Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War

Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
Issue one of the Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War series. Art by Hugh Fleming.
Publication information
Publishing company	Dark Horse Comics
Subject	Star Wars
Genre	Science fiction
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Story arc
Country	United States
Language	English
No. of issues	6
Expanded Universe
Era	Sith
Series	Tales of the Jedi
Galactic Year	3,996 BBY
Canon	C
Preceded by	Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
Followed by	Shadows and Light
Script writer	Kevin J. Anderson
Cover artist(s)	Hugh Fleming
Penciller(s)	Dario Carrasco, Jr.
Inker(s)	Jordi Ensign Mark G. Heike Bill Black David Jacob Beckett
Colorist(s)	Rachelle Menashe Pamela Rambo
Letterer(s)	Willie Schubert

Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War 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 August 15, 1995 by Dark Horse Comics. The story is set in the Star Wars galaxy 3,996 years before the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, and continues the story of Ulic Qel-Droma and Exar Kun. The story also shows how the current Mandalore shows great loyalty to Ulic.

Mandalore the Indomitable, wage war on the Teta system. Mandalore challenges Ulic Qel-Droma to a duel, which Ulic accepts on the terms that if he wins, he shall receive control of the Mandalorian warriors. Ulic wins, and recruits Mandalore and his army to fight for the Sith. They begin to plan a devastating attack on Coruscant.