Star Wars: Dark Times - Fire Carrier #1

Set in the grim period following the fall of the Republic, this 2013 Dark Horse opener kicks off a five-part arc with real urgency. Douglas Wheatley's cover artwork centers on a towering lion-maned alien wielding a green lightsaber, flanked by three frightened humans — a red-haired woman, a young boy clutching a bundle, and a horned figure — all fleeing through what appears to be a dusty settlement at dusk. With Randy Stradley writing and Gabriel Guzman on art, Fire Carrier looks to be a tense survival story set deep in the galaxy's darkest chapter.