Star Wars Tales Volume 2
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Star Wars Tales Volume 2 is the second Star Wars Tales
Star Wars Tales
Star Wars Tales was a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics, beginning on September 29, 1999 and completing its run on July 13, 2005. Each issue featured several unrelated stories from various eras of the Star Wars timeline. All stories from Issue #20 and before have been retroactively...

trade paperback
Trade paperback (comics)
In comics, a trade paperback is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles...

, collecting issues 5-8.

Yaddle's Tale: The One Below

Script: Dean Motter
Dean Motter
Dean Motter is an illustrator, designer and writer who worked for many years in Toronto, Canada, New York City, and Atlanta. Motter is best known as the creator and designer of Mister X, one of the most influential "new-wave" comics of the 1980s....

Pencils: Jesus Saiz
Inks: Fernando Blanco
Colors: Dave Nestelle
Dave Nestelle
Dave Nestelle is a comic book colorist and creator who is known for his Star Wars: X-wing Rogue Squadron .- Bibliography :*Star Wars: X-wing Rogue Squadron*Star Wars Tales*Dark Horse Presents*Star Wars...

16 Pages
Galactic Year: 245 BBY
Preceded by: Heart of Darkness
Followed by: Vow of Justice
Vow of Justice (comic)
Vow of Justice was the second story arc in the Star Wars comic series. It was included in the last few pages of the last three issues of the Prelude to Rebellion arc.-Synopsis:...



Whilst discussing the possibility of knighting Yaddle the Jedi Council revisit the story of her training under the tutelage of Polvin Kut, two-hundred years prior.

On a mission to liberate the colonies of the Advozse Warlock Tulak the duo are betrayed on Koba, leading to Kut's death. The Padawan Yaddle is taken hostage by the Warlock but is impervious to his interrogations, warning him 'Rule by terror you do, die by fear you will'.

In time Tulak tires of the colony and leaves Koba. However, he seals Yaddle in a pit with the hope that he can use her as a future bargaining tool but she is soon forgotten. She is confined for a century, surviving on food and water provided by wardens left behind when Tulak left. Over the generations, the Koba society collapses, though the primitives still tend to her, lowering food as part of a ritual they barely understand. She is spoken of as The One Below. During this time Yaddle hones her Jedi skills.

Eventually an earthquake brings down the roof of her pit, allowing her to escape. Seeing the destruction of the nearby village she remains on the planet to aid the Kobans. She dedicates herself to teaching the children, society rebuilds around her. She is quietly content with her work until the day Kalut, Tulak's son, returns to Koba claiming it as his heirloom. He casually attacks, slaying many and deciding what, if anything to take, Forced to fight, Kulat ends up speared on his own weapon and dies.

On hearing the story the Jedi Council, in particular Yoda, are swayed to initiate her as a Jedi Master.

What They Called Me

Story & Art: Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson
Craig Matthew Thompson is a graphic novelist best known for his books Good-Bye, Chunky Rice , Blankets , Carnet de Voyage and Habibi . Thompson has received four Harvey Awards, two Eisner Awards, and two Ignatz Awards...

4 Pages
This story is non-canon
Star Wars canon
The Star Wars canon consists of the six Star Wars feature films, along with all officially licensed, non-contradicting spin-off works to the six films. As once defined by Lucas Licensing:- History :...


A Summer's Dream

Script: Terry Moore
Terry Moore (comics)
Terry Moore is a comic book author, graphic novelist and illustrator.He created the popular series Strangers in Paradise, and was involved in the founding of Homage Comics.-Biography:...

Pencils: Cliff Richards
Cliff Richards
Cliff Richards is a comic book artist.-Biography:Richards is best known as the penciller of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer monthly series from Dark Horse Comics, as well as the artist on the Buffy limited series, Haunted...

Inks: P. Craig Russell
P. Craig Russell
Philip Craig Russell , also known as P. Craig Russell, is an American comic book writer, artist, and illustrator. His work has won multiple Harvey and Eisner Awards...

