Star Wars Tales

*Star Wars Tales 3*
Star Wars Tales 3
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	29 March 2000
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Dave Dorman
Designer(s)	Mark Cox
Editor(s)	Dave Land & Peet Janes
Assistant editor(s)	Dan Harris
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

*Star Wars Tales 2*
Star Wars Tales 2
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	5 January 2000
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Claudio Castellini
Designer(s)	Mark Cox
Editor(s)	Peet Janes
Assistant editor(s)	Dan Harris
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

*Star Wars Tales 1*
Star Wars Tales 1
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	29 September 1999
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Igor Kordey
Designer(s)	Mark Cox
Editor(s)	Peet Janes
Assistant editor(s)	Mike Hansen
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Star Wars Tales is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics, beginning on September 29, 1999, and completing its run on July 13, 2005. Each issue is 64 pages and features a few unrelated stories from various eras of the Star Wars timeline.^[1] Stories from issues #1–20 were retroactively labelled "Infinities", placing them outside the Star Wars canon, while those of issues #21–24 were considered to be within continuity, unless labelled otherwise. References to the stories were made within the Expanded Universe, the entirety of which was deemed non-canon by Lucasfilm in 2014.^[2]

The entire series was collected into six trade paperbacks, comprising four issues each.

Issues and their canonicity

Issue Number	Canonicity	Collected Into
1	No	Star Wars Tales Volume 1
2
3
4
5		Star Wars Tales Volume 2
6
7
8
9		Star Wars Tales Volume 3
10
11
12
13		Star Wars Tales Volume 4
14
15
16
17		Star Wars Tales Volume 5
18
19
20
21	Yes, unless labelled otherwise	Star Wars Tales Volume 6
22
23
24

Volume 1

Issue #1

Life, Death, and the Living Force

Script: Jim Woodring

Pencils: Robert Teranishi

Colors: Christopher Chuckry

14 pages

Galactic Year: 33 BBY

Preceded by: A Summer's Dream

Followed by: Incident at Horn Station

Mara Jade: A Night on the Town

Script: Timothy Zahn

Pencils: Igor Kordey

Colors: Keith Wood

16 Pages

Galactic Year: 5 ABY

Preceded by: Supply and Demand

Followed by: Marooned

Darth Vader: Extinction (Part 1)

Script: Ron Marz

Pencils: Claudio Castellini

Colors: Guy Major

16 Pages

Galactic Year: 1 BBY

Preceded by: Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika

Followed by: Darth Vader: Extinction (Part 2)

Skippy the Jedi Droid

Script: Peter David

Pencils: Martin Egeland

Inks: Howard S. Shum

Colors: Harold MacKinnon

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 0 ABY

Preceded by: X-Wing Rogue Squadron #1/2

Followed by: Resurrection

Issue #2

Routine

Script: Tony Isabella

Pencils: John Nadeau

Colors: Dave Nestelle

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 5 BBY

Preceded by: Luke Skywalker: Walkabout

Followed by: Young Lando Calrissian

Han Solo and Chewbacca, flying the Jaina's Light (named after Han's mother), are stopped by the Vigilant, an Imperial ship. A Level One inspection is performed on Jaina's Light, but the Imperial Captain Deyd Llnewe and Lieutenant Raprice find nothing. This happens two more times, with the inspection being more intensive each time, Llnewe being convinced that Solo is up to something. After the third unsuccessful inspection, Han and Chewie are sent on their way, when Captain Llnewe suddenly realizes that the ships Solo was piloting were different each time; Han was not smuggling spice or some other illegal substance, but ships. Deyd orders his gunners to fire on Han, but he was long gone by then.

Darth Vader: Extinction (Part 2)

Script: Ron Marz

Pencils: Claudio Castellini

Inks: Jason Hvam

Colors: Guy Major

16 Pages

Galactic Year: 1 BBY

Preceded by: Darth Vader: Extinction (Part 1)

Followed by: The Hovel on Terk Street

Stop That Jawa!

Story & Art: Dave Cooper

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 3 ABY

Preceded by: Skreej

Followed by: A Hot Time in the Cold Town Tonite

Incident at Horn Station

Script: Dan Jolley

Pencils: Sean Phillips

Colors: Matthew Hollingsworth

18 Pages

Galactic Year: 33 BBY

Preceded by: Life, Death, and the Living Force

Followed by: Prelude to Rebellion

Issue #3

The Death of Captain Tarpals

Script: Ryder Windham

Pencils: Tom Fowler

Colors: Dave Nestelle

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 32.5 BBY

Preceded by: Darth Maul

Followed by: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

In the Gungan city of Otoh Gunga, Chef Marshoo catches Jar Jar Binks in the kitchen trying to scavenge leftovers. Marshoo prepares to punch Binks just as Captain Roos Tarpals comes in to arrest Binks for the very same thing. He puts the handcuffs on Binks and takes him away. Soon after, Tarpals tells Binks that everyone down at the station is calling him "The Death of Captain Tarpals." Suddenly Tarpals is ambushed by Marshoo and some of his friends, who prepare to beat down Binks as they'd planned. They throw a frying pan at Binks, but he ducks, and it goes flying into his kaadu, who retaliates with a kick to Marshoo, sending him and his cohorts into a small fountain. Binks revives Tarpals, and asks to be released after taking care of Marshoo. Roos ignores him and takes him to the surface of Naboo, where he shall live for a long time to come.

Deal with a Demon

Script: John Ostrander

Pencils: Jan Duursema

Inks: Rick Magyar

Colors: Dan Jackson

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 32 BBY

Preceded by: Outlander

Followed by: Force Fiction

Vilmarh Grahrk has been hired by the people of Ootoola (who he fondly refers to as "fishfaces") to smuggle Princess Foolookoola off-planet; she is currently being hunted down by the purists of Ootoola, who previously killed the patriarch and his wife, seizing power of the planet. He and Naradan D'ulin, the caretaker of the princess, begin taking her to Villie's ship, when they're suddenly ambushed by a group of Ootoola purists. Villie hands the princess over, telling Naradan that the purists offered more credits than the loyalists did. Naradan and the princess are taken away and put into the purists' prison.

That night, Villie blows open the prison door and rescues them, only to get a punch in the face from Naradan. Vilmarh explains that before, with the princess running loose, everybody was looking for her, but now that they've assumed she's still locked up, nobody will be trying to find her. Naradan grabs a rifle in case she decides to shoot him, and they head out. They spot a couple of guards, and Villie casually walks up to them, steals one of their blasters, and shoots both of them. Villie, Naradan and the princess quickly escape the palace and head to Vilmarh's ship, the Inferno, where they are vocally greeted by NT. They fly off, Villie destroying the palace on his way up. They make their way to the planet Dur Sabon, where Foolookoola is to live her life among the Dur Sabon until she can return to Ootoola.

Lady Luck

Script: Rich Handley & Darko Macan

Pencils: Chris Brunner

Colors: Michelle Madgen & Dave Stewart

16 Pages

Galactic Year: 1 ABY

Preceded by: My Brother, My Enemy

Followed by: Dark Lord's Conscience

Three Against the Galaxy

Script: Rich Hedden

Pencils: Rick Leonardi

Inks: Mark Lipka

Colors: Dave McCaig

22 Pages

Galactic Year: 5 ABY

Preceded by: Marooned

Followed by: Boba Fett: Agent of Doom

Issue #4

Star Wars Tales 4
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	28 June 2000
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Kilian Plunkett
Designer(s)	Mark Cox
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Michael Carriglitto
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Moment of Doubt

Script: Lovern Kindzierski

Pencils: Robert Teranishi

Colors: Dave McCaig

14 Pages

Galactic Year: 3 ABY

Preceded by: Duel a Dark Lord

Followed by: Hoth

The story takes place 3 A.B.Y. Awarru Tark arrives aboard the Star Destroyer Avenger in a YT-1300 freighter, answering Darth Vader's call for bounty hunters to find the Millennium Falcon. When he meets with Vader he immediately launches a vicious assault on the Sith Lord with Grenades and light blades that extend from his arms.

