STAR WARS: EMPIRE #24
Idiot’s Array (part 1 of 2)
RON MARZ (W) and JEFF JOHNSON (A)
On sale August 7, FC, 32pg, $2.99
Han Solo and Chewbacca are tapped by the Rebel Alliance for a mission that requires their special skills and knowledge of the underworld. But for Han, it’s a chance to get away from the new responsibilities he’s taken on since joining the Rebellion and indulge his former free-booting ways.
Visiting old haunts brings chance meetings with old friends. But some friendships may only be as deep as one’s pockets, and when a fellow smuggler learns of the Imperial bounty on their heads, Han and Chewie’s mini-vacation threatens to become a life sentence!
Rollicking fun, high adventure, and deep danger featuring everybody’s favorite rogues!
• Jeff Johnson, new to Star Wars, was the artist on CrossGen’s Way of the Rat
STAR WARS MINI-BUST: GAMORREAN GUARD
On sale October 27, 5 1/2" tall, fully painted, package in a full color box with certificate of authenticity, $45.00
Gentle Giant Studios has turned their skills toward a sculptural depiction of one of Jabba the Hutt’s chief minions—the Gammorean Guards. These fellows, dominant on their home planet Gamorr, favor ancient weapons like the axe pictured. They are much too set in their ways to pick up a blaster! Gamorreans generally worked their way up from the slave class into their more appropriate work as guards and soldiers. Tricked by Jabba into serfdom at his palace, most came to a bad end as depicted in Return of the Jedi.
As always, Gentle Giant Studios, recent winners of Diamond’s Gem Award for best mini-bust of 2003, have created an elaborately detailed and highly collectible new edition to their growing cast of Star Wars character sculptures. It’s so real you can practically smell it. Almost.
This statue stands 5 1/2" tall and includes metal axe blade and shoulder pads, packaged in full-color box with certificate of authenticity. Edition size not set at press time.
STAR WARS: PANEL TO PANEL—FROM THE PAGES OF DARK HORSE COMICS TO A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY TPB
DAVE DORMAN (A), HUGH FLEMING (A), CAM KENNEDY (A), TSUNEO SANDA (A), TERESE NIELSEN (A), KIA ASAMIYA (A), JON FOSTER (A), KILIAN PLUNKETT (A), and more
On sale September 29, SC, 192pg, FC, 9" x 12", $19.95
From 1992 to 1999, Dark Horse Comics was virtually the only source of new Star Wars visual art. Even after the release of the new films, the talented artists at Dark Horse have continued to expand thee depth and breadth of the Star Wars galaxy. From ancient Jedi to alien worlds, from fantastic creatures to faster-than-light spaceships, no other publisher has produced so many dazzling images from our generation’s greatest mythology.
This book presents an amazing selection of covers and interior images from over a decade of Dark Horse’s comics and graphic novels, by some of the best artists the world over. A visual feast for anyone who enjoyed the films, a true treasure for the dedicated Star Wars fan!
STAR WARS: REPUBLIC #68
Armor (one-shot)
JOHN OSTRANDER (W), JAN DUURSEMA (P/Cover),
and DAN PARSONS (I/Cover)
On sale August 25, FC, 32pg, $2.99
It was bound to happen! Pursuing the lost plans for a Separatist secret weapon, Jedi Aayla Secura has a showdown with her former Master and friend turned dark Jedi—Quinlan Vos!
Clone Commander Bly, accompanying his Jedi-General Aayla Secura, understands the purpose and function of the armor he wears. But as he experiences the confrontation between Aayla and Quin, he witnesses the strengths—and weaknesses—of the mental, emotional, and spiritual “armor” worn by each of the combatants.
In this special issue, told from Bly’s point of view the mysteries of the Jedi are viewed from a human perspective. And when the turmoil wrought upon the Jedi by the Clone Wars and by the seething power of the dark side threatens them all, Bly, Aayla, and Quin must each make a life-or-death decision.
