Windham, Ryder

Examines the technology featured in George Lucas' Star Wars films.

Presents story synopses, credits, and publishing histories for Dark Horse Comics' "Star Wars" trade paperbacks and graphic novels, arranged chronologically according to the "Star Wars" time line, and includes selected panels, continuity notes, and well-marked "spoilers.".

An inexperienced young Jedi apprentice and a group of untested clone troopers are left on their own to complete a dangerous secret mission after their leader, a Jedi general, disappears on a far-away world.

Count Dooku has discovered a conspiracy that he wants stopped. He knows just the bounty hunter to stop it.

Three missing gems. One dangerous cave. One life in the balance. You are on a race against time ... and death. May the Force be with you.

Chancellor Palpatine orders Jedi Nuru Kungurama and the clone troopers of the Breakout Squad to escort the representatives of the new Republic allies to Coruscant, but an armored warrior from the Separatist Alliance shows up and things turn deadly.

A villain profile for middle-grade Star Wars fans introduces the notorious Darth Maul, tracing the story of his embrace of the dark side through his eventual defeat, in a portrait that also reveals previously undisclosed character secrets.