As Vader reaches into Tark's mind he finds Awarru Tark is actually Stauz Czycz. Czycz underwent a surgical transformation to implant a force field generator into his body, so that he could attack Vader as revenge, having lost his own family in an Imperial assault on his homeworld.

Using telekinesis to disable the generator, Vader decapitates Czycz, leaving him to consider Czycz's status as more machine than man.

A Death Star is Born

Script: Kevin Rubio

Pencils: Lucas Marangon

Colors: Dave Nestelle

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 2 BBY

Preceded by: The Black Cavern

Followed by: Han Solo At Stars' End

Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, Tol Sivron, and Bevel Lemelisk submit their Death Star proposal to Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader. The perceived flaws of the schematics are humorously discussed. The appearance of Bevel Lemelisk is different in this comic than in any other source where he is portrayed. This was an intentional choice on behalf of the comic's creator, although for unknown reasons. One should also note the presence of Ackbar, a Mon Calamari, and Grand Moff Tarkin's slave, soon to be Rebel Alliance Admiral listening in through the door.

Several references in the story allude to popular culture, including the following:

The Imperial insignia, reminiscent of Mickey Mouse-ears;
A "Bob's Big Boy" fast food chain statue;
A hologram of Yogi Bear;
The starship from the Star Trek series known as Starship Enterprise.
The Beatles' Yellow Submarine

Spare Parts

Script: Mark Evanier & Sergio Aragonés

Pencils: Sergio Aragonés

Colors: Tom Luth

4 Pages

Galactic Year: 22 ABY

Preceded by: Union

Followed by: Chewbacca

Sand Blasted

Story & Art: Kilian Plunkett

Colors: Dave Nestelle

28 Pages

Galactic Year: 4 ABY

Preceded by: The Jabba Tape

Followed by: A Day in the Life

Volume 2

Issue #5

Star Wars Tales 5
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	27 September 2000
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Andrew Robinson
Designer(s)	Mark Cox
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Michael Carriglitto
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Yaddle's Tale: The One Below

Script: Dean Motter

Pencils: Jesus Saiz

Inks: Fernando Blanco

Colors: Dave Nestelle

16 Pages

Galactic Year: 245 BBY

Preceded by: Heart of Darkness

Followed by: Vow of Justice

Whilst discussing the possibility of knighting Yaddle the Jedi Council revisit the story of her training under the tutelage of Polvin Kut, two-hundred years prior.

On a mission to liberate the colonies of the Advozse Warlock Tulak the duo are betrayed on Koba, leading to Kut's death. The Padawan Yaddle is taken hostage by the Warlock but is impervious to his interrogations, warning him 'Rule by terror you do, die by fear you will'.

In time Tulak tires of the colony and leaves Koba. However, he seals Yaddle in a pit with the hope that he can use her as a future bargaining tool but she is soon forgotten. She is confined for a century, surviving on food and water provided by wardens left behind when Tulak left. Over the generations, the Koba society collapses, though the primitives still tend to her, lowering food as part of a ritual they barely understand. She is spoken of as The One Below. During this time Yaddle hones her Jedi skills.

Eventually an earthquake brings down the roof of her pit, allowing her to escape. Seeing the destruction of the nearby village she remains on the planet to aid the Kobans. She dedicates herself to teaching the children, society rebuilds around her. She is quietly content with her work until the day Kalut, Tulak's son, returns to Koba claiming it as his heirloom. He casually attacks, slaying many and deciding what, if anything to take, Forced to fight, Kulat ends up speared on his own weapon and dies.

On hearing the story the Jedi Council, in particular Yoda, are swayed to initiate her as a Jedi Master.

What They Called Me

Story & Art: Craig Thompson

4 Pages

This story is non-canon

A Summer's Dream

Script: Terry Moore

Pencils: Cliff Richards

Inks: P. Craig Russell

Colors: Matt Hollingsworth

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 33 BBY

Preceded by: Jedi Council: Acts of War

Followed by: Life, Death, and the Living Force

Hoth

Story & Art: Tony Millionaire

Colors: Michelle Madsen

2 Pages

Galactic Year: 3 ABY

Preceded by: Moment of Doubt

Followed by: Slippery Slope

An encounter on the frozen ice fields.

Lando's Commandos: On Eagle's Wings

Script: Ian Edginton

Pencils: Carlos Meglia

Colors: Michelle Madsen

22 Pages

Galactic Year: 4 ABY

Preceded by: Problem Solvers

Followed by: The Thrawn trilogy

A series of devastating pirate raids are costing the Rebellion dozens of lost lives, tons of equipment and ships and their credibility in the eyes of other forces. Lando is tasked to lead a mission to destroy the pirates. Among his people, the man who taught the pirates everything they know!

Issue #6

Star Wars Tales 6
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	20 December 2000
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Kilian Plunkett
Designer(s)	Mark Cox
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Michael Carriglito
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

The Hovel on Terk Street

Script: Tom Fassbender & Jom Pascoe

Pencils: Eric Powell

Inks: Drew Geraci & Keith Barnett

Colors: Dave Stewart

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 1 BBY

Preceded by: Extinction

Followed by: Rookies Rendezvous

The Max Rebo Band in "A Hot Time in the Cold Town Tonite!"

Script: Ian Edginton

Pencils: Mark Martin & Rick Neilsen

7 Pages

Galactic Year: 3 ABY

Preceded by: Stop That Jawa!

Followed by: The One That Got Away

Fortune, Fate, and the Natural History of the Sarlacc

Script: Mark Schultz

Pencils: Kellie Strom

9 Pages

Galactic Year: 12 BBY

Preceded by: Ghost

Followed by: Nerf Herder

Junkheap Hero

Script: Mark Evanier

Pencils: Sergio Aragonés

Colors: Dave McCaig

5 Pages

Galactic Year: 2 ABY

Preceded by: Lucky Stars

Followed by: River of Chaos

The Hidden

Script: Sean Konot & Scott Morse

Pencils: Scott Morse

7 Pages

Galactic Year: 2 ABY

Preceded by: A Valentine's Story: Breaking the Ice

Followed by: Lunch Break

Thank the Maker

Script: Ryder Windham

Pencils: Kilian Plunkett

Colors: Dave McCaig

9 Pages

Galactic Year: 3 ABY

Preceded by: Slippery Slope

Followed by: Hunger Pains

Issue #7

Star Wars Tales 7
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	7 March 2001
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Francisco Velasco
Designer(s)	Mark Cox
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Philip Simon
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Single Cell

Script: Haden Blackman

Pencils: Jan Duursema

Inks: Ray Kryssing

Colors: Dave McCaig

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 32.5 BBY

Preceded by: Prelude to Rebellion

Followed by: Darth Maul

Aboard the Trade Federation battleship Stockade, the incarcerated Feeorin Nym recounts the story of how he got there to his Neimoidian cellmate ...

In orbit around Maramere in the Havoc, Nym, Kole and Jinkins waited for the mercenary Vana Sage and her 'buyers' (a group of high class bounty hunters) to trade experimental weapons for Stygium crystals.

Once on board the space station, Nym and his crew met the buyers to exchange goods. When Nym revealed that he had buried the power cells for the weapons as a safeguard, a fight ensues between the crew of the Havoc and the bounty hunters.

