Yes. The Star Wars franchise has a long history of comics, and some of them predated the movies. These early comics often explored different aspects of the Star Wars universe and helped expand the lore.
Yes, there were. Some Star Wars comics were released before the movies came out.
Chapter 202, ", Airdrop Assault", is the clearest early answer because it turns Escort Ship's situation into a concrete plot event. A useful checkpoint is the way the scene starts with When a light curtain appeared around the sea platform, blocking all... and follows through with And they didn't have much time to spend several months on....
Chapter 170, ", Mother (Extra 7,000 words)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Gu Hang's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with Military garrisons are only right and proper! and closes on But this would incur a substantial political cost, which Pei Desi was.... The key payoff is that the chapter closes with The obvious reason for not giving all of it to Gu Hang now was that they didn't want to.
Chapter 123, ", throwing chaos couldn't even do this", is the clearest early answer because it turns Black Boxes's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from When Gu Hang placed several new "Black Boxes" in front of Wu Jiarong,... to this is much harder than producing artillery..
Chapter 170, ", Mother (Extra 7,000 words)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Star Sector's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter gives readers a real answer by opening on Gu Hang also could basically accept the final scheme that they had... and ending on In civilized worlds, people could work nine to five wearing ties,.... In story terms, the chapter closes with Pei Desi sighed, "I know what you're saying, and I'm not counting on it anymore.
Chapter 95, ", The Governor Can't Come for Nothing, Right?", is the clearest early answer because it turns Osenia's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from The reason for having Osenia handle the city-wide screening wasn't to... to Of course, distributing only food would not suffice..
Chapter 120, ", The Little Steward", is the clearest early answer because the buildup finally cashes out in a real clash. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from now?" He wasn't blind, he could tell that Osenia held a high position... to Everything was too unknown, and he didn't want to step in without....
Chapter 188, ", Whistling In", is the clearest early answer because it turns Jason Morgan's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from Jason Morgan was now somewhat panicked. to It was time to consider evacuation, moving people out..
Chapter 211, ", ten consecutive draws at the 1000 level!", is the clearest early answer because Alliance finally turns buildup into a real advancement. The setup is Gu Hang was responsible for the tax revenue of fifty million people..., but the pressure keeps building through If not for the cheating capability in military training provided by....
Chapter 197, "From today onwards, I am Phoenix_2.", is the clearest early answer because the buildup finally cashes out in a real clash. The chapter gives readers a real answer by opening on Anyway, the genetic seeds aren't precious to Gu Hang, they're just a... and ending on All he saw was the encouraging look in Priest Rizzo's eyes.. In story terms, the danger stops being abstract and the conflict around power growth becomes immediate, forcing the surrounding cast to react under pressure.
Chapter 199, ", New Blood of the Battle Group", is the clearest early answer because the buildup finally cashes out in a real clash. The chapter gives readers a real answer by opening on After receiving the 1432 points of grace this month, Gu Hang now had... and ending on Out of the 150 carefully selected teenagers, only three could be....