Peet Janes

Peet Janes was an editor at Dark Horse Comics and the main editor of Dark Horse's Star Wars line from the mid-'90s to 2001.
Janes grew up in Rhode Island and in his youth he was reading the Star Wars strip as published by the Newport Daily News.The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, Part 5: Shadow Play, I. GATHERING OF THE TRIBES
Janes was in charge of numerous titles as the Dark Horse line expanded and flourished, such as X-Wing: Rogue Squadron, Star Wars Droids, Classic Star Wars, Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures, Star Wars: Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand, Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire, Star Wars: Vader's Quest, The Jabba Tape, Shadow Stalker, The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing, The Bounty Hunters: Kenix Kil, Boba Fett: Twin Engines of Destruction, Star Wars: Union, Star Wars: Chewbacca, and Star Wars: Republic. He was also the first editor of the Star Wars Tales anthology series, as well as the writer of Dark Horse's Star Wars Handbook, a series of encyclopedic guides to the existing Dark Horse Star Wars titles.
Editor through the release of the film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, Janes oversaw the transition from post–original trilogy/Expanded Universe–inspired content to the prequel-influenced content at Dark Horse. He edited the Episode I spin-off comics Episode I: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Episode I: Queen Amidala, and Episode I: Qui-Gon Jinn.
In addition, Janes worked on Dark Horse's first comics adaptation of Star Wars novels, including The Last Command (co-edited with Bob Cooper), Splinter of the Mind's Eye, and Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, Lucas Licensing's first cross-media Star Wars comics/novel/video-game event.
He was preceded by editor Bob Cooper and succeeded by Dave Land.
==Star Wars bibliography==
*Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron
*Star Wars Droids
*Classic Star Wars
*Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures
*Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire
*Star Wars: Vader's Quest
*The Jabba Tape
*Shadow Stalker
*The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing
*The Bounty Hunters: Kenix Kil
*Boba Fett: Twin Engines of Destruction
*Star Wars: Union
*Star Wars: Chewbacca
*Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 1
*Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 2
*Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 3
*Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 4
*Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 5
*Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 6
*Star Wars (1998) 1
*Star Wars (1998) 2
*Star Wars (1998) 3
*Star Wars (1998) 4
*Star Wars (1998) 5
*Star Wars (1998) 6
==Sources==
*The Secrets of Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
*Star Wars Handbook 1: X-Wing Rogue Squadron
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