Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith

*Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith*
Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
	File:Totj dlots1.jpg Issue one of the 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	3,997 BBY
Canon	C
Preceded by	Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising
Followed by	Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
Creative team
Script writer	Tom Veitch; Kevin J. Anderson
Cover artist(s)	Hugh Fleming
Penciller(s)	Christian Gossett; Art Wetherell
Inker(s)	Mike Barreiro; Jordi Ensign
Colorist(s)	Pamela Rambo
Letterer(s)	Willie Schubert

Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords 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 October 1, 1994 by Dark Horse Comics. The story is set in the Star Wars galaxy 3,997 BBY years before the Battle of Yavin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. It continues the tale of Ulic Qel-Droma and introduces the character of Exar Kun, a Dark Lord of the Sith. The story details how the Jedi, led by Ulic Qel-Droma and Nomi Sunrider attempt to free the Empress Teta System from the tyrannical control of evil Dark Side adepts Satal and Aleema. It also details Exar Kun's fall to the Dark Side at the seduction of the spirit of Freedon Nadd, becoming Dark Lord of the Sith with Ulic as his apprentice.

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