Colors: Matt Hollingsworth
12 Pages
Galactic Year: 33 BBY
Preceded by: Jedi Council: Acts of War
Jedi Council: Acts of War
Jedi Council: Acts of War is a 4-issue comics series, featuring several of the Jedi Masters, including Mace Windu, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Obi-Wan Kenobi...

Followed by: Life, Death, and the Living Force

Hoth

Story & Art: Tony Millionaire
Tony Millionaire
Tony Millionaire is an American cartoonist, illustrator and author known for his syndicated comic strip Maakies and the Sock Monkey series of comics and picture books.-Early life:...

Colors: Michelle Madsen
2 Pages
Galactic Year: 3 ABY
Preceded by: Moment of Doubt
Followed by: Slippery Slope


An encounter on the frozen ice fields.

Lando's Commandos: On Eagle's Wings

Script: Ian Edginton
Ian Edginton
Ian Edginton is a British comic book writer.He is one of the few British comic talents to follow the reverse trajectory to the one usually taken: becoming successful in American comics before returning to work for 2000 AD.-Biography:...

Pencils: Carlos Meglia
Carlos Meglia
Carlos Meglia was a comic book artist and penciller born in Argentina. One of his best-known creations is the Cybersix series, done in partnership with Carlos Trillo...

Colors: Michelle Madsen
22 Pages
Galactic Year: 8 ABY
Preceded by: Problem Solvers
Followed by: The Thrawn trilogy
The Thrawn trilogy
The Thrawn trilogy, also known as the Heir to the Empire trilogy, is a series of best-selling novels written by Timothy Zahn. The novels are set in the Expanded Universe of the Star Wars galaxy approximately five years after the events depicted in the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the...



A series of devastating pirate raids are costing the Rebellion dozens of lost lives, tons of equipment and ships and their credibility in the eyes of other forces. Lando is tasked to lead a mission to destroy the pirates. Among his people, the man who taught the pirates everything they know!

The Hovel on Terk Street

Script: Tom Fassbender & Jom Pascoe
Pencils: Eric Powell
Inks: Drew Geraci & Keith Barnett
Colors: Dave Stewart
Dave Stewart (artist)
Dave Stewart is an artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry. He is known for his work at Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics and Marvel Comics, as well as colouring Tim Sale's art in Heroes.-Dark Horse Comics:...

12 Pages
Galactic Year: 1 BBY
Preceded by: Extinction
Followed by: Rookies Rendezvous

The Max Rebo Band in “A Hot Time in the Cold Town Tonite!”

Script: Ian Edginton
Ian Edginton
Ian Edginton is a British comic book writer.He is one of the few British comic talents to follow the reverse trajectory to the one usually taken: becoming successful in American comics before returning to work for 2000 AD.-Biography:...

Pencils: Mark Martin
Mark Martin (cartoonist)
Mark Martin is an American cartoonist known for lighthearted humor and satire.-Career:Martin's first major work in the 1980s was Gnatrat, a parody of Batman, featuring a rat who dresses as a gnat to fight crime...

 & Rick Neilsen
7 Pages
Galactic Year: 3 ABY
Preceded by: Stop that Jawa!
Followed by: The One That Got Away

Fortune, Fate, and the Natural History of the Sarlacc

Script: Mark Schultz
Mark Schultz (comics)
Mark Schultz is an American writer and illustrator of books and comics. His most widely-recognized work is his self-created and owned comic book series, Xenozoic Tales, about a post-apocalyptic world where dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures coexist with humans...

Pencils: Kellie Strom
9 Pages
Galactic Year: 12 BBY
Preceded by: Ghost
Followed by: Nerf Herder

Junkheap Hero

Script: Mark Evanier
Mark Evanier
Mark Stephen Evanier is an American comic book and television writer, particularly known for his humor work. He is also known for his columns and blogs, and for his work as a historian and biographer of the comics industry, in particular his award-winning Jack Kirby biography, Kirby: King of...

Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Sergio Aragonés
Sergio Aragonés Domenech is a cartoonist and writer best known for his contributions to Mad Magazine and creator of the comic book Groo the Wanderer....

Colors: Dave McCaig
Dave McCaig
Dave McCaig is an artist and colorist born in Canada. He also works in the animation industry.Comics he has worked on include Adam Strange, X-Men, Star Wars, Superman: Birthright, The Matrix Comics, Nextwave, New Avengers, Northlanders , American Vampire and Nemisis.Animation projects have included...

5 Pages
Galactic Year: 2 ABY
Preceded by: Lucky Stars
Followed by: River of Chaos

The Hidden

Script: Sean Konot & Scott Morse
Scott Morse
Scott Morse is an American animator, filmmaker, and comic book artist/writer.Much of Morse's published work consists of stand-alone graphic novels, although he is perhaps best known for his epic series Soulwind, a story serialised in a sequence of graphic novels, which was nominated for both the...

Pencils: Scott Morse
Scott Morse
Scott Morse is an American animator, filmmaker, and comic book artist/writer.Much of Morse's published work consists of stand-alone graphic novels, although he is perhaps best known for his epic series Soulwind, a story serialised in a sequence of graphic novels, which was nominated for both the...

7 Pages
Galactic Year: 2 ABY
Preceded by: A Valentine's Story: Breaking the Ice
Followed by: Lunch Break

Thank the Maker

Script: Ryder Windham
Ryder Windham
Ryder Windham is an American science fiction author who has written over sixty Star Wars books, including novels, comics, and reference books. He has also written junior novelizations for Indiana Jones movies. Since 1993, he has been working on Star Wars projects either by himself or with other...

Pencils: Kilian Plunkett
Colors: Dave McCaig
Dave McCaig
Dave McCaig is an artist and colorist born in Canada. He also works in the animation industry.Comics he has worked on include Adam Strange, X-Men, Star Wars, Superman: Birthright, The Matrix Comics, Nextwave, New Avengers, Northlanders , American Vampire and Nemisis.Animation projects have included...

9 Pages
Galactic Year: 3 ABY
Preceded by: Slippery Slope
Followed by: Hunger Pains


Single Cell

Script: Haden Blackman
Pencils: Jan Duursema
Jan Duursema
Jan Duursema is an American comic book artist known for her work on the Star Wars comics franchise. She was the creator of Denin and Vila from Naldar, the Twi'lek Jedi Aayla Secura and the Kiffar Jedi Quinlan Vos....

Inks: Ray Kryssing
Colors: Dave McCaig
Dave McCaig
Dave McCaig is an artist and colorist born in Canada. He also works in the animation industry.Comics he has worked on include Adam Strange, X-Men, Star Wars, Superman: Birthright, The Matrix Comics, Nextwave, New Avengers, Northlanders , American Vampire and Nemisis.Animation projects have included...

12 Pages
Galactic Year: 32.5 BBY
Preceded by: Prelude to Rebellion
Followed by: Darth Maul
Darth Maul (comic)
Darth Maul is a 4-issue comics series published by Dark Horse Comics featuring Darth Maul. The series is set in the Star Wars galaxy shortly before the Battle of Naboo in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, and about 32 years before the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope...



Aboard the Trade Federation battleship Stockade, the incarcerated Feeorin Nym recounts the story of how he got there to his Neimoidian cellmate ...

In orbit around Maramere in the Havoc, Nym, Kole and Jinkins waited for the mercenary Vana Sage and her 'buyers' (a group of high class bounty hunters) to trade experimental weapons for Stygium crystals.

Once on board the space station, Nym and his crew met the buyers to exchange goods. When Nym revealed that he had buried the power cells for the weapons as a safeguard, a fight ensues between the crew of the Havoc and the bounty hunters.

Under the threat of Droidekas, Sage captured the crew, sent Kole and Jinkins to Maramere in an escape pod, and took the Havoc as payment for delivering Nym to the Trade Federation.

