Star Wars: Dark Times

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Art by Douglas Wheatley
Art by Douglas Wheatley

Dark Times is a 2006 comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics as a series of continuing mini-series. It is part of their 30th anniversary retooling of its long-running Star Wars series of comics, replacing Star Wars: Republic.

The first issue was released on November 8, 2006, and is written by Mick Harrison from a plot by Welles Hartley.

The series is set in the Star Wars galaxy shortly after the events in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and about 19 years before Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The story begins in the days following the events in Purge by John Ostrander, and intertwines with the events of Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader by James Luceno.

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[edit] Main characters

  • Dass Jennir: Human Male, Jedi, Escaped the Jedi Purge
  • Bomo Greenbark: Nosaurian, Fought for the Separatist movement. Rescued Jennir after the purge. Many of his clan were killed by the Empire's clone army; the survivors were sold into slavery, including his mate and daughter.
  • Captain Schurk-Heren: Yarkora. Captain of the Uhumele.
  • Mezgraph: Togorian. Crew member. A former slave, he still bears the mark on his shoulder, but often covers it.
  • Ko Vakier: A swordsman with a distinguished sense of honor. He comes from a race known only as the Blood Carvers.
  • Janks: Phindian. The crew's chief engineer.
  • Meekerdin-maa, aka. "Ratty": Tintinnan. The crew's technician.
  • Crys Taanzer: Human Female. The crew's pilot
  • Kennan Taanzer: Human Male Jedi Padawan, Son of Crys. Stranded on remote moon with Master K'kruhk and several other younglings.
  • Master K'kruhk: One of the jedi who escaped the purge. He is stranded on a remote moon somewhere near Kessel. He is the master of Kennan Taanzer.
  • Lynaliskar K'ra Snyffulnimatta aka. "Sniffles": Elomin. The crew's navigator.
  • Mesa Greenbark: Bomo's mate.
  • Resa Greenbark: Bomo's daughter.
  • Uhumele: the central ship in the series. A medium sized freighter, with enough firepower to combat a small squadron of fighter craft. Possibly a pirate ship, but more likely a smuggling vessel.
  • Darth Vader: Human Sith Lord. The former Anakin Skywalker, reeling from the injuries he suffered during Revenge of the Sith and haunted by his past, wonders about his place in the newly-declared Empire.
  • Palpatine/Darth Sidious: Human Sith Lord. The new Emperor of the galaxy works to destroy the last vestiges of the Separatists, and tries to keep his new apprentice from succumbing to self-pity.

[edit] The Dark Times Team

  • Story: Hartley
  • Script: Harrison
  • Art: Douglas, Wheatley, Ross
  • Color: Pattison, Anderson, Wald
  • Letter: David, Thomas, Jackson, Heisler
  • Cover Art: Douglas, Wheatley, Howard

[edit] Issues

  • Dark Times #1: The Path to Nowhere, Part 1 of 5 (Full Color 32 Pages, Oct 2006)
  • Dark Times #2: The Path to Nowhere, Part 2 of 5(Full Color 32 Pages, Nov 2006)
  • Dark Times #3: The Path to Nowhere, Part 3 of 5(Full Color 32 Pages, May 2007)
  • Dark Times #4: The Path to Nowhere, Part 4 of 5(Full Color 32 Pages, Jul 2007)
  • Dark Times #5: The Path to Nowhere, Part 5 of 5(Full Color 32 Pages, Oct 2007)
  • Dark Times #6: Parallels, Part 1 of 5 (Full Color 40 Pages, Oct 2007)
  • Dark Times #7: Parallels, Part 2 of 5 (Full Color 40 Pages, Nov 2007)
  • Dark Times #8: Parallels, Part 3 of 5 (Full Color 40 pages, Jan 2008)
  • Dark Times #9: Parallels, Part 4 of 5 (Full Color 40 pages, Feb 2008)
  • Dark Times #10: Parallels, Part 5 of 5(Full Color 40 pages, Apr 2008)
  • Dark Times #11: Vector, Part 5 of 12 (Full Color 40 pages, May 2008)
  • Dark Times #12: Vector, Part 6 of 12 (Future Release Jun 11, 2008)

[edit] Story Arcs

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