Dark Times: Parallels

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Parallels
Publishing company Dark Horse Comics
Subject Star Wars
Genre Science Fiction
Schedule Monthly
Format Story arc
Release date(s) 29 August 2007-
December 2007
Country USA
Language English
Number of pages 40 each
Number of issues 5
Expanded Universe
Era Rise of the Empire
Series Dark Times
Galactic Year 19 BBY
Canon C
Creative team
Script writer Mick Harrison
Penciller(s) Dave Ross

Dark Times: Parallels is a five-part story arc in the Star Wars: Dark Times series of comic books written by Mick Harrison. The first issue will be published on 29 August 2007 by Dark Horse Comics. The story is set in the Star Wars galaxy 19 years before the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

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  • Dark Times #6: Parallels, Part 1
  • Dark Times #7: Parallels, Part 2
  • Dark Times #8: Parallels, Part 3
  • Dark Times #9: Parallels, Part 4
  • Dark Times #10: Parallels, Part 5
   * 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 technitian
   * Crys Taanzer: Human Female. The crew's pilot
   * Kennan Taanzer: Human Male Jedi Padawan, Son of Crys. Perished at Jedi Temple.
   * 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.