Dark Horse in July 2011

By Mike — Monday, April 18, 2011

Dark Horse kicks off the summer with the return of a new Dark Times story arc as Vader faces off with an assassin. The Sith Knights make their debut in The Old Republic - Lost Suns. This and much more in July! Check out all the pulp goodness ahead!

 

752

STAR WARS ADVENTURES: CHEWBACCA AND THE SLAVERS OF THE SHADOWLANDS TP

Chris Cerasi (W) and Jennifer Meyer (A/C/Cover)

On sale Sept 21

FC, 72 pages

$7.99

TP, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2"

 

Journey back nearly two hundred years before the events in A New Hope as Chewbacca relates a story from his youth on Kashyyyk. Determined to prove themselves eligible for the rites of adulthood, Chewie and his young friends venture into the perilous Shadowlands in search of adventure. But they find far more than they bargained for when they stumble upon slavers plotting a raid on the Wookiee village. 

 

The accidental encounter becomes one of Chewie’s most formative experiences—one he wishes hadn’t happened at all!

 

• Fantastic art by comics newcomer Jennifer Meyer!

 

Vader faces a mysterious new foe!

 

 

753

STAR WARS: DARK TIMES—OUT OF THE WILDERNESS #1 (of 5)

Mick Harrison (W), Douglas Wheatley (A), Dan Jackson (C), Pablo Correa (Cover), and Mark A. Nelson (Variant Cover)

On sale Aug 3

FC, 40 pages

$2.99

Miniseries

 

Darth Vader confronts a deadly assassin . . . 

 

. . . the outlaw crew of the Uhumele arrives at the scene of Jedi Dass Jennir’s last adventure—but Jennir is already gone . . .

 

. . . and half a galaxy away, Imperial fighters are shot out of the sky by an “unarmed” pleasure craft . . .

 

Return to the dark times, that uncharted era of Star Wars history when the Empire was new and the Jedi were hunted by Darth Vader!

 

• Dark Times returns with an all-new story arc!

 

Invasion means action!

 

 

754

STAR WARS: INVASION—REVELATIONS #1 (of 5)

Tom Taylor (W), Colin Wilson (A), Wes Dzioba (C), Chris Scalf (Cover), and Dave Dorman (Variant Cover)

On sale July 13

FC, 40 pages

$3.50

Miniseries

 

As the invading Yuuzhan Vong penetrate deeper into the galaxy, the Jedi fight back!

 

But one Jedi in training has taken a different path: Finn Galfridian, under the guidance of the mysterious Master Dray, infiltrates Coruscant and discovers revelations about the leaders of the New Republic that could lead to disaster!

 

• Luke Skywalker, at the height of his Jedi powers, goes to war!

 

• Covers by Chris Scalf, artist of Blood Ties and Purge!

 

• Set within the time frame of the New Jedi Order novels from Del Rey!

 

 

755

STAR WARS: JEDI—THE DARK SIDE #3 (of 5)

Scott Allie (W), Mahmud Asrar (A), Paul Mounts (C), and Stéphane Roux (Cover)

On sale July 20

FC, 40 pages

$2.99

Miniseries

 

On Telos IV, a priestess has been assassinated, and the planet is on the verge of civil war. Only Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan Xanatos can protect the planet’s leader—who just happens to be Xanatos’s father—and stop the insurgents. But Xanatos is succumbing to his own long-buried resentments and may soon be more of a hindrance than a help.

 

• Twenty years before his fateful meeting with Anakin Skywalker, Qui-Gon Jinn had his first encounter with the dark side . . .

 

• The story of jedi Qui-Gon Jinn’s Padawan, before Obi-Wan Kenobi!

 

• Death on the palace steps!

 

 

 

756

STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC—THE LOST SUNS #2 (of 5)

Alexander Freed (W), George Freeman (P), Dave Ross (P), Mark McKenna (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Benjamin Carré (Cover)

On sale July 13

FC, 40 pages

$3.50

Miniseries

 

There are dark secrets behind the treaty that brought peace to the galaxy and an end to the war between the Jedi of the Republic and the Sith Empire. Now, with rumors of the secrets spreading, the galaxy is afraid a new war may be beginning . . .

 

Elite Republic spy Theron Shan has been assigned to find the old Jedi Master behind these rumors. Previously thought lost forever in Sith territory, Ngani Zho is back and more peculiar than before he left. Theron has his hands full with Zho, a troublesome thief, and the threatening Sith Knights who are also on Zho’s trail!

 

• LucasArts and BioWare’s soon-to-be-released online game comes straight to comics with an all-new story that runs concurrent with events in the game!

 

• The debut of the Sith Knights!