Dark Times 1: The Path to Nowhere, Part 1 is the first issue of the Star Wars: Dark Times comic series. It was released on November 8, 2006. It was written by Randy Stradley under the name Mick Harrison from a plot he also created, under the name Welles Hartley, illustrated by Douglas Wheatley, and colored by Ronda Pattison.

The dark times are here. Even as the worlds of the former Republic are drawn into the iron grip of Palpatine's Empire, the galaxy seems adrift in a sea of chaos, lawlessness, and despair.

On Coruscant, Darth Vader waits for his Master to reveal his vision for the future. But is there a plan beyond obtaining power? On New Plympto, Jedi Master Dass Jennir leads a Nosaurian army in a war they have already lost. Is this what it now means to be a Jedi?

Dark Times #1 is the gateway to a new era in Star Wars history, an era where the future is grim, evil is on the rise, and all paths seem to lead nowhere…