New Releases by Dan Jackson

Collected in this ''Star Wars Omnibus'' title are tales leading up to ''The Phantom Menace'', featuring the likes of Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Aurra Sing and Darth Maul.

Having barely seen each other in three decades, two friends impulsively decide to take a cross-country road trip. For one, the trip is a chance to take a few swats at a question that buzzes like an old bug in his post-religious soul, "What do I believe? Not just about God, but about morality, mortality, meaning, and the whole so-called spiritual side of life?" For the other, the journey is the culmination of a lifelong struggle to confront a buried demon and reunite with a family from whom he''s been estranged for his entire adult life. What begins as a mundane drive becomes a quest for what really matters; a soul searching, thought provoking, oddly mythic, often hilarious, always human odyssey, as these two very different people join forces to keep a ''69 Volkswagen Beetle alive long enough to reach the distant shores of home.

The infamous exploits of this hapless Rebel pair are now collected in one single, attractive, and highly portable volume! Officers Tag Greenley and Bink Otauna were minding their own business aboard a familiar, princessharboring freighter when they suddenly found themselves under siege. Now under attack by the Empire, they will choose life over a noble death and "borrow" the armor off a pair of deceased stormtroopers. Their new disguises might get them off the freighter alive, but they''ll also lead Tag and Bink on an adventure neither could have predicted! Chockfull of appearances by everyone''s favorite Star Wars characters, Tag (Artist),amp; Bink cleverly weaves the pair''s misadventures into the movies themselves. No setting is safe as they traverse the galaxy from the Death Star to the Sarlacc pit to Cloud City to Endor! • Written by fanfavorite writer Kevin Rubio (creator of the internet film sensation Troops and hilarious short stories from Star Wars Tales) and illustrated by Star Wars stalwart Lucas Marangon, find out why Tag (Artist),amp; Bink is a favorite of many Dark Horse employees.

What would have happened if Luke Skywalker had died in the frozen wasteland of Hoth? Now''s the chance to find out, as a bemused Solo prepares to follow Luke''s final wish - to travel to the planet Dagobah and train as a Jedi with the mysterious Yoda.

When Jango, the most notorious assassin in the galaxy, is hired to retrieve a rare, valuable and mysterious artefact, he thinks that this might be his most profitable mission yet! But there''s an obstacle between him and his lucrative prize - a beautiful and deadly rival.

Take the events and characters from one of the classic Star Wars films, throw in one happenstance, mishap, or technical glitch beyond the characters'' control, and watch how that changes everything. In Dark Horse''s first foray into Infinities (A New Hope), Luke Skywalker''s valiant torpedo attack on the Death Star failed due to a faulty detonator -- an event no one could have foreseen -- and the Rebellion was dealt a debilitating setback. In Infinities -- The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo''s desperate attempt to locate his friend Luke in the icy wastes of the planet Hoth is thwarted when the tauntaun he''s riding succumbs to the cold while Han is still a mile from Luke''s location. Han arrives too late, barely in time to hear Luke''s dying words about Jedi training and the planet Dagobah... Thus begins an adventure far different than the one seen in the motion picture. Along the way, a famous bounty hunter is frozen in carbonite, Han and Chewie are captured on Tatooine by Jabba the Hutt, and Princess Leia and Yoda have a fateful jungle showdown with Darth Vader! Collecting the four-issue miniseries.