Star Wars: Republic

Star Wars: Republic, known simply as Star Wars for its first forty-five issues, was a series of comics published by Dark Horse Comics. The first issue came out on December 16, 1998. It ran for 83 issues, spanning from before The Phantom Menace to after Revenge of the Sith. Starting with issue #49, it became the main Clone Wars comic. It was continued in the Star Wars: Dark Times series, which takes place in the early days of the Galactic Empire, with continuous numeration from the Clone Wars series on the inside cover of each issue beginning with issue #84. Issues of Dark Times are independently numerated on the cover.

MediaEdit

IssuesEdit

Issue	Title	Publication date	Trade paperback(s)	TPB pub date
As Star Wars
0	Prelude to Rebellion 0	December 1, 1998
Prelude to Rebellion			Prelude to Rebellion	May 30, 2000
1	Prelude to Rebellion, Part 1	December 16, 1998
2	Prelude to Rebellion, Part 2	January 27, 1999
3	Prelude to Rebellion, Part 3	February 17, 1999
4	Prelude to Rebellion, Part 4	March 17, 1999
5	Prelude to Rebellion, Part 5	April 21, 1999
6	Prelude to Rebellion, Part 6	May 19, 1999
Outlander			Outlander	April 4, 2001
7	Outlander, Part 1	June 23, 1999
8	Outlander, Part 2	July 28, 1999
9	Outlander, Part 3	August 25, 1999
10	Outlander, Part 4	September 22, 1999
11	Outlander, Part 5	October 27, 1999
12	Outlander, Part 6	November 24, 1999
Emissaries to Malastare			Emissaries to Malastare	September 5, 2001
13	Emissaries to Malastare, Part 1	December 22, 1999
14	Emissaries to Malastare, Part 2	January 26, 2000
15	Emissaries to Malastare, Part 3	February 23, 2000
16	Emissaries to Malastare, Part 4	March 22, 2000
17	Emissaries to Malastare, Part 5	April 26, 2000
18	Emissaries to Malastare, Part 6	May 24, 2000
Twilight			Twilight	December 19, 2001
19	Twilight, Part 1	June 28, 2000
20	Twilight, Part 2	July 26, 2000
21	Twilight, Part 3	August 23, 2000
22	Twilight, Part 4	September 27, 2000
Infinity's End			None
23	Infinity's End, Part 1	October 25, 2000
24	Infinity's End, Part 2	November 22, 2000
25	Infinity's End, Part 3	December 27, 2000
26	Infinity's End, Part 4	January 31, 2001
27	Starcrash	February 28, 2001
The Hunt for Aurra Sing			The Hunt for Aurra Sing	July 3, 2002
28	The Hunt for Aurra Sing, Part 1	March 28, 2001
29	The Hunt for Aurra Sing, Part 2	April 25, 2001
30	The Hunt for Aurra Sing, Part 3	May 30, 2001
31	The Hunt for Aurra Sing, Part 4	June 27, 2001
Darkness			Darkness	August 7, 2002
32	Darkness, Part 1	July 25, 2001
33	Darkness, Part 2	August 22, 2001
34	Darkness, Part 3	September 26, 2001
35	Darkness, Part 4	October 24, 2001
The Stark Hyperspace War			The Stark Hyperspace War	November 13, 2003
36	The Stark Hyperspace War, Part 1	November 28, 2001
37	The Stark Hyperspace War, Part 2	December 19, 2001
