Tales of the Jedi: Golden Age of the Sith

Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith
Issue zero of the story arc
Publication information
Publishing company	Dark Horse Comics
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Story arc
Country	United States
Language	English
Number of issues	6
Expanded Universe
Era	Sith
Series	Tales of the Jedi
Galactic Year	5,000 BBY
Canon	C
Followed by	Tales of the Jedi: The Fall of the Sith Empire
Script writer	Kevin J. Anderson
Cover artist(s)	Russell Walks
Penciller(s)	Dario Carrasco, Jr.
Inker(s)	Mark G. Heike Bill Black David Jacob Beckett Stan Woch
Colorist(s)	Perry McNamee Pamela Rambo
Letterer(s)	Willie Schubert Sean Konot

Tales of the Jedi: Golden Age of the Sith is a six-part story arc in the Tales of the Jedi series of comic books written by Kevin J. Anderson. The first issue was published on July 1, 1996 by Dark Horse Comics. The story is set in the Star Wars universe 5,000 years before Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Odan-Urr is studying Jedi history when his master, Ooroo, sends him to the Koros system to help Empress Teta fight the Unification Wars and unite the seven worlds located in the system. Once he has arrived on Cinnagar he helps to conquer the last planet, Kirrek, with Battle Meditation, a technique he has learned about in his studies. But even with this technique he cannot prevent casualties from occurring; among them are two blockade runners, Hok and Timar Daragon. With their parents dead, Gav and Jori Daragon get their ship, Starbreaker 12, back from Aarrba the Hutt who was holding it back as collateral.

With the ship Gav and Jori have become hyperspace explorers, but their latest route proves less than successful; they just barely make it through. They make it back to Cinnegar, but their ship is heavily damaged. Aarrba the Hutt agrees to make the repairs, but he won't give their ship back until they have paid all the bills.

Ssk Kahorr sends one of his drone ships along the route discovered by Gav and Jori, but it is destroyed when it passes too close to Primus Goluud, a red supergiant. Ssk Kahorr isn't pleased with this and sends two bounty hunters after the two hyperspace explorers. But they are saved by two Jedi, Odan-Urr and Memit Nadill. They advise them to leave the Koros system, because it is not safe for them. Gav and Jori steal back the Starbreaker 12 and desperately flee the system with random hyperspace coordinates.

On Korriban, on the far side of the galaxy, a funeral procession is held for Marka Ragnos, a Dark Lord of the Sith. The procession is led by Sith Lord Ludo Kressh. Just when the tomb is about to be closed, however, Kressh's nemesis, Naga Sadow, arrives. A fight about who should be the next Dark Lord ensues between the two rivals, but they are stopped by the ghost of Ragnos himself, who warns them of what is to come.