Star Wars: Agent of the Empire - Iron Eclipse #1

Dark Horse's 2011 series opener frames the Empire not as a blunt instrument but as something far more precise — the cover tagline puts it perfectly: "Stormtroopers are the Empire's hammer. This man is its scalpel." That man stands front and center in confident Imperial whites, flanked by a sleek protocol-style droid, while ghosted portraits of a stern Imperial officer and the unmistakable duo of Han Solo and Chewbacca loom in the background, hinting at the espionage-charged world to come. Stéphane Roux's cover art — clean, character-driven, and stylishly composed — sets a compelling tone for this five-part thriller from writer John Ostrander.