LucasArts’ game The Force Unleashed, is poised to be the Star Wars event of the year. The game-play as usual promises to be state-of-the-art, but the story is what’s supposed to blow you away. Revealed here in Dark Horse’s all-new Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Graphic Novel are the origins of Darth Vader’s secret apprentice, the deadly missions on which he was sent to track down and destroy Jedi, and the decision he is forced to make that will, literally, change the way you look at the Star Wars saga!

Scripted by the game’s author, Haden Blackman, and featuring the art of Brian Ching, Bong Dazo, and Wayne Nichols, this graphic novel can be enjoyed alone, or as a companion to the amazing new game.

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