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"Tales of the Jedi"
"The Golden Age of the Sith" (tpb & comic releases
0-5; set 5000 years before Star Wars: A New Hope)
"The Fall of the Sith Empire" (tpb & comic releases
1-5; set 5000 years before ANH)
"Knights of the Old Republic" (tpb & comic releases
1-5; set 4000 years before ANH)
"The Freedon Nadd Uprising" (tpb & comic releases
1-2; set 3998 years before ANH)
"Dark Lords of the Sith" (tpb & comic releases
1-6; set 3997 years before ANH)
"The Sith War" (tpb & comic releases 1-6; set
3996 years before ANH)
"Redemption" (tpb & comic releases 1-5; set
3986 years before ANH)
"Jedi vs. Sith" (tpb & comic releases 1-6; set 1000 years before ANH)
"The Stark Hyperspace War" (tpb & comic releases SW:Republic series 36-39; set 44 years before ANH)
"Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan"
"Last Stand at Ord Mantell" (comic releases 1-3; set 37 years
before ANH)
"The Aurorient Express" (comic releases 1-2; set 37 years before ANH)
"Jedi Council - Acts of War" (tpb & comic releases 1-4; set 33.5 years before ANH)
"Prelude to Rebellion" (tpb & comic releases SW:Republic 1-6; set 33 years before ANH)
"Darth Maul" (tpb & comic releases 1-4; set 33 years before ANH)
"Star Wars Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace" (tpb & comic releases
1-4; set 32 years before ANH)
"Star Wars Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace - Manga" (comic releases 1-2)
"Star Wars Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace Adventures" (tpb & comic releases 1-4)
"Star Wars" (ongoing series, now called "Republic"- set up to 44
years before ANH; listed here as published and some issues duplicated throughout the timeline)
"Prelude to Rebellion" (tpb & comic releases 1-6)
"Outlander" (tpb & comic releases 7-12)
"Emissaries to Malastare" (tpb & comic releases 13-18)
"Twilight" (tpb & comic releases 19-22)
"Infinity's End" (comic releases 23-26)
"Star Crash" (comic release 27)
"The Hunt for Aurra Sing" (tpb & comic releases 28-31)
"Darkness" (tpb & comic releases 32-35)
"The Stark Hyperspace War" (tpb & comic releases 36-39)
"The Devaronian Version" (comic releases 40-41)
"Rite of Passage" (comic releases 42-45)
"Honor and Duty" (comic releases 46-48)
"Sacrifice" (comic release 49; collected in Clone Wars Vol.
1 tpb)
"The Attack on Kamino (comic release 50; collected in Clone
Wars Vol. 1 tpb)
"The New Face of War" (comic releases 51-52; collected in
Clone Wars Vol. 2 tpb)
"Blast Radius" (comic release 53; collected in Clone Wars
Vol. 2 tpb)
"Double Blind" (comic release 54; collected in Clone Wars
Vol. 4)
"The Battle of Jabiim" (comic releases 55-58; collected in
Clone Wars Vol. 3)
"Enemy Lines" (comic release 59; collected in Clone Wars
Vol. 3)
"Hate and Fear" (comic release 60; collected in Clone Wars
Vol. 5)
"Dead Ends" (comic release 61; collected in Clone Wars Vol. 5)
"No Man's Land" (comic release 62; collected in Clone Wars Vol. 5)
"Striking from the Shadows" (comic release 63; collected in Clone
Wars Vol. 4)
"Bloodlines" (comic release 64)
"Show of Force" (comic release 65-66)
"Republic" (comic release 67; due out July 2004)
"Republic" (comic release 68; due out August 2004)
"The Dreadnaughts of Rendili" (comic release 69-71; due out September
to November 2004)
"The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing" (one-shot comic, available in "The Bounty Hunters" tpb; set 32+ years before ANH)
"Jango Fett: Open Seasons" (tpb, graphic novel, and comic releases 1-4; set 32 years before ANH)
"Jedi Quest" (comic releases 1-4, in association with the Del Rey novel of the same name; set 28 years before ANH)
