Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi #1

Dark Horse's 1993 miniseries opener takes Star Wars storytelling thousands of years before the films, into an ancient era when the Jedi Order faced threats beyond anything familiar. Dave Dorman's painted cover sets an immediately arresting tone: a young, determined warrior clutches a green lightsaber with both hands, bracing against a crowd of looming, torch-bearing mechanical figures that fill the fiery background with an eerie, otherworldly menace. It's a confident, atmospheric introduction to "Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon," with writing by Tom Veitch and interior art by Chris Gossett promising a deep dive into the Star Wars galaxy's distant, mythic past.