Star Wars Tales


Star Wars Tales is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics, beginning on September 29, 1999, and completing its run on July 13, 2005. Each issue featured several unrelated stories from various eras of the Star Wars timeline. All stories from Issue #20 and before have been retroactively labelled "Infinities", placing them outside the Star Wars canon. Starting with Issue #21, when Tales changed editors, all stories are considered to be within continuity, unless labelled otherwise. Tales stories from before issue #21 are still considered non-canon, although canon references to the stories can and have been made, which incorporates those elements referenced into official continuity.
On average, each story spans ten to twelve pages, with approximately six stories in each issue, adding up to a total of sixty-four pages. A sixteen-page "Free Comic Book Day Edition" was released in May 2002. There are also six Tales trade paperbacks, collecting four full issues each.

Issues and their canonicity

Issue NumberCanonicityCollected Into
1VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 1
2VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 1
3VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 1
4VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 1
5VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 2
6VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 2
7VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 2
8VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 2
9VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 3
10VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 3
11VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 3
12VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 3
13VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 4
14VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 4
15VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 4
16VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 4
17VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 5
18VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 5
19VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 5
20VariedStar Wars Tales Volume 5
21YesStar Wars Tales Volume 6
22YesStar Wars Tales Volume 6
23YesStar Wars Tales Volume 6
24YesStar Wars Tales Volume 6
Star Wars Tales: Free Comic Book Day EditionVariousUncollected