Which book had Luke Skywalker going over to the dark side?

Question

What is the name of the book that had Luke joining the dark side for a while with the cloned Palpatine?

thanks. where does it fit in with the numerous series of books. I know it is before jedi academy, but after..?? what?

... before or after the Thrawn books?

Answer 1

Dark Empire. It was first published as a series of comics, then as a graphic novel.

Dark Empire takes place approximately 10 years after Return of the Jedi, after Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, & Last Command) but before Kevin J. Anderson's Jedi Academy Trilogy (Jedi Seacrh, Dark Apprentice, & Champion's of the Force).

This isn't the greatest timeline you'll find, but I think it's fairly complete:
http://www.angelfire.com/theforce/emprs_palpatine/swtimeline.html

Or try Zee Zee's timeline:
http://www.starwarsbooks.fsnet.co.uk/

# Tatooine Ghost by Troy Denning
# Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn
# Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn
# The Last Command by Timothy Zahn
# X Wing #8 : Isard's Revenge by Michael A. Stackpole
# Dark Empire by Tom Veitch
# Dark Empire II by Tom Veitch
# Boba Fett : Death, Lies & Treachery by John Wagner
# Boba Fett : Agent of Doom by John Ostrander
# Empire's End by Tom Veitch

I should maybe mention that Dark Empire 1, Dark Empire 2, and Empire's End are all comic serieses/graphic novels, revolving around Palpatine's clones and his drive to get Luke, Leia, and Leia's unborn child.

Answer 2

I think Luke fell to the Dark Side in a Comic book series, but I haven't had a chance to read it. From what I gathered from other sources Leia brought Luke back to the Light Side after getting training and a lightsaber from an old Jedi named Vima Daboda. I'm 75% sure that it happens before the Timothy Zahn (Thrawn) Trilogy. Thrawn emerges roughly 5 years after Return of the Jedi/Truce at Bakura, and about 3 years after The Courtship of Princess Leia. In the Zahn Trilogy, Leia is pregnant with the twins, and Jacen and Jaina Solo are two years old when Luke opens up his Jedi Academy on Yavin 4 and has to face the Dark Side spirit of Exar Kun, the Suncrusher super weapon, and the fallen Jedi Kyp Durron. I would assume that Luke would have been redeemed from the Dark side long before opening up the new Jedi Academy.