Star Wars: Republic

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The cover of Star Wars #78: Loyalties
Art by Luke Ross

The Star Wars: Republic comic book series is set in the Star Wars universe, and depicted events taking place between Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace to just after Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. There are 83 issues. It was originally titled simply Star Wars, and acquired its Republic title at issue 46. It is the main comic in the Clone Wars Multimedia Project by Lucasfilm.

[edit] Stories & Story Arcs

[edit] Star Wars: Prelude to Rebellion

Star Wars: 1-6 (1998-2006 Dark Horse) . Written by Jan Strnad. Art by Anthony Winn and Robert Jones. Cover by Ken Kelly. Ki-Adi-Mundi is a Jedi Knight of formidable strength and influence. On his homeworld of Cerea, most of the planet's citizens are happy to continue their low-tech lives of simplicity, isolated from the Republic, but a growing voice calls for the advanced technologies brought by offworlders. When Ki becomes a strong voice of opposition for such development, he is falsely charged with murder and is swiftly drawn into a web of conspiracy and intrigue that could rock the galaxy to its foundations--a web that may have the vile crime lord Jabba the Hutt and the powerful Trade Federation at its center, setting the stage for Episode I --The Phantom Menace!

[edit] Star Wars: Outlander

Star Wars: 7-12 (1998-2006 Dark Horse). Written by Timothy Truman. Art by Tom Raney, Rod Pereira, Rick Leonardi, Al Rio, Mark Lipka, Stephen Hawthorne, and Mark Heike. Cover by Ken Kelly. Ki-Adi-Mundi's first assignment after joining the Jedi Council will take him back to the fearsome desert wastelands of Tatooine. The Jedi Council has tracked a long wayward and powerful Jedi, Sharad Hett of the Sand People, to the backwater world, and it's up to Ki to find him and convince him to return. Only two things stand in his way: the vicious krayt dragon of Tatooine and the Jedi-slaying bounty hunter Aurra Sing! Ki has little choice but to ask for help from the slimiest crime lord of them all, Jabba the Hutt -- and Jabba's aid always comes with a price!

[edit] Star Wars: Emissaries to Malastare

Star Wars: 13-18 (1998-2006 Dark Horse). Written by Tim Truman. Art by Tom Lyle, Jan Duursema, John Nadeau, Robert Jones, Walden Wong, and Jordi Ensign. Cover by: Jason Hurst. In a time after the events of Episode I - The Phantom Menace, half of the Jedi High Council travel to the exotic world of Malastare to negotiate a peace treaty between two of that planet's warring factions. But the whole affair is being manipulated by a secret, third party out to assassinate the Jedi! Add in the fact that Malastare is one of the few planets to allow the dangerous sport of Podracing and you can be sure that the Jedi are in for some extreme action!

[edit] Star Wars: Twilight

Star Wars: 19-22 (1998-2006 Dark Horse). Written by John Ostrander. Art by Jan Duursema and Rick Magyar. Cover by Andrew Roninson. Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos has lost his memory. Not only must he fight to rediscover his past, he must also track down his Padawan, Aayla Secura, who has mysteriously disappeared. With only his lightsaber and a scheming Devaronian named Villie to help him, Quin must face off against deadly gamblers, false Jedi, corrupt officials, and the pull of the dark side if he is to survive!

[edit] Star Wars Republic: Infinity's End

Star Wars: 23-26 (1998-2006 Dark Horse). Jedi Quinlan Vos searching for the starchamber

[edit] Star Wars: The Hunt for Aurra Sing

Star Wars: 28-31 (1998-2006 Dark Horse). Written by Timothy Truman. Art by Daivide Fabbri and Christian Dalla Vecchia. Cover by Andrew Robinson. Get ready for some electrifying lightsaber battle action! Aurra Sing arrives on Coruscant with a mean streak, killing Jedi within the very shadows of the Temple. The Jedi Council must now decide how to deal with the infamous bounty hunter whose favorite targets are Jedi. Several Jedi Knights volunteer for the honor of bringing Sing to justice. But do they want justice, or vengeance? It's going to take more than a grudge to bring down an assassin with a reputation for killing Jedi and a collection of previously owned lightsabers to back it up.

[edit] Star Wars: Darkness

Star Wars: 32-35 (1998-2006 Dark Horse). Written by John Ostrander. Art by Jan Duursema and Ray Krussing. Cover by Andrew Robinson. Despite his successful completion of previous missions, the Jedi Council still feels that Quinlan Vos, a troubled Jedi struggling to regain stability after having his memory erased, walks dangerously close to the dark side. But when a prison planet under watch by the Guardians is attacked by an unidentified enemy, Quinlan Vos is specifically requested to investigate because of his Guardian ancestry. Fully-recovered, or not, Quin is off on another suicide mission!

[edit] Star Wars: The Stark Hyperspace War

Star Wars:36-39.(1998-2006 Dark Horse). Written by John Ostrander. Art by Davidé Fabbri and Christian Dalla Vecchia. Cover by Jan Duursema and Dave McCaig. Before the outbreak of the Clone Wars, the Jedi were involved in another major battle: the Stark Hyperspace War. Smuggler and pirate Iaco Stark's "commercial combine" has disrupted the production of bacta, the most important healing agent in the galaxy. By cornering the market on bacta, Stark hopes to amass a fortune. But other forces within the Republic have aligned themselves with the Trade Federation, and are hoping to use Stark's aggression as an excuse for military build-up. It's up to the members of the Jedi Council to untangle the many deceits and intrigues and bring the criminals to justice before the galaxy is plunged into war!

