Star Wars Tales Volume 6
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Star Wars Tales Volume 6 is the sixth Star Wars Tales
trade paperback
, collecting issues 21-24.
A ship on a mission to return the deadly prisoner called Lycan
to Coruscant
crashes on the lands of Darca Nyl and he finds a dying Jedi Knight
in the wreckage. The Jedi tells him of Lycan and gives Nyl his lightsaber
. Nyl rushes back home and finds his son slain by Lycan, which causes Darca to pursue him.
Darca Nyl's pursuit leads him to an uninhospitable, colonized planet in the Outer Rim rich with ore, where he soon meets Samuel, the owner of the planet's mining facility. Samuel mistakes the lightsaber-wielding Nyl for a Jedi after he ends a conflict between Samuel's men and a boy accused of conspiring in the kidnapping of Samuel's daughter Leddar. Samuel reveals that Lycan has already left the planet a week earlier on a supply ship, but he asks Nyl to help return his daughter before he tells him Lycan's destination. Darca Nyl accepts the deal and ventures with Samuel outside the facility in protective suits to find Ledd. After a brief fight they managed to disarm the kidnapper and rescue Leddar. Samuel finally reveals that Lycan was heading for Molavar.
Darca Nyl's pursuit is interrupted when the crew of the ship he is on turns against him. He manages to take care of them, but the ship crashes on an unknown planet. He soon meets a woman named Jaren and her brother Ament who he rescues from a man on a speeder bike
. The siblings lie about their reason of being chased, but they tell Nyl he can find a freighter in their hometown. The following night Nyl's emotional difficulties finally catch up with him when Jaren shows him a trick: An image of his son in a campfire. Upon seeing the image he is compelled to face his feelings of guilt and rage. The next day, Ament leaves and doesn't return. Darca, while searching for Ament, finds a bear-like creature that attacks him. He ends up killing the creature with the lightsaber, but runs back to the campfire when he hears Jaren scream. Ament had returned and was killing a similar bear-like creature that threatened Jaren's life. It turned out that Ament was a murderer and that Jaren had helped him escape from prison. Ament suffered of guilty conscience and Darca Nyl took him and Jaren to the bikers who were chasing them earlier, who were able to show Nyl where he could get a ride to Molavar.
On Molavar Darca Nyl continues his pursuit of Lycan, who had wreaked havoc in a local casino. Lycan had taken a ship of one of the people he killed in the casino and landed in the middle of the desert and in order to reach it Nyl joins a convoy led by a Molavaran called Tooth.
Four days later Tooth's convoy finds Lycan's ship, and Darca leaves to pursue on his own. He is soon found by a moisture farmer named Byrom, whose wife has just encountered Lycan in the desert. Byrom is troubled by a Molavaran gangster named Sleeth, whose mother is the reigning crime-lady of Malcraan. When Sleeth arrives to ask for protection money, Nyl chases them away and humiliates Sleeth. Darca wants to help defend Byrom, but Byrom insists that he continue his search for Lycan. Nyl leaves, and soon Sleeth's mother arrives to exact revenge. However, Darca returns with Tooth's convoy and Tooth forms an alliance with Byrom against Sleeth's mother. Darca leaves again in a borrowed landspeeder
to pursue Lycan.
Darth Sidious sends Darth Maul on a mission to eliminate a certain disturbance in the Force. Sidious informs Maul that the phenomenon threatens to wake the Jedi from their complacency and inability to sense the return of the Sith
.
Maul tracks his quarry to a cantina on a planet in the Outer Rim. The disturbance is in the form of a Drovian brute called Silus, who is extremely strong in the dark side of the Force. Silus is a champion competitor in a fighting sport that involves use of the Force, and the winning of credits.
When Maul enters, an Aleena called Tabor engages Silus in combat. Tabor is no match for him, and dies quickly.
