When did Star Wars Tales start and end?
Star Wars Tales began on the 29th of September, 1999 and completed its run on the 13th of July, 2005. Dark Horse Comics published 24 issues over that span.
Questions about Star Wars Tales
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Were the stories in Star Wars Tales considered canon?
Stories from Issues #1-20 were retroactively labelled "Infinities" and placed outside Star Wars canon. Issues #21-24 were considered within continuity unless individually labelled otherwise. The Expanded Universe that once housed those canonical stories was declared non-canon by Lucasfilm in 2014.
How long was each issue of Star Wars Tales and how were they collected?
Each issue was 64 pages and featured several unrelated short stories. The entire 24-issue series was collected into six trade paperbacks, each comprising four issues.
What are some of the most notable stories from Star Wars Tales?
Notable stories include Yaddle's Tale: The One Below, explaining how the Jedi Master survived nearly a century imprisoned on Koba; Stones, revealing how Mace Windu obtained the crystals for his purple lightsaber from the natives of Hurikane; Marked, which showed that Darth Sidious personally applied Darth Maul's Sith tattoos; and Into the Great Unknown, a non-canon story in which Han Solo is killed on Earth and Chewbacca becomes the source of Bigfoot legends.
What tone did Star Wars Tales use across its stories?
The series ranged widely in tone. Comedic stories included Force Fiction, which placed Mace Windu and Yoda in a fast food restaurant debating Anakin Skywalker's training, and George R. Binks, a dark comedy about Jar Jar's father. More serious stories included Dark Journey, a psychological thriller in which a Jedi discovers she is the serial killer she has been hunting.
What is the Storyteller story in Star Wars Tales Issue 19 about?
Storyteller, written by Jason Hall, is set long after the Battle of Yavin in a future where an enslaved people seek out a legendary Oracle. They find a damaged protocol droid retelling the story of the Rebel Alliance. After the droid and one brother are killed by the oppressors, the surviving brother discovers a lightsaber inside the droid's ruined torso and begins to consider using it to free his people.