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[Rise of the Empire]
Events that occur between 1,000 and 0 years before the Battle of Yavin.

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Title:

Droids: The Kalarba Adventures

Author:

Dan Thorsland, Ryder Windham et al.

Formats:

Comic Book Series, GRAPHIC NOVEL, Limited Edition Hardcover

Published:

1994-1995, 1995, 1996

Synopsis:
This book collects together the following stories from the Droids series by Dark Horse Comics and an eight-page short story from Topps' Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #1:
  • Special Edition Issue: Welcome to Kalarba
    In their first adventure in the Kalarba System, Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio arrive at Hosk Station, where they meet the intergalactic criminal, Olag Greck!
  • Issue 1: The Greed of Olack Greck
    In the Star Wars galaxy, automatons are so much necessary property, but even first-degree droids are considered expendable! Despite their differences, See-Threepio and Artoo-Detoo know that the best way to survive is to stick together. Thank the maker!
  • Issue 2: The Indobok Pirates
    A gang of interplanetary thieves steal See-Threepio and Artoo-Detoo from the Pitareeze family, and take the droids to Kalarba's moon, Indobok. The droids meet a nefarious character from their past, and realize that their troubles have just begun!
  • Issue 3: The Saga of C-3PX
    In a deadly case of mistaken identity, See-Threepio and Artoo-Detoo become entangled in an illegal operation on the Hosk moon, and are forced to enter a droid battle arena.
  • Issue 4: Battle of the B'rknaa
    Corellian rogue Jace Forno leases the dysfunctional duo for a deadly mission to the moon Indobok!
  • Issue 5: Short Cut
    In the droid trade the only use for old units is as spare parts and scrap. So even See-Threepio is impressed when he and Artoo meet veritable antiques Q-E and 2-E, two diminutive Model-Es who have operated a nursery for several generations of Kalarbans. But despite their longevity, Q-E and 2-E carry a horrific secret that could spell the end for all droids!
  • Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #1: Artoo's Day Out
  • Issue 6: Countdown at Hosk
    A power core rupture on Hosk forces all life forms to be evacuated, but life forms doesn't include droids! As Olag Greck makes his final stand, Artoo-Detoo and See-Threepio race against time to save the industrial moon... but first they'll have to survive Greck's droid armada!

Synopsis taken from Dark Horse, www.darkhorse.com.

Chronology:
This story occurs approximately 10 years before the Battle of Yavin.

Related Stories (in chronological order):

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Comic Book covers:
Published April to September 1994 and January 1995 by Dark Horse Comics in 7 issues and by Topp's in Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #1 in 1994:

 

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Cover: issue 1

Cover: issue 2

Cover: issue 3

Cover: issue 4

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Cover: issue 5

Cover: issue 6

Cover: special edition issue

cover: Star Wars Galaxy
Magazine issue 1


Limited Edition Hardback cover:
In June 1996 Dark Horse republished Droids: The Kalarba Adventures in a hardback cover.

 

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Ltd. Ed. hardback cover


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