Star Wars #17

Part five of six in the "Emissaries to Malastare" arc finds the action at full intensity, as this 2000 Dark Horse issue delivers a cover by Mark Schultz that crackles with energy. A robed figure wields a red lightsaber overhead while grappling atop a speeder bike, battling two fearsome alien creatures who claw and lunge from every angle. Tim Truman and John Nadeau's story promises the same raw, kinetic spirit captured so vividly on that cover — with one installment left, the stakes couldn't feel higher.