Under the threat of Droidekas, Sage captured the crew, sent Kole and Jinkins to Maramere in an escape pod, and took the Havoc as payment for delivering Nym to the Trade Federation.

Back in the cell, Merick and Bravo arrive to torture Nym who vows revenge on Vana Sage.

Nerf Herder

Script: Phil Amara

Pencils: Francisco Hererra

Inks: Howard M. Shum

Colors: Michelle Madsen

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 11 BBY

Preceded by: Fortune, Fate, and the Natural History of the Sarlacc

Followed by: Luke Skywalker: Detective

Jedi Chef (or Pizza Hutt)

Script: Randy Stradley

Art: Francisco Ruiz Velasco

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 34 BBY

Preceded by: Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell

Followed by: Nameless

Jedi Council members Micah Giiett and Plo Koon embark on a mission to planet Ord Mantell, to rescue famous chef Slabba Drewl from Corpo the Hutt. Apparently Drewl was enslaved to Corpo after losing a bet with the Hutt.

Corpo's priorities in life were gambling and food, and his prize possession was a MREM-02 kitchen droid, called Moreemohtwo. Giett bets Corpo that he can prepare a meal better than one made by Moreemohtwo. Corpo accepts the wager - if Giiett wins, Drewl is freed. If Moreemohtwo wins, then Giiett would also become enslaved to the Hutt.

Giiett secretly instructs Plo Koon to "sabotage" the meal prepared by the droid. The "cook-off" begins, with a host announcing the theme ingredient: Denusian squirmers. Giiett is bitten on the nose by a squirmer, and he uses his lightsaber to power-chop and flash cook the theme ingredient. Meanwhile, Plo Koon sneakily replaces Moreemohtwo's seebo sauce with droid oil, and slips gundar droppings, Rakririan burnout sauce and Bothan foot powder into Moreemohtwo's pot.

At the end of the cook-off, Moreemohtwo presents 5 dishes of delicious looking food, while Giett presents his two messy bowls of squirmer stew. After Corpo tastes Moreemohtwo's sabotaged meal, Corpo immediately releases Drewl from custody.

Outbid But Never Outgunned

Script: Beau Smith

Pencils: Mike Deodato Jr.

Inks: Neil Nelson

Colors: Dave McCaig

16 Pages

Galactic Year: 6 BBY

Preceded by: The Princess Leia Diaries (pages 1–7)

Followed by: Luke Skywalker: Walkabout

Force Fiction

Script: Kevin Rubio

Art: Lucas Marangon

Colors: Michelle Madsen

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 32 BBY

Preceded by: Deal with a Demon

Followed by: Nomad, Chapter one

Mace Windu and Yoda debate the possibility of training Anakin Skywalker while eating at a fast food restaurant, resorting to food-based analogies to make their points. At one point, Yoda uses his mind control powers on the waitress to make the meal free, to protect them from "high prices." They also fend off a robbery. At the end of the story, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine joins them and expresses his opinion that Skywalker would make a fine Jedi.

Issue #8

Star Wars Tales 8
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	13 June 2001
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Kia Asamiya
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Captain Threepio

Script: Ryan Kinnaird

Art: Ryan Kinnaird

Letters: Jason Hvam

Editor: Phil Amara

6 Pages

Galactic Year: 0 ABY

Preceded by: Shadow Stalker

Followed by: Classic Star Wars Volume 3: Escape to Hoth

C-3PO and R2D2 are part of the droid complement of a ship carrying technology vital to the rebellion. When an attacks kills all the humans on board, something must be done. R2D2 has a plan.

The One That Got Away

Script: Andi Watson

Art: Andi Watson

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 3 ABY

Preceded by: A Hot Time in the Cold Town Tonite

Followed by: Return of the Jedi

The Secret Tales of Luke's Hand!

Script: Henry Gilroy

Art: Dario Brizuela

Colors: Cara L. Niece

Letters: Steve Dutro

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 15 ABY

Preceded by: Jedi Academy: Leviathan

Followed by: Apocalypse Endor

To help his son Anakin go to sleep, Han Solo tells the fanciful tale of what happened to Luke Skywalker's lost hand.

Death Star Pirates

Script: Henry Gilroy

Art: Glen Murakami

Colors: Don Skinner

20 Pages

Galactic Year: 0 ABY

Preceded by: Classic Star Wars Volume 3: Escape to Hoth

Followed by: Target: Vader

One of the last ships to leave the site of the Battle of Yavin, the Millennium Falcon is caught up in a battle with a tough pirate ship. Luke Skywalker is there to lend a hand. Until he crashes into the ship's upper levels ...

Bad Business

Script: John Ostrander

Pencils: Francis Portela

Inks: Howard M. Shum

Colors: Dave Nestelle

Lettering: Steve Dutro

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 30 BBY

Preceded by: Star Crash

Followed by: The Hunt for Aurra Sing

Volume 3

Issue #9

Star Wars Tales 9
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	10 October 2001
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Jon Foster
Designer(s)	Lia Ribacchi
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Philip Simon
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Resurrection

Script: Ron Marz

Pencils: Rick Leonardi

Inks: Terry Austin

Colors: Raul Treviño

48 Pages

Galactic Year: 0 ABY

Preceded by: Skippy the Jedi Droid

Followed by: Trooper

Lil’ Maul in: Hate Leads to Lollipops

Story & Art: Dave McCaig

4 Pages

Galactic Year: 45 BBY

Preceded by: Survivors

Followed by: George R. Binks

The Rebel Four

Story & Art: Jay Stephens

4 Pages

Galactic Year: 1 BBY

Preceded by: Rookies Rendezvous: No Turning Back

Followed by: Way of the Wookiee

Issue #10

Star Wars Tales 10
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	12 December 2001
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Leinil Francis Yu
Designer(s)	Lia Ribacchi
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Philip Simon
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Trooper

Script: Garth Ennis

Pencils: John McCrea

Inks: Jimmy Palmiotti

Colors: Brad Anderson

19 Pages

Galactic Year: 0 ABY

Preceded by: Resurrection

Followed by: Smuggler's Blues

Skreej

Script: Mike Kennedy

Pencils: Francisco Ruiz Velasco

Galactic Year: 3 ABY

Preceded by: Scoundrel's Wages

Followed by: Stop that Jawa!

Nameless

Script: Christian Read

Pencils: Chris Slane

Colors: Giulia Brusco & Matt Hollingsworth

Galactic Year: 34 BBY

Preceded by: Jedi Chef

Followed by: Marked

Darth Sidious questions his apprentice Darth Maul to explain the story behind his new double-bladed lightsaber. Maul was ordered to the Jentares system by Sidious to kill the Jedi master Siolo Ur Manka. But Manka easily defeated Maul's surprise attack, using only a wooden staff. Having fled, Maul regrouped and constructs his new weapon. In the next fight Maul surprises Manka, stabbing him through the back with the second blade. Sidious encourages Maul to name the weapon. However, Maul does not want it to become anything more than an anonymous instrument of murder.

