1. Regarding the technological progression – that is basically because that’s the way the game went with technology, so the comics had to follow it.

2. Regarding the pacing – the series was always meant to be an ongoing one, so that would be part of it – they’re on something like #38 now, and the story’s still going on (although it’s gotten much bigger, and incorporates stuff like the Mandalorian Wars now).

3. Regarding timing. Basically you have the Sith Wars (Tales of the Jedi), then the Mandalorian Wars (in this comics series), then the “Jedi Civil War” (KOTOR games).

4. About Zayne – he’s meant to be more of an “Everyman” character, and as the series goes on, he develops more and more as a character. He does start off bumbling, but he becomes more and more capable (somewhat mirroring a character from the game actually)

5. Revan and Malak both are in the series, although this is before either was a Sith (so far).

6. I think the series is meant to appeal to people who’ve played the game (characters from it pop up here and there, as do jokes and locations – Taris, as mentioned, the Dantooine Enclave, etc.), and people looking for more of the “old-school” Star Wars, which mixes lighthearted fun with the action. Most of the rest of the EU, including the other major Star Wars ongoing comic, Legacy, are more of the ‘grim and gritty’, “realistic” type story.