Old Republic

Star Wars: The Old Republic is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics. It is set to tie into the Star Wars: The Old Republic massively multiplayer roleplaying online game by LucasArts and BioWare.

is a 6-issue limited series composed of two story arc-chapters of three issues each, respectively titled "Threat of Peace" and "Blood of the Empire" published by Dark Horse Comics as part of the publicity for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) of the same title based on the Star Wars universe being developed by Bioware and that is scheduled for release by the second or third quarter of 2011. Both story arcs were originally successively published online as web comics and provide back stories to the game. "Threat of Peace", written by developer Rob Chestney serves as a back story prequel of sorts to the game as it takes place in a 10-year span from the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant (Coruscant is a planet in the fictional Star Wars universe) to the events that start the game. The second, "Blood of the Empire" written by BioWare’s Senior Writer Alexander Freed, is set 25 years before the Treaty of Coruscant, and offers readers a new perspective of the events leading up to the start of . Issues #1 and #4 are Minutemmen scans while the rest are by the efficient yet just-as-good GreenGiant.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a 2006 monthly Star Wars comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics. It takes place in the same timeline as the video games of the same name, eight years prior to the first game.

The second novel set in the Old Republic era and based on the massively multiplayer online game Star Wars®: The Old Republic™ ramps up the action and brings readers face-to-face for the first time with a Sith warrior to rival the most sinister of the Order’s Dark Lords—Darth Malgus, the mysterious, masked Sith of the wildly popular “Deceived” and “Hope” game trailers.

A new beginning for the Old Republic! The Republic and the Mandalorians are at war, and some of the Jedi are joining the fight! One Jedi, peace-loving Zayne Carrick, has found himself on the front lines against his wishes - he's been drafted! And when Zayne is captured by the Mandalorians while storming beaches with his fellow Republic troops, he suddenly is forced not only to fight, but to fight alongside the enemy! Soon, he finds there is much more to the Mandies - and their leader - than meets the eye, and he is going to have to do everything in his power to prevent bloodshed . . . like calling in a favor from an old friend and putting together a plan!

From across the galaxy they’ve come: agents of both the Republic and the Sith Empire, an investigating Jedi Padawan, an ex-trooper drummed out of the Republic’s elite Blackstar Squad, and a mysterious Mandalorian. An extraordinary auction has drawn them all together—in quest of a prize only one can claim.

Revan: hero, traitor, conqueror, villain, savior. A Jedi who left Coruscant to defeat Mandalorians—and returned a disciple of the dark side, bent on destroying the Republic. The Jedi Council gave Revan his life back, but the price of redemption was high. His memories have been erased. All that’s left are nightmares—and deep, abiding fear.