the series' "Expanded Universe" of novels, comic books, and video games...
  
  
• Choraw
• Darth Vader
  Darth Vader
  Darth Vader is a central character in the Star Wars saga, appearing as one of the main antagonists in the original trilogy and as the main protagonist in the prequel trilogy....
  
  
• Fordee
• General Jan Dodonna
• Grand Moff Tarkin
  Grand Moff Tarkin
  Governor Wilhuff Tarkin or Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, appearing as the main antagonist of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, played by British actor Peter Cushing. A younger version of the character makes a brief cameo in the prequel film Star Wars...
  
   (Mentioned only)
• Jal Te Gniev
• Lord Prepredenko
• Luke Skywalker
  Luke Skywalker
  Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the original film trilogy of the Star Wars franchise, where he is portrayed by Mark Hamill. He is introduced in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, in which he is forced to leave home, and finds himself apprenticed to the Jedi master...
  
  
• Mala Mala
  • • • • Mgee
• Nevana
• Palpatine
  Palpatine
  Palpatine is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Star Wars saga, portrayed by Ian McDiarmid in the feature films.Palpatine first appeared as the unnamed Emperor of the Galactic Empire in the 1980 film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back...
  
  
• Princess Leia Organa
  Princess Leia Organa
  Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe...
  
   (Mentioned only)
• R2-D2
  R2-D2
  R2-D2 , is a character in the Star Wars universe. An astromech droid, R2-D2 is a major character throughout all six Star Wars films. Along with his droid companion C-3PO, he joins or supports Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Obi-Wan Kenobi in various points in the saga...
  
  
• Raol
• Rich
• Sarma
• Sebb
• Selle
• Syayna
• Wedge Antilles
  Wedge Antilles
  Wedge Antilles is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. He is a supporting character portrayed by Denis Lawson in the original Star Wars trilogy. Antilles, also called the "greatest ace" pilot in the Rebel Alliance, also appears in the Star Wars Expanded Universe and is the lead...
  
  

External links

• Dark Horse listing for issue #1
• Dark Horse listing for issue #2
• Dark Horse listing for issue #3
• Dark Horse listing for issue #4