Star Wars: Purge
Star Wars: Purge is a comic book one-shot released on December 28, 2005 by Dark Horse Comics. The story was written by John Ostrander, and the art was done by Doug Wheatley. The events depicted take place in the Star Wars galaxy approximately one month after the events in Revenge of the Sith.
Synopsis
On the Outer Rim planet Eriadu, clone troopers search for the Jedi Master Tsui Choi. Choi ambushes and defeats them, then meets Bultar Swan, another Jedi survivor. Meanwhile, on Coruscant, Darth Vader kills Jedi Dama Montalvo after he refused to give up the location of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Afterwards, a clone trooper informs Vader that Imperial spies have information of a Jedi gathering on KesselBultar and Tsui join the other six Jedi at the gathering organized by Shadday Potkin. The Jedi begin to debate about what should be done about the Empire and the purge of their order. Koffi Arana proposes utilizing the dark side of the Force to stop Vader. While pondering the proposal, they sense the dark presence of Darth Vader. Secretly, Shadday lured Vader to Kessel by spreading rumors that Obi-Wan would attend, hoping that the Jedi will trap and overwhelm him.
Vader quickly kills Jedi Sia-Lann Wezz and Ma'kis'shaalas. Shaddy corners Vader and uses her cortosis-weave blade—capable of temporarily shorting out lightsabers—but is killed by Vader. Vader then uses the blade to disable the lightsabers of Roblio Darté, Jastus Farr, and Arana. Tsui Choi severs Vader's right hand, and he seemingly surrenders. Arana insists that Vader is sincere, but Bultar points out that Jedi do not take the lives of unarmed opponents. Arana strikes Bultar down and lunges at Vader. Using the force, Vader uses the cortosis blade to kill Arana. Darté, Farr, and Choi hurl debris at Vader, incapacitating him. However, a contingent of clone troopers fires at the Jedi, killing Farr. Choi attempts to distract the troopers to help Darté escape, but both are shot down. Vader returns to Coruscant, where his narrow-escape is propagandized into a rumor that Vader killed 50 Jedi singlehandedly.