Saber Clash
Attribution
Writer	Archie Goodwin
Penciller	Carmine Infantino
Inker	Gene Day
Letterer	John Costanza
Colorist	Petra Goldberg
Cover artist	Carmine Infantino Bob Wiacek
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	Dec. 25, 1979 (on-sale)[1] March 1980 (cover)
Pages	17
General information
Era	Rebellion era
Timeline	0 ABY
Series	Marvel Star Wars
Issue number	33
Preceded by	Star Wars 32: The Jawa Express
Followed by	Star Wars 34: Thunder in the Stars

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Star Wars 33: Saber Clash is the thirty-third issue in the Marvel Star Wars series of comics.

Plot summaryEdit

As the Millennium Falcon and her crew depart Tatooine they recognize a House of Tagge Mining Explorer readying to jump to hyperspace. The Rebels decide to follow them to Feriae Junction where the Mining Explorer meets with an Imperial battlecruiser. There the Tagges transfer their mysterious Omega Frost technology to the Imperial craft, and lure Luke Skywalker into a trap. With Luke captured, Han Solo pilots the Falcon to the Rebel base at Yavin 4 to let them know that the Empire plans to use their Omega Frost weapon against Junction, a critical source of supplies for the Alliance. Back on the Mining Explorer Luke engages in a lightsaber duel with Baron Orman Tagge, and at first the elder Tagge toys with Luke, but soon realizes that the youth has more ability than he expected. Luke eventually defeats Tagge by destroying his cyber-vision and thus rendering him helpless, and heads back to the Rebel base to inform them of the true target of the Omega Frost weapon since the news that Han brought back was misinformation.

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Behind the scenesEdit

Wookieepedia has 12 images related to Star Wars 33: Saber Clash.

Ironically Luke's lightsaber on this issue's cover is miscolored red, the traditional color of the Sith, while Baron Tagge's lightsaber is colored green, one of the traditional lightsaber blade colors of the Jedi.

CollectionsEdit

• Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 2: Dark Encounters
• Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 2

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