Planet of the Dead is a 12-page comic that appears in Star Wars Tales 17, written by Steve Niles. The story was re-published six years later as a free, standalone comic on October 31, 2009.
A Planet of the Dead is a large space habitat, not necessarily a planet, which has suffered a global cataclysm and claimed by the Dra'Azon. The Dra'Azon usually preserved the Planet in its post-catastrophe state as a monument to death and destruction. type of planetoid or other space construct claimed and preserved by the Dra'Azon. Planets of the Dead were chosen for having borne witness to a global cataclysmic event, such as the destruction of an indigenous civilization.