Legacy (2006) 23

Legacy 23 is the twenty-third issue of the comic series Star Wars: Legacy. It contains the story "Loyalties, Part 1." Within its pages, the bounty hunter Cade Skywalker and a group of his allies storm the grounded starship Crimson Axe on the planet Socorro and retrieve another starship, the Grinning Liar, from the pirate Rav. Rav afterward solidifies an alliance with the Sith Lady Darth Maladi, and deposed Emperor Roan Fel prepares to send several of his Imperial Knights on a mission to pursue Skywalker. His daughter Marasiah and fellow Imperial Knight Antares Draco discuss their feelings for one another, and the crew of the Mynock arrive at the planet Iego to find the home of their friend "Bantha" Rawk under attack from the criminals of Black Sun. They are pursued to Iego by a masked stranger named Azlyn Rae.

The issue was written by John Ostrander and penciled by Jan Duursema. Its events conclude an existing storyline while simultaneously beginning to move pieces into position in advance of Legacy contribution to the Dark Horse Comics crossover event, Star Wars: Vector. 30,346 copies of Legacy 23 were released to comic shops worldwide on May 7, 2008, which made it Dark Horse's third-highest selling comic of the month. The issue received generally positive feedback across the internet following its release, and the following month's Legacy (2006) 24 wrapped up Legacy Loyalties story arc. In 2009, the comic was included in Legacy fifth trade paperback, The Hidden Temple, and it was later part of the hardcover release Star Wars: Legacy Book 2 in 2013. The issue was released digitally on December 28, 2011.

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