"Jango Fett" (one-shot comic; set 27 years before ANH)
"Zam Wesell" (one-shot comic; set 27 years before ANH)
"Starfighter: Crossbones" (comic releases 1-3; set 24 years before ANH)
"Star Wars Episode 2 - Attack of the Clones" (tpb & comic releases 1-4; set 22 years before ANH)
"Clone Wars" (tpbs collecting previously published comics)
Vol. 1 - "The Defense of Kamino" (collects "Republic"
comics 49 & 50, and "Jedi: Mace Windu")
Vol. 2 - "Victories and Sacrifices" (collects "Republic"
comics 51-53, and "Jedi: Shaak Ti")
Vol. 3 - "Last Stand on Jabiim" (collects "Republic"
comics 55-59)
Vol. 4 - "Light and Dark" (collects "Republic"
comics 54 & 63, "Jedi: Aayla Secura", and "Jedi: Dooku")
Vol. 5 - "The Best Blades" (collects "Republic"
comics 60-62 & 64, and "Jedi: Yoda")
Vol. 5 - "On the Fields of Battle" (collects comics 65-66 & 68-71; due for release July 2005)
"Clone Wars Adventures" (tpbs - new stories based on the Cartoon
Network show)
Vol. 1
Vol. 2
Vol. 3
Vol. 4 (due for release October 2005)
"Jedi" (series of one-shot comics, set 22 years before ANH)
"Jedi: Mace Windu" (collected in "The Clone
Wars Vol. 1" tpb)
"Jedi: Shaak Ti" (collected in "The Clone
Wars Vol. 2" tpb)
"Jedi: Aayla Secura" (collected in "The Clone
Wars Vol. 4" tpb)
"Jedi: Dooku" (collected in "The Clone Wars
Vol. 4" tpb)
"Jedi: Yoda" (to be collected in "The Clone
Wars Vol. 5" tpb)
"General Grievous" (comic releases 1-4; 4 due out July 2005; set 20 years before ANH)
"Obsession" (comic releases 1-5; set 19.5 years before ANH)
"Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith" (tpb & comic releases 1-4; set 19 years before ANH)
"Droids: Special" (one-shot comic of previously released material)
"Droids" (tpb [1995] & comic releases 1-6; set 5-10 years before
ANH)
"Droids - Rebellion" (tpb [1997] & comic releases 1-8; set before
ANH)
"The Protocol Offensive" (one-shot comic)
"Jabba the Hutt - The Art of the Deal" (set 5 years before ANH, this tpb includes
the following 4 comics)
"The Garr Suppoon Hit"
"The Hunger of Princess Nampi"
"The Dynasty Trap"
"Betrayal"
"Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire" (tpb & comic releases 1-4; set up to 3 years before ANH)
"Classic Star Wars - Han Solo at Star's End" (tpb & comic releases 1-3; set up to 10 years before ANH)
"Underworld - The Yavin Vassilika" (tpb & comic releases 1-5; set 1 year before ANH)
"Empire" (ongoing series, set around the time of ANH)
"Betrayal" (tpb (Vol. 1) & comic releases 1-4)
"Princess ... Warrior" (comic releases 5-6; collected in tpb Vol. 4 'Heart of the Rebellion')
"Sacrifice" (comic release 7)
"Darklighter" (tpb (Vol. 2) & comic releases 8, 9, 12 & 15)
"Yavin Base" (comic releases 10-11; collected in Vol. 2)
"What Sin Loyalty?" (comic release 13; collected in tpb Vol.
3 'The Imperial Perspective')
"The Savage Heart" (comic release 14; collected in tpb Vol. 3)
"To the Last Man" (comic release 16-18; collected in tpb Vol. 3)
"Target: Vader" (comic release 19; collected in tpb Vol. 3)
"A Little Piece of Home " (comic release 20-21; collected in tpb Vol. 4)
"Alone Together" (comic release 22; collected in tpb Vol. 4)
"The Bravery of Being Out of Range" (comic release 23)
"Idiot's Array" (comic releases 24-25)
"'General' Skywalker (comic releases 26-27)
"Ghost Ship" (comic release 28)
"In the Shadows of Their Fathers" (comic releases 29 & 32-35; 32-35 due out June - August 2005)
"Rebel vs. Rebel" (comic release 30)
"The Price of Power" (comic release 31)
"The Wrong Side of the War" (comic releases 36-40; due to begin release September 2005)
"X-wing: Rogue Squadron" (comic release 1/2; one-shot, set before ANH [ie. before the squadron was actually established!])
