Star Wars (1977) 37

Warning: This infobox has missing parameters: upc, release date and unrecognized parameters: era, publication date, isbn Star Wars 37: In Mortal Combat is the thirty-seventh issue in the Marvel Star Wars series of comics.

Plot summary

Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader enter the dangerous Crystal Valley as arranged by Domina Tagge, her plan is to not only have Luke killed, but Vader as well since he was a long time rival of her brother Baron Orman Tagge. The Millennium Falcon arrives on the planet on the order of Baron Tagge, and he enters the Crystal Valley to confront Vader. Vader reveals to Orman that his sister is not as innocent as the eldest Tagge would believe and convinces him to duel Luke in Vader's place. Orman does so, but Vader makes a visual illusion so that Luke believes he is really fighting Vader. Luke kills Orman and escapes the Crystal Valley, and is reunited with his Rebel comrades.

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

Mosep Binneed (Retcon)
C-3PO
Chewbacca
Fan-eared bounty hunter (First appearance)
Crimson Jack (Mentioned only)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Mentioned only)
Leia Organa
Palpatine (Indirect mention only)
R2-D2
Luke Skywalker
Han Solo
Domina Tagge
Orman Tagge
Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) (As alias)
Darth Vader
Mulchive Wermis (Indirect mention only)

Droid models

Events

Galactic Civil War
- Mission to Monastery

Locations

Drexel system
Monastery
- Crystal Valley (First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Princess
Baron
Galactic Empire
- Captain
- Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only)
- Supreme Commander
House of Tagge
Order of the Sacred Circle
- All-High Priestess
Order of the Sith Lords
- Sith Lord

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Captain Wermis's battlecruiser (Mentioned only)
Desilijic scout (First appearance)
Star Destroyer
- Crimson Jack's battlecruiser
TIE Advanced x1
- Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1
TIE/LN starfighter
YT-1300 light freighter
- Millennium Falcon

Weapons and technology

AG-2G quad laser cannon
Armor
- Darth Vader's armor
Blaster
Cybernetics
- Cyber-vision
Headset comlink
Lightsaber
- Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber
- Darth Vader's lightsaber
Visi-cube (First appearance)

Miscellanea

Shyriiwook

Behind the scenes

The last page of this issue shows "Jabba the Hutt" reinstating Han Solo's debt to him after he forgave it in Star Wars 28: What Ever Happened to Jabba the Hut?. He is, however, erroneously illustrated. The article "Red Five" in Star Wars Insider 149 establishes that the "Jabba" in the Marvel comics is in fact Jabba's Nimbanel accountant Mosep Binneed, who sometimes used Jabba's name in interactions.

It is also possible that the very last page was meant to depict an encounter with the bounty hunter on Ord Mantell, referenced in The Empire Strikes Back, although canon version of this event was later featured elsewhere.