This one wraps up the Rise & Fall of the Shi'ar Empire. Kind of. It actually leaves a lot of story-lines hanging out there. Last issue, the Professor got thrown in to the M'kraan crystal. Darwin went in after him. When he emerged, the Professor was no longer paralyzed, and had his powers back. Vulcan, whom last issue slayed D'Ken, basically on his alter, has now assumed the position of the Emperor. In the melee, Corsair was killed. At least as far as we know. We've were never positively told one way or the other. Also in the battle, another team forms. It consists of Alex, Lorna, Rachel, Chodd and the rest of the surviving StarJammers. But there's not many. When Lilandra sees the Charles is ok, she teleports him and Darwin, NightCrawler, Thunderbird and Hepzibah back to earth. Basically, so he won't be captured or hurt again. It's not really Hepzibah's home, but she's going to stay, because she has no where else to go. Polaris crushes Vulcan to within an inch of his life. So Deathbird gathers him up, and guarded by the Imperial Guard, they make a hasty retreat. After a few days, Xavier gets a message from Alex. It's one way though. He's not responding. "I hope you'll all understand, especially Scott and the Professor . . . but our job out here isn't done. So we're going to stay and fight to restore Lilandra to the throne. We're going to lead the resistance against Vulcan and Deathbird. Because we have to end this threat . . . he has to die. And X-men don't kill, so I guess we aren't X-men anymore. We're what my brother turned us in to. If we succeed, we'll see you all again . . . hopefully soon. But if we fail, you have to send someone else to stop Vulcan. Because he's crazy. He's a warped child . . . and if we fall, I truly believe the Shi'ar Armada will head for Earth." See! It's the end of the storyline . . . but it's not. I'm sure we'll see a StarJammers mini series come out of this. And obviously, with the Professor in better shape than ever . . . the X-men will be changing also. So it looks like this was more of a prequel of things to come.
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