38	The Stark Hyperspace War, Part 3	January 23, 2002
39	The Stark Hyperspace War, Part 4	February 20, 2002
The Devaronian Version			None
40	The Devaronian Version, Part 1	March 20, 2002
41	The Devaronian Version, Part 2	May 8, 2002
Rite of Passage			Rite of Passage	February 11, 2004
42	Rite of Passage, Part 1	May 15, 2002
43	Rite of Passage, Part 2	July 3, 2002
44	Rite of Passage, Part 3	August 7, 2002
45	Rite of Passage, Part 4	September 25, 2002
As Star Wars: Republic
Honor and Duty			Honor and Duty	May 10, 2006
46	Honor and Duty, Part 1	October 16, 2002
47	Honor and Duty, Part 2	December 11, 2002
48	Honor and Duty, Part 3	January 8, 2003
78	Loyalties	October 19, 2005
49	Sacrifice	January 22, 2003	Clone Wars Volume 1: The Defense of Kamino	July 9, 2003
50	The Defense of Kamino	February 26, 2003	Clone Wars Volume 1: The Defense of Kamino	July 9, 2003
The New Face of War			Clone Wars Volume 2: Victories and Sacrifices	July 9, 2003
51	The New Face of War, Part 1	March 23, 2003
52	The New Face of War, Part 2	April 9, 2003
53	Blast Radius	April 30, 2003
54	Double Blind	June 4, 2003	Clone Wars Volume 4: Light and Dark	June 9, 2004
63	Striking from Shadows	April 17, 2004	Clone Wars Volume 4: Light and Dark	June 9, 2004
The Battle of Jabiim			Clone Wars Volume 3: Last Stand on Jabiim	February 24, 2004
55	The Battle of Jabiim, Part 1	July 2, 2003
56	The Battle of Jabiim, Part 2	July 3, 2003
57	The Battle of Jabiim, Part 3	September 24, 2003
58	The Battle of Jabiim, Part 4	December 17, 2003
59	Enemy Lines	December 31, 2003
60	Hate and Fear	January 28, 2004	Clone Wars Volume 5: The Best Blades	November 24, 2004
61	Dead Ends	February 18, 2004
62	No Man's Land	March 17, 2004
64	Bloodlines	April 28, 2004
Show of Force			Clone Wars Volume 6: On the Fields of Battle	June 20, 2005
65	Show of Force, Part 1	June 2, 2004
66	Show of Force, Part 2	June 30, 2004
67	Forever Young	August 4, 2004
68	Armor	August 25, 2004
Dreadnaughts of Rendili
69	Dreadnaughts of Rendili, Part 1	September 29, 2004
70	Dreadnaughts of Rendili, Part 2	October 27, 2004
71	Dreadnaughts of Rendili, Part 3	November 24, 2004
Trackdown			Clone Wars Volume 8: The Last Siege, the Final Truth	March 22, 2006
72	Trackdown, Part 1	December 29, 2004
73	Trackdown, Part 2	February 9, 2005
Siege of Saleucami
74	Siege of Saleucami, Part 1	March 23, 2005
75	Siege of Saleucami, Part 2	April 27, 2005
76	Siege of Saleucami, Part 3	June 15, 2005
77	Siege of Saleucami, Part 4	July 20, 2005
Into the Unknown			Clone Wars Volume 9: Endgame	July 26, 2006
79	Into the Unknown, Part 1	November 9, 2005
80	Into the Unknown, Part 2	December 21, 2005
Hidden Enemy
81	Hidden Enemy, Part 1	January 4, 2006
82	Hidden Enemy, Part 2	January 11, 2006
83	Hidden Enemy, Part 3	February 8, 2006

