Star Wars Tales Volume 2

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Star Wars Tales Volume 2

Publishing company	Dark Horse Comics
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science Fiction
Release date(s)	1 May 2002
Country	USA
Language	English
Number of pages	224
Size & Weight	10.2 x 6.7 x 0.5 inches 2.42 pounds
ISBN	ISBN 1-56971-757-5

Expanded Universe
Series	Star Wars Tales
Preceded By	Star Wars Tales Volume 1
Followed By	Star Wars Tales Volume 3

Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Tsuneo Sanda
Designer(s)	Lia Ribacchi
Art director(s)	Mark Cox
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Philip Simon
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

Star Wars Tales Volume 2 is the second Star Wars Tales trade paperback, collecting issues 5-8.

[edit] Publisher's Summary

Collecting issues #5 through #8 of the quarterly anthology smash sensation, Star Wars Tales Volume 2 includes thrilling stories featuring Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, the Jedi Council, Yoda, C-3PO, and a cast of thousands! Tales has explored every corner of the Star Wars galaxy -- from the darkest depths, to the wackiest extremes -- chronicled by the finest creators in comics. Collected for the first time into one prestigious volume, Star Wars Tales Volume 2 is sure to delight fans both young and old!

[edit] Star Wars Tales 5

Star Wars Tales 5

Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science Fiction
Release date(s)	27 September 2000
Country	USA
Language	English
Number of pages	64

Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Andrew Robinson
Designer(s)	Mark Cox
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Michael Carriglitto
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

[edit] Yaddle's Tale: The One Below

Script: Dean Motter

Pencils: Jesus Saiz

Inks: Fernando Blanco

Colors: Dave Nestelle

16 Pages

Galactic Year: 245 BBY

Preceded by: Heart of Darkness

Followed by: Vow of Justice

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Whilst discussing the possibility of knighting Yaddle the Jedi Council revisit the story of her training under the tutelage of Polvin Kut, two-hundred years prior.

On a mission to liberate the colonies of the Advozse Warlock Tulak the duo are betrayed on Koba, leading to Kut's death. The Padawan Yaddle is taken hostage by the Warlock but is impervious to his interrogations, warning him 'Rule by terror you do, die by fear you will'.

In time Tulak tires of the colony and leaves Koba. However, he seals Yaddle in a pit with the hope that he can use her as a future bargaining tool but she is soon forgotten. She is confined for a century, surviving on food and water provided by wardens left behind when Tulak left. Over the generations the primitives come to speak of her as The One Below. During this time Yaddle hones her Jedi skills.

Eventually an earthquake brings down the roof of her pit, allowing her to escape. Seeing the destruction of the nearby village she remains on the planet to aid the Kobans. Bringing the citizens to prosperity, she is quietly content with her work until the day Kalut, Tulak's son, returns to Koba claiming it as his heirloom. Forced to fight, Yaddle defeats him, finally finishing her master's mission.

On hearing the story the Jedi Council, in particular Yoda, are swayed to initiate her as a Jedi Master.

[edit] What They Called Me

Story & Art: Craig Thompson

4 Pages

This story is non-canon

[edit] A Summer's Dream

Script: Terry Moore

Pencils: Cliff Richards

Inks: P. Craig Russell

Colors: Matt Hollingsworth

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 33 BBY

Preceded by: Jedi Council: Acts of War

Followed by: Life, Death, and the Living Force

[edit] Hoth

Story & Art: Tony Millionaire

Colors: Michelle Madsen

2 Pages

Galactic Year: 3 ABY

Preceded by: Moment of Doubt

Followed by: Slippery Slope

[edit] Lando's Commandos: On Eagle's Wings

Script: Ian Edginton

Pencils: Carlos Meglia

Colors: Michelle Madsen

22 Pages

Galactic Year: 8 ABY

Preceded by: Problem Solvers

Followed by: The Thrawn trilogy

[edit] Star Wars Tales 6

Star Wars Tales 6

Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science Fiction
Release date(s)	20 December 2000
Country	USA
Language	English
Number of pages	64

Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Kilian Plunkett
Designer(s)	Mark Cox
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Michael Carriglito
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

[edit] The Hovel on Terk Street

Script: Tom Fassbender & Jom Pascoe

Pencils: Eric Powell

Inks: Drew Geraci & Keith Barnett

Colors: Dave Stewart

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 1 BBY

Preceded by: Extinction

Followed by: Rookies Rendezvous

[edit] The Max Rebo Band in “A Hot Time in the Cold Town Tonite!”

Script: Ian Edginton

Pencils: Mark Martin & Rick Neilsen

7 Pages

Galactic Year: 3 ABY

Preceded by: Stop that Jawa!

