"Classic Star Wars -- The Early Adventures: The Second Kessel Run. (#6)"
Back on Jabba's good side, Han makes a Kessel Run which is interrupted by the presence of a
massive ionic ring ship whose inventor is being used at gunpoint by the Empire to ruin Rebel
planet's climates -- or his daughter will be killed. Luke and Han rescues both and destroys the
ship.
Apocryphal.
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Russ Manning - 1979)
"Classic Star Wars -- The Early Adventures: Bring Me the Children. (#7)"
While delivering pre-Empire era books to Harix, Luke is stunned to watch an Imperial raid go
right past him to attack the school of Myoris, where the children are all kidnapped. Luke
rescues one child (Myoris's son). Vader intends to use the threat of executing the children and
teacher as a trap for the Rebels. Luke and company use drone ships transmitting false sensor
signals to distract the Empire while rushing down to Harix to rescue the children, taking them
with them into space. Vader decides it's time to give his personal attention to Skywalker...
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Russ Manning - 1979)
Han Solo meets his old friend Drub McKumb for the last time before the Time of Meeting
incident on Ithor.
"SW: Children of the Jedi."
"Classic Star Wars -- The Early Adventures: As Long as We Live. (#8)"
On the neutral industrial world of Arda-2, Luke and Leia try to convince the business heads of
how the Empire is using their T6 diodems to target Rebel ships. One Mag Doum, however, is a
traitor who kidnaps Leia. Leia is taken to a hideout by Kiros, Doum's partner (who is heavily in
debt to him), only to be rescued by his son Zon. Doum takes to space and summons Vader. In
the subsequent battle of Ardans and Rebels vs. Empire, both father and son give their lives to
cripple Vader's ship.
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Russ Manning - 1979)
"Classic Star Wars -- Devilworlds: Dark Lord's Conscience."
Accepting a challenge from the planet Cheelit, Darth Vader shows Lady Dhol how to play
Firepath, why at the same time dealing with an assassination attempt from the Guild of
Vindicators...
(COMIC STRIP - Marvel Comics Inc. - Alan Moore - 1981)
"SW Adventure Journal: Uhl Eharl Khoenhg."
"SW Adventure Journal: Firepower."
"SW Adventure Journal: Combat Moon."
"SW Adventure Journal: Lumrunners."
"SW Adventure Journal: Only Droids Serve the Maker."
"SW Adventure Journal: Do No Harm."
"SW Adventure Journal: The Capture of Imperial Hazard."
"SW Adventure Journal: Desperate Measures."
To be detailed...
"The Marvel Series: Riders in the Void. (#38)"
Luke and Leia, on board a spice tanker filled with medical supplies) is being attacked by TIE's.
Just as they jump to hyperspace, a lucky shot disables most of their systems. The hyperdrive
itself is damaged, throwing the tanker clear out of the galaxy. An organic spaceship appears
from out of nowhere and swallows the ship whole. The two finds themselves as pawns in some
sick game the ship's computer is playing....until it realizes that they're not programmed but
real. And then the playing turns deadly.
After the two narrowly avoid getting sucked out of the ship, the computer is ready to talk to
them. It is revealed that the ship is the sole survivor of a great war. The last surviving crew
member fused his mind to the computer, becoming the ship itself. The great ship returns them
to the last point they were at before -- right in front of a Star Destroyer, which starts smashing
the alien ship. Badly wounded, the ship puts out antimatter pods that wipe out the SD. It then
repairs the tanker, sends Luke and Leia on their way, and disappears back into the void....
This will soon be reprinted in Dark Horse's "Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago."
(COMIC BOOK - Marvel Comics Inc. - Archie Goodwin - August 1980)
"SW Role Playing Game: Black Sands of Socorro."
To be detailed...
2 ASW4
"Masters of Teras-Kasi."
Darth Vader hires master assassin Arden Lyn to capture Skywalker and kill his fellow Rebels.
Learning of the plan, Luke and his friends learn the Teras-Kasi martial art, and defeat Lyn.
(SONY PLAYSTATION VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous - 1997)
"Tales from the Empire: Side Trip."
Darth Vader and Vice Admiral Thrawn concoct a scheme to depose Black Sun lieutenant
Zekka Thyne from Corellia--a plan that ultimately involves Thrawn disguising himself as Boba
Fett's chief rival Jodo Kast, and the aid of Corellian Security officers (and father and son) Hal
and Corran Horn. In return for Thrawn's aid, Vader gives him the service of his Noghri
warriors.
