Star Wars Tales Volume 1

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Star Wars Tales Volume 1
Publishing company Dark Horse Comics
Subject Star Wars
Genre Science Fiction
Release date(s) 20 February 2002
Country USA
Language English
Number of pages 224
Size & Weight 10.2 x 6.7 x 0.4 inches
2.42 pounds
ISBN ISBN 1-56971-619-6
Expanded Universe
Series Star Wars Tales
Followed By Star Wars Tales Volume 2
Creative team
Cover artist(s) Tsuneo Sanda
Designer(s) Lia Ribacchi
Art director(s) Mark Cox
Editor(s) Dave Land
Assistant editor(s) Philip Simon
Publisher(s) Mike Richardson

Star Wars Tales Volume 1 is the first Star Wars Tales trade paperback, collecting issues 1-4.

Contents

[edit] Publisher's Summary

Collecting the first four issues of the quarterly anthology smash sensation, Star Wars Tales contains thrilling stories featuring Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, Emperor Palpatine, C-3PO, R2-D2, Lando Calrissian and a cast of thousands! Tales explores every corner of the Star Wars galaxy and keeps readers coming back for more! Star Wars Tales Volume I is sure to delight fans both young and old!

[edit] Star Wars Tales 1

Star Wars Tales 1
Subject Star Wars
Genre Science Fiction
Release date(s) 29 September 1999
Country USA
Language English
Number of pages 64
Creative team
Cover artist(s) Igor Kordey
Designer(s) Mark Cox
Editor(s) Peet Janes
Assistant editor(s) Mike Hansen
Publisher(s) Mike Richardson

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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


[edit] Star Wars Tales 2

Star Wars Tales 2
Subject Star Wars
Genre Science Fiction
Release date(s) 5 January 2000
Country USA
Language English
Number of pages 64
Creative team
Cover artist(s) Claudio Castellini
Designer(s) Mark Cox
Editor(s) Peet Janes
Assistant editor(s) Dan Harris
Publisher(s) Mike Richardson

[edit] 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
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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.

[edit] Darth Vader: Extinction (Part 2)

Script: Ron Marz
Pencils: Claudio Castellini
Inks: Jason Hvam
Colors: Guy Major
16 Pages
Galactic Year: 1 BBY
Preceded by: Darth Vader: Extinction (Part 1)
Followed by: The Hovel on Terk Street

[edit] Stop That Jawa!

Story & Art: Dave Cooper
8 Pages
Galactic Year: 3 ABY
Preceded by: Skreej
Followed by: A Hot Time in the Cold Town Tonite

[edit] Incident at Horn Station

Script: Dan Jolley
Pencils: Sean Phillips
Colors: Matthew Hollingsworth
18 Pages
Galactic Year: 33 BBY
Preceded by: Life, Death, and the Living Force
Followed by: Prelude to Rebellion


[edit] Star Wars Tales 3

Star Wars Tales 3
Subject Star Wars
Genre Science Fiction
Release date(s) 29 March 2000
Country USA
Language English
Number of pages 64
Creative team
Cover artist(s) Dave Dorman
Designer(s) Mark Cox
Editor(s) Dave Land &
Peet Janes
Assistant editor(s) Dan Harris
Publisher(s) Mike Richardson

[edit] The Death of Captain Tarpals

Script: Ryder Windham
Pencils: Tom Fowler
Colors: Dave Nestelle
8 Pages
Galactic Year: 32.5 BBY
Preceded by: Darth Maul
Followed by: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

In the Gungan city of Otoh Gunga, Chef Marshoo catches Jar Jar Binks in the kitchen trying to scavenge leftovers. Marshoo prepares to punch Jar Jar just as Captain Roos Tarpals comes in to arrest Jar Jar for the very same thing. He puts the handcuffs on Jar Jar and takes him away. Soon after, Tarpals tells Jar Jar that everyone down at the station is calling him "The Death of Captain Tarpals." Suddenly Tarpals is ambushed by Marshoo and some of his friends, who prepare to beat down Jar Jar as they'd planned. They throw a frying pan at Jar Jar, but he ducks, and it goes flying into his kaadu, who retaliates with a kick to Marshoo, sending him and his cohorts into a small fountain. Jar Jar revives Tarpals, and asks to be released after taking care of Marshoo. Roos ignores him and takes him to the surface of Naboo, where he shall live for a long time to come.

