Star Wars Comics for February 2005

STAR WARS: EMPIRE #30
“Sons” (part 2 of 5)

THOMAS ANDREWS (W), ADRIANA MELO (P), MICHAEL ATIYEH (C), and TOMÁS GIORELLO (Cover)

On sale February 2, FC, 32pg, $2.99

Luke, Leia, and their companions have been taken prisoner on Jabiim by the very Rebels they’ve come to help. Worse, the only people from whom they could expect any help—X-wing pilots Wedge Antilles and Hobbie Klivian—are up to their necks in trouble themselves. To top it off, an Imperial fleet is headed for the planet with orders to kill or capture everybody!

Luke thinks he can find a way out of their current predicament if he can just figure out what it was that his father—Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker—did twenty years ago that caused this whole mess!

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STAR WARS: EMPIRE VOLUME 4—THE HEART OF THE REBELLION TPB

JUDD WINICK (W), RON MARZ (W), WELLES HARTLEY (W), RANDY STRADLEY (W), PAUL CHADWICK (A), DAVIDÉ FABBRI (A), TOMÁS GIORELLO (A), ADRIANA MELO (A), and CHRISTIAN DALLA VECCHIA (A)

On sale March 30, SC, 152pg, FC, 7" x 10", $17.95

She was the catalyst that helped to turn a rag-tag rebellion into the Rebel Alliance. She provided the impetus for the “Heroes of Yavin” in their attack on the Death Star. And she was the spark that ignited the flames of passion in one of the galaxy’s most notorious rogues. “She,” of course, is Princess Leia, the leader—and heart—of the Rebellion against Palpatine’s galactic Empire. The four stories in this volume follow Leia from the weeks just before the events in A New Hope, to the time just before The Empire Strikes Back—from her first transforming experience with armed rebellion, to facing the ramifications of consequences of the destruction of her home planet, to the beginnings of true love. This volume collects the Star Wars: Valentine one-shot, plus issues #5-#6 and #20-#22 of the ongoing Empire series.

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STAR WARS: OBSESSION #4 (of 5)

HADEN BLACKMAN (W), BRIAN CHING (A), BRIAN CHING and BRAD ANDERSON (Cover)

On sale February 16, FC, 32pg, $2.99

Still convinced that Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress is alive, Obi-Wan Kenobi leads Anakin Skywalker and Senator Bail Organa to the grisly graveyard world of Boz Pity. They’re hopelessly out-numbered, but Obi-Wan’s obsession has made him blind to the danger.

Fortunately, help is on the way. Rig for action as Mace Windu leads a battalion of Jedi and an army of clone troopers to the rescue! All of your favorite Jedi guest star, as well as villains Count Dooku and General Grievous. Plus, the return of ARC Trooper Alpha!

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STAR WARS: REPUBLIC #74
“The Siege of Saleucami” (part 1 of 4)



JOHN OSTRANDER (W), JAN DUURSEMA (A), and BRAD ANDERSON (C)

On sale February 23, FC, 32pg, $2.99

The final arc in Republic before Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith! The events in this story will tie directly into the film!

The Outer Rim Sieges have begun, and Jedi Master Oppo Rancisis leads the Republic forces in a desperate drive against a new and major Separatist threat on the planet Saleucami. Aayla Secura and her army must punch through the Separatist fleet to bring re-enforcements and much needed supplies. On the surface of the planet—and beneath it—battles rage, and betrayal simmers! The Dark Jedi Sora Bulq has allies … and one may be among the Jedi themselves!