OmnibusEdit

Issues #1-6	Issues #7-18	Issues #19-26, #32-45	Issues #27-31

Omnibus: Rise of the Sith	Omnibus: Emissaries and Assassins	Omnibus: Quinlan Vos: Jedi in Darkness	Omnibus: Menace Revealed
January 21, 2009	April 1, 2009	December 2, 2010	July 22, 2009

Issues #49-54, #61, #63, #67	Issues #55-60, #62, #64-66, #68	Issues #69-77, #81-83

Omnibus: Clone Wars Volume 1: The Republic Goes to War	Omnibus: Clone Wars Volume 2: The Enemy on All Sides	Omnibus: Clone Wars Volume 3: The Republic Falls
August 22, 2012	October 16, 2012	December 19, 2012

30th Anniversary CollectionEdit

Issues #54 & #63	Issues #79-83

Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collection Volume 5: Light and Dark	Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collection Volume 6: Endgame
July 4, 2007	July 25, 2007

Dark Times continuation series issuesEdit

Issue	Title	Publication date	Trade paperback	TPB pub date	Omnibus collection	Omnibus pub date
The Path to Nowhere			Volume One The Path to Nowhere	January 9, 2008	Star Wars Omnibus: Dark Times Volume 1	January 1, 2014
84	The Path to Nowhere, Part 1	November 8, 2006
85	The Path to Nowhere, Part 2	January 24, 2007
86	The Path to Nowhere, Part 3	May 9, 2007
87	The Path to Nowhere, Part 4	July 18, 2007
88	The Path to Nowhere, Part 5	October 10, 2007
Parallels			Volume Two Parallels	August 13, 2008
89	Parallels, Part 1	October 24, 2007
90	Parallels, Part 2	December 19, 2007
91	Parallels, Part 3	January 30, 2008
92	Parallels, Part 4	February 20, 2008
93	Parallels, Part 5	April 23, 2008
Vector			Vector Volume 1 Chapters 1 & 2	January 28, 2009
94	Vector, Part 5	May 29, 2008\|
95	Vector, Part 6	June 25, 2008
Dark Times: Blue Harvest			Volume Four Blue Harvest	November 17, 2010
N/A	Blue Harvest 0	August 5, 2009
96	Blue Harvest, Part 1	April 22, 2009
97	Blue Harvest, Part 2	August 12, 2009
98	Blue Harvest, Part 3	January 20, 2010
99	Blue Harvest, Part 4	April 14, 2010
100	Blue Harvest, Part 5	June 30, 2010
Dark Times: Out of the Wilderness			Volume Five Out of the Wilderness	October 24, 2012
101	Out of the Wilderness 1	August 3, 2011
102	Out of the Wilderness 2	September 7, 2011
103	Out of the Wilderness 3	November 30, 2011
104	Out of the Wilderness 4	February 22, 2012
105	Out of the Wilderness 5	April 25, 2012
Dark Times: Fire Carrier			Volume Six Fire Carrier	September 25, 2013
106	Fire Carrier 1	February 6, 2013
107	Fire Carrier 2	March 6, 2013
108	Fire Carrier 3	April 3, 2013
109	Fire Carrier 4	May 1, 2013
110	Fire Carrier 5	June 5, 2013
Dark Times: A Spark Remains			Volume Seven A Spark Remains	April 30, 2014
111	A Spark Remains 1	July 17, 2013
112	A Spark Remains 2	August 21, 2013
113	A Spark Remains 3	September 18, 2013
114	A Spark Remains 4	October 30, 2013
115	A Spark Remains 5	December 18, 2013

Story arcsEdit

Prelude to rebellion — An advertisement announcing the new comic series

Tie-insEdit

Jedi Council: Acts of War
Heart of Fire (Dark Horse Extra #35-37)
Star Wars: Jedi
Star Wars: Obsession
Star Wars: Purge

Classic Trilogy appearancesEdit

Several characters from the original three Star Wars films made appearances throughout the Republic series. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Yoda, and Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious all made regular appearances in the book. In addition, the following characters made cameo or brief appearances:

Ephant Mon (In Prelude to Rebellion)
Jabba the Hutt (In Prelude to Rebellion and Outlander)
Bib Fortuna (In Prelude to Rebellion, Outlander and Twilight)
Malakili (In Emissaries to Malastare)
C-3PO (In The New Face of War)
Mon Mothma (In Dead Ends and Striking from the Shadows)
General Jan Dodonna (In Dreadnaughts of Rendili and Loyalties)
Chewbacca (In Hidden Enemy)

Related CharactersEdit

Ranulph Tarkin (Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin's cousin) (In The Stark Hyperspace War)
Gilad Pellaeon (In Bloodlines, although the appearance is controversial)
Adar Tallon (a character created by West End Games) (In Dreadnaughts of Rendili)

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