A Wookiee Scorned

Script: Jason Hall

Pencils: Christina Chen

Colors: Dan Jackson

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 4 ABY

Preceded by: Do or Do Not

Followed by: X-Wing: Rogue Leader

Free Memory

Script: Brett Matthews

Pencils: Vatche Mavlian

Colors: Michelle Madsen

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 4 ABY

Preceded by: A Day in the Life

Followed by: Lucky

Issue #11

Star Wars Tales 11
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	20 March 2002
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Killian Plunkett
Designer(s)	Lia Ribacchi
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Philip Simon
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Prey

Story & Art: Kia Asamiya

Colors: Dave Stewart

22 Pages

Galactic Year: 1 BBY

Preceded by: The Princess Leia Diaries (pages 10–12)

Followed by: Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika

In the Beginning

Script: Garth Ennis

Pencils: Amanda Connor

Inks: Jimmy Palmiotti

Colors: Todd Broeker

6 Pages

Galactic Year: 3 BBY

Preceded by: The Flight of the Falcon

Followed by: Droids: The Kalarba Adventures

The Princess Leia Diaries

Script: Jason Hall

Pencils: Chris Brunner

Colors: Dave Nestelle

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 6-1 BBY

Preceded by: Being Boba Fett

Followed by: Outbid but Never Outgunned

Tall Tales

Script: Scott Allie

Pencils: Paul Lee & Brian Horton

Colors: Dave Stewart

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 11 ABY

Preceded by: The Other

Followed by: Jedi Academy: Leviathan

Ghost

Script: Jan Duursema

Pencils: Jan Duursema & Dave McCaig

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 12 BBY

Preceded by: Separated

Followed by: Fortune, Fate, and the Natural History of the Sarlacc

Issue #12

Star Wars Tales 12
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	5 June 2002
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	John McCrea
Designer(s)	Lia Ribacchi
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Philip Simon
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

A Day in the Life

Script: Brett Matthews

Pencils: Adrian Sibar

Colors: Guy Major

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 4 ABY

Preceded by: Sand Blasted

Followed by: Free Memory

A Jedi's Weapon

Script: Henry Gilroy

Pencils: Manuel Garcia

Inks: Jimmy Palmiotti

Colors: Guy Major

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 24 BBY

Preceded by: The Sith in Shadow

Followed by: Starfighter: Crossbones

NOTE: Also given out as a Free Comic Book Day single^[3]

The Revenge of Tag and Bink

Script: Kevin Rubio

Pencils: Rick Zombo

Inks: Randy Emberlin

Colors: Dan Brown

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 4 ABY

Preceded by: Return of the Jedi

Followed by: The Return of Tag and Bink: Special Edition

Once Bitten

Script: C. B. Cebulski

Pencils: Makoto Nakatsuka

Colors: Dave Nestelle

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 36 BBY

Preceded by: Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express

Followed by: Children of the Force

The Duty

Script: Christian Read

Pencils: John McCrea

Inks: Jimmy Palmiotti

Colors: Giulia Brusco

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 18 BBY

Preceded by: The Path to Nowhere

Followed by: The Value of Proper Intelligence to Any Successful Military Campaign is Not to be Underestimated

Volume 4

Issue #13

Star Wars Tales 13
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	25 September 2002
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Tim Bradstreet
Designer(s)	Lia Ribacchi
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Philip Simon
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Mace Windu is featured in each story in this issue.

Puzzle Peace

Script: Scott Beatty

Pencils: Sanford Greene

Inks: Kris Kaufman

Colors: Dan Jackson

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 24 BBY

Preceded by: Starfighter: Crossbones

Followed by: Honor and Duty

The Secret of Tet Ami

Script: Fabian Nicieza

Pencils: Timothy II

Colors: Michelle Madsoen

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 43 BBY

Preceded by: Mythology

Followed by: Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express

Survivors

Script: Jim Krueger

Pencils: Kagan McLeod

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 45 BBY

Preceded by: Stones

Followed by: Mythology

Mace Windu has tracked down Uda-Khalid, a known murderer, and has come to confront him. The story begins with Windu's approach to the fortress where he is. The path there is a narrow bridge across a deep ravine. While he is crossing it, two guards watch his approach, debating on whether or not he is a bounty hunter, and how he could have possibly found Uda-Khalid. As he crosses, he must battle high winds and "walk worms" (large worms that come out of the sides of the middle of the bridge). The sentries lose sight of him, only to find Windu standing right behind them. Before they fire on him, he mind-tricks them into believing that their job is to guard the walls from outside intruders, and that since he is inside the walls, he couldn't be a danger.

Windu enters the main audience hall to find Uda-Khalid waiting for him. He offers to double Windu's pay, believing he is a bounty hunter, to which Windu responds that he has been paid with the story of his crimes. Uda-Khalid says that he has left no evidence of his crimes, no survivors, no witnesses. We then see hundreds if not thousands of spirits of Uda-Khalid's victims filling the hall around the two. Windu reveals that he is a Jedi Knight and ignites his lightsaber. Khalid gloats that it has been a long time since he's killed a Jedi, and the duel begins, only to be ended swiftly with a stab to Uda-Khalid's heart.

Stones

Script: Haden Blackman

Pencils: Michael Zulli

Colors: Giulia Brusco

6 Pages

Galactic Year: 58 BBY

Preceded by: Vow of Justice

Followed by: Survivors

A young Padawan named Mace Windu was sent to Hurikane to negotiate with these beings and possibly obtain some of the crystals. After events went poorly, several of the native gave chase to Windu, resulting in Mace panicking and pushing them into a canyon. Having realized the error of his ways, the young Jedi apprentice healed the being's broken body by piecing it back together with the Force. In gratitude, Mace received some of the Hurrikaine crystals from the being's body, which he used to create his purple lightsaber blade.

The Sith in Shadow

Script: Bob Harris

Pencils: Jerome Opena

Colors: Dave Nestelle

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 27 BBY

Preceded by: Zam Wesell

Followed by: A Jedi's Weapon

Children of the Force

Script: Jason Hall

Pencils: Lucas Marangon

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 37 BBY

Preceded by: Once Bitten

Followed by: Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell

Issue #14

Star Wars Tales 14
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	11 December 2002
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Pat Lee
Designer(s)	Debra Bailey
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Philip Simon
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Apocalypse Endor

Script: Christian Read

Pencils: Clayton Henry

Inks: Jimmy Palmiotti

Colors: Dan Jackson

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 19 ABY

Preceded by: The Secret Tales of Luke's Hand!

Followed by: Union

The Emperor's Court

Script: Jason Hall

Pencils: Ramon Bachs

Inks: Raul Fernandez

Colors: Dave Nestelle

8 Pages

This story is non-canon

Urchins

Story & Art: Stan Sakai

Colors: Tom Luth

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 33 BBY

Preceded by: Marked

Followed by: Jedi Council: Acts of War

Tides of Terror

Script: Milton Freewater Jr.

Pencils: Adriana Melo

Inks: Fabio Laguna

Colors: Chris Blythe

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 22 BBY

Preceded by: The Lesson

Followed by: Sacrifice

The Lesson

Script: Adam Gallardo

Pencils: Homs

Colors: Dan Jackson

6 Pages

Galactic Year: 22 BBY

Preceded by: Nobody's Perfect

Followed by: Tides of Terror

Smuggler's Blues

Story & Art: The Filbach Brothers

Colors: Jason Hvam

4 Pages

Galactic Year: 0 ABY

Preceded by: Trooper

Followed by: What Sin Loyalty?

Mythology

Script: Chris Eliopolous

Pencils: Jon Sommariva

Inks: Pierre-Andre Dery

Colors: Darrin Moore

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 44 BBY

Preceded by: Survivors

Followed by: The Secret of Tet Ami

Issue #15

Star Wars Tales 15
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	12 March 2003
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Leinil Francis Yu
Designer(s)	Debra Bailey
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Philip Simon
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

The Sandstorm

Script: Jason Hall

Pencils: Sunny Lee

Inks: Randy Emberlin

Colors: Digital Chameleon

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 8 BBY

Preceded by: Luke Skywalker: Detective

Followed by: Number Two in the Galaxy

While braving a Tatooine sandstorm and desert creatures including a Krayt dragon, a 10-year-old Luke gains an unlikely ally - "Annie", his father Anakin as a child.