"Classic Star Wars - A New Hope" (tpb [1995] & comic releases 1-2)
"Classic Star Wars - A New Hope - The Special Edition" (tpb [1997]
& comic releases 1-4)
"Classic Star Wars - A New Hope - Manga" (comic releases 1-4)
"Vader's Quest" (tpb & comic releases 1-4; set directly after ANH)
"Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures" (tpb & comic releases 1-9; set just after ANH; also known as Vol. 4 of the Classic Star Wars series below)
"Boba Fett: Salvage" (one-shot comic, reproduced in BF: Enemy of the Empire)
"River of Chaos" (comic releases 1-4; set just after ANH)
"Classic Star Wars"
Vol. 1 - "In Deadly Pursuit" (tpb [1994] & comic
releases 1-7; set up to 3 years after ANH)
Vol. 2 - "The Rebel
Storm" (tpb [1995] & comic releases 8-14; set up to 3 years after
ANH)
Vol. 3 - "Escape
to Hoth" (tpb [1996] & comic releases 15-20; set up to 3 years
after ANH)
Also available as a box set.
"Shadow Stalker" (one-shot comic [Nov '97]; set up to 3 years after ANH)
"Splinter of the Mind's Eye" (tpb & comic releases 1-4; set two years after ANH)
"A Valentine Story" (one-shot comic; collected in 'Empire' Vol. 4 "Heart of the Rebellion")
"Classic Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back" (tpb & comic releases
1-2)
"Classic Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back - The Special Edition"
(tpb)
"Classic Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back - Manga" (comic releases
1-4)
"Tales From Mos Eisley" (one-shot comic [Mar '96]; set 3 years after ANH)
"Shadows of the Empire" (tpb & comic releases 1-6; set between ESB & RotJ)
"Battle of the Bounty Hunters" (one-shot pop-up comic, set around Shadows of the Empire storyline)
"The Bounty Hunters: Scoundrel's Wages" (one-shot comic, available in 'The Bounty Hunters' tpb; set between ESB & RotJ)
"Classic Star Wars - Return of the Jedi" (tpb & comic releases 1-2)
"Classic Star Wars - Return of the Jedi - The Special Edition" (tpb)
"Classic Star Wars - Return of the Jedi - Manga" (comic releases 1-4)
"The Jabba Tape" (one-shot comic [Dec '98]; set 4 years after ANH)
"Mara Jade - By The Emperor's Hand" (tpb [1999] & comic releases 1-6; set 4 years after ANH)
"Shadows of the Empire - Evolution" (tpb [2000] & comic releases 1-5; set 4 years after ANH)
"Classic Star Wars - The Vandelhelm Mission" (one-shot comic [Mar '95]; set after RotJ)
"X-Wing: Rogue Squadron" (completed series - set after RotJ)
"Rogue Squadron: Special" (one-shot comic, collected
in 'Battleground Tatooine')
"The Rebel Opposition" (comic releases 1-4)
"The Phantom Affair"
(tpb [1997] and comic releases 5-8)
"Battleground
Tatooine" (tpb [1998] and comic releases 9-12)
"The Warrior Princess"
(tpb [1998] and comic releases 13-16)
"Requiem for
a Rogue" (tpb [1999] and comic releases 17-20)
"In the Empire's Service" (tpb [1999] and comic
releases 21-24)
"Blood and Honor"
(tpb [1999] and comic releases 25 ['The Making of Baron Fel'] & 26-27 ['Family
Ties'])
"Masquerade" (tpb [2000] and comic releases 28-31)
"Mandatory Retirement" (tpb and comic releases 32-35)
"Boba Fett: Twin Engines of Destruction" (one-shot comic, collected in 'The Bounty Hunters' tpb; set a few years after RotJ)
"Heir to the Empire" (tpb & comic releases 1-6; set 5 years after
RotJ)
"Dark Force Rising" (tpb & comic releases 1-6; set 5 years after
