Star Wars (1977) 16

Template:Infobox Comic Book Star Wars 16: The Hunter is the sixteenth issue in the Marvel Star Wars series of comics.

Plot summary

Beilert Valance, bounty hunter and droid-hater, leads his mercenary gang on a merciless attack of the Anglebay medical station on Telos-4. There they find a patient called Don-Wan Kihotay in residence who, in his delirium, recounts his adventure with the Star-Hoppers on Aduba-3. But the gang mistakes the Star-Hoppers for the group of Rebels who destroyed the first Death Star, thinking the young farm boy Jimm is actually Luke Skywalker. Thinking of the huge reward for capturing the boy who destroyed the Empire's greatest weapon, as well as the personal enjoyment of punishing someone who favors droids, Valance immediately sets off to find the boy. Jaxxon and Amaiza find out about his plan and go to Aduba-3 to warn Jimm that the bounty hunters are after him. A battle ensues when the gang arrives, and most of them are killed during the fight with the three Star-Hoppers. It is only then that Valance, the lone survivor of his gang, realizes that he was after the wrong boy the whole time, but he makes good his escape by using the blaster built into his cybernetic arm, taking the others by surprise and leaving the planet in his ship Kill Switch.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

C-3PO (In flashback(s)) Chewbacca (In flashback(s)) Dafi (First appearance) Jimm Doshun Merri Shen Doshun FE-9Q (Mentioned only) Amaiza Foxtrain Remel Fud (First appearance) Jaxxon Obi-Wan Kenobi (In flashback(s)) Don-Wan Kihotay Leia Organa (In flashback(s)) R2-D2 (In flashback(s)) Robot orderly (First appearance) Luke Skywalker (In flashback(s)) Slssk (First appearance) Han Solo (In flashback(s)) Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) Unidentified reptiloid bounty hunter (First appearance) Darth Vader (In flashback(s)) Beilert Valance (First appearance)

Organisms

Bantha Hawk (First mentioned) Rabbit (Mentioned only) Sparrow (First mentioned)

Droid models

Astromech droid (In flashback(s)) R-series (In flashback(s)) R2-series astromech droid (In flashback(s)) Protocol droid (In flashback(s)) 3PO-series protocol droid (In flashback(s))

Events

Battle of Aduba-3 (Mentioned only) Kwymar Suppressions (In flashback(s)) Assault on Doniphon (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Rescue on Death Star I (In flashback(s))

Locations

Aduba system Aduba-3 Onacra Doniphon (First appearance) (In flashback(s)) Nar Shaddaa (First appearance) (Retcon) Telos IV (First appearance) Anglebay Station (First appearance) Computer records section (First appearance) In-patient bay (First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic (In flashback(s)) Black Hole Gang (Mentioned only) Bounty hunter First Mate Galactic Empire (In flashback(s)) Stormtrooper (In flashback(s)) Sith Lord (Mentioned only) Star-Hoppers of Aduba-3

Sentient species

H'nemthe Human Corellian (In flashback(s)) Cyborg Hutlarian (First appearance) Lepi Wookiee (In flashback(s)) Rwook (In flashback(s))

Vehicles and vessels

Death Star I (In flashback(s)) Kill Switch (First appearance) Millennium Falcon (Mentioned only) WUD-500 (First appearance) Rabbit's Foot (First appearance) X-wing starfighter (In flashback(s))

Weapons and technology

Armor (In flashback(s)) Darth Vader's armor (In flashback(s)) Stormtrooper armor (In flashback(s)) Agony inducer (First appearance) AV-9 (In flashback(s)) Blaster Blaster pistol Blaster rifle Electro-net (First appearance) Lightsaber (In flashback(s)) Proton charge (First appearance) Proton torpedo (In flashback(s))

Miscellanea

"Holy Hutch" Star Warriors (Cover only)

Behind the scenes

Issue #16 introduces Beilert Valance, Remel Fud, Dafi, Slssk, the return of the Spacers, and the death of Don-Wan Kihotay.

This is the first issue of the series where the original Star Wars cast does not appear, other than a recap sequence.

Collections

• Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1: Doomworld
• Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1

Notes and references

Wars (1977) 16 Star Wars (1977) 16 on Marvel Comics' official website (Wars (1977) 16 backup link (Star Wars (1977) 16) not verified!)

In other languages

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