[edit] Deal with a Demon

Script: John Ostrander
Pencils: Jan Duursema
Inks: Rick Magyar
Colors: Dan Jackson
10 Pages
Galactic Year: 32 BBY
Preceded by: Outlander
Followed by: Force Fiction
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Vilmarh Grahrk has been hired by the people of Ootoola (who he fondly refers to as "fishfaces") to smuggle Princess Foolookoola off-planet; she is currently being hunted down by the purists of Ootoola, who previously killed the patriarch and his wife, seizing power of the planet. He and Naradan D'ulin, the caretaker of the princess, begin taking her to Villie's ship, when they're suddenly ambushed by a group of Ootoola purists. Villie hands the princess over, telling Naradan that the purists offered more credits than the loyalists did. Naradan and the princess are taken away and put into the purists' prison.

That night, Villie blows open the prison door and rescues them, only to get a punch in the face from Naradan. Vilmarh explains that before, with the princess running loose, everybody was looking for her, but now that they've assumed she's still locked up, nobody will be trying to find her. Naradan grabs a rifle in case she decides to shoot him, and they head out. They spot a couple of guards, and Villie casually walks up to them, steals one of their blasters, and shoots both of them. Villie, Naradan and the princess quickly escape the palace and head to Vilmarh's ship, the Inferno, where they are vocally greeted by NT. They fly off, Villie destroying the palace on his way up. They make their way to the planet Dur Sabon, where Foolookoola is to live her life among the Dur Sabon until she can return to Ootoola.

[edit] Lady Luck

Script: Rich Handley & Darko Macan
Pencils: Chris Brunner
Colors: Michelle Madgen & Dave Stewart
16 Pages
Galactic Year: 1 ABY
Preceded by: My Brother, My Enemy
Followed by: Dark Lord's Conscience

[edit] Three Against the Galaxy

Script: Rich Hedden
Pencils: Rick Leonardi
Inks: Mark Lipka
Colors: Dave McCaig
22 Pages
Galactic Year: 5 ABY
Preceded by: Marooned
Followed by: Boba Fett: Agent of Doom


[edit] Star Wars Tales 4

Star Wars Tales 4
Subject Star Wars
Genre Science Fiction
Release date(s) 28 June 2000
Country USA
Language English
Number of pages 64
Creative team
Cover artist(s) Kilian Plunkett
Designer(s) Mark Cox
Editor(s) Dave Land
Assistant editor(s) Michael Carriglitto
Publisher(s) Mike Richardson

[edit] Moment of Doubt

Script: Lovern Kindzierski
Pencils: Robert Teranishi
Colors: Dave McCaig
14 Pages
Galactic Year: 3 ABY
Preceded by: Duel a Dark Lord
Followed by: Hoth
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The story takes place 3 A.B.Y. Awarru Tark arrives aboard the Star Destroyer Avenger in a YT-1300 freighter, answering Darth Vader’s call for bounty hunters to find the Millennium Falcon. When he meets with Vader he immediately launches a vicious assault on the Sith Lord with Grenades and light blades that extend from his arms.

As Vader reaches into Tark’s mind he finds Awarru Tark is actually Stauz Czycz. Czycz underwent a surgical transformation to implant a force field generator into his body, so that he could attack Vader as revenge, having lost his own family in an Imperial assault on his homeworld.

Using telekinesis to disable the generator, Vader decapitates Czycz, leaving him to consider Czycz’s status as more machine than man.

[edit] A Death Star is Born

Script: Kevin Rubio
Pencils: Lucas Marangon
Colors: Dave Nestelle
12 Pages
Galactic Year: 2 BBY
Preceded by: The Black Cavern
Followed by: Han Solo At Stars' End
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, Tol Sivron, and Bevel Lemelisk submit their Death Star proposal to Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader. The perceived flaws of the schematics are humorously discussed.The appearance of Bevel Lemelisk is different in this comic than in any other source where he is portrayed. This was an intentional choice on behalf of the comic's creator, although for unknown reasons. One should also note the presence of Ackbar, a Mon Calamari, and Grand Moff Tarkin's slave, soon to be Rebel Alliance Admiral listning in through the door

Several references in the story allude to popular culture, including the following:

[edit] Spare Parts

Script: Mark Evanier & Sergio Aragonés
Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Colors: Tom Luth
4 Pages
Galactic Year: 22 ABY
Preceded by: Union
Followed by: Chewbacca

[edit] Sand Blasted

Story & Art: Kilian Plunkett
Colors: Dave Nestelle
28 Pages
Galactic Year: 4 ABY
Preceded by: The Jabba Tape
Followed by: A Day in the Life