Shadows of the Empire 25th Anniversary- A Conversation with Ryder Windham

May 4, 2021 is Star Wars Day 2021, but the month of May 2021 is also the 25th Anniversary of the massive multimedia Star Wars event from Lucasfilm, Shadows of the Empire! Dark Horse Comics editor and writer, friend of the site and pen pal of DrunkWooky, Ryder Windham, sat down to recollect the licensing process that kicked off Shadows of the Empire!

Ryder has been auctioning off his personal file copies of the comics he worked on at Dark Horse recently on Ebay! So, if you want to own some comics with a provenance connected to the Lucasfilm production process, here’s your chance!

Ryder’s listings:

Shadows of the Empire Listings:

• Shadows of the Empire (Dark Horse 1996) 1-6
• Shadow Stalker #1
• Battle of the Bounty Hunters Pop-Up Comic
• Star Wars Shadows of the Empire Novel, Sourcebook, CD Soundtrack, & Secrets

Non-SOTE Listings:

• Dark Empire II 1-6
• Episode I The Phantom Menace Wizard 1/2 Gold Foil
• Qui-Gon & Obi-Wan Last Stand on Ord Mantell
• Clone Wars Volume 1 & 2 DVD (Tartokovsky)
• Episode I Junior Jedi Training Manual Badge CD
• The Clone Wars Galactic Battle Map & Sergeant Bric Figure
• Episode 1 Real Working 35mm Film Camera By Tiger Electronics 
• Lot of 73 Playskool Galactic Heroes & Imaginext Figures Ventress Durge

I have personally bought his file copies of Thank the Maker, Shadows of the Empire Kenner comics, Battle of the Bounty Hunters Pop-Up Comic, and more. He’s offering to sign anything you win from his listings! Check out my haul below!

Stay tuned to DrunkWooky.com for more May Fourth news!