Star Wars Tales
comic book series
Star Wars Tales is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics, beginning on September 29, 1999, and completing its run on July 13, 2005. Each issue is 64 pages and features a few unrelated stories from various eras of the Star Wars timeline. Stories from issues #1–20 were retroactively labelled "Infinities", placing them outside the Star Wars canon, while those of issues #21–24 were considered to be within continuity, unless labelled otherwise. References to the stories were made within the Expanded Universe, the entirety of which was deemed non-canon by Lucasfilm in 2014.
The entire series was collected into six trade paperbacks, comprising four issues each.
Issues and their canonicity
Volume 1
Issue #1
Life, Death, and the Living Force
Script: Jim Woodring
Pencils: Robert Teranishi
Colors: Christopher Chuckry
14 pages
Galactic Year: 33 BBY
Preceded by: A Summer's Dream
Followed by: Incident at Horn Station
Mara Jade: A Night on the Town
Script: Timothy Zahn
Pencils: Igor Kordey
Colors: Keith Wood
16 Pages
Galactic Year: 5 ABY
Preceded by: Supply and Demand
Followed by: Marooned
Darth Vader: Extinction (Part 1)
Script: Ron Marz
Pencils: Claudio Castellini
Colors: Guy Major
16 Pages
Galactic Year: 1 BBY
Preceded by: Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika
Followed by: Darth Vader: Extinction (Part 2)
Skippy the Jedi Droid
Script: Peter David
Pencils: Martin Egeland
Inks: Howard S. Shum
Colors: Harold MacKinnon
8 Pages
Galactic Year: 0 ABY
Preceded by: X-Wing Rogue Squadron #1/2
Followed by: Resurrection
Issue #2
Routine
Script: Tony Isabella
Pencils: John Nadeau
Colors: Dave Nestelle
8 Pages
Galactic Year: 5 BBY
Preceded by: Luke Skywalker: Walkabout
Followed by: Young Lando Calrissian
Han Solo and Chewbacca, flying the Jaina's Light (named after Han's mother), are stopped by the Vigilant, an Imperial ship. A Level One inspection is performed on Jaina's Light, but the Imperial Captain Deyd Llnewe and Lieutenant Raprice find nothing. This happens two more times, with the inspection being more intensive each time, Llnewe being convinced that Solo is up to something. After the third unsuccessful inspection, Han and Chewie are sent on their way, when Captain Llnewe suddenly realizes that the ships Solo was piloting were different each time; Han was not smuggling spice or some other illegal substance, but ships. Deyd orders his gunners to fire on Han, but he was long gone by then.
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