In December 1998 Dark Horse Comics released a new Star Wars comic series simply titled Star Wars, more commonly referred to as Star Wars (Ongoing). This series would depart from most of their previous comic series' in that different stories would all fall under the same series umbrella title, i.e. Star Wars (Ongoing), and stories would be told in a chronological order beginning prior to the events of Episode I: The Phantom Menace and continuing on after those events.
By 2002 and the release of Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Star Wars (Ongoing) now numbered over 40 issues and while the early comics of the series had focused on expanding the storylines of secondary characters seen in Episode I: The Phantom Menace (e.g. Jedi Masters Ki-Adi Mundi and Mace Windu, and bounty hunter Aurra Sing), by 2002 the series was focusing on the single story of Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos (who also made a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance in Episode I: The Phantom Menace).
With the release of Episode II: Attack of the Clones and the start of the Clone Wars, Star Wars (Ongoing) was renamed Star Wars: Republic as Dark Horse Comics (along with novel publisher Del Rey and children's book publisher Scholastic) began telling stories from the Clone Wars in a three-year publishing arc that matched the three-year timeline gap between Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. In February 2006 the series took on a new name, Star Wars: Dark Times, but maintained the Star Wars: Republic name (albeit hidden within the comic's credits).
Star Wars (Ongoing) / Star Wars: Republic / Star Wars: Dark Times is Dark Horse Comics' longest continuously published Star Wars comic book series with over 100 comic books having being published to date.

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