Striking from the Shadows
Attribution
Writer	John Ostrander
Penciller	Jan Duursema
Inker	Dan Parsons
Letterer	Michael David Thomas
Colorist	Brad Anderson
Cover artist	Brian Ching, Brad Anderson
Publication information
Publisher	Dark Horse Comics
Publication date	April 7, 2004
Pages	32
General information
Era	Rise of the Empire era
Timeline	21 BBY (16 months ABG)
Series	Star Wars: Republic
Issue number	63
Preceded by	Star Wars: Republic 62: No Man's Land
Followed by	Star Wars: Republic 64: Bloodlines

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Striking from the Shadows is the sixty-third issue in the Star Wars: Republic series of comics. It was published on April 17, 2004 by Dark Horse Comics.

Publisher's summaryEdit

Jedi Quinlan Vos has taken a fateful step that may plunge him so far into darkness that he can never recover. His undercover mission for the Jedi Council has secured him a spot within Count Dooku's inner circle, but when Dooku reveals to Vos that there is a Sith Lord within the Senate, Vos forgets his mission and agrees to kill the man! A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and the secrets Dooku has revealed to Vos may be enough to destroy a Jedi!

AppearancesEdit

By type 

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Mas Amedda Darth Andeddu (First appearance) (Appears in holocron) Depa Billaba (Mentioned only) Sora Bulq (Mentioned only) Dooku/Darth Tyranus Khaleen Hentz K'Kruhk Obi-Wan Kenobi (Mentioned only) Mon Mothma Bail Prestor Organa Ister Paddie Palpatine Tol Skorr Supi Orn Free Taa Tholme Viento Quinlan Vos / (Zac'ryah Vos) Tinté Vos (Appears in dream) Mace Windu Yarua Yoda

Creatures

Tuk'ata

Droid models

Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid

Events

Clone Wars Assassination of Viento (First appearance) New Sith Wars (Mentioned only)

Locations

Alderaan (Mentioned only) Coruscant Avenue of the Core Founders Senate Building The Works LiMerge Power building Jedi Temple Halls of Healing Geonosis (Mentioned only) Kiffu (Mentioned only) Korriban Valley of the Dark Lords

Organizations and titles

Confederacy of Independent Systems Count Dark Acolyte Jedi Order Grand Master Jedi Master Galactic Republic Galactic Senate Senator Supreme Chancellor Red Guard Senate Guard Order of the Sith Lords Dark Lord of the Sith

Sentient species

Bith Chadra-Fan Chagrian Human Alderaanian Korun Naboo Near-Human Kiffar Ishi Tib Ithorian Rodian Twi'lek Whiphid Wookiee Yoda's species

Vehicles and vessels

Coruscant train Tol Skorr's first starship Punworcca 116-class interstellar sloop Zac'ryah Vos's airspeeder

Weapons and technology

Bacta tank Blaster Blaster rifle Senate Guard ceremonial blaster rifle Holocron Sith holocron Holocron of Heresies HoloNet (Mentioned only) Lightsaber Curved-hilt lightsaber Dooku's lightsaber

CollectionsEdit

Wookieepedia has 12 images related to Star Wars: Republic 63: Striking from the Shadows.

• Clone Wars Volume 4: Light and Dark
• Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collection Volume 5: Light and Dark

Behind the scenesEdit

• "VOS" is written in Aurebesh on Quinlan Vos' chest.
• The speeder used by Quinlan and Khaleen Hentz is decorated with Aurebesh symbols - Qek (Q), Vev (V) and Krill (K) (possibly Wesk (W) - the symbol is partially obscured). This appears to be an in-joke by the artist: QV are Quinlan Vos' initials, and the (possible) K might be a reference to his alias Korto, or even to Khaleen.
• When Quinlan and K'Kruhk are dueling, in one panel, the words "BLU[page ends] MILK" can be seen on a sign in the background.

External linksEdit

• Dark Horse Comics preview