Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron #21

This first chapter of "In the Empire's Service" opens with a striking Timothy Bradstreet cover: a stern, shaven-headed Imperial pilot in a flight suit bearing the Empire's crest stands before the looming bulk of a TIE fighter, his posture radiating cold authority. The moody, painted rendering gives the image a cinematic weight that suits a story clearly placing an Imperial perspective front and center. With Michael A. Stackpole writing and John Nadeau on interior art, this 1997 Dark Horse series remains a compelling corner of the Star Wars expanded universe.