Star Wars: Republic #71

The third and final chapter of "Dreadnaughts of Rendili" arrives with a cover that puts Anakin Skywalker front and center — robes swept back, blue lightsaber blazing, his expression caught somewhere between determination and something darker against a fiery, twin-sun sky. Jan Duursema's cover art (both pencils and inks) gives Anakin a brooding, electric presence that makes this Clone Wars chapter feel genuinely weighty. With John Ostrander writing and Duursema on interior art as well, this 2004 Dark Horse series remains one of the most committed explorations of the Republic era ever put to page.