Loyalties
Attribution
Writer	John Ostrander
Penciller	Luke Ross
Letterer	Michael David Thomas
Colorist	Jason Keith
Cover artist	Luke Ross
Publication information
Publisher	Dark Horse Comics
Publication date	October 19, 2005
Pages	32
General information
Era	Rise of the Empire era
Timeline	19 BBY
Series	Star Wars: Republic
Issue number	78
Preceded by	Star Wars: Republic 77: The Siege of Saleucami, Part 4
Followed by	Star Wars: Republic 79: Into the Unknown, Part 1

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Loyalties is the seventy-eighth issue in the Star Wars: Republic series of comics. It was published on October 19, 2005 by Dark Horse Comics.

Publisher's summaryEdit

Palpatine calls a meeting of his bravest, wisest, and most influential military officers in order to introduce them to his new right-hand man, Darth Vader.

The new Emperor lays out his plans for his Empire, and those who have other ideas are dealt a swift lesson by Vader's blade. But one Captain wants nothing to do with the new government, and plans his defection. But what do you do when the Dark Lord of the Sith is determined to stop you?

This issue marks Vader's first appearance in Star Wars continuity since his "introduction" in Revenge of the Sith! And, long-time readers of Republic will see a plot come full circle in a most unexpected manner.

Guest artist Luke Ross takes a break from Samurai: Heaven and Earth to shake up an entire galaxy.

AppearancesEdit

By type 

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

Characters

Lissa Autem (Appears in hologram) Reymet Autem / (Evan Hessler) (First appearance) Sagoro Autem Sula Autem (Appears in hologram) Jace Dallin Jan Dodonna Isaru Omin Palpatine Severian (First appearance) Ch'ord Sy'fon (First appearance) Tartuta (First appearance) Darth Vader

Creatures

Murglak (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Service droid WA-7 service unit

Events

Clone Wars (Mentioned only) Battle of Rendili (Indirect mention only) Siege of Saleucami (Indirect mention only) Great Jedi Purge (Mentioned only) Emperor's purge

Locations

Coruscant Imperial City Sector 4892 (First appearance) Subsector A45B12 (First appearance) Pad 132 (First appearance) Outer Rim Territories (Mentioned only) Saleucami (Mentioned only) Rendili (Mentioned only) Brentaal IV (Mentioned only) Nar Shaddaa (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Autem family Bounty hunter Captain Galactic Empire Imperial Navy (Mentioned only) Galactic Emperor Emperor's Royal Guard Imperial Senate (Mentioned only) Senate Guard Stormtrooper Imperial Commando Galactic Republic (Mentioned only) Supreme Chancellor (Appears in hologram) Information broker Jedi (Mentioned only) Order of the Sith Lords Dark Lord of the Sith

Sentient species

Aqualish Bothan Dug Gran Gungan Otolla Human Corellian (Mentioned only) Cyborg Naboo Ithorian Jawa Mon Calamari Nikto Pa'lowick Rodian Shistavanen Snivvian Twi'lek Yuzzum

Vehicles and vessels

AA-9 Coruscant freighter Scimitar of Kelso DC0052 Intergalactic airspeeder (Possible appearance) Dreadnaught-class heavy cruiser Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry Reymet Autem's craft (First appearance) Venator-class Star Destroyer

Weapons and technology

Armor Darth Vader's armor Phase II clone trooper armor Blaster Blaster rifle DC-15A blaster rifle Controller FP Holoprojector Hologram Lightsaber Darth Vader's lightsaber Sword

Miscellanea

Bounty Galactic Credit Standard (Mentioned only) The Force Telekinesis Force Choke

CollectionsEdit

Wookieepedia has 19 images related to Star Wars: Republic 78: Loyalties.

• Star Wars Republic: Honor and Duty

External linksEdit

• Dark Horse Comics preview