First Impressions

Script: Nathan Walker

Pencils: Kilian Plunkett

Colors: Dave Nestelle

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 1 BBY

Preceded by: Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire

Followed by: Crucible!

Falling Star

Script: Jim Beard

Pencils: Todd Nauck

Inks: Jamie Mendoza

Colors: Matthew Anthony

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 4 BBY

Preceded by: The Princess Leia Diaries (pages 8–9)

Followed by: Star Wars: Ewoks

A misadventure of childhood friends and future Rogue Squadron wingmen Luke and Biggs Darklighter that ensues when the two of them attempt to take off from Tatooine and experience space travel four years before they both fought in the Battle of Yavin.

Do or Do Not

Script: Jay Laird

Pencils: Timothy Il

Colors: James Mason

4 Pages

Galactic Year: 4 ABY

Preceded by: Lucky

Followed by: A Wookiee Scorned

Slippery Slope

Script: Scott Lobdell

Pencils: Sean Murphy

Colors: Dan Jackson

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 3 ABY

Preceded by: Hoth

Followed by: Thank the Maker

Lucky Stars

Script: Brian Augustyn

Pencils: Paco Medina

Inks: Joe Sanchez

Colors: Michelle Madsen

14 Pages

Galactic Year: 2 ABY

Preceded by: Planet of the Dead

Followed by: Junkheap Hero

Leia channels her inner femme fatale while teaming up with the Quetzal Sisters, a group of Rebel operatives who are already known as such, while intercepting a holocube on Elerion that contains Rebel base information before it can be sold to the Empire.

Issue #16

Star Wars Tales 16
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	25 June 2003
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Ashley Wood
Designer(s)	Debra Bailey
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Philip Simon
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

The Other

Script: Jason Hall

Pencils: John McCrea

Colors: Giulia Brusco

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 11 ABY

Preceded by: Hard Currency

Followed by: Tall Tales

Best Birthday Ever

Script: Tod C. Parkhill

Pencils & Colors: Joey Mason

Inks: Howard Shum

8 Pages

This story is non-canon

The Long, Bad Day

Script: Mike Denning

Pencils: Lucas Marangon

2 Pages

Galactic Year: 0 ABY

Preceded by: Day After the Death Star

Followed by: Sacrifice

Kessel Run

Story & Art: Gilbert Austin

18 Pages

This story is non-canon

Lunch Break

Story & Art: Jonathan Adams

6 Pages

Galactic Year: 2 ABY

Preceded by: The Hidden

Followed by: The Empire Strikes Back

Heart of Darkness

Script: Paul Lee

Pencils: Paul Lee & Brian Horton

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 700 BBY

Preceded by: Prototypes

Followed by: Yaddle's Tale: The One Below

Volume 5

Issue #17

Star Wars Tales 17
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	1 October 2003
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	UDON
Designer(s)	Debra Bailey
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Philip Simon
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Planet of the Dead

Script: Steve Niles

Pencils: Davidé Fabbri

Inks: Christian Dalla Vecchia

Colors: Sno Cone

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 1 ABY

Preceded by: Tilotny Throws a Shape

Followed by: Lucky Stars

In this possibly canon story, Han Solo and Chewbacca come into the possession of some valuable glowing Tandgor gems, that Solo claims will pay off debts and mod the Millennium Falcon. When the Falcon runs low on fuel they head for a small unnamed planet. Solo receives no lifesign readings, as if the whole planet's population disappeared. After making planet fall, Solo and Chewbacca step out of their ship and into the fog, only for the Corellian to be confronted and overwhelmed by groaning skeletal figures; The undead. After Chewbacca fights them off they beat a hasty retreat back to the Falcon but find the fuel line has been severed. It seems someone doesn't want them to leave. Arming themselves, the two-man crew of the Falcon head back out and come face to face with a local and her baby. She explains that the crew of a 'Great Interplanetary Ark' perished after their ship crashed in the planet's fog. They are compelled to wander the planet as corpses, terrorizing the locals every night. Using the Tandgor Gems to lay down lines, Han forms a makeshift runway that drives away the fog. A ghostly apparition of the ship that crashed long ago uses it to land, easing the spirits of the perished crew. The living dead would no longer terrorize the planets residents. Han and Chewie leave the planet out of pocket, but were rewarded with enough fuel to last them the rest of their journey.

All for You

Script: Adam Gallardo

Pencils: Greg Titus

Inks: Julian Washburn

Colors: John Rauch

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 996 BBY

Preceded by: Jedi vs. Sith

Followed by: The Apprentice

This story is set 996 years before the Battle of Yavin on the planet Ceriun, where a Jedi's ship crashes near a primitive agriculture village. Some of the adults go to inspect the crash, and the dying Jedi gives them a Sith holocron to keep safe until another Jedi can come to retrieve it. The younger generation of the village disagree with their hiding it, and want to take it to give it to any Sith that show up looking for it, so as to get on their good side and be taken as apprentices. Two of the older men are killed in a fight that breaks out, and comes to a halt with a Sith enters and takes the holocron. The boys confront him and tell him they did all of this for him, for the Sith, to prove themselves so he would take them with him. He ends up cutting one boy in half, and tells them the Sith take whatever they want without anyone else's help, and rides off on his speeder

Phantom Menaces

Script: Joe Casey

Pencils: Francisco Paronzini

Colors: Dave Nestelle

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 5 ABY

Preceded by: Mandatory Retirement

Followed by: Collapsing New Empires

Ghosts of Hoth

Script: Rob Williams

Pencils: Cary Nord

Colors: Sno Cone

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 2 ABY

Preceded by: Splinter of the Mind's Eye

Followed by: A Valentine's Story: Breaking the Ice

The Apprentice

Script: Mike Denning

Pencils: David Nakayama

Inks: Greg Adams

Colors: Peter Dawes

6 Pages

Galactic Year: 90-100 BBY

Preceded by: All for You

Followed by: Prototypes

The Sith Lord Finn and his apprentice are on an outlying world, having set off an explosion in a building. On their way back to their ship, they are stopped by Lod, a Toydarian who offers Finn Marka, his blue-haired Human slave girl. When Marka refuses to show Finn her teeth, he hits her, causing the apprentice to angrily yell at him to stop. When Lod tells Finn that he should keep a closer eye on his slave, the apprentice screams that he is not a slave, and kills Lod with his lightsaber.

Finn scolds the apprentice for showing compassion, a Jedi trait, and Marka asks to be taken with them, using a mind trick on the apprentice. Finn says that he has no need for a slave and already has an apprentice, and the two Sith leave, heading back to their ship. Finn orders the apprentice to deal with Marka as he heads to the top of the building their landing pad is on. A few minutes later the apprentice returns with Marka in tow, having been unable to kill her. Finn once more tells Marka that he already has an apprentice.

In response, Marka uses the Force to snatch the apprentice's lightsaber, then pushes him off the building to his death. Finn's only response is to ask Marka if she is coming or not.

