Star Wars: Dark Times

feitonglong · Post by **feitonglong** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:41 am

Star Wars: Dark Times #1 (The Path to Nowhere)

Star Wars: Republic continues under a new flagship Dark Times (inner pages will have SW Republic continuing issue number) .....

"For over a thousand generations the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times, before the Empire."
--Ben Kenobi

The dark times are here. Even as the worlds of the former Republic are drawn into the iron grip of Palpatine's Empire, the galaxy seems adrift in a sea of chaos, lawlessness, and despair.

On Coruscant, Darth Vader waits for his Master to reveal his vision for the future. But is there a plan beyond obtaining power? On New Plympto, Jedi Master Dass Jennir leads a Nosaurian army in a war they have already lost. Is this what it now means to be a Jedi?

Dark Times #1 is the gateway to a new era in Star Wars history, an era where the future is grim, evil is on the rise, and all paths seem to lead nowhere .....

Photos and Synopsis courtesy of Dark Horse Comics ......

feitonglong · Post by **feitonglong** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:48 am

Events after Revenge of the Sith continues in this post-Republic comic .....

Despite his acceptance of the Sith ways, Darth Vader is shocked to find the Empire-and himself-complicit in an evil he thought he had put behind him .....

A Separatist freedom fighter deals with the realization that the sacrifice made by his brothers-in-arms has been for nothing-and that their families are paying the price for their resistance.

The crew of a smuggler's ship is forced to take sides in a conflict they have sought to avoid-and which has already changed the course of all their lives.

The dawn of the Empire plunges the galaxy into dark times, and every direction leads to danger!

feitonglong · Post by **feitonglong** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:52 am

These are dark times indeed, when even the noblest of undertakings must rely on stealth, deception, and possibly the betrayal and abandonment of friends and loved ones.

Events have led Jedi Dass Jennir and his companion Bomo Greenbark to the planet Orvax-slave marketplace to the galaxy. There they face not only danger from the slavers and the Empire, but they must confront the awful truth that their goal may be beyond their reach.

Meanwhile, Darth Vader must deal with some unpleasant realities-and memories-of his own. Though he is a Dark Lord of the Sith, even he must bow before the power of the Emperor.

feitonglong · Post by **feitonglong** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:00 pm

Dark Times #3 has been delayed till May 07 release .....

feitonglong · Post by **feitonglong** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:10 pm

How many bad deeds can be justified by one good deed? In order to help his friend Bomo Greenbark, Jedi Dass Jennir has been forced into a series of questionable actions--and none is more potentially destructive than the one he now contemplates.

Or is this the true genius of Palpatine's evil? The Jedi, their status destroyed and their order broken, must now become outlaws and lawbreakers in order to do what was once considered their duty.

The dark times have barely begun, and already Dass Jennir is so engulfed in darkness, he wonders if he will ever find his way back!

feitonglong · Post by **feitonglong** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:11 pm

It's the end of a quest, but not the end of the road. Yet paths diverge, alliances are split, and doing the right thing has become a betrayal. The chaos of the Clone Wars and the darkness of Palpatine's Empire have allowed a smaller, more personal-but no less deadly-evil to flourish, and confronting it changes everything.

After all he's done, can Dass Jennir still call himself a Jedi? After all that has happened, can Bomo Greenbark find the strength to go on?

The first story arc set in this new, uncharted era of Star Wars history reaches an unexpected conclusion. Quite possibly the darkest Star Wars story you'll ever read!

* Moving into the new, unexplored territory of the time period immediately following Revenge of the Sith.

feitonglong · Post by **feitonglong** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:12 pm

In the last days of the Clone Wars, Jedi Master K'Kruhk finds his fate altered by Order 66 in ways he could not have imagined. Now it is not just his own life that depends on his skills, but the lives of many.

Elsewhere in the galaxy, Bomo Greenbark and the crew of the smuggler vessel Uhumele are being pursued by the Empire, even as they head for a potentially dangerous rendezvous.

Two separate tracks, each leading to one impossible choice that will change the futures of everyone involved!

feitonglong · Post by **feitonglong** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:13 pm

As the crew of the UhumelÃ© heads for what they hope will be a big payday, Bomo Greenbark learns the reasons why pilot Crys Taanzer hates not just the Republic and the Empire, but even the Jedi. Events during the Clone Wars forced her to make a decision that she has lived to regret. And, though she cannot know it, her decision has had ramifications for Jedi Master K'Kruhk, as well.

But the real danger still lies ahead, as betrayal is piled upon betrayal. In the dark times, putting your trust in anyone, it seems, means putting your life on the line!

feitonglong · Post by **feitonglong** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:14 pm

Bomo Greenbark and the smuggler crew of the UhumelÃ© are caught in the crossfire between two criminal gangs, both of whom want what the crew has. But Captain Heren still has one trick left to play-and it will result in a dangerous surprise for Jedi Master K'Kruhk, who is half a galaxy away and who believes himself to be out of peril.

These are the dark times, and nobody gets away easy--if they even get out alive!

feitonglong · Post by **feitonglong** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:15 pm

Bomo Greenbark and his companions have been imprisoned, enslaved, and tortured, but now Bomo has found a way out. Freedom beckons, but honor demands he take action to free his friends. And action means his captors are about to see a very, very dangerous side of him.

Meanwhile, Master K'Kruhk discovers that those under his protection are more in need of it than ever. Bad guys beware!

feitonglong · Post by **feitonglong** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:16 pm

A resolute few fight for their lives-and the lives of their friends-in a final fight with serious consequences for those left standing.

Confronted with a nightmare scenario, Jedi Master K'Kruhk is thrust into a battle unlike any he has ever faced. To save those in his care, he may be forced to lose himself. Elsewhere, Bomo Greenbark unleashes an unrivaled fury upon the captors of the crew of the UhumelÃ©. His friends will have their freedom, and he will have his revenge!

feitonglong · Post by **feitonglong** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:17 pm

The biggest Star Wars story of 2008 comes to the era of the Empire as Darth Vader's pursuit of power releases a force unlike any he's ever witnessed!

Beginning the second phase in a yearlong, galaxy-changing storyline, part five of "Vector" puts the smuggling crew of the Uhumele in their toughest predicament yet, puts Darth Vader in a traitor's sights, and potentially puts the entire galaxy at risk!

feitonglong · Post by **feitonglong** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 7:18 pm

Darth Vader confronts the legacy of the ancient Sith--and the ancient Jedi--as the Star Wars event of the year concludes its second chapter!

Bomo Greenbark and the crew of the Uhumele find themselves unwilling witnesses to a conflict between good and evil . . . and eviler! The outcome of this battle will affect not only their lives, but could change the fate of the galaxy forever. In his search for power, has Vader taken on more than he can handle?