Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin 1 was the first issue of five in the Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin comic mini-series written by Tim Siedell. It was released on April 17, 2013.

Eight assassins hired to murder Darth Vader—eight assassins dead. Now the man who enlisted them seeks a ninth assassin. The price? A cost higher than all the credits in his bottomless coffers. But when it comes to avenging his son, no sacrifice is too great to acquire the one man who can kill the Dark Lord of the Sith .