Dark Journey

Script: Jason Hall

Pencils: Ben Templesmith

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 22 BBY

Preceded by: Another Fine Mess

Followed by: Double Blind

During the Clone Wars, the Jedi Vydel Dir'Nul has ignored the call of the Jedi Council to take up a position as general. Instead, she tracks a serial killer called Kardem as vengeance for the murder of her lover, the freighter pilot Ash B'risko. Since Ash, Kardem has killed only female Twi'leks, but more disturbing is his means of killing: lightsaber and Force lightning, indicating that he is a dark Jedi. As she finds Kardem's eighth victim after following his trail of hints, a hooded figure approaches her and calls her name. They fight, but the figure disarms her and tells her he has come to take her back to the Jedi Council, but she retaliates with Force lightning. As he calls the name of Master Dir'Nul, she responds that her name is Kardem. The Jedi reveals that Dir'Nul is Kardem. She discovered Ash with a Twi'lek dancing girl, and in her rage killed him, creating the dark side mental persona of Kardem in the process. From then on, she killed female Twi'leks in the Kardem persona, then investigated the murders in the Dir'Nul persona. The Jedi tells her that he was sent to bring her back, dead or alive. Calling upon the dark side, Kardem kills him with lightning and his lightsaber. She then reverts to the Dir'Nul persona and is shocked to find that "Kardem" has claimed yet another victim, this time a Jedi. She reaffirms her vow to bring the killer to justice.

Issue #18

Star Wars Tales 18
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	24 December 2003
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Cam Kennedy
Designer(s)	Debra Bailey
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Katie Moody
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Number Two in the Galaxy

Script: Henry Gilroy

Pencils: Todd Demong

Colors: Jim Campbell

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 7 BBY

Preceded by: The Sandstorm

Followed by: Payback

Boba Fett comes to get his armor repaired on the remote planet of Ma'ar Shaddam. While he is not wearing it, a group of bounty hunters attempt to kill him. Dressed only in a robe, he tricks some of the hunters into killing each other. He kills another barehanded and steals the dead being's blade. The ringleader of the hunters steals Fett's Mandalorian armor and Slave I. Using the ship's cannons, he blasts the facility that Fett is in. Believing he killed Fett, he goes to a nearby cantina, impersonating him. Fett comes in wearing Jango's old armor and takes his armor back, but leaves the impersonator alive to remember who is number one.

Payback

Script: Andy Diggle

Pencils: Henry Flint

Colors: Chris Blythe

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 7 BBY

Preceded by: Number Two in the Galaxy

Followed by: Being Boba Fett

Boba Fett takes a job from Drex, a crime lord in the Gallapraxis system. It is his job to get Feleen Bantillian, dead or alive, for the fee of 50,000. Drex tells him that Bantillian had killed his son. Fett tracks him to an abandoned droid plant on Vornax, and gives him a chance to surrender. Bantillian tells Fett that he is Drex's son, and that Fett killed his brother. Drex set up Fett. Fett fires at Bantillian, who blocks the blast with an old droideka shield. Bantillian closes the roof of the area they are in. Dozens of old droids stagger towards Fett, trying to kill him. A war droid shoots him out of the sky, damaging his jetpack. Fett destroys the droid. Fett then shoots a tank of machine oil, setting Bantillian afire. The being jumps into a deep pool of water, only belatedly realizing that he cannot swim. He calls for his droids to help and all of them sink to the bottom. Fett goes back to an astonished Drex, who pays Fett reluctantly. Fett gives Drex Bantillian's head, with a thermal detonator in the mouth. As Fett leaves he mutters, "Payback doesn't pay."

Being Boba Fett

Script: Jason Hall

Pencils: Stewart McKenny

Inks: John Wycough

Colors: Dave Nestelle

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 6 BBY

Preceded by: Payback

Followed by: The Princess Leia Diaries

The story begins with Boba Fett waking up in his home. After looking in the mirror and seeing his father's face, Boba looks for his daily bounty. After passing up escaped Wookiee slaves and high-ranking Imperial defectors, he settles for a dead-or-alive bounty named Bendu Fry. He goes into the cantina, where Fry is telling a joke to two women. As he says the punch line, Fett approaches. Fry tries to run, but Fett easily catches the fat Devaronian. To save his life, Bendu tells Fett of a Twi'lek Jedi Knight who is living on the planet. Fett leaves to track the Jedi down, and seems to locate his target. It turns out, however, the Twi'lek is not the Jedi after all, but the Jedi's son. The boy's father was killed at the Battle of Geonosis. Fett allows the boy to live and returns to cantina, disintegrating Bendu and getting his bounty.

Way of the Warrior

Script: Peter Alilunas

Pencils: Will Conrad

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 23 BBY

Preceded by: Honor and Duty

Followed by: The Eyes of Revolution

On the planet Kuat a year prior to the Battle Of Geonosis, a lone cloaked figure wanders into a small colony. When the leader of the colonists, Larbo emerges to see what is happening, the young Boba Fett hurls a thermal detonator and flees into one of the tents. As Chaos ensues Jango Fett arrives to slaughter the scattered prey. When approached by two gun men, a flick Knife appears from his gauntlet and, presumably, slits their throats. He then hunts down the other Colonists. Larbo finds Boba cowering in the corner of his tent and holds him at gunpoint to interrogate him. He is horrified to learn the young boy is the bounty hunters son. Jango, having finished assassinating the remaining members of the camp tracks down Boba and demands Larbo releases his son and slashes his way through the tents canopy. A disgusted Larbo asks what kind of man would use his own son a bait, and Boba replies "Only a son can know his father's heart". Jango seizes Boba and throws a Thermal Detonator into the tent before escaping with the boy. Jango and Boba leave the planet in Slave I, and the Bounty Hunter confirms to Count Dooku that his mission was accomplished. The Ruling Families can now commence with building factories for the Trade Federation and the Sith Lords other allies. On Boba's first training mission he learns an important lesson - that a warrior must suppress all emotion to succeed.

Revenants

Script: W. Haden Blackman

Pencils: Dub with Niko Henrichon

Inks: Pierre-André Déry

Colors: Phiz

16 Pages

Galactic Year: 25 ABY

Preceded by: Chewbacca

Followed by: Equals and Opposites

Several months after Chewbacca's death, Han Solo has been convinced by his wife and Lando Calrissian to stop moping and go on a reconnaissance mission on the other side of the galaxy from Vector Prime. Near Raxus Prime, Han's shuttle encounters Slave I and is shot down onto the junkyard moon. Keeping a log on his datapad for Leia, Han spends the next few weeks trekking across the moon, making makeshift weapons and survival gear to avoid Boba Fett, who is hunting him. Han finally comes to the realization that there is more than one Fett following him. When that happens, he comes face to face with the real Fett. Fett reveals to Han that the entire event has been a training exercise to cull the weak recruits from the new batch of Mandalorian Protectors prior to them taking up service for the Yuuzhan Vong - since, as mercenaries, the Mandalorians go for the highest bidder, and the Yuuzhan Vong are currently the richest ones in the galaxy. The Mandalorians then take off, leaving Han behind.

Issue #19

Star Wars Tales 19
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	14 April 2004
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Andrew Robinson
Designer(s)	Debra Bailey
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Philip Simon
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Collapsing New Empires

Script: Jim Pascoe

Pencils: Ramon Bachs

Inks: Kris Justice

Colors: Tom Smith

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 6 ABY

Preceded by: Phantom Menaces

Followed by: Dark Forces: Rebel Agent

The Value of Proper Intelligence to Any Successful Military Campaign is Not to be Underestimated

Script: Ken Lizzi

Pencils: Lucas Marangon

2 Pages

Galactic Year: 18-5 BBY

Preceded by: The Duty

Followed by: The Destroyer

On the planet Gibbela, an agricultural planet well off any trade routes, a small Imperial contingent arrives to take control on the planet, demanding surrender from the first inhabitant they meet, a short, unassuming farmer. Much to their surprise, it transforms into a gigantic clawed beast and kills them all. The creature shrinks back to its original size and continues its fieldwork, using the remaining armor and weapons of the deceased Imperials as farm equipment.

