Star Wars: Jedi – Mace Windu (2003) is a one-shot comic (sometimes listed as a double-sized special) originally published by Dark Horse Comics on February 26, 2003. It was written by John Ostrander and illustrated by Jan Duursema.
Story Summary
Set early in the Clone Wars (after Attack of the Clones), the story focuses on Mace Windu as one of the Jedi’s top generals. While overseeing battles across the galaxy, his biggest concern is internal division within the Jedi Order itself. Many Jedi are reluctant to fully commit to the Republic’s war effort—some due to ambivalence, others because they’ve sided with the Separatists. Mace goes on a quest to reunite the divided Jedi and confronts a former student, a skilled Jedi sword-master he once tutored.
It ties into the broader Star Wars: Jedi one-shot series and was later collected in trade paperbacks like Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume 1: The Defense of Kamino (under the title «Schism»)
Key Details & Significance
- Page count: 48 pages (double-sized special).
- Notable for: This comic features the first appearance of Asajj Ventress (as a bounty hunter/Nightsister apprentice to Count Dooku), which makes high-grade copies (especially CGC 9.8) valuable to collectors. It also introduces or spotlights the character Sian Jeisel.
- «Marvel Edition» (2015): This refers to the digital or reprinted version made available through Marvel Comics after they acquired the Star Wars license from Dark Horse. The original 2003 issue was added to Marvel Unlimited around May 2015, and some digital editions or collections from that era are labeled as the «Marvel Edition.» Marvel later reprinted many Dark Horse Star Wars stories in their Legends Epic Collection line (e.g., The Clone Wars Vol. 1).