Back in the cell, Merick and Bravo arrive to torture Nym who vows revenge on Vana Sage.

Nerf Herder

Script: Phil Amara
Pencils: Francisco Hererra
Inks: Howard M. Shum
Colors: Michelle Madsen
10 Pages
Galactic Year: 11 BBY
Preceded by: Fortune, Fate, and the Natural History of the Sarlacc
Followed by: Luke Skywalker: Detective

Jedi Chef (or Pizza Hutt)

Script: Randy Stradley
Art: Francisco Ruiz Velasco
8 Pages
Galactic Year: 34 BBY
Preceded by: Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell is a three-part comics series written by Ryder Windham, and published by Dark Horse Comics between December 2000 and March 2001. The series is set in the Star Wars galaxy five years before the Battle of Naboo in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom...

Followed by: Nameless


Jedi Council members Micah Giiett and Plo Koon embark on a mission to planet Ord Mantell, to rescue famous chef Slabba Drewl from Corpo the Hutt. Apparently Drewl was enslaved to Corpo after losing a bet with the Hutt.

Corpo's priorities in life were gambling and food, and his prize possession was a MREM-02 kitchen droid, called Moreemohtwo. Giett bets Corpo that he can prepare a meal better than one made by Moreemohtwo. Corpo accepts the wager - if Giiett wins, Drewl is freed. If Moreemohtwo wins, then Giiett would also become enslaved to the Hutt.

Giiett secretly instructs Plo Koon to "sabotage" the meal prepared by the droid. The "cook-off" begins, with a host announcing the theme ingredient: Denusian squirmers. Giiett is bitten on the nose by a squirmer, and he uses his lightsaber to power-chop and flash cook the theme ingredient. Meanwhile, Plo Koon sneakily replaces Moreemohtwo's seebo sauce with droid oil, and slips gundar droppings, Rakririan burnout sauce and Bothan foot powder into Moreemohtwo's pot.

At the end of the cook-off, Moreemohtwo presents 5 dishes of delicious looking food, while Giett presents his two messy bowls of squirmer stew. After Corpo tastes Moreemohtwo's sabotaged meal, Corpo immediately releases Drewl from custody.

Outbid But Never Outgunned

Script: Beau Smith
Beau Smith
Beau Smith is anAmerican comic book writer and columnist, best known for hiswork for DC Comics, Image Comics, IDW Publishing and as vice president of marketing for Eclipse Comics.-Early career:...

Pencils: Mike Deodato Jr.
Mike Deodato
Mike Deodato , sometimes credited as Mike Deodato Jr., is the professional pseudonym of Brazilian comic book artist Deodato Taumaturgo Borges Filho.-Biography:...

Inks: Neil Nelson
Colors: Dave McCaig
Dave McCaig
Dave McCaig is an artist and colorist born in Canada. He also works in the animation industry.Comics he has worked on include Adam Strange, X-Men, Star Wars, Superman: Birthright, The Matrix Comics, Nextwave, New Avengers, Northlanders , American Vampire and Nemisis.Animation projects have included...

16 Pages
Galactic Year: 6 BBY
Preceded by: The Princess Leia Diaries (pages 1–7)
Followed by: Luke Skywalker: Walkabout

Force Fiction

Script: Kevin Rubio
Kevin Rubio
Kevin Rubio is an American filmmaker, best known for his Star Wars parody film Troops.Rubio studied theater and photography throughout his high school years in California, and made his directorial debut at the age of 17 with a stage adaptation of Robert Redford’s Ordinary People...

