Short story
Lumiya: Dark Star of the Empire
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"Lumiya: Dark Star of the Empire" is a short story written by Michael Mikaelian, featured in Star Wars Galaxy #3 which was published by The Topps Company, Inc. in Spring 1995. The story was also available online at Hyperspace. It takes place in 4 ABY, sometime after the Battle of Saijo. Besides the main story, Dark Star also contains much of the title character's backstory, which can be found in her article.
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Facts
- Title
- "Lumiya: Dark Star of the Empire"
- Author
- Michael Mikaelian
- Patrick McLaughlin
- Illustrator
- Colleen Doran
- Publisher
- The Topps Company, Inc.
- Released
- April 1995
- Published in
- Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 3
- Reprinted in
- Hyperspace
- Timeline
- 4 ABY
- Preceded by
- "Handoff"
- Followed by
- "One of a Kind"
Who turns up here
Characters: 5
- Lumiya
- Palpatine (mentioned only)
- Unidentified base staffmember (first appearance)
- Darth Vader (mentioned only)
- Valek (first appearance)
Species: 4
- Human
- Mon Calamari
- Nagai (mentioned only)
- Tof (mentioned only)
Planets: 4
Places: 1
- Chinshassa (mentioned only)
Galaxy: 2
- Cron Drift
- Elrood sector (mentioned only)
Starships: 18
- Epsilon Nine (first appearance)
- Lumiya's fleet (first appearance)
- Corellian corvette
- Borealis (first appearance)
- Firestorm (first mentioned)
- Scorpion IV (first mentioned)
- Wolf-Pack (first appearance)
- Death Star I (mentioned only)
- Lambda-class T-4a shuttle
- Nebulon-B frigate
- Revenant (first appearance)
- Spectre (first mentioned)
- Behemoth (first mentioned)
- Fury (first mentioned)
- Rampage (first mentioned)
- T-65 X-wing starfighter
- TIE/IN interceptor
- TIE/sa bomber
Organizations: 11
- Alliance to Restore the Republic (mentioned only)
- Galactic Empire
- Emperor's Royal Guardsmen (mentioned only)
- Imperial Intelligence (mentioned only)
- Alpha Squadron
- Theta Squadron (first appearance)
- Stormtrooper
- COMPNOR (mentioned only)
- New Republic
- Sith
- Lumiya's Sith
Events: 6
- Galactic Civil War
- Assault on Epsilon Nine (first appearance)
- Battle of Endor (mentioned only)
- Battle of Hoth (mentioned only)
- Battle of Yavin (mentioned only)
- Cleansing of Shalyvane (mentioned only)
Technology: 5
- Stormtrooper armor
- Emperor's Royal Guard stormtrooper armor (first appearance)
- Lightsaber (mentioned only)
- Lightwhip
- Lumiya's lightwhip
Lore: 4
- Galactic Emperor (mentioned only)
- Dark Lady of the Sith
- Sith Lady
- Polysteel
Everything else: 15
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