Welcome to the finale of our Shadows of the Empire Lore Play series!
Last week we set up the explosives to blow up Xizor’s palace, which you just saw, and
now we’re chasing him to his Skyhook above Coruscant.
These ships we’re firing on are called StarViper-class attack platforms.
They were based on Xizor’s personal prototype ship called the Virago.
Each of these starfighters are equipped with dual heavy laser cannons and proton torpedo
launchers.
They had shields and hyperdrives, and saw widespread use in many criminal syndicates,
not just Black Sun.
They were created for Shadows of the Empire, but have since popped up in a number of Star
Wars Legends stories.
You can see Xizor’s skyhook in the distance, as well as a star destroyer.
This fight is between Black Sun, the Rebellion, and the Empire.
But for a brief moment in time, the Empire and the Rebellion are on the same side.
Throughout the story of this game, Prince Xizor has been trying to undermine Darth Vader
to eventually take his place as the Emperor’s right hand man.
Vader figured it out, but had no real proof or excuse to assassinate Xizor, so he waited
for the right moment.
But in his anger over having lost his palace, Xizor ordered the destruction of the Millennium
Falcon, which carried Luke Skywalker.
Knowing the Emperor wanted Luke alive, Vader had his excuse to kill the head of Black Sun,
so the Empire joined in the fight.
We are now fighting over the Skyhook Falleen’s Fist.
Skyhooks were space stations that were tethered to the planets they orbited.
Well, at least they’re supposed to be.
In the last level we blew up the elevator that connected Xizor’s palace to his skyhook,
so now it’s just floating in orbit.
The idea of these stations were first introduced in the Shadows of the Empire stories, but
they’re actually canon thanks to an appearance in the Clone Wars episode Bounty.
In the book and the comic it’s pretty much the Empire that’s solely responsible for
destroying Falleen’s Fist.
The Executor and the rest of the Imperial fleet opened fire on it and it was gone shortly
after.
But the game depicts Dash doing all the work because that’s more fun.
It’s funny to wonder what the truth is.
Did Dash overload the reactor, and the Empire just thought they blew it up?
Or was Dash actually not doing anything of consequence, and then when the station blew
up he was like, “I’m gonna take credit for this.”
Unfortunately he won’t get to tell anyone about his heroics, because the station blows
up while he’s still inside.
In the book things play out a little differently.
After the Empire blows up the skyhook, the Rebels need to make a fast getaway.
Dash tries to take a shortcut through the debris, and the Outrider is hit.
And that’s the last time Luke or anyone sees their temporary replacement for Han.
As they prepare to rescue the real Han from Jabba, they mourn his loss.
But wait!
Could it be
that Dash survived??
Yes, Dash made the jump to hyperspace, and the game is the only version of the story
that confirmed that when Shadows of the Empire first came out.
Like I’ve been saying, you need to experience all three to get the full version of the story.
However, a comic called Shadows of the Empire: Evolution was released two years after the
game that confirmed his survival in the comics world as well.
And that’s the end of our Shadows of the Empire Lore Play series!
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