Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Retro Dark Horse

Star Wars: The Clone Wars #1 - 6 (2008)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series started on the Cartoon Network in October 2008 after several of the episodes were combined and debuted as a feature film in August 2008.  Dark Horse released a comic based on this new animated series.  Star Wars: The Clone Wars #1 hit shelves in September 2008 and was the first part of a six part story titled Slaves of the Republic.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars #1a - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (September 2008)
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars #1b - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (September 2008)
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars #2a - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (October 2008)
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars #2b - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (October 2008)
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars #3a - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (December 2008)
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars #3b - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (December 2008)
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Slaves of the Republic was written by Henri Gilroy, who was also the head writer for the first season of the animated series.  If the comics looks familiar, they should; this storyline from these comics was adapted to 3 episodes of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series during season 4 in late 2011/early 2012!  Some changes had to be made to the storyline to account for the character changes between season 1 and season 4, but the gist of the story is intact.[1]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars #4a - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (February 2009)
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars #4b - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (February 2009)
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars #5a - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (April 2009)
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars #5b - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (April 2009)
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars #6a - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (May 2009)
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars #6b - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (May 2009)
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars #1 also had a variant cover that was part of the Dark Horse 100 program that began in 2006.  In the program, ten comic retailers were chosen at random to receive 100 copies of a variant cover, making these variant limited to 1,000 copies total.  This would be the second of three Star Wars comics that would be part of the Dark Horse 100 program.  The other participating comics were Star Wars: Dark Times #1, the comic chosen to start the program, and Star Wars: Invasion - Rescues #1.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars #1c - Dark Horse Comics, U.S. (September 2008)
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  1. What story would you like to see adapted to 'The Clone Wars' next?

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