(NOVEL - Bantam Books - Michael Stackpole/Timothy Zahn - 1997)
The Corncordat of Peace is signed on the war-torn world of Shiva IV.
The Marvel Series, Issue #53.
"Classic Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter of Ord Mantell. (#1-2)"
Luke and Leia intensify their efforts to find a new base, but on a jungle planet they find only an
Imperial training center. Picked up by Han, they travel to Ord Mantell for ship repairs. Han is
recognized by the cyborg bounty hunter Skorr and his assistant Gribbet, who kidnap Luke and
Leia and hold them for the ransom of Han's surrender. The pirates narrowly manage to pull off
a rescue, only to be chased by both Imperials and bounty hunters. Luke realizes his lightsaber
has a tracking device on it, and dump the tracker into a lifepod. The angry Imperials arrest
Skorr when the Falcon escapes.
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1980)
Admiral Thrawn learns of the existence of Myrkr and the ysalamiri on it.
"SW: Heir to the Empire." Information provided by Michael Potts (gatherer@technologist.com)
"Classic Star Wars: Darth Vader Strikes. (#2-4)"
Darth Vader has come up with a plan to deal with the Rebels once and for all -- something
"bigger and better." He outlines his plan at the spaceyards of Fondor, to his admiral's
consternation. One, Admiral Griff, sends a message to the Rebels of Yavin alerting them to the
danger. Increasingly jealous of how close Han and Leia are getting, Luke volunteers to go on
the spy mission to Fondor. He and the droids travel to Fondor, to see the new project for
themselves: a Super Star Destroyer. Vader, meanwhile, thanks Griff for his acting. Vader, with
Griff's help, is planning to betray not only the Rebel spy but the fellow admirals who resent
him.
Joining the work crew, Luke meets Tanith Shire, a tug operator who takes an instant liking to
Luke. Griff arranges an opportunity for Luke to damage the new ship. Meeting with the
admirals in the steam tubes of the compound, Luke narrowly avoids the trap when he senses
Vader. At the same time, Vader senses Luke for the first time. Luke manages to get out of the
death trap with Tanith's help.
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1980)
"Classic Star Wars: The Serpent Masters. (#4-6)"
Escaping from Fondor in an automated drone ship, Tanith reveals she's arranged for the ship to
crash -- she's also a ship thief. They crash land on a swampy planet.
Meanwhile, Han and Leia travel to a conference on the neutral world of Kabal.
Luke, Tanith and the droids are picked up by Serpent Masters -- riders of large dragon-like
creatures -- and are taken to the Great Well to confront Tyrann, Supreme Master. Tyrann orders
Luke's execution to Tanith's shock. She talks him into something else; exiling Luke to the slave
level at the bottom of the Well. Tanith's father is down there, awaiting his daughter's efforts to
buy his freedom. Luke plans an escape, learning how to fly a Serpent -- trying to, at least.
Making his way to where Threepio and Artoo are about to be dismantled, and learns the
Masters are using certain sound waves to control the Serpents. Artoo begins using signals
himself to allow Luke to control one. When Luke chops off Tyrann's control medallion, Tyrann
leaps to his death after it. Shire's people are freed and given a new transmitter.
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1980)
"Classic Star Wars: Deadly Reunion. (#6-7)"
Luke and Tanith travel to Kabal to meet with Han and Leia. But the Empire is also on the way
to attack -- if you're not with them, you're against them.
When the heroes arrive, the planet is in full panic and evacuation. Tanith leaves Luke with one
last kiss, and Luke goes on to rejoin his friends. Moments later, TIE Bombers start to hit the
planet. The Falcon takes off, but is chased by the bombers. With the nav computer damaged,
the Falcon picks up a homing beacon on an Alliance frequency, which leads them to a
graveyard of derelict ships. A "ghost" taunts them, saying he's led them to their doom. They try
to blast out, but the Falcon is caught in the gravitational pull of the dwarf star the ships orbit.
Luke and Han set out in spacesuits to confront their attacker. They find him in an Imperial
transport -- a dying man named Doctor Arrakkus, former head of an Imperial weapons complex,
and victim of a failed experiment. Snatching him, Han takes the detonator Arrakkus was going
to use to blow up the graveyard. He uses the explosion to boost the Falcon out of the danger
zone.
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1981)
"Classic Star Wars: Traitor's Gambit. (#7-8)"
As the Empire's harassment of Yavin worsens from blockade to attack, General Dodonna orders
a general alert, informing Rebels ships to stay clear of the system. The heroes decide to take
Luke's information on the SSD to Aquaris, where an underwater Rebel sympathizer base lies.