Art: Lucas Marangon
Colors: Michelle Madsen
10 Pages
Galactic Year: 32 BBY
Preceded by: Deal with a Demon
Followed by: Nomad, Chapter one


Mace Windu
Mace Windu
Mace Windu is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, most famously portrayed by actor Samuel L. Jackson in the prequel films. However, Windu has also been voiced by other actors in assorted video game and animated projects....

 and Yoda
Yoda
Yoda is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, appearing in the second and third original films, as well as all three prequel trilogy films. A renowned Jedi master, Yoda made his first on-screen appearance in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back where he is responsible for...

 debate the possibility of training Anakin Skywalker while eating at a fast food restaurant, resorting to food-based analogies to make their points. At one point, Yoda uses his mind control powers on the waitress to make the meal free, to protect them from "high prices." They also fend off a robbery. At the end of the story, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine
Palpatine
Palpatine is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the Star Wars saga, portrayed by Ian McDiarmid in the feature films.Palpatine first appeared as the unnamed Emperor of the Galactic Empire in the 1980 film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back...

 joins them and expresses his opinion that Skywalker would make a fine Jedi.

Captain Threepio

Script: Ryan Kinnaird
Art: Ryan Kinnaird
Letters: Jason Hvam
Editor: Phil Amara
6 Pages
Galactic Year: 0 ABY
Preceded by: Shadow Stalker
Followed by: Classic Star Wars Volume 3: Escape to Hoth


C-3PO and R2D2 are part of the droid complement of a ship carrying technology vital to the rebellion. When an attacks kills all the humans on board, something must be done. Fortunately R2D2 has a plan.

The One That Got Away

Script: Andi Watson
Andi Watson
Andrew "Andi" Watson is a British cartoonist and illustrator best known for the graphic novels Breakfast After Noon, Slow News Day and his series Love Fights, published by Oni Press and Slave Labor Graphics....

Art: Andi Watson
Andi Watson
Andrew "Andi" Watson is a British cartoonist and illustrator best known for the graphic novels Breakfast After Noon, Slow News Day and his series Love Fights, published by Oni Press and Slave Labor Graphics....

8 Pages
Galactic Year: 3 ABY
Preceded by: A Hot Time in the Cold Town Tonite
Followed by: Return of the Jedi

The Secret Tales of Luke's Hand!

Script: Henry Gilroy
Henry Gilroy
Henry Gilroy is an American television screenwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. From an early age, Gilroy loved comic books and animation. He studied film at several colleges in the greater Los Angeles area. His first job was...

Art: Dario Brizuela
Colors: Cara L. Niece
Letters: Steve Dutro
8 Pages
Galactic Year: 15 ABY
Preceded by: Jedi Academy: Leviathan
Followed by: Apocalypse Endor


To help his son Anakin go to sleep, Han Solo tells the fanciful tale of what happened to Luke Skywalker's lost hand.

Death Star Pirates

Script: Henry Gilroy
Henry Gilroy
Henry Gilroy is an American television screenwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. From an early age, Gilroy loved comic books and animation. He studied film at several colleges in the greater Los Angeles area. His first job was...

Art: Glen Murakami
Glen Murakami
Glen Murakami is an Emmy Award winning American animator, animation director, and producer best known for his work on Batman Beyond, Teen Titans, Ben 10: Alien Force, and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.-Animation:...

Colors: Don Skinner
20 Pages
Galactic Year: 0 ABY
Preceded by: Classic Star Wars Volume 3: Escape to Hoth
Followed by: Target: Vader


One of the last ships to leave the site of the Battle of Yavin, the Millennium Falcon is caught up in a battle with a tough pirate ship. Fortunately Luke Skywalker is there to lend a hand. Until he crashes into the ship's upper levels...

Bad Business

Script: John Ostrander
John Ostrander
John Ostrander is an American writer of comic books. He is best known for his work on Suicide Squad, Grimjack and Star Wars: Legacy, series he helped create.-Career:...

Pencils: Francis Portela
Inks: Howard M. Shum
Colors: Dave Nestelle
Dave Nestelle
Dave Nestelle is a comic book colorist and creator who is known for his Star Wars: X-wing Rogue Squadron .- Bibliography :*Star Wars: X-wing Rogue Squadron*Star Wars Tales*Dark Horse Presents*Star Wars...

Lettering: Steve Dutro
12 Pages
Galactic Year: 30 BBY
Preceded by: Star Crash
Followed by: The Hunt for Aurra Sing
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