Star Wars: Republic, Issue 59, Page 01

Day 16. Thirty-One days of Star Wars (2024 edition) continues!

Today is the Attack of the Clones 22nd anniversary, released May 16, 2002. The square root of 16 is 4, so might as well post up four Star Wars: Republic pages to celebrate!

Star Wars: Republic, simply known as Star Wars for its first forty-five issues, was a series of comics published by Dark Horse. It ran for 83 issues, spanning from before the premiere of The Phantom Menace to after Revenge of the Sith. Starting with issue #49, it became the main Clone Wars comic.

In the aftermath of a battle on the desert moon of Aargonar, Anakin Skywalker finds himself stranded behind enemy lines with the last person in the galaxy that he wants to be with: fellow Jedi A'Sharad Hett—from a Tusken Raider clan on their native Tatooine. For Anakin, their struggle to make it back to the Republic's lines also becomes a test of whether he can control his hatred of the Tuskens — and whether or not he can keep the shameful secret of his murder of the Tusken tribe as seen in the film Attack of the Clones.

Ever solid inks by Dan over pencils by Jan. Recently Dan has gone through the process with Lucasfilm to clear for release a stack of pages he inked from this era. If you are on the hunt for Star Wars pages fresh to market please hit him up.

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