History ComicBook / StarWarsKanan

** One of the covers for #1 include Billaba and Dume on Coruscant during Order 66, and an image of Kallus, who [[AbsenteeActor never appears in the comic]].

* RealityEnsues: Happens to Caleb after Order 66. After spending his whole life in the Jedi Temple, Caleb knows ''nothing'' about the real world or how to survive in it on his own, leaving him scared and starving on the streets for days. He survives for several weeks mainly by dumpster diving. Kasmir mockingly describes it as him finally having a real life.

* YourSizeMayVary: General Grievous' size varies throughout the series, going from just really tall to a 12 foot giant at times.

* AnachronicOrder: The first arc shows Kanan's last days as a Jedi Padawan, while the second shows how he became Depa Billaba's student and their first mission together. Oddly, the story is set up in a way that the ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' era scenes in each arc follow on chronologically from one another, so if one were to read the second arc followed by the first in order for the flashbacks to be chronological, this would make the modern story out of order instead.

!!Tropes in this series includes:
* AnachronicOrder: The first arc shows Kanan's last days as a Jedi Padawan, while the second shows how he became Depa Billaba's student and their first mission together. Oddly, the story is set up in a way that the ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]'' era scenes in each arc follow on chronologically from one another, so if one were to read the second arc followed by the first in order for the flashbacks to be chronological, this would make the modern story out of order instead.

* AnachronicOrder: The first arc shows Kanan's last days as a Jedi Padawan, while the second shows how he became Depa Billaba's student and their first mission together. Oddly, the story is set up in a way that the "Rebels" era scenes in each arc follow on chronologically from each other, so that if one were to read the second arc followed by the first in order for the flashbacks to be chronological, this would make the modern story out of order instead.

* AnachronicOrder: The first arc shows Kanan's last days as a Jedi Padawan, while the second shows how he became Depa Billaba's student and their first mission together. Kinda fitting, given that this is ''Star Wars'', the king of this trope.

* BrainWashedAndCrazy: Captain Styles , Commander Grey and their troops after receiving Order 66 don’t hesitate for a moment to turn on the Jedi, with whom they had a friendly banter just moments earlier.

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: After receiving the transmission that ordered all Jedi back to the Temple, Caleb steals the ship of a Kallerian called Janus Kasmir and heads back to Coruscant. It’s only moments before he arrives that he receives Obi-Wan’s warning, and it’s too late. As soon as he emerges from hyperspace, his ship is surrounded by clone starfighters because an alert reporting the theft of the ship beat him to the capital.

* {{Fanservice}} Billaba and Adult-Kanan both spend some time half naked in a bacta tank. Kanan in #11 explodes out of one and takes out some stormtroopers before posing in all his manly glory.

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Coburn sear's fate after setting himself on fire.]].

* TakingYouWithMe:[[spoiler:in issue 11 Coburn Sear sets himself on fire attempting to kill Caleb.He fails and Caleb Dume decapitates him. ]].

Written by Creator/GregWeisman, the first five issue arc titled "The Last Padawan" tells the story of how Caleb Dume, Jedi Padawan, survived the Jedi Purge and became the jaded freighter pilot Kanan Jarrus, first introduced in ''Literature/ANewDawn'', before becoming one of the main {{protagonist}}s of ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]''.

* BrainWashedAndCrazy: Captain Styles , Commander Grey and their troops, after receiving Order 66 don’t hesitate for a moment to turn on the Jedi, with whom they had a friendly banter just moments earlier.

* DramaticIrony: In #1, Billaba gives Caleb a lecture on how important to rule one’s emotions, and not letting them rule the person, is. It’s at the most ''hours'' before Anakin Skywalker chooses to pledge himself to the Dark Side, in a desperate attempt to save his wife.

* HeroicSacrifice: Billaba dies holding of the Clone troopers, allowing Caleb to escape with his life.

** Caleb briefly mentioned that Billaba had just recently "emerged" from something, and their opposing commander also commented that they had intel indicating that she was unstable. This is a nod towards the now ''Legends'' novel ''Literature/{{Shatterpoint}}'', where Master Billaba had a dangerous brush with the Dark side, and ended up in a coma. As it turns out, she was injured in a battle which wiped out her batallion... on Haruun Kal, where the novel took place.

* TakingYouWithMe:[[spoiler:in issue 11 Coburn Sear sets himself on fire attempting to kill Caleb.He fails and Caleb Dume decapitates him. ]].

* UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler:Why hello there, Vice Admiral Rae Sloane. And Grand Inquisitor]].
* YouHaveFailedMe: Averted with General Grievous, of all people. [[spoiler:He doesn't kill Coburn Sear for failing to kill the Jedi, he doesn't even berate him or injure him for his failure.]]

* RealityEnsues: Happens to Caleb after Order 66. After spending his whole life in the Jedi Temple, Caleb knows ''nothing'' about the real world or how to survive in it on his own, leaving him scared and starving on the streets for days.

''Kanan'' was a 2015 Comicbook series published by Creator/MarvelComics. It was the third ongoing series (and fifth over-all) set in the [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]] Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse. The series was originally meant to be a five-issue limited one, but following the successful premiere of "Spark of Rebellion" a decision was made to expand its run. The series concluded with the release of Issue #12 on March 16, 2016.

