12 Star Wars Graphic Novels You Must Read Before You Die

Although the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker (and the subsequent rise and fall of Darth Vader) is the stuff of legends, the galaxy-shattering story of Ulic Qel-Droma and Nomi Sunrider eclipses it in many ways.

Set thousands of years before the events of the original trilogy, during the height of the Sith Empire, the Tales of the Jedi series chronicled the adventures of both Sith lords and Jedi knights alike, and Jedi-turned-Sith Ulic Qel-Droma was the centerpiece of much of the action.

Manipulated by Sith poisons, then seduced to the Dark Side, Qel-Droma waged war on the Jedi alongside Exar Kun, killing his own brother and carrying the galaxy to the brink of collapse, before his love and fellow Jedi Nomi Sunrider defeated him and blinded him to the Force, leaving him a broken, regretful man.

It is masterful storytelling, a saga that unfolds in a universe that's familiar to SW fans, but alien enough to be fascinating.