I’ll have to give these Dark Horse novels a re-read - it has been far too long. I remember enjoying the first, though for some reason never read the two sequels… (were they delayed for some reason?)

I • https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Crimson_Empire
II • https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Crimson_Empire_II:_Council_of_Blood
III • https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Crimson_Empire_III—Empire_Lost

Edit: ah, I refreshed my awful memory here at the Crimson Empire wiki - https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Crimson_Empire

The original comic art looked impressively enticing for all three series too…