Rite of Passage, Part 3 is the forty-fourth issue in the Star Wars: Republic series of comics. It was published on August 7, 2002 by Dark Horse Comics.

Jedi Master Tholme has been captured by the dreaded Morgukai assassins, and the ship carrying his would-be rescuers -- Jedi Quinlan Vos and Aayla Secura -- has been shot down in the lifeless deserts of the planet Kintan. The brave Jedi take everything the Endless Wastes have to throw at them, from searing heat to flesh-scouring sandstorms, but their real challenge comes when they must face the Morgukai...