Star Wars Jedi The Dark Side Solicitations

Below is solicitation information for the first three issues of Star Wars Jedi The Dark Side.

STAR WARS: JEDI—THE DARK SIDE #1 (of 5)

Scott Allie (W), Mahmud Asrar (A/Cover), Paul Mount (C), and Stéphane Roux (Variant Cover)

On sale May 18

FC, 40 pages

$2.99

Miniseries

Twenty-one years before the events in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn is dispatched to prevent the outbreak of a civil war on the homeworld of his Padawan Xanatos—whose father is king. It is a mission that will lead Qui-Gon into close contact with the dark side and start him on a quest that will have a major impact on the future of the Jedi Order!

• Here is an opportunity for readers to get onboard a new series, set in a wild and wide-open era of the Star Wars mythos!

• The story of Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn’s Padawan, before Obi-Wan Kenobi!

• Features a 25th-anniversary variant cover.

STAR WARS: JEDI—THE DARK SIDE #2 (of 5)

Scott Allie (W), Mahmud Asrar (A), Paul Mounts (C), and Stéphane Roux (Cover)

On sale June 22

FC, 40 pages

$2.99

Miniseries

Dispatched to the planet Telos IV, Qui-Gon, his Padawan Xanatos, and the lovely Jedi Master Tahl must uncover the secrets behind a recent political assassination and prevent an outbreak of civil war. For the headstrong Xanatos, this return to the world of his birth has dredged up hidden resentments, while Master Tahl has herself become a target for assassination!

Intrigue, action, danger, and the dark side are imminent!

Years before the events in Star Wars: Episode I, before Obi-Wan Kenobi was his Padawan, and before he met Anakin Skywalker, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn had his first encounters with the dark side . . .

• Writer Scott Allie’s first Star Wars story since Star Wars: Empire—Betrayal.

• Illustrated by rising star Mahmud Asrar (Brightest Day: The Atom Special, Avengers: The Initiative).

• Covers by acclaimed artist Stéphane Roux (Countdown to Final Crisis, Action Comics)

STAR WARS: JEDI—THE DARK SIDE #3 (of 5)

Scott Allie (W), Mahmud Asrar (A), Paul Mounts (C), and Stéphane Roux (Cover)

On sale July 20

FC, 40 pages

$2.99

Miniseries

On Telos IV, a priestess has been assassinated, and the planet is on the verge of civil war. Only Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan Xanatos can protect the planet’s leader—who just happens to be Xanatos’s father—and stop the insurgents. But Xanatos is succumbing to his own long-buried resentments and may soon be more of a hindrance than a help.

• Twenty years before his fateful meeting with Anakin Skywalker, Qui-Gon Jinn had his first encounter with the dark side . . .

• The story of jedi Qui-Gon Jinn’s Padawan, before Obi-Wan Kenobi!

• Death on the palace steps!

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