On the desert planet Tatooine, life is a game of survival. The planet's blazing hot twin suns are enemy enough to all living things, but there are worse dangers lurking in the sands. Dangers the locals know as Sand People. Soon, Jedi Knight Ki-Adi-Mundi will learn why they are so feared when he confronts the desert demons in the thrilling new trade paperback collection Star Wars: Outlander.

Ki-Adi-Mundi's first assignment after joining the Jedi Council takes him back to the fearsome desert wastelands of Tatooine. The Jedi Council has tracked a long wayward and powerful Jedi, Sharad Hett of the Sand People, to the backwater world, and it's up to Ki to find him and convince him to return. Only two things stand in his way: the vicious krayt dragon of Tatooine and the Jedi-slaying bounty hunter Aurra Sing! Worse still, Ki has little choice but to ask for help from the slimiest crime lord of them all, Jabba the Hutt -- and Jabba's aid always comes with a price!

"The Outlander story line is one of my favorite story arcs written by one of my favorite Star Wars writers, Tim Truman," said Star Wars editor Dave Land. "It's an exciting adventure with three really gripping stories that go on at the same time yet intersect seamlessly".

The Star Wars: Outlander trade paperback collects issues 7-12 from the Star Wars ongoing monthly comic. It features the gripping story telling of Tim Truman and dynamic art by Tom Raney, Rick Leonardi, and Al Rio. It arrives in stores March 14 with a retail price of $12.95.