Rather Darkness Visible

Script: Jeremy Barlow

Pencils: Greg Tocchini

Inks: Eddie Wagner

Colors: Michael Atiyeh

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 21 BBY

Preceded by: Honor Bound

Followed by: The Battle of Jabiim

On Katanos VII, Jedi Knight Lunis and his Padawan Obs Kaj investigate intelligence that the miners of the planet are performing illegal cloning experiments. Obs Kaj has grown disillusioned with the state of affairs in the Republic and secretly plans to leave the Jedi Order after the mission. However, when they arrive, they discover that they have walked into an ambush. The miners reveal that as profits from the cortosis mines declined, they looked to the Galactic Senate for support, but were spurned, and they began cloning operations to earn the necessary income. Their cloning attempts failed, and eventually they turned to the Confederacy of Independent Systems when they learned about the bounties that had been placed on Jedi. As the miners attack the Jedi, Obs Kaj feels cut off in the Force from her Master, a result of her distancing herself. Lunis eventually falls and Kaj flees, escaping in a short-range shuttlepod. As she leaves the planet's surface, broadcasting a distress call, a ship makes contact with her. When it approaches, she realizes it is in fact Count Dooku, who promptly fires upon her, blowing her craft from the sky. When Dooku later makes contact with the miners, he says he will only pay for the death of Lunis, half of what they expected and not enough to keep the mines afloat.

The Rebel Club

Story & Art: Scott Kurtz

Colors: Jim Zubkavich

8 Pages

This story is non-canon

The Lost Lightsaber

Script: Andrew Robinson & Jim Royal

Pencils: Núria Peris [es]

Inks: Kris Justice

Colors: Tom Smith

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 40 ABY

Preceded by: Equals and Opposites

Followed by: Broken

Into the Great Unknown

Script: Haden Blackman

Pencils: Sean Murphy

Colors: Dan Jackson

10 Pages

This story is non-canon

Han Solo and Chewbacca are aboard the Millennium Falcon when they are attacked by Imperials. They are forced to leap to hyperspace blind and end up in our Solar System, where they crash on Earth's Pacific Northwest. Believing they are on Endor due to the large trees, they venture out to investigate, but Han is killed by Native Americans. The mourning Chewbacca leaves the Falcon to live in the trees, where the natives believe him to be a sasquatch. One hundred and twenty-six years later, the wreckage of the Falcon and Han's remains are found by the intrepid American archaeologist Indiana Jones and his sidekick, Short Round. Indy, spooked by how "eerily familiar" the remains are, decides to leave them in peace.

Storyteller

Script: Jason Hall

Pencils: Paul Lee

8 Pages

Galactic Year: Long after the Battle of Yavin

Preceded by: Trust Issues

Sometime long after the Battle of Yavin, the wicked Vindar have forced their neighboring race into slavery and rule them with an iron fist. The Vindar have tortured, burned, and killed many members of the other race, thus breaking the spirits of most of the race's people—but not that of Otalp. Since he was young, his den-mother told him of the mysterious "Oracle" she saw in one of her visions. The Oracle is said to tell tales of the past to give hope for the future. Otalp's den-brother, Remoh, disagrees with this, but only travels with Otalp to escape the misery of their eternal slavery.

When they reach the cave where The Oracle is fabled to live, Remoh repeats the classic line. As they enter the cave, they come across a certain protocol droid sputtering about a tragedy that occurred when he was last deactivated. The droid says strange words, like "Ar-Too" and "Master Luke", which confuses the brothers. As soon he starts talking in an understandable language, Otalp requests a story from him. Though the droid admits to being not that good a storyteller, he decides, because Otalp and Remoh came so far, to tell them the best story he knows. The story of young boy from a desolate planet who redeemed a darkened soul and freed the galaxy from the clutches of the ultimate evil using a mythical tool known as a "lightsaber". As the droid tells this story, the two brothers imagine it all as though it were their own kind who was fighting the fights.

Just after the storyteller has concluded his tale, the Vindar blasts his head off. While Remoh hides, Otalp claims that he came alone. The Vindar kills him and leave to attend other matters. As Remoh gazes over the petrified corpse of his brother, he notices an oddly shaped metal rod poking out of the storyteller's severed torso chest. Remoh notices it has a button and pushes it. A glowing, green blade appears from the rod. Realization dawning on him, he starts to think of a way to free his desolate planet from the clutches of their ultimate evil.

Issue #20

Star Wars Tales 20
Publication information
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	30 June 2004
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Tony Millionaire
Designer(s)	Debra Bailey
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Katie Moody
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

George R. Binks

Story & Art: Tony Millionaire

Colors: Jim Campbell

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 45 BBY

Preceded by: Lil' Maul in: Hate Leads to Lollipops

Followed by: Mythology

On the seas of Naboo, George R. Binks of the Binks & Son Whaling Company attempts to take down a whale. However, the irresponsibility and clumsiness of his son Jar Jar causes their ship to founder and the Binkses to be marooned on a deserted island. A month goes by, and George is driven to madness by his son's follies. When Jar Jar proposes to swim for the mainland, George eagerly agrees, knowing that he will likely not make it. However, his wife intervenes. George, unable to take any more, decides to shoot himself. When his wife tries to stop him by asking him to "Think of our son!", he pulls the trigger, which grazes his skull. As he lies there he reminisces of his love Sheebla, and how he chose not to marry her because she could not bear him the son he wanted. As he imagines seeing Sheebla standing before him, the hallucination clears to reveal that it is really Jar Jar with an octopus wrapped around his head. George's only response is crushing despair.

Who's Your Daddy

Story & Art: Jason

Colors: Paul Hornschemeier

1 Page

This story is non-canon

Fred Jawa

Story & Art: Bob Fingerman

6 Pages

This story is non-canon

Luke Skywalker: Detective

Story & Art: Rick Geary

Colors: Sno Cone

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 8 BBY

Preceded by: Nerf Herder

Followed by: The Sandstorm

Hunger Pains

Story & Art: Jim Campbell

2 Pages

Galactic Year: 3 ABY

Preceded by: Thank the Maker

Followed by: Blind Fury

Failing Up With Jar Jar Binks

Story & Art: Peter Bagge

7 Pages

This story is non-canon

Nobody's Perfect

Story & Art: Peter Bagge

1 Page

Galactic Year: 22 BBY

Preceded by: Tag and Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace

Followed by: The Lesson

Problem Solvers

Story & Art: Chris Eliopoulos

4 Pages

Galactic Year: 6 ABY

Preceded by: Boba Fett: Twin Engines of Destruction

Followed by: Lando's Commandos: On Eagle's Wings

Melvin Fett

Story & Art: James Kochalka

4 Pages

This story is non-canon

Melvin Fett, cousin of the infamous Boba Fett, travels to the "desert" planet of Tatooine seeking the bounty on Jar Jar Binks, hoping to finally gain respect from other bounty hunters. As he walks under the boiling twin suns in the Tatooine dunes, he hears Jar Jar, but because he is unable to see because of the sweat stinging his eyes, he doesn't notice that it is just a Jawa drinking out of a Jar Jar Binks Commemorative Drinking Cup with flexible straw and "talking action". As he pulls out his blaster, he trips on a rock and the blaster flies out of his hands and knocks out the Jawa. Grabbing the cup, he praises himself by the capture, thinking the other bounty hunters will never laugh at him ever again.

