Star Wars Tales Volume 1
| Star Wars Tales Volume 1 | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publishing company | Dark Horse Comics |
| Subject | Star Wars |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Release date(s) | 20 February 2002 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| No. of pages | 224 |
| Size & Weight | 10.2 x 6.7 x 0.4 inches 2.42 pounds |
| ISBN | ISBN |
| Expanded Universe | |
| Series | Star Wars Tales |
| Followed by | Star Wars Tales Volume 2 |
| Cover artist(s) | Tsuneo Sanda |
| Designer(s) | Lia Ribacchi |
| Art director(s) | Mark Cox |
| Editor(s) | Dave Land |
| Assistant editor(s) | Philip Simon |
| Publisher(s) | Mike Richardson |
| Star Wars Tales 1 | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Subject | Star Wars |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Release date(s) | 29 September 1999 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| No. of pages | 64 |
| Cover artist(s) | Igor Kordey |
| Designer(s) | Mark Cox |
| Editor(s) | Peet Janes |
| Assistant editor(s) | Mike Hansen |
| Publisher(s) | Mike Richardson |
| Star Wars Tales 2 | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Subject | Star Wars |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Release date(s) | 5 January 2000 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| No. of pages | 64 |
| Cover artist(s) | Claudio Castellini |
| Designer(s) | Mark Cox |
| Editor(s) | Peet Janes |
| Assistant editor(s) | Dan Harris |
| Publisher(s) | Mike Richardson |
| Star Wars Tales 3 | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Subject | Star Wars |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Release date(s) | 29 March 2000 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| No. of pages | 64 |
| Cover artist(s) | Dave Dorman |
| Designer(s) | Mark Cox |
| Editor(s) | Dave Land & Peet Janes |
| Assistant editor(s) | Dan Harris |
| Publisher(s) | Mike Richardson |
| Star Wars Tales 4 | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Subject | Star Wars |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Release date(s) | 28 June 2000 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| No. of pages | 64 |
| Cover artist(s) | Kilian Plunkett |
| Designer(s) | Mark Cox |
| Editor(s) | Dave Land |
| Assistant editor(s) | Michael Carriglitto |
| Publisher(s) | Mike Richardson |
Star Wars Tales Volume 1 is the first Star Wars Tales trade paperback, collecting issues 1-4.
Han Solo and Chewbacca, flying the Jaina's Light (named after Han's mother), are stopped by the Vigilant, an Imperial ship. A Level One inspection is performed on Jaina's Light, but the Imperial Captain Deyd Llnewe and Lieutenant Raprice find nothing. This happens two more times, with the inspection being more intensive each time, Llnewe being convinced that Solo is up to something. After the third unsuccessful inspection, Han and Chewie are sent on their way, when Captain Llnewe suddenly realizes that the ships Solo was piloting were different each time; Han was not smuggling spice or some other illegal substance, but ships. Deyd orders his gunners to fire on Han, but he was long gone by then.
In the Gungan city of Otoh Gunga, Chef Marshoo catches Jar Jar Binks in the kitchen trying to scavenge leftovers. Marshoo prepares to punch Jar Jar just as Captain Roos Tarpals comes in to arrest Jar Jar for the very same thing. He puts the handcuffs on Jar Jar and takes him away. Soon after, Tarpals tells Jar Jar that everyone down at the station is calling him "The Death of Captain Tarpals." Suddenly Tarpals is ambushed by Marshoo and some of his friends, who prepare to beat down Jar Jar as they'd planned. They throw a frying pan at Jar Jar, but he ducks, and it goes flying into his kaadu, who retaliates with a kick to Marshoo, sending him and his cohorts into a small fountain. Jar Jar revives Tarpals, and asks to be released after taking care of Marshoo. Roos ignores him and takes him to the surface of Naboo, where he shall live for a long time to come.
Vilmarh Grahrk has been hired by the people of Ootoola (who he fondly refers to as "fishfaces") to smuggle Princess Foolookoola off-planet; she is currently being hunted down by the purists of Ootoola, who previously killed the patriarch and his wife, seizing power of the planet. He and Naradan D'ulin, the caretaker of the princess, begin taking her to Villie's ship, when they're suddenly ambushed by a group of Ootoola purists. Villie hands the princess over, telling Naradan that the purists offered more credits than the loyalists did. Naradan and the princess are taken away and put into the purists' prison.
That night, Villie blows open the prison door and rescues them, only to get a punch in the face from Naradan. Vilmarh explains that before, with the princess running loose, everybody was looking for her, but now that they've assumed she's still locked up, nobody will be trying to find her. Naradan grabs a rifle in case she decides to shoot him, and they head out. They spot a couple of guards, and Villie casually walks up to them, steals one of their blasters, and shoots both of them. Villie, Naradan and the princess quickly escape the palace and head to Vilmarh's ship, the Inferno, where they are vocally greeted by NT. They fly off, Villie destroying the palace on his way up. They make their way to the planet Dur Sabon, where Foolookoola is to live her life among the Dur Sabon until she can return to Ootoola.
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