The group is led by one Commander Silver Fyre -- a name Han recognizes as a mercenary and
star pirate leader who once hijacked a spice shipment from him. Realizing Leia will want solid
proof Fyre is not on their side, Han speaks loudly about the droids' information when he knows
he's being listened to.
The following morning, Fyre leads the group on a hunting party, where she intends to set up a
phony rescue to prove she's on the level -- only it becomes a real rescue when the group is set
upon by a giant squid. It turns out that while Fyre is not a traitor, her second-in-command
Kraaken is. Leia surprises him with the droids -- she's suspected a traitor since Kabal. Han stops
him before he can escape, and Fyre's Freeholders become full-time Rebels.
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1981)
Shortly after giving the Alliance first word on the Dark Trooper project, Crix Madine is ordered to plant Candorian plague on the world of Dentaal. Reaching his breaking point, Madine commandeers a shuttle filled with Imperial information. He doesn't tell his pro-Imperial fiancee Karreio about his defection. He is captured en route to the Rebels by Darth Vader and General Mohc. "Dark Forces" and "SW: Darksaber." These presented two conflicting accounts of Madine's defection to the Alliance. This is my own personal attempt to fuse the two.
"Dark Forces."
The Dark Troopers, an army of super-stormtroopers designed by General Mohc as a
superweapon in the war, are destroyed by Kyle Katarn, despite the Empire's use of Boba Fett as
a protector. Facing Katarn in one-on-one combat, Mohc is killed. Former Imperial general Crix
Madine defects to the Alliance with Katarn's help.
Boba Fett's involvement is understandable in light of the later aid given by the Empire to help him
find Solo. The dating here is due to the presence of the Executor.
(PC VIDEO GAME - Lucasarts Inc. - Numerous writers - 1995)
"Jabba the Hutt: The Gaar Suppoon Hit."
A typical "business negotiation" for Jabba results in Gaar Suppoon's death and a substantial
forture for the Hutt.
(COMIC BOOK - Dark Horse Comics -Jim Woodring - 1995)
"Jabba the Hutt: The Hunger of Princess Nampi."
When Jabba's ship is boarded by the ever-hungry Princess Nampi of Orooturoo, and his
lieutenant is eaten, the Hutt has to think fast to make sure he doesn't become dessert...
(COMIC BOOK - Dark Horse Comics -Jim Woodring - 1995)
"Classic Star Wars: The Night Beast. (#8-9)"
The Rebels launch an attack on the Imperial fleet around Yavin to relieve the pressure on the
beleagured base. During the fight, a TIE Bomber crashes into a Massassi temple --
unintentionally awakening one of Exar Kun's creations, a giant beast. The beast attacks a base
watching post during the victory party, which Vrad Dodonna (Jan's son) accuses Chewbacca of.
The Wookiee is in fact fighting the monster, which heads into the main hangar and starts
wrecking fighters -- until sunrise, when it vanishes. Realizing the creature stirs the Force, Luke
uses it to lure the creature out of hiding and onto a Rebel supply ship, which the creature takes
out of the system. Luke notes that this was pure luck, and he needs more help in learning how
to use the Force.
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1981)
"Jabba the Hutt: The Dynasty Trap."
When he is badly treated by a short-tempered host, Jabba shows Cabrool Nuum the true
meaning of "hospitality." But he finds Nuum's son much worse...
(COMIC BOOK - Dark Horse Comics -Jim Woodring - 1995)
"Jabba the Hutt: Betrayal."
Home again, home again...and Bib Fortuna, Jabba's new right hand man, has his eye on
Jabba's home of Tatooine, his fortune, and his secrets...
The Jabba comics are dated here as he is in his "fat Elvis form" and it doesn't contradict any other
dating material.
(COMIC BOOK - Dark Horse Comics -Jim Woodring - 1996)
Admiral Griff reports to Vader that the blockade has failed, and recommends a full attack on
Yavin. Vader says he will do so only when the SSD is ready -- and "certain other events" are in
motion...
"Classic Star Wars." Used in the comic as the intro to "The Return of Ben Kenobi," it has been
reworked by Jack Camden and now by myself to serve as the intro to the following stories:
"Classic Star Wars -- Devilworlds: Tiltony Throws a Shape."
Crash landing on a barren world and chased by Imperials, Princess Leia meets a most unusual
other-dimensional fellow named Tiltony, who along with Horliss, Danda Sine, and Splendid Ap
(among others) believe they have established time and space, and who have ideas for the
shapes called Leia and the stormtroopers..