Maul confronts Silus, and opens a holocommunication channel to his master. Through the holo, Sidious offers Silus an opportunity to become his new apprentice: by giving him a chance to kill Darth Maul. Maul is confused by his Master's apparent betrayal, and turns to great anger. He kills Silus without much effort. Maul later realizes that it was merely a test of his own strength, and a lesson demonstrating that in fear there is power.
Throughout the story, Maul experiences some minor flashbacks. The flashbacks reveal that Maul had plain red skin as a child, and that his Sith tattoos were applied by none other than Darth Sidious himself.
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 21-24.
Nomad, Chapter one
- Script: Rob Williams
- Pencils: Brandon Badeaux
- Colors: Dan Jackson
- 22 Pages
- Galactic Year: 32 BBY
- Preceded by: Force Fiction
- Followed by: Nomad, Chapter two
A ship on a mission to return the deadly prisoner called Lycan
Lycan
Lycan may refer to:* Lycan, Colorado, a small town in the western United States* William Lycan, contemporary American philosopher* Lycans, a race from the Underworld universe also known as a werewolf.* Lycan, Pro wrestler from Dublin,Ireland....
to Coruscant
Coruscant
Coruscant is a planet in the fictional Star Wars universe. It first appeared onscreen in the 1997 Special Edition of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, but was first mentioned in Timothy Zahn's 1991 novel Heir to the Empire...
crashes on the lands of Darca Nyl and he finds a dying Jedi Knight
Jedi Knight
"Jedi Knight" may refer to:*Jedi, Star Wars franchise fictional character*Jedi Knights *Jedi census phenomenonSee also:* Star Wars: Jedi Knight series...
in the wreckage. The Jedi tells him of Lycan and gives Nyl his lightsaber
Lightsaber
A lightsaber is a fictional weapon in the Star Wars universe, a "laser sword." It consists of a polished metal hilt which projects a blade of light about 1.33 metres long. The lightsaber is the signature weapon of the Jedi order and their Sith counterparts, both of whom can use them for close...
. Nyl rushes back home and finds his son slain by Lycan, which causes Darca to pursue him.
Darca Nyl's pursuit leads him to an uninhospitable, colonized planet in the Outer Rim rich with ore, where he soon meets Samuel, the owner of the planet's mining facility. Samuel mistakes the lightsaber-wielding Nyl for a Jedi after he ends a conflict between Samuel's men and a boy accused of conspiring in the kidnapping of Samuel's daughter Leddar. Samuel reveals that Lycan has already left the planet a week earlier on a supply ship, but he asks Nyl to help return his daughter before he tells him Lycan's destination. Darca Nyl accepts the deal and ventures with Samuel outside the facility in protective suits to find Ledd. After a brief fight they managed to disarm the kidnapper and rescue Leddar. Samuel finally reveals that Lycan was heading for Molavar.
Walking the Path that's Given
- Script: Shane McCarthyShane McCarthyShane McCarthy is an Australian writer best known for his comic book work.-Career:A comic book fan from an early age, Shane's first widely published work was the three-part Batman backup story Low for DC Comics in 2004, beginning in Detective Comics #797...
& Thomas Andrews - Pencils: Michel Lacombe
- Inks: Serge LaPointe
- Colors: SnoCone Studios
- 17 Pages
- Galactic Year: 0 ABY
- Preceded by: As Long as We Live Forever
- Followed by: Vader's QuestVader's QuestVader's Quest is a four issue comic book miniseries set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, written by Darko Macan and drawn by Dave Gibbons and Angus McKie...
Equals and Opposites
- Script: Nathan P. Butler
- Pencils: James Raiz
- Colors: Michael Atiyeh
- 14 Pages
- Galactic Year: 28 ABY
- Preceded by: Revenants
- Followed by: The Lost Lightsaber
Honor Bound
- Script: Ian EdgintonIan EdgintonIan 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: Steve PughSteve PughSteve Pugh is a British comic book artist who has worked for most of the major comic producers on both sides of the Atlantic: DC, Marvel, Dark Horse and 2000 AD.-Biography:...