Young Lando Calrissian

Story & Art: Gilbert Hernandez

Colors: Michelle Madsen

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 5 BBY

Preceded by: Routine

Followed by: Falling Star

Volume 6

Issue #21

Star Wars Tales 21
Publication information
Publishing company	Dark Horse Comics
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	20 October 2004
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Lee Bermejo
Designer(s)	Richard E. Jones
Editor(s)	Jeremy Barlow
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Nomad, Chapter one

Script: Rob Williams

Pencils: Brandon Badeaux

Colors: Dan Jackson

22 Pages

Galactic Year: 32 BBY

Preceded by: Force Fiction

Followed by: Nomad, Chapter two

A ship on a mission to return the deadly prisoner called Lycan to Coruscant crashes on the lands of Darca Nyl and he finds a dying Jedi Knight in the wreckage. The Jedi tells him of Lycan and gives Nyl his lightsaber. Nyl rushes back home and finds his son slain by Lycan, which causes Darca to pursue him.

Darca Nyl's pursuit leads him to an uninhospitable, colonized planet in the Outer Rim rich with ore, where he soon meets Samuel, the owner of the planet's mining facility. Samuel mistakes the lightsaber-wielding Nyl for a Jedi after he ends a conflict between Samuel's men and a boy accused of conspiring in the kidnapping of Samuel's daughter Leddar. Samuel reveals that Lycan has already left the planet a week earlier on a supply ship, but he asks Nyl to help return his daughter before he tells him Lycan's destination. Darca Nyl accepts the deal and ventures with Samuel outside the facility in protective suits to find Ledd. After a brief fight they managed to disarm the kidnapper and rescue Leddar. Samuel finally reveals that Lycan was heading for Molavar.

Walking the Path that's Given

Script: Shane McCarthy & Thomas Andrews

Pencils: Michel Lacombe

Inks: Serge LaPointe

Colors: SnoCone Studios

17 Pages

Galactic Year: 0 ABY

Preceded by: As Long as We Live Forever

Followed by: Vader's Quest

Equals and Opposites

Script: Nathan P. Butler

Pencils: James Raiz

Colors: Michael Atiyeh

14 Pages

Galactic Year: 28 ABY

Preceded by: Revenants

Followed by: The Lost Lightsaber

Issue #22

Star Wars Tales 22
Publication information
Publishing company	Dark Horse Comics
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	23 February 2005
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Lee Bermejo
Designer(s)	Richard E. Jones & Dave Nestelle
Editor(s)	Jeremy Barlow
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Honor Bound

Script: Ian Edginton

Pencils: Steve Pugh

Colors: Michael Atiyeh

22 Pages

Galactic Year: 21 BBY

Preceded by: Jedi: Dooku

Followed by: Rather Darkness Visible

Nomad, Chapter two

Script: Rob Williams

Pencils: Brandon Badeaux

Colors: Dan Jackson

18 Pages

Galactic Year: 32 BBY

Preceded by: Nomad, Chapter one

Followed by: Nomad, Chapter three

Darca Nyl's pursuit is interrupted when the crew of the ship he is on turns against him. He manages to take care of them, but the ship crashes on an unknown planet. He soon meets a woman named Jaren and her brother Ament who he rescues from a man on a speeder bike. The siblings lie about their reason of being chased, but they tell Nyl he can find a freighter in their hometown. The following night Nyl's emotional difficulties finally catch up with him when Jaren shows him a trick: An image of his son in a campfire. Upon seeing the image he is compelled to face his feelings of guilt and rage. The next day, Ament leaves and doesn't return. Darca, while searching for Ament, finds a bear-like creature that attacks him. He ends up killing the creature with the lightsaber, but runs back to the campfire when he hears Jaren scream. Ament had returned and was killing a similar bear-like creature that threatened Jaren's life. It turned out that Ament was a murderer and that Jaren had helped him escape from prison. Ament suffered of guilty conscience and Darca Nyl took him and Jaren to the bikers who were chasing them earlier, who were able to show Nyl where he could get a ride to Molavar.

Marooned

Story & Art: Lucas Marangon

14 Pages

Galactic Year: 5 ABY

Preceded by: Mara Jade: A Night on the Town

Followed by: Three Against the Galaxy

Issue #23

Star Wars Tales 23
Publication information
Publishing company	Dark Horse Comics
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	11 May 2005
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Brandon Badeaux & Brad Anderson
Designer(s)	Richard E. Jones & Joshua Elliott
Editor(s)	Jeremy Barlow
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Shadows and Light

Script: Joshua Ortega

Art: Dustin Weaver

Colors: Michael Atiyeh

Letters: Michael Heisler

Galactic Year: 3,993 BBY

Preceded by: The Sith War

Followed by: Unseen, Unheard

Nomad, Chapter three

Script: Rob Williams

Pencils: Brandon Badeaux

Colors: Dan Jackson

18 Pages

Galactic Year: 32 BBY

Preceded by: Nomad, Chapter two

Followed by: Nomad, Chapter four

On Molavar Darca Nyl continues his pursuit of Lycan, who had wreaked havoc in a local casino. Lycan had taken a ship of one of the people he killed in the casino and landed in the middle of the desert and in order to reach it Nyl joins a convoy led by a Molavaran called Tooth.

Four days later Tooth's convoy finds Lycan's ship, and Darca leaves to pursue on his own. He is soon found by a moisture farmer named Byrom, whose wife has just encountered Lycan in the desert. Byrom is troubled by a Molavaran gangster named Sleeth, whose mother is the reigning crime-lady of Malcraan. When Sleeth arrives to ask for protection money, Nyl chases them away and humiliates Sleeth. Darca wants to help defend Byrom, but Byrom insists that he continue his search for Lycan. Nyl leaves, and soon Sleeth's mother arrives to exact revenge. However, Darca returns with Tooth's convoy and Tooth forms an alliance with Byrom against Sleeth's mother. Darca leaves again in a borrowed landspeeder to pursue Lycan.

Lucky

Script: Rob Williams

Pencils: Michel Lacombe

Inks: Serge LaPointe & Andrew Pepoy

Colors: Wil Glass

14 Pages

Galactic Year: 4 ABY

Preceded by: Free Memory

Followed by: Do or Do Not

Issue #24

Star Wars Tales 24
Publication information
Publishing company	Dark Horse Comics
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Release date(s)	13 July 2005
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of pages	64
Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Brandon Badeaux
Designer(s)	Richard E. Jones & Joshua Elliott
Editor(s)	Jeremy Barlow
Assistant editor(s)	Dave Marshall
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Marked

Script: Rob Williams

Pencils: Cully Hamner

Colors: Wil Glass

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 33 BBY

Preceded by: Nameless

Followed by: Urchins

Darth Sidious sends Darth Maul on a mission to eliminate a certain disturbance in the Force. Sidious informs Maul that the phenomenon threatens to wake the Jedi from their complacency and inability to sense the return of the Sith.

Maul tracks his quarry to a cantina on a planet in the Outer Rim. The disturbance is in the form of a Drovian brute called Silus, who is extremely strong in the dark side of the Force. Silus is a champion competitor in a fighting sport that involves use of the Force, and the winning of credits.

When Maul enters, an Aleena called Tabor engages Silus in combat. Tabor is no match for him, and dies quickly.

Maul confronts Silus, and opens a holocommunication channel to his master. Through the holo, Sidious offers Silus an opportunity to become his new apprentice: by giving him a chance to kill Darth Maul. Maul is confused by his Master's apparent betrayal, and turns to great anger. He kills Silus without much effort. Maul later realizes that it was merely a test of his own strength, and a lesson demonstrating that in fear there is power.

Throughout the story, Maul experiences some minor flashbacks. The flashbacks reveal that Maul had plain red skin as a child, and that his Sith tattoos were applied by none other than Darth Sidious himself.