(COMIC STRIP - Marvel Comics Inc. - Alan Moore -1981)
"The Marvel Series: Dark Lord's Gambit. (#35-37)"
Luke rescues a woman from Imperial attack on the outskirts of the Yavin system. The woman,
one Sister Domina, is on a diplomatic mission from the planet Monastery. The "Sacred Circle"
she is part of wishes to hear from both sides of the Galactic Civil War before deciding which to
help. Vader will be the Empire's representative -- which makes Luke determined to go as the
Alliance's representative.
Luke and Domina travel to Monastery, with the Falcon shadowing them. Luke and Vader come
face-to-face for the first time, and the droids have to hold the young man back. Domina begins
to woo him, while planning her revenge against him for killing her brother -- Orman Tagge.
Elsewhere, the Falcon is captured by Ulric Tagge's SD. To their surprise, Leia isn't in the secret
compartments. She's secretly in the false bottoms of those compartments, and she sneaks a
message to Luke. As she begins a rescue, Baron Tagge is unintentionally sprung from his stasis
cell and sneaks onto the escaping Falcon...
But the message doesn't mention Domina's betrayal, and that's exactly what catches Luke
off-guard. She announces that the Sacred Circle (corrupted by Vader's Dark Side powers) has
chosen the Empire, and the "diplomatic meeting" will now be a duel between Luke and Vader
to the death. Luke doesn't need to be asked twice, but Domina makes her own change to the
plan -- they will fight at sundown in the Crystal Valley. She's hoping to kill Vader as well as
Luke.
The two find themselves in a death trap. As the Falcon makes its' way down, Luke orders them
via Artoo to stay away -- Vader is his. Meanwhile, Tagge makes his way to Vader, who coldly
reveals how he has corrupted the one good member of the Tagge family. And he'll kill Tagge --
but first...
Luke and Vader finally meet and start fighting. He realizes that it's NOT Vader -- it's a disguised
Baron Tagge -- but he has no other choice than to kill him. And from a distance, Vader gloats.
Not only has he gotten revenge on Tagge, he has tested Luke -- and he's nowhere near strong
enough to beat him.
Luke makes his way to his friends. Domina lets them go, but promises Luke will one day pay in
blood for her brother's death.
(COMIC BOOK - Marvel Comics Inc. - Archie Goodwin - May-July 1980)
"Marvel Illustrated: World of Fire."
To be detailed...
(COMIC STRIP - Marvel Comics Inc. - Chris Claremont - October 1982)
"Marvel Illustrated: The Word for World is Death."
To be detailed...
(COMIC STRIP - Marvel Comics Inc. - Chris Claremont - October 1982)
"Marvel Illustrated: The Guardian of Forever."
To be detailed...
(COMIC STRIP - Marvel Comics Inc. - Chris Claremont - October 1982)
The Mon Calamari formally join the Rebel Alliance.
"Classic Star Wars."
"Splinter of the Mind's Eye."
En route to Circarpous IV to convince the people there to join the Rebellion, both Leia's Y-Wing
and Luke's X-Wing suffer sudden system failures, and they crash on Circarpous V (aka Mimban).
Luke, Leia, and the two droids find their way to a labor mining colony on the planet. Going
undercover as a miner and his servant girl, the two meet Halla, a failed Jedi who sees right
through their deception. In return for helping them off the planet, Halla wants them to help her
find the Kaiburr Crystal, a gem that can amplify and clarify the power of the Force. The two end
up captured by Imperial Supervisor Grammel, who brings the two to Vader's attention. Halla
and two Yuzzem prisoners (Hin and Kee) help them escape, and they start after the crystal.
After many adventures, they find the temple of Pomojema -- and Vader, who kills Hin and Kee
and brutally wounds Leia. Luke and Vader battle, and Luke manages to cut off Vader's right
arm and repulse his Force lightning attack. Vader falls down a deep chasm, and Luke heals
Leia with the crystal. Halla is given the crystal for safekeeping, and the heroes head to
Circarpous IV. Receiving an artifical arm, Vader redoubles his efforts to find Skywalker...
Interesting to note that Vader knew Skywalker's name by now, but apparently
hadn't yet made the connection to his own former identity. Or maybe he just didn't want to reveal
his true identity before Leia.