- Colors: Michael Atiyeh
- 22 Pages
- Galactic Year: 21 BBY
- Preceded by: Jedi: Dooku
- Followed by: Rather Darkness Visible
Nomad, Chapter two
- Script: Rob Williams
- Pencils: Brandon Badeaux
- Colors: Dan Jackson
- 18 Pages
- Galactic Year: 32 BBY
- Preceded by: Nomad, Chapter one
- Followed by: Nomad, Chapter three
Darca Nyl's pursuit is interrupted when the crew of the ship he is on turns against him. He manages to take care of them, but the ship crashes on an unknown planet. He soon meets a woman named Jaren and her brother Ament who he rescues from a man on a speeder bike
Speeder bike
Speeder bikes and swoop bikes are small, fast transports that use repulsorlift engines in the fictional Star Wars universe. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi includes a prominent speeder bike chase; speeders and swoops also appear in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode...
. The siblings lie about their reason of being chased, but they tell Nyl he can find a freighter in their hometown. The following night Nyl's emotional difficulties finally catch up with him when Jaren shows him a trick: An image of his son in a campfire. Upon seeing the image he is compelled to face his feelings of guilt and rage. The next day, Ament leaves and doesn't return. Darca, while searching for Ament, finds a bear-like creature that attacks him. He ends up killing the creature with the lightsaber, but runs back to the campfire when he hears Jaren scream. Ament had returned and was killing a similar bear-like creature that threatened Jaren's life. It turned out that Ament was a murderer and that Jaren had helped him escape from prison. Ament suffered of guilty conscience and Darca Nyl took him and Jaren to the bikers who were chasing them earlier, who were able to show Nyl where he could get a ride to Molavar.
Marooned
- Story & Art: Lucas Marangon
- 14 Pages
- Galactic Year: 5 ABY
- Preceded by: Mara Jade: A Night on the Town
- Followed by: Three Against the Galaxy
Shadows and Light
- Script: Joshua OrtegaJoshua OrtegaJoshua Ortega is an author and journalist best known for his novel , as well as his comic book and graphic novel work on entertainment properties such as Star Wars, Spider-Man, Batman, Star Trek, The Escapist, and The Necromancer.-Journalism and poetry:Joshua Ortega began his writing career at the...
- Art: Dustin Weaver
- Colors: Michael Atiyeh
- Letters: Michael Heisler
- Galactic Year: 3,993 BBY
- Preceded by: The Sith WarTales of the Jedi: The Sith WarTales of the Jedi: The Sith War is a six-part story arc in the Tales of the Jedi series of comic books written by Kevin J. Anderson. The first issue was published on 1 July 1996 by Dark Horse Comics. The story is set in the Star Wars galaxy 3,996 years before the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars...
- Followed by: Unseen, Unheard
Nomad, Chapter three
- Script: Rob Williams
- Pencils: Brandon Badeaux
- Colors: Dan Jackson
- 18 Pages
- Galactic Year: 32 BBY
- Preceded by: Nomad, Chapter two
- Followed by: Nomad, Chapter four
On Molavar Darca Nyl continues his pursuit of Lycan, who had wreaked havoc in a local casino. Lycan had taken a ship of one of the people he killed in the casino and landed in the middle of the desert and in order to reach it Nyl joins a convoy led by a Molavaran called Tooth.
Four days later Tooth's convoy finds Lycan's ship, and Darca leaves to pursue on his own. He is soon found by a moisture farmer named Byrom, whose wife has just encountered Lycan in the desert. Byrom is troubled by a Molavaran gangster named Sleeth, whose mother is the reigning crime-lady of Malcraan. When Sleeth arrives to ask for protection money, Nyl chases them away and humiliates Sleeth. Darca wants to help defend Byrom, but Byrom insists that he continue his search for Lycan. Nyl leaves, and soon Sleeth's mother arrives to exact revenge. However, Darca returns with Tooth's convoy and Tooth forms an alliance with Byrom against Sleeth's mother. Darca leaves again in a borrowed landspeeder
Landspeeder
Landspeeders are fictional antigravity craft used through the Star Wars movies and Star Wars Expanded Universe. They are depicted both in civilian and military capacities, and several versions have been merchandised as toys and models.-Origin and design:...
to pursue Lycan.
