Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin 5 is the fifth issue of five in the Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin comic mini-series written by Tim Siedell.

Having stalked Darth Vader, the assassin is now ready to strike . . . It seems Vader, distracted by threats to the Emperor, could be taken. But the assassin has made one mistake—believing that he has a chance against the most-feared man in the galaxy!