The stories gathered here are interested in the period following episode III of the film saga. After the Clones War, the Republic fell and Palpatine exercises its power over the new Galactic Empire with an iron hand. The surviving Jedi are confronted with a brutal purging, led by the new Black Lord of the Sith: Dark Vader! In parallel with the publication of the new series, we also focus on the nuggets kept in the Marvel archives. Several special issues and mini-series are gathered here, they satisfy the darkest hours of the distant galaxy, with the setting up of the Empire and the purging of the Jedi. Contains the titles: - Republic #78-80 (Loyalties, the Vador Event; Towards the Unknown) - the entire series La Purge des Jedi - Dark Vador: Fatal Mission - Dark Times #1-5 (L'Age Sombre).