The Deluxe Collectors' Edition of issue 9, exclusive to subscribers and comic stores, came polybagged with two Topps promotional trading cards, one for the 1996 Topps Star Wars 3Di Widevision set and another for the 1996 Topps Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire set. This issue also included the fold-out poster article A Guide to the Vehicles in Shadows of the Empire.
- Filling in the Shadows
- The People Behind The Magic
- Wanderer of Worlds
- Size Matters Not
- Expanding the Fleet
- A Guide to the Vehicles in Shadows of the Empire
- Star Wars: Shadow Stalker
- Rebel Report
- Communiqués
- Around the Galaxy
- ComicScan: New Faces Rising
- Game Room: LucasArts' Elder Statesman
- The Galactic Bazaar: Snap! Crackle! Pop!
- Star FX: Into the Digital Frontier, Part Two: Acts of Creation
- Cyber Notes
- Use the Force: Luke Skywalker Trivia Quiz