''Kanan'' was a 2015 Comicbook series published by Creator/MarvelComics. It was the third ongoing series (and fifth over-all) set in the [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]] Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse. The series was originally meant to be a five-issue limited one, but following the successful premiere of "Spark of Rebellion" a decision was made to expand it's run. The series concluded with the release of Issue #12 on March 16, 2016.

* BreakTheCutie: The first issue has Caleb joking around with the Clone troopers under Billaba’s command-moments before they turn their guns on them. He’s ''fourteen'', and gets to witness people he thought to be friends killed by his parent figure before she ultimately goes down. And all he could do was follow her order and ''run''.

** Rae Sloane and the Grand Inquisitor both make an appearance in issue 12

--> Caleb: "The temple is under attack!"[[note]]Just after an explosion.[[/note]]
--> Depa Bilaba: "[[LampshadeHanging Yes]], [[DeadpanSnarker that seems obvious]]."

--> Caleb: "You're bombing the tower!"
--> Rackham Sear: "That's right, Kid. Thank you for noticing."

* OffWithHisHead:[[spoiler: Coburn sear's fate after setting himself on fire.]].

* YouHaveFailedMe: Averted with General Grievous of all people! [[spoiler: He doesn't Kill Coburn Sear for failing to kill the Jedi, he doesn't even berate him or injure him for his failure. ]].
* YourSizeMayVary: General Grievous size varies throughout the series, being just really tall to a freakin 12 foot giant!

''Kanan'' was a 2015 Comicbook series published by MarvelComics. It was the third ongoing series (and fifth over-all) set in the [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]] Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse. The series was originally meant to be a five-issue limited one, but following the successful premiere of "Spark of Rebellion" a decision was made to expand it's run. The series concluded with the release of Issue #12 on March 16, 2016.

'''''Star Wars: Kanan''''' was a 2015 Comicbook series published by MarvelComics. It was the third ongoing series (and fifth over-all) set in the [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]] ''StarWars'' universe. The series was originally meant to be a five-issue limited one, but following the successful premiere of "Spark of Rebellion" a decision was made to expand it's run. The series concluded with the release of Issue #12 on March 16, 2016.

Written by Creator/GregWeisman, the first five issue arc titled "The Last Padawan" tells the story of how Caleb Dume, Jedi Padawan, survived the Jedi Purge and became the jaded freighter pilot Kanan Jarrus, first intoduced in ''Literature/ANewDawn'', before becoming one of the main {{protagonist}}s of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.

The second story arc titled "First Blood" (also written by Weisman) goes even further in Kanan's backstory, explaining how he became Depa Billaba's padawan and their first array into the Clone Wars as Master and Apprentice.

!!Tropes

** Issue 12's cover features the entire team (sans Chopper) facing a bunch of stormtroopers, indicating a climactic fight between the rebels and the Empire. In the comic, only Kanan and Ezra are featured, and their fight with the stormtroopers takes up only a few pages (some of which occur in flashbacks, no less).

* {{Interquel}}: Those parts of the comic that take place at the time of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels the show]] seem to occur sometime during Season 1; Ahsoka is still being referred to as "Fulcrum", and is still leaving crates for the ''Ghost'' crew to find, and Ezra is often seen still using that slingshot.

** Caleb briefly mentioned that Billaba had just recently "emerged" from something, and their opposing commander also commented that they had intel indicating that she was unstable. This is a nod towards the now Legends novel ''Literature/{{Shatterpoint}}'', where Master Billaba had a dangerous brush with the Dark side, and ended up in a coma. As it turns out, she was injured in a battle which wiped out her batallion...on Haruun Kal, where the novel took place.
** In #2 As Caleb fights the clones, he mentions how he had shared a meiloorun fruit a few days earlier, with two he just killed. The meiloorun first appeared in the ''Rebels'' episode "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E02FighterFlight Fighter Flight]]".
* {{Ninja}}: Rackham Sear a Kage from Quarzite, who bombs the Temple.

* UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler:Why hello there Vice Admiral Rae Sloane. And Grand Inquisitor]].

* BerserkButton: Don't call Caleb "Kid."

'''''Star Wars: Kanan''''' is a 2015 Comicbook series, published by MarvelComics. It is the third on-going series (and fifth over-all) set in the [[ContinuityReboot rebooted]] ''StarWars'' universe. The series was originally meant to be a five-issue limited one, but following the successful premier of "Spark of Rebellion" a decision was made to expand it's run. The series concluded with the release of Issue #12 on March 16, 2016.

Written by Creator/GregWeisman, the first five-issue arc titled "The Last Padawan" tells the story of how Caleb Dume, Jedi Padawan, survived the Jedi Purge and became the jaded freighter pilot Kanan Jarrus, who was first intoduced in ''Literature/ANewDawn'', before becoming one of the main {{protagonist}}s of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''.

The second story-arc titled "First Blood" (also written by Weisman) goes even further in Kanan's backstory, explaining how he became Depa Billaba's padawan and their first array into the Clone Wars as Master and Apprentice.

Both story arcs feature segments chronologically set during the first season of ''Rebels'', with the sixth issue focusing entirely on an adventure with the ''Ghost'' crew. The series concluding twelfth issue is also set in this time period.

* BodyHorror: Depa Billaba's back after taking a vicious attack from Grivious.

* OnlyAFleshWound: Depa Billaba says she's fine despite getting part of her skin torned off by General Grievous. Later subverted that she had to go into a bacta tank right after the battle.

* BodyHorror: Depa Billaba's back exposing flesh.