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Classic Star Wars 8

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Classic Star Wars 8
Attribution
Writer

Archie Goodwin

Penciller

Al Williamson

Inker

Al Williamson

Colorist

Steve Buccellato

Cover artist

Al Williamson

Publication information
Publisher

Dark Horse Comics

Publication date

April 1, 1993

Pages

24

General information
Era

Rebellion era

Timeline

0 ABY

Series

Classic Star Wars

Issue number

1

Preceded by

Classic Star Wars 7

Followed by

Classic Star Wars 9

[Source]

Classic Star Wars 8 is the eighth issue of the Classic Star Wars series, published by Dark Horse Comics.

This particular Classic series were reformatted and colored reprints of the Star Wars daily newspaper strip by Archie Goodwin & Al Williamson from the early 1980s. Williamson supplied new panels and art to flow the stories for traditional comic format.

[edit] Publisher's summary

When our heroes stop off on the water planet Aquaris to meet with new Rebel allies, they find that at least one of those allies may be an Imperial spy. Han and Leia both have plans to trap the traitor by using Luke's droids as bait -- but their plans may go awry when Luke and Han wind up in the clutches of a deadly denizen of the deep!

WHAT HAS COME BEFORE 
Luke, Leia, and Han
have been reunited
after their adventure
with Tanith Shire and flee
the planet Kabal in the
Millennium Falcon. A decoy
message soon lures them to a
dwarf star, which is rapidly
sucking ships in orbit around it to
their fiery deaths. Their ship
trapped, Luke and Han find the
source of the message in a wrecked
imperial transport, where Doctor
Arrakus awaits them in an artificial
paradise. Arrakus turns out to be a
survivor of a failed Imperial weapons
experiment, and reveals he amuses
himself by luring ships to the dwarf star to be
destroyed. Han devises a means to explode the
graveyard and blast the Falcon free.
  The rebels return to their base, only to find it
under attack by the Empire. Leia detours them to
Aquaris, where they are welcome as guests in a new
underwater rebel base. The base's leader Silver Fyre, a
former pirate and mercenary, has just invited the rebels to
participate in an underwater hunt with her and her second-
in-command, Kraaken ...

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Full cover art.
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