Lucky
- Script: Rob Williams
- Pencils: Michel Lacombe
- Inks: Serge LaPointe & Andrew PepoyAndrew PepoyAndrew Pepoy is an American comic book artist writer and artist.-Early life:Andrew Pepoy was born on May 13, 1969 in Holland, Michigan.-Career:Pepoy began working as a professional artist while still in college at Loyola University Chicago....
- Colors: Wil Glass
- 14 Pages
- Galactic Year: 4 ABY
- Preceded by: Free Memory
- Followed by: Do or Do Not
Marked
- Script: Rob Williams
- Pencils: Cully HamnerCully HamnerCully Hamner is an American comic book artist and writer.-Career:Since his 1992 debut on Green Lantern: Mosaic, Hamner has worked for nearly every major American comic book publisher, and is chiefly known for such titles as the aforementioned Green Lantern: Mosaic, Blue Beetle, and Red...
- Colors: Wil Glass
- 12 Pages
- Galactic Year: 33 BBY
- Preceded by: Nameless
- Followed by: Urchins
Darth Sidious sends Darth Maul on a mission to eliminate a certain disturbance in the Force. Sidious informs Maul that the phenomenon threatens to wake the Jedi from their complacency and inability to sense the return of the Sith
Sith
-Sith:The Sith is a name applied to certain characters in the Star Wars universe. In the films they are the central antagonists. They are capable of using the dark side of the Force.-The Invention of the Sith:...
.
Maul tracks his quarry to a cantina on a planet in the Outer Rim. The disturbance is in the form of a Drovian brute called Silus, who is extremely strong in the dark side of the Force. Silus is a champion competitor in a fighting sport that involves use of the Force, and the winning of credits.
When Maul enters, an Aleena called Tabor engages Silus in combat. Tabor is no match for him, and dies quickly.
Maul confronts Silus, and opens a holocommunication channel to his master. Through the holo, Sidious offers Silus an opportunity to become his new apprentice: by giving him a chance to kill Darth Maul. Maul is confused by his Master's apparent betrayal, and turns to great anger. He kills Silus without much effort. Maul later realizes that it was merely a test of his own strength, and a lesson demonstrating that in fear there is power.
Throughout the story, Maul experiences some minor flashbacks. The flashbacks reveal that Maul had plain red skin as a child, and that his Sith tattoos were applied by none other than Darth Sidious himself.
Fett Club
- Script: Kevin RubioKevin RubioKevin 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...
- Pencils: Roger LangridgeRoger LangridgeRoger Langridge is a New Zealand-born comics writer/artist/letterer, currently living in Britain.-Biography:Langridge originally came to public prominence most notably with the Judge Dredd Megazine series The Straitjacket Fits , a surreal, hallucinatory, convention-bending strip set in an insane...
- Colors: Wil Glass
- 11 Pages
- This story is non-canonStar Wars canonThe 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 :...
Unseen, Unheard
- Script: Chris AvelloneChris AvelloneChris Avellone is an American video game designer and comic book writer who worked for Interplay and currently works in Obsidian Entertainment.-Early life and education:...
- Pencils: Dustin Weaver
- 6 Pages
- Galactic Year: 3,952 BBY
- Preceded by: Shadows and Light
- Followed by: RedemptionTales of the Jedi: RedemptionTales of the Jedi: Redemption is a five-part story arc in the Tales of the Jedi series of comic books written by Kevin J. Anderson. The first issue was published on 25 July 2001 by Dark Horse Comics...
Nomad, Chapter four
- Script: Rob Williams
- Pencils: Brandon Badeaux
- Colors: Dan Jackson
- 24 Pages
- Galactic Year: 32 BBY
- Preceded by: Nomad, Chapter three
- Followed by: Emissaries to Malastare