From Dark Horse Comics -

Meet new bounty hunting femme fatale
in Star Wars: Zam Wesell!

Fast on the heels of the explosive one-shot Star Wars: Jango Fett comes the
follow-up tale featuring femme fatale and super deadly bounty hunter Zam
Wesell! The release of both Star Wars: Jango Fett and Zam Wesell also
marks the first graphic novel appearances of characters from the
long-awaited Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones!

Zam Wesell is facing an unusual situation most bounty hunters are not
familiar with: a moral dilemma. After she and fellow bounty hunter Jango
Fett acquire a powerful ancient artifact for a mysterious employer, she
learns that the artifact has the power to destroy a planet! Zam confronts
Jango with this information and lets him know of the artifact owner's
intended target: the heavily populated planet Coruscant! After some tense
moments she is able to convince Jango to help her hunt down the owner of
the artifact and stop the planet's destruction.

In a commando style raid, Zam and Jango manage to steal back the artifact,
but Zam begins to show a change of heart and wants to sell it to the
highest bidder! Jango would rather kill her than see that happen and the
two once again are in a heated face off. Even worse, the artifact's owner
has hired every other bounty hunter in the galaxy to hunt the pair down!

"Zam Wesell plays an important role in Episode II, but like a lot of
intriguing Star Wars characters, doesn't get a great deal of screen time,"
said writer Ron Marz. "This is a chance to see her in action, teamed up
with Jango Fett in a story involving the Jedi Council, a truly evil
villain, and a threat of literally planet-shaking proportions."

The Star Wars: Zam Wesell trade paperback features exciting writing by Ron
Marz and beautiful art by Ted Naifeh. It arrives in stores February 27 and
retails for $5.95.


High seas pirate adventure in
Star Wars: Starfighter - Crossbones!

Following on the heels of LucasArts' Starfighter video game comes
Crossbones, a limited series featuring the intimidating pirate captain Nym
in his own solo adventure! Crossbones is more than just a good rip- roaring
action. The characters and events in the mini-series tie directly into the
upcoming Starfighter 2 video game!

Nym is a pirate with a hatred for the Trade Federation. In the past they
attacked his people, and now he will do anything to destroy them. Enter
Ambassador Loreli Ro from the water planet Maramere, who approaches the
broke and crewless Nym and offers him a job. It turns out another ruthless
pirate, Sol Sixxa, is plaguing her people and she wants Nym to help stop
him. Loreli tells Nym she will aid in his battle against the Trade
Federation if he will in turn help her, and he agrees. It is not long
before Nym tracks down Sol Sixxa, but the explosive confrontation becomes
more complex when Trade Federation forces arrive to attack both pirates!

"Crossbones is an attempt to explore a new side to Star Wars. In this case
a high-seas adventure," said writer Haden Blackman. " I wanted to explore
things like ship-to-ship battles and actual pirate activity on a water
world. And I really wanted to take Nym and put him into new situations,
against new types of threats."

The Star Wars: Starfighter - Crossbones mini series features the dynamic
writing of Haden Blackman and the fantastic art of Ramon F. Bachs. It
arrives in stores January 9 and retails for $2.99.


Star Wars Infinities- A New Hope miniseries now collected as a trade paperback!

"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far awayŠ" All you've come to expect
following those classic words has been blown wide open. In life, the
tiniest change of events can send fate spiraling into a million different
directions with an equal amount of possible outcomes. How might a small
change in the Star Wars galaxy many know so well send the story in a whole
new direction? Dark Horse dared to answer that question in the miniseries
Star Wars: Infinities-A New Hope, now collected as a trade paperback!

In a scene familiar to all Star Wars fans, Infinities opens with Luke
Skywalker racing his X-Wing fighter towards the exhaust port of the ominous
Death Star with the hope of firing a fatal torpedo into its belly. Luke
blazes a path towards his goal, fires a torpedo at its markŠ and misses!
Flying away from the Death Star, Luke and his cohorts Han Solo and
Chewbacca quickly realize the menacing machine is not going to blow up. To
their horror the Death Star has just fired on and destroyed the moon where
the rebel base was located! Fearing all is lost Luke, Han, and Chewbacca
travel to Dagobah to meet Yoda and decide what to do next. Unbeknownst to
them, Princess Leia and C-3PO, who barely escaped the destruction, are now
prisoners of Darth Vader. Worse still, Vader intends to make the young
princess his apprentice!

"The real challenge was to try to dig deep and figure out who the
characters really are and keep them true to their natures while reflecting
those natures in vastly different circumstances," said series writer Chris
Warner. "While I was pretty certain that a lot of Star Wars fans would get
a kick out of the 'What if...?' speculation, I was just as certain that
nobody would buy into what I was doing if the characters didn't ring true."

The Star Wars: Infinities- A New Hope trade paperback features exciting
writing by ChrisWarner and the fantastic art of Drew Johnson. It arrives in
stores February 6 and retails for $12.95.


Smash hit Star Wars Tales anthology
series now a trade paperback collection!

The first four issues of the highly acclaimed series Star Wars Tales are
now available collected as a trade paperback collection. Star Wars Tales
contains thrilling stories featuring Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo,
Emperor Palpatine, C-3PO, R2-D2, Lando Calrissian and many more.

Star Wars Tales is an exciting anthology series featuring short stories
from the Star Wars galaxy utilizing a variety of the comic industry's top
talent. An essential part of the appeal of the Star Wars Tales series is
that the stories take place outside the grand Star Wars continuity,
allowing a much broader scope and variety of storytelling than might be
found in a conventional series. The stories vary greatly in length and tone
with some satirical and only a few pages long, and others serious, spanning
several issues. Additionally, the Star Wars Tales writers and artists take
full advantage of the series format to explore every nook and cranny of the
Star Wars galaxy and often spotlight many of the much loved secondary
characters such as well as the popular favorites.

Stories included in this diverse collection include: Peter David's "Skippy
the Jedi Droid", in which we follow the hapless and delusional droid
R2-Q5's noble quest; Ron Marz's dramatic and exciting "Darth Vader:
Extinction" featuring an epic battle between Darth Vader and the Dark
Woman; and fan favorite Kevin Rubio's "A Death Star is Born" with a
hilarious inside look at the debate sessions regarding the naming of the
Death Star. Don't miss out on the fun!

"Star Wars Tales is my favorite title to work on," said Star Wars editor
Dave Land. " I just love to see what we can do with these characters
outside the regular Star Wars continuity. It's always a pleasant surprise
seeing what the creators come up with."

The Star Wars Tales trade paperback arrives in comic book shops January 2,
and retails for $19.95.