Empire 31: The Price of Power, a comic book, represents the thirty-first installment within the Star Wars: Empire comic series. Dark Horse Comics released it to the public on May 18, 2005.
The planet Tiss'sharl is populated by beings resembling velociraptors, and among them, assassination is a typical means to climb the corporate or political ladder—as the planet's president knows all too well. However, the Tiss'shar are on the verge of learning a startling lesson about the application of force from someone who has turned the merciless use of fear and violence into their very existence: Darth Vader has unexpectedly arrived.
For the President, Vader's appearance couldn't have occurred at a more inopportune moment, as he's already defending against assassination attempts—and fielding business proposals from a perilous source. Yet, even with his cold reptilian mind, the President remains clueless about the true motivations behind Vader's visit, or the extent of the Dark Lord's schemes…
Scott Allie (writer of Star Wars: Betrayal) and Joe Corroney, a beloved artist among Star Wars enthusiasts, collaborate on "The Price of Power".