(NOVEL - Del Rey Books - Alan Dean Foster -1978)
"Classic Star Wars: The Return of Ben Kenobi. (#10-11)"
A report comes in from Aridus: Ben Kenobi is alive and living there! Luke immediately goes
(with an unintentionally stowaway Threepio) to check it out. This "Kenobi" is in fact an actor
hired by Vader to trap Skywalker. "Ben" leads Luke towards an Iron Tower that is using
ultrasonic frequencies to cripple the natives -- a Tower where Vader is waiting for them.
Increasingly conflicted by Luke's admiration and trust in him, the fake Ben finally turns against
Vader, sacrificing himself and blowing up the Iron Tower to allow Luke to escape. Vader is
seemingly killed, but is in fact rescued by...
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1981)
"Shadow Stalker."
Wrenga Jixton (a former combat trainer at the Imperial Academy who saved Darth Vader's life
at Aridus) is hired by Vader to assasinate a defecting governor on Corulag, framing the Rebels
in the process...
(COMIC BOOK - Dark Horse Comics - Ryder Windham -1997)
At around the same time, Borsk Fey'lya joins the Rebel Alliance, putting his entire Bothan
spynet at the Alliance's disposal.
"SW: Dark Force Rising."
Emperor Palpatine places Grand Vizier Sate Pestage in charge of the day-to-day running of the Empire, as he becomes more and more involved in Dark Side studies.
"SW RPG Dark Empire Sourcebook."
"Classic Star Wars: The Power Gem. (#11-12)"
Frantically searching for a way to fight the SSD, the Rebels hit upon a weapon used in the
Republic days: Iridium power gems, used by pirates to attack Republic spice convoys. Han is
asked to find some. He and Chewie travel to Junkport Station and ask about any possible gems,
wary about bounty hunters. They find their way to a planet filled with competition, all wanting
the power gem. Raskar, former pirate and owner of the last power gem, will hand it to the
winner of a combat tournament in his arena. Chewie is slated to fight, but Han comes up with a
better way -- put Chewie in an impromptu fight with the leading contender while Han goes and
gets the gem. He finds the gem's losing power...
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1981)
"Classic Star Wars: Iceworld. (#12-13)"
Harassed by Imperial ships on his way back to Yavin, Luke is forced down onto the icy planet of
Hoth, where he is picked up by a girl on a tauntaun named Frija. She takes him and Threepio
to her father, a former Imperial governor. The governor tries to kill Luke, but Frija protects him
-- seemingly to be killed by her father. Luke attacks and kills the governor -- who is really a
droid?! And for that matter, so is the dying Frija, who explains that she and "Father" were built
to decoy the Empire while the real Frija and her father escaped. Luke contacts Yavin, saying
Hoth could serve as a new base..
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1981)
"SW Adventure Journal: Crimson Bounty."
Celia "Crimson" Durasha and smuggler friend Kaj Nedmak are in trouble after double-crossing Bwahl the Hutt by taking a gun shipment from him, supposedly to send to Tammuz-An -- but instead diverting to Ord Mantell and selling the guns to pay off a debt to Rass M'Guy. Rass just considers it interest -- and gives them two weeks to pay off the real debt. They take off, only to get shot back down by Bwahl's bounty hunters.
Crimson leaves the smashed freighter, Kaj already taken -- or killed. She encounters a female smuggler named Thune, who offers to help her find Kaj. They find their way to Ord Simres, where Crimson is duped into helping Thune capture a Rebel gunrunner named Treytis Prash. Thune's a bounty hunter who's already got Kaj and now has Crimson and Prash both. Kaj will go to Bwahl -- Crimson and Prash into the Empire's hands. The tables are turned however, and despite Kaj apparently being killed, Crimson and Prash take off in a Y-Wing, only to be pounded all the way up Thune. Surprisingly, Thune's protocol droid, sickened at Thune's murderous behavior, helps Kaj defeat her and save the others. The two smugglers decide to start gunrunning for the Rebels.
(SHORT STORY - West End Games - Charlene Newcomb and Rich Handley - August 1997)
"SW Adventure Journal: Crimson Jailbreak."
To be detailed...
"Classic Star Wars: Revenge of the Jedi. (#13-14)"
At Fondor, Darth Vader's Super Star Destroyer is finally ready.
Vader christens the ship "Executor" by vaporizing a Rebel outpost on Laakteen. With
evacuation now an imminent necessity, Han and Leia pick up Luke on Hoth en route to ask the
Mon Calamari for help in creating a diversion while Yavin is evacuated. They find only debris at
the rendezvous point. An investigation shows Admiral Ackbar and his group jumped ship before
it exploded, landing on the planet Daluuj. They find an Imperial training outpost on the same
world, and a giant monster that drags the Falcon underwater. While Ackbar's men fight the
monster and raise the Falcon, Luke and co. fight off the Imperials. Ackbar comes up with the
idea of luring the Imperials to the lake, where the sea worms attack those ships and let the
Falcon go. The group heads for Yavin.