Followed by: The One That Got Away

[edit] Fortune, Fate, and the Natural History of the Sarlacc

Script: Mark Schultz

Pencils: Kellie Strom

9 Pages

Galactic Year: 12 BBY

Preceded by: Ghost

Followed by: Nerf Herder

[edit] Junkheap Hero

Script: Mark Evanier

Pencils: Sergio Aragonés

Colors: Dave McCaig

5 Pages

Galactic Year: 2 ABY

Preceded by: Lucky Stars

Followed by: River of Chaos

[edit] The Hidden

Script: Sean Konot & Scott Morse

Pencils: Scott Morse

7 Pages

Galactic Year: 2 ABY

Preceded by: A Valentine's Story: Breaking the Ice

Followed by: Lunch Break

[edit] Thank the Maker

Script: Ryder Windham

Pencils: Kilian Plunkett

Colors: Dave McCaig

9 Pages

Galactic Year: 3 ABY

Preceded by: Slippery Slope

Followed by: Hunger Pains

[edit] Star Wars Tales 7

Star Wars Tales 7

Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science Fiction
Release date(s)	7 March 2001
Country	USA
Language	English
Number of pages	64

Creative team
Cover artist(s)	Francisco Velasco
Designer(s)	Mark Cox
Editor(s)	Dave Land
Assistant editor(s)	Philip Simon
Publisher(s)	Mike Richardson

[edit] Single Cell

Script: Haden Blackman

Pencils: Jan Duursema

Inks: Ray Kryssing

Colors: Dave McCaig

12 Pages

Galactic Year: 32.5 BBY

Preceded by: Prelude to Rebellion

Followed by: Darth Maul

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Aboard the Trade Federation battleship Stockade, the incarcerated Feeorin Nym recounts the story of how he got there to his Neimoidian cellmate ...

In orbit around Maramere in the Havoc, Nym, Kole and Jinkins waited for the mercenary Vana Sage and her 'buyers' (a group of high class bounty hunters) to trade experimental weapons for Stygium crystals.

Once on board the space station, Nym and his crew met the buyers to exchange goods. When Nym revealed that he had buried the power cells for the weapons as a safeguard, a fight ensues between the crew of the Havoc and the bounty hunters.

Under the threat of Droidekas, Sage captured the crew, sent Kole and Jinkins to Maramere in an escape pod, and took the Havoc as payment for delivering Nym to the Trade Federation.

Back in the cell, Merick and Bravo arrive to torture Nym who vows revenge on Vana Sage.

[edit] Nerf Herder

Script: Phil Amara

Pencils: Francisco Hererra

Inks: Howard M. Shum

Colors: Michelle Madsen

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 11 BBY

Preceded by: Fortune, Fate, and the Natural History of the Sarlacc

Followed by: Luke Skywalker: Detective

[edit] Jedi Chef (or Pizza Hutt)

Script: Randy Stradley

Art: Francisco Ruiz Velasco

8 Pages

Galactic Year: 34 BBY

Preceded by: Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: Last Stand on Ord Mantell

Followed by: Nameless

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Jedi Council members Micah Giiett and Plo Koon embark on a mission to planet Ord Mantell, to rescue famous chef Slabba Drewl from Corpo the Hutt. Apparently Drewl was enslaved to Corpo after losing a bet with the Hutt.

Corpo's priorities in life were gambling and food, and his prize possession was a MREM-02 kitchen droid, called Moreemohtwo. Giett bets Corpo that he can prepare a meal better than one made by Moreemohtwo. Corpo accepts the wager - if Giiett wins, Drewl is freed. If Moreemohtwo wins, then Giiett would also become enslaved to the Hutt.

Giiett secretly instructs Plo Koon to "sabotage" the meal prepared by the droid. The "cook-off" begins, with a host announcing the theme ingredient: Denusian squirmers. Giiett is bitten on the nose by a squirmer, and he uses his lightsaber to power-chop and flash cook the theme ingredient. Meanwhile, Plo Koon sneakily replaces Moreemohtwo's seebo sauce with droid oil, and slips gundar droppings, Rakririan burnout sauce and Bothan foot powder into Moreemohtwo's pot.

At the end of the cook-off, Moreemohtwo presents 5 dishes of delicious looking food, while Giett presents his two messy bowls of squirmer stew. After Corpo tastes Moreemohtwo's sabotaged meal, Corpo immediately releases Drewl from custody.

[edit] Outbid But Never Outgunned

Script: Beau Smith

Pencils: Mike Deodato Jr.

Inks: Neil Nelson

Colors: Dave McCaig

16 Pages

Galactic Year: 6 BBY

Preceded by: The Princess Leia Diaries (pages 1–7)

Followed by: Luke Skywalker: Walkabout

[edit] Force Fiction

Script: Kevin Rubio

Art: Lucas Marangon

Colors: Michelle Madsen

10 Pages

Galactic Year: 32 BBY

Preceded by: Deal with a Demon

Followed by: Nomad, Chapter one

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Mace Windu and Yoda debate the possibility of training Anakin Skywalker while eating at a fast food restaurant, resorting to food-based analogies to make their points. At one point, Yoda uses his mind control powers on the waitress to make the meal free, to protect them from "high prices." They also fend off a robbery. At the end of the story, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine joins them and expresses his opinion that Skywalker would make a fine Jedi.