RotJ)
"The Last Command" (tpb & comic
releases 1-6; set 5 years after RotJ)
"Dark Empire" (tpb & comic releases 1-6; set 6 years after RotJ)
"Dark Empire II" (tpb & comic releases
1-6; set 6+ years after RotJ)
"Boba Fett: Death, Lies and Treachery" (set 6+ years after RotJ, this
tpb includes the following 3 comics)
"Bounty on Bar-Kooda"
"When the Fat Lady Swings"
"Murder Most Foul"
"Boba Fett: Agent of Doom" (one-shot comic [Nov '00]; set 1-21 years after RotJ)
"Empire's End" (tpb & comic releases 1-2; set 7 years after RotJ)
"Crimson Empire" (tpb & comic releases 0-6; set 7+ years after RotJ)
"Crimson Empire II - Council of Blood" (tpb & comic releases 1-6; set 7+
years after RotJ)
"The Bounty Hunters: Kenix Kil" (one-shot comic, collected in 'The Bounty Hunters' tpb; set 7+ years after RotJ)
"Jedi Academy - Leviathan" (tpb & comic releases 1-4; set 9 years after RotJ)
"Union" (tpb [2000] & comic releases 1-4; set 16 years after RotJ)
"Chewbacca" (tpb & comic releases 1-4; set 21 years after RotJ)
Also available from Dark Horse Comics (outside the timeline)...
"Dark Forces" - these are graphic-story albums (gsa) featuring characters
and situations based on the interactive games. Each one consists of a novella-length
story and 25 full-page illustrations. The "Dark Forces" series consists
of:
"Soldier for the
Empire" (gsa [Feb '97] & tpb [Aug '98])
"Rebel Agent" (gsa [Mar '98] & tpb [Apr '99])
"Jedi Knight" (gsa [Oct '98] & tpb [Oct '99])
"Classic Star Wars - Devilworlds" (taken from Marvel UK's "Star Wars" magazine of the early 80s, these 2 comics are non-continuity. Comics 1 [Aug '96] & 2 [Sep '96])
"Sergio Stomps Star Wars" (one-shot comic [Feb '00]; behind-the-scenes look at the SW films - humor-style!)
"Infinities" - (ongoing series; what fanfic writers have been doing for
years - rewriting the movies! What might have happened if Luke's torpedoes
had missed...)
"A New Hope" (tpb & comic releases 1-4)
"The Empire Strikes Back" (tpb & comic releases 1-4)
"Return of the Jedi" (tpb & comic releases 1-4)
"Star Wars Handbooks" - these take a closer look at characters, ships, planets,
aliens, etc...
1 - "X-Wing Rogue Squadron" (Jul '98)
2 - "Crimson Empire" (Jul '99)
3 - "Dark Empire" (Apr '00)
"Tag and Bink Are Dead" (comic series 1-2; set humor to 'on')
"Star Wars Tales" - short stories from throughout the timeline, both continuity
and non-continuity, by various authors and artists.
"Volume 1" (tpb collects comics 1-4)
"Volume 2" (tpb collects comics 5-8)
"Volume 3" (tpb collects comics 9-12)
"Volume 4" (tpb collects comics 13-16)
"Volume 5" (tpb collects comics 17-20)
Also available as comics: "Tales #21"; "Tales #22"; "Tales #23"; "Tales #24" (due out July '05)
"Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago..." - tpb reprints of old Marvel
SW comics.
"Volume 1" (collects Marvel SW issues 1-20)
"Volume 2" (collects Marvel SW issues 21-38 & Annual 1)
"Volume 3" (collects Marvel SW issues 39-53)
"Volume 4" (collects Marvel SW issues 54-67 & Annual 2)
"Volume 5" (collects Marvel SW issues 68-81 & Annual 3)
"Volume 6" (collects Marvel SW issues 82-95)
"Volume 7" (collects Marvel SW issues 96-107)
A set of six comics are also available, reprinting some of the original black-and-white
strips.