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1981)
"Classic Star Wars: Doom Mission. (#14-15)"
The Executor starts for Yavin, fighting it's way through the Rebel ships. As the Falcon arrives at
one of the battle aftermaths, they see a scout ship racing away. Continuing on to Yavin, they
find a grieving Dodonna -- Vrad is believed lost. Suddenly, Vrad's ship arrives, badly damaged.
Luke is suspicious -- that's the same ship, and it wasn't damaged then. Luke and Vrad are
selected for a near-suicide mission -- using the almost-out-of-energy power gem against the
Executor. When Luke voices his suspicions, Vrad and he take it outside for a brawl. During the
fight, Vrad lets it slip that he fled the battle. Nevertheless, they head out together on the
mission. Vrad lands on a barren planetoid, and announces he intends to bargain with the
Empire for the gem, and strands Luke. Vader turns on his course toward the planetoid to take
Skywalker. Vrad takes off, with Vader in pursuit. Han shows up, expecting that Vrad would do
this, and picks Luke up. With Vader trying to pull the ship in, Vrad suddenly turns and attacks.
His suicidal ram weakens the Executor's shields enough for the Falcon to damage it.
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1982)
"Classic Star Wars: Race For Survival. (#15-17)"
Yavin IV is in full evacuation. Vader calls Griff, telling him to hold the Rebels off until he can
get there. Griff happily orders a first strike. Meanwhile, a burned-out and tearful General
Dodonna promotes Luke to Lieutenant Commander. The last transport takes off, but Dodonna is
not on it. He is in the base, waiting for the Imperials. He blows up the base and the attackers,
seemingly dying in the process. (In reality, he is found and captured.) Vader decides to hang
back and let Griff handle the situation. The Mon Calamari begins striking at the Imperial
blockade. Griff sees through the deception, and moves to intercept the fleet. Leia sends Han out
to find an alternative escape corridor. He finds one in an unstable star with many solar flares.
As Griff pursues the fleet, Vader prepares to meet the escaping Rebels and crush them himself.
The Falcon moves ahead of the fleet so that Luke can use the Force to guide them through the
dangerous area. Vader is about to meet them at the other side -- when Griff suddenly crashes
into him, trying to beat the Rebels himself. All three of Griff's ships are destroyed, the Executor
only weakened. The Rebel fleet hyperjumps to the new base -- Hoth.
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1982)
"SW Role Playing Game: Strike Force Shantipole."
To be detailed...
Immediately after the Yavin evacuation, the Empire launches a massive assault on the Alliance's food supplies. One Imperial, Ghorin of the Plooriod Cluster, pretends sympathy for the Rebellion to slip them poisoned food. With the efforts of Keyan Farlander, Ghorin's tainted food is instead sold to the Empire in his name. Vader personally executes Ghorin. Farlander also assists in destroying an Imperial super-shield project. The B-Wing fighter, designed by Admiral Ackbar and Verpine shipbuilders, is introduced into the Rebel Alliance fleet. An attack on Imperial reconnaisance prevents the Empire from finding Hoth, at least for the moment. From the "X-Wing" computer game.
"Classic Star Wars: The Paradise Detour. (#17-18)"
While the fleet arrives at Hoth, the Falcon is lost due to a busted nav computer. The Falcon
lands on a tropical world to make repairs. Han is jumpy -- every world they've been on,
something happens. And something does happen -- Luke sees Tanith Shire. But it isn't her -- it's
a woman named S'ybll, who leads him to the ruins that's her home. Alongside is empty
stormtrooper armor and a smashed shuttle. When Luke rebuffs her advances, she disappears --
and the Night Beast appears, attacking him. Then a vision of Ben Kenobi, telling him to go help
S'ybll. S'ybll takes him to her bedroom, where he finds his stolen comlink. S'ybll reveals her
true form -- an old mind witch who wants to drain his life. Luke proves too strong for her, and
he breaks free. She conjures up an image of Vader to stop Luke's escape. Luke uses the Force
to see through her illusions, and she drains the last of her own energies trying to stop him. The
Falcon travels to Hoth.
(COMIC STRIP - L.A. Times - Archie Goodwin - 1982)
