Star Wars: Republic

Star Wars: Republic, simply known as Star Wars for its first forty-five issues, was a series of comics published by Dark Horse Comics. The first issue came out on December 16, 1998. It ran for 83 issues, spanning from before The Phantom Menace to after Revenge of the Sith. Starting with issue #49, it became the main Clone Wars comic. It was continued in the Star Wars: Dark Times series, which takes place in the early days of the Galactic Empire, with continuous numeration from the Clone Wars series on the inside cover of each issue beginning with issue #84. Issues of Dark Times are independently numerated on the cover.
==Media==
===Issues===
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===Additional Collections===
Issues 54 & 63 	Issues 79-83
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Star Wars: 30th Anniversary CollectionVolume 5: Light and Dark	Star Wars: 30th Anniversary CollectionVolume 6: Endgame
July 4, 2007 	July 25, 2007
Material from issues 4-6
Rise of the Sith Vol. 1
August 26, 2015
==Dark Times continuation series issues==
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==Tie-ins==
*Jedi Council: Acts of War
*Heart of Fire (in Dark Horse Extra #35–37)
*Star Wars: Jedi oneshots
*Star Wars: Obsession
*Star Wars: Purge oneshots
==Classic trilogy appearances==
Several characters from the original three Star Wars films made appearances throughout the Republic series. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Yoda, and Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious all regularly appeared in the series. In addition, the following characters made cameo or brief appearances:
*Ephant Mon 
*Jabba the Hutt 
*Bib Fortuna 
*Malakili 
*C-3PO 
*Mon Mothma 
*General Jan Dodonna 
*Chewbacca 
===Related characters===
*Ranulph Tarkin (Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin's cousin) 
*Gilad Pellaeon 
*Adar Tallon (a character created by West End Games) 
==Sources==
*Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection
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==Notes and references==
Category:Dark Horse Comics ongoing series
Category:Legends ongoing series