A ninth assassin—more deadly than the eight who came before—has been hired to murder Darth Vader. Elsewhere, another threat to the Empire has made itself known, and will take Vader on a hunt for an ancient evil... All the while, the ninth assassin lurks, waiting for the perfect moment to strike! Collects the five-issue miniseries.

During the Clone Wars, a single trooper, left for dead during battle, comes to hate the Jedi generals who abandoned him. Years later, he lives on, bitter and angry, until hearing tales of a great warrior. Now, this clone believes he may have found the leader he should have been following all along...Darth Vader!