Star Wars Infinities Obi-Wan, Yoda and Anakin Skywalker during the inaugural celebration of the first Chancellor of the New Republic, Leia, on the planet Naboo. Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back is a 2003 three-part story arc in the "Star Wars Infinities" series of comic books. It is an alternate telling of the 1980 film "The Empire Strikes Back" in which Luke Skywalker freezes to death during the blizzard on Hoth. The comic is not a direct sequel to "Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope", but rather a sequel to the events after the actual film version of "A New Hope". Three
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