Comic book fans are familiar with Dark Horse’s Star Wars: Knight Errant, but we thought we might introduce those that haven’t seen it to this interesting series.
The upcoming Old Republic game will focus on the time 1000 years into the past, before the events of the movies, and so does Star Wars: Knight Errant. This is a dark time for the worlds, a kind of wild west of space when everyone is trying to get their own piece of the action and there is no governing empire to look over the whole thing. It is strictly every man and every district for themselves. The Sith are the power in the galaxy and the Republic and the Jedi are struggling groups trying to get on top of the situation to bring order to chaos. Evil is everywhere and no one is safe. A far cry from the civilized events of the Imperial Senate.
But one woman warrior has a plan to take down the Sith. Her name is Kerra Holt and she is a headstrong lady who has decided to take it upon herself to rid the galaxy of the evil scum that mucks it up. But what she finds is that tackling such a project alone is not going to be an easy thing and that help may be needed. But where does one turn when no one can be trusted, including her fellow Jedi? She finds herself making some very odd friends that she is unsure are there to help her or harm her in her quest to bring the world to balance.
The series plays out a bit like Buffy, another of Dark Horse’s titles, where it is heavy on girl power and the theme of one woman against the world. But the story brings into focus a time that has been practically ignored in the canon. So there is definitely plenty of room for writer John Jackson Miller to play in and explore. And this will be an interesting subset to the events portrayed in that Old Republic that allows you to play in this chaotic battle wary galaxy.
The first issue of Star Wars: Knight Errant – Aflame was released at Celebration V, a Star Wars convention held in Orlando, last year. It was more of a prequel to introduce the series. Then there were four episodic books printed so far, with the fifth installment coming out this month. You can find all of these at your local comic store or through Dark Horse distributors online. There is also a book released from Del Ray by the same writer that does not retell the comic book story but has a whole new adventure set in the same world with the same characters. It’s available at bookstores everywhere like Amazon right now.