[edit] Star Wars: The Devaronian Version

Star Wars: 40-41 (1998-2006 Dark Horse). It is largely a retelling of Jedi Council: Acts of War, but from the point-of-view of, and including some embellishments by, the Devaronian smuggler Vilmarh Grahrk

[edit] Star Wars: Rite of Passage

Star Wars: 42-45 (1998-2006 Dark Horse). Written by John Ostrander. Art by Jan Duursema and Ray Kryssing. Cover by Jan Duursema and Dave McCaig. A royal heir has been kidnapped - along with Jedi Master Tholme, who was protecting the boy. Now two of Tholme's former Padawans have teamed up to rescue their Master, unaware of the forces arrayed against them. Their most immediate foes are a father and son team of Morgukai assassins, who have the training and the weapons to go toe-to-toe with Jedi. But behind it all are the machinations of the notorious Count Dooku!

From Star Wars 46 the Title changes to being subtitled Republic.

[edit] Star Wars Republic: Honor and Duty

Star Wars: 46-48 (1998-2006 Dark Horse). Watch the fall of the Republic through the eyes of Sagoro Autem - Senate Guard, mercenary, prisoner, Clone Wars hero, and Imperial target - in a story that spans from before the Clone Wars to the first mission of Darth Vader! Young Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Anakin Skywalker - his even younger Padawan - protect a senator from assassination attempts that threaten to silence his crucial swing vote. Joining the Jedi in their mission is Autem, loyal Senate Guard. Yet, as Obi-Wan and Anakin fend off a league of master assassins, Autem discovers a link between the killers that will change his own life forever - a secret he will not be able to face until the Clone Wars have come and gone, and he finds himself on the run from the new Emperor's enforcer, Darth Vader! ? This story reveals the ending to a story Star Wars fans have been waiting for years to resolve!

[edit] Star Wars Republic : The Battle of Kamino

Star Wars Republic: 49-50, and Jedi: Mace Windu. The Clone Wars have begun! Ever since the wars were mentioned in the very first Star Wars film, fans have been dying to know more. Attack of the Clones offered a glimpse, The Defense of Kamino" brings the galaxy-wide conflict into full view! Two undercover Jedi discover a Separatist plan to destroy the cloning facility on the watery world of Kamino, thus crippling the Republics ability to fight. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are part of a Jedi fighter squadron sent to protect the installation, but they learn that there are heroes fighting for the Separatist cause as well as for the Republic, and that Jango Fett, though dead, still has something to say about how this war is fought! Meanwhile, Mace Windu, the leader of the Jedi Council, must deal with a rift in the Jedi ranks_a matter that reveals a Jedi traitor and a new Dark Jedi working in league with Dooku. Mace is considered one of the best swordsmen in the galaxy, but can he stand up to the swordmaster who taught him everything he knows_including the mysterious technique known as Vaapad"? New characters and new worlds are revealed as the Clone Wars spreads throughout the galaxy

[edit] Star Wars Republic: The New Face of War

[edit] Star Wars Republic 53: Blast Radius

[edit] Star Wars Republic 54: Double Blind

[edit] Star Wars Republic: The Battle of Jabiim

[edit] Star Wars Republic 59: Enemy Lines

[edit] Star Wars Republic 60: Hate and Fear

[edit] Star Wars Republic 61: Dead Ends

[edit] Star Wars Republic 62: No Man's Land

[edit] Star Wars Republic 63: Striking from the Shadows

[edit] Star Wars Republic 64: Bloodlines

[edit] Star Wars Republic: Show of Force

[edit] Star Wars Republic 67: Forever Young

Randy Stradley (writer), Brandon Badeaux (art) : Anakin witnessed masterless padawan Master Tohno sacrifice herself to blow up heavily defended Geonosian droid manufacturing center on Zaadja.

[edit] Star Wars Republic 68: Armor

[edit] Star Wars Republic: The Dreadnaughts of Rendili

[edit] Star Wars Republic: Trackdown

[edit] Star Wars Republic: The Siege of Saleucami

[edit] Star Wars Republic 78: Loyalties

[edit] Star Wars Republic: Into the Unknown

[edit] Star Wars Republic: The Hidden Enemy

[edit] Trade Paperbacks

• Star Wars: Prelude to Rebellion
• Star Wars:The Adventures of Justin

• Star Wars: Outlander
• Star Wars: Emissaries to Malastare
• Star Wars: Twilight
• Star Wars: The Hunt for Aurra Sing
• Star Wars: Darkness
• Star Wars: The Stark Hyperspace War
• Star Wars: Rite of Passage
• Star Wars: Honor and Duty
• Clone Wars Volume 1: The Defense of Kamino
• Clone Wars Volume 2: Victories and Sacrifices
• Clone Wars Volume 3: Last Stand on Jabiim
• Clone Wars Volume 4: Light and Dark
• Clone Wars Volume 5: The Best Blades
• Clone Wars Volume 6: On the Fields of Battle, ISBN 1-59307-352-6
• Clone Wars Volume 7: When they Were Brothers
• Clone Wars Volume 8: The Last Siege, The Final Truth
• Clone Wars Volume 9: Endgame