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Star Wars: Legacy 23: Loyalties, Part 1 is the twenty-third issue of the comic series Star Wars: Legacy. 30,346 copies of it were released to comic shops worldwide on May 7, 2008. The events within its pages conclude an existing Legacy storyline, while simultaneously kicking off several others. Several principal characters begin to move toward where they would eventually end up at the beginning of Star Wars: Legacy: Vector, the final chapter of a crossover event that ran through all four Star Wars comic series being published in 2008. Vector story concluded within Legacy in the final four months of the year.

Loyalties, Part 1 sees the bounty hunter Cade Skywalker and a group of his allies storm the vessel Crimson Axe on Socorro in order to retrieve the starship Grinning Liar from the pirate Rav. After successfully obtaining it, Skywalker travels to Iego in his own ship, the Mynock, in order to visit his uncle "Bantha" Rawk, but is pursued by a masked stranger named Azlyn Rae. Meanwhile, Rav solidifies an alliance with the Sith Darth Maladi, and the deposed Galactic Emperor Roan Fel prepares to send several Imperial Knights on a mission to pursue Skywalker. His daughter Marasiah speaks with fellow Imperial Knight Antares Draco, and the two discuss their feelings for one another.

Loyalties, Part 1 was Dark Horse Comics' third-highest selling comic in May 2008, and received generally positive feedback across the internet following its release. The storylines and characters that it introduced went on to play large roles in later issues of Legacy, including in Vector finale, which saw Azlyn Rae and several other characters aid in the apparent death of the Sith Lord Darth Krayt, Legacy primary antagonist.