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Star Wars: The Empire Books in Order

Star Wars: The Empire contains 14 books, published between 1998 and 2013. The first book is Death, Lies, & Treachery (1998) and the newest is Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
1998–2013
Pages on record
96 in 1 of 14 books
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Star Wars: The Empire collects comics set in the Star Wars galaxy. Fourteen volumes are catalogued between 1998 and 2013. Tom Taylor is credited on three, John Wagner and John Ostrander on two each, and Cam Kennedy, Jim Woodring, Darko Macan, Timothy Truman and Andy Mangels on one each. Recorded subjects include comic books and strips, space warfare, bounty hunters and life on other planets. Titles include Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal (1998), Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire (1999), Vader's Quest (1999) and Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin (2013).

How many Star Wars: The Empire books are there?

Star Wars: The Empire has 14 books, released between 1998 and 2013.

Star Wars: The Empire Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Star Wars: The Empire books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Star Wars Blood Ties: A Tale of Jango and Boba Fett by Tom Taylor, book 8 of the Star Wars: The Empire series (2011)
  1. 1
    Death, Lies, & Treachery1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  2. 2
    Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  3. 3
    Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  4. 4
    Vader's Quest1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  5. 5
    The Bounty Hunters2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  6. 6
    Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
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  7. 7
    Luke Skywalker and the Treasure of the Dragonsnakes2006 · confirmed 2/4
    2006–
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  8. 8
    Star Wars Blood Ties: A Tale of Jango and Boba Fett2011 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201196
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  9. 9
    Agent of the Empire, Volume One2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  10. 10
    Agent of the Empire, Volume Two2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  11. 11
    Blood Ties: Boba Fett is Dead2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  12. 12
    Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  13. 13
    Purge2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  14. 14
    Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin2013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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Where to start with Star Wars: The Empire

Start with Death, Lies, & Treachery (1998), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Star Wars: The Empire book?

Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin (2013) is the newest Star Wars: The Empire book released so far.

Is there a new Star Wars: The Empire book coming?

No next Star Wars: The Empire book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Star Wars: The Empire at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Star Wars: The Empire title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Star Wars: The Empire books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
96 pages across the 1 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 96 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Star Wars: The Empire books, 7 of 14, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 14 titles, 3 are credited to Tom Taylor, 2 to John Wagner, 2 to John Ostrander and 1 to Cam Kennedy. A further 12 writers are credited.

What the Star Wars: The Empire books are about

1 of the 14 Star Wars: The Empire books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.