“The Empire Strikes” (Star Wars #18, December 1978) – MCC101
The empire strikes! But it’s not striking BACK…not yet, anyway. (And do they really strike in THIS issue? We’ll talk about it.)
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“Crucible” (Star Wars #17, November 1978) – MCC094
This month’s Star Wars is a fill in issue, meant to fill in the gap for scheduling purposes as the regular team worked on the series, but also meant to fill in the gap on some of Luke Skywalker’s past!
“The Hunter” (Star Wars #16, October 1978) – MCC088
NEW EPISODE! A delightful “birthday” surprise for Ben, as new characters are introduced and old characters are revisited and MOVIE characters are almost forgotten! Almost. Bounty hunters and droid hatred abound in “The Hunter”!
“Star Duel!” (Star Wars #15, September 1978) – MCC083
It’s a duel of the scoundrels as Han Solo faces off with the pirate Crimson Jack to wrap up the remaining plot threads from issue #7!
“The Sound of Armageddon” (Star Wars #14, August 1978) – MCC077
The water planet story arc ends here as Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie and the droids help when a war breaks out between the inhabitants of the planet!
Day of the Dragon Lords! (Star Wars #13, July 1978) – MCC071
It’s space opera fantasy adventure fun as the back story of the water world society is revealed and war is engaged!
The old new adventures of the Star Wars universe continue!
Doomworld! (Star Wars #12, June 1978) – MCC064
Luke was looking for a new rebel base, and now he’s caught by pirates on a water world…
…while Han, Chewie, and Leia were looking for Luke, and now they’re caught by pirates on a captured star destroyer, heading to that same water world!
The new adventures continue!
Star Search! (Star Wars #11, May 1978) – MCC056
The continuing adventures, well, continue in “Star Search”! What is the fate of Luke from his ill-fated mission? What became of Princess Leia’s rescue mission? And will Han Solo and Chewie join the gang soon?
Star Wars #10 (April 1978) – MCC050
Roy Thomas brought Star Wars to Marvel, but this is the issue George Lucas removed Roy Thomas from Star Wars. Wrapping up the first “expanded universe” storyline of original Star Wars, this storyline is historic, but is it good?
Star Wars #9 (March 1978) – MCC045
As Star Wars continues with its expanded universe, is Roy Thomas able to break from just putting sci-fi paint on a classic story-telling rope, or is this new story just going to be paint by numbers?