Star Wars (1977) 8

Star Wars (1977) 8

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Template:Infobox Comic Book Star Wars 8: Eight for Aduba-3 is the eighth issue in the Marvel Star Wars series of comics, and the second original Star Wars comic story.

Plot summary

Han Solo and Chewbacca are hired by Ramiz, a moisture farmer on Aduba-3, to protect his village from a band of local thugs known as the Cloud-Riders led by Serji-X Arrogantus. Han and Chewbacca hire six misfit spacers to help them with the task, including Don-Wan Kihotay, an old man who thinks he is a Jedi Knight, and Jaxxon, a rabbit-like creature with a mean disposition. Serji-X tries to convince Han to forget about his mission to protect the peasants and even offers him compensation, but Han declines. Meanwhile, on Yavin 4, Luke Skywalker, C-3PO and R2-D2 leave in a scout ship to search for a location for the new Rebel Alliance base.

Appearances

Characters

• Han Solo
• Azoora (Mentioned only)
• Chewbacca
• Ramiz
• Serji-X Arrogantus (First appearance)
• Hedji (First appearance)
• Amaiza Foxtrain (First appearance)
• Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only)
• Don-Wan Kihotay (First appearance)
• Darth Vader (In flashback(s))
• Jaxxon (First appearance)
• Jimm Doshun (First appearance)
• FE-9Q (First appearance)
• Luke Skywalker
• Leia Organa
• Jan Dodonna
• R2-D2
• C-3PO
• Bail Organa (Indirect mention only)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi (In flashback(s))
• Warto (First appearance)
• Pig-face (First appearance)
• Pig-face's boyfriend (First appearance)

Sentient species

• Human
• Wookiee
• Spiner (First appearance)
• Hutt (Mentioned only)
• Lepus carnivorus (First appearance)
• Boltrunian (First appearance)

Creatures

• Bantha
• Rabbit (First mentioned)
• Sand-rat (First mentioned)
• Brush-mouse (First mentioned)

Droid models

• Tractor-robot (First appearance)
• R2-series astromech droid
• 3PO-series protocol droid

Locations

• Aduba-3
  • Onacra (Mentioned only)
  • Tun Aduban
    • Locru's Central Saloon
• Aduba (Mentioned only)
• Delphon (First mentioned)
• Yavin 4
  • Massassi Station
• Yavin Prime (Mentioned only)
• Tatooine (Mentioned only)
  • Mos Eisley (Mentioned only)

Vehicles and vessels

• Death Star I (Mentioned only)
• Crew carrier
• Scout ship (Luke Skywalker's) (First appearance)
• Skyspeeder (First appearance)
• YT-1300 light freighter (In flashback(s))
  • Millennium Falcon (In flashback(s))

Organizations and titles

• Cloud-Riders (First appearance)
• Black Hole Gang (First mentioned)
  • Den-mother (First appearance)
• Galactic Empire (Mentioned only)
• Jedi Order (In flashback(s))
  • Jedi Knight (In flashback(s))
• Galactic Republic (Mentioned only)
• Alliance to Restore the Republic
• Order of the Sith Lords (In flashback(s))
  • Dark Lord of the Sith (In flashback(s))
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• Star-Hoppers of Aduba-3

Weapons and technology

• Lightsaber
• Retro-rocket (Mentioned only)
• Nebulon-Q

Events

• Great Jedi Purge (Mentioned only)
• Clone Wars (Mentioned only)

Miscellanea

• Nikta (First mentioned)
• Defender of the Right
• Space-carrot (First mentioned)
• Dune-cactus (First mentioned)

Behind the scenes

Roy Thomas was the writer/editor on this issue. Howard Chaykin was the artist on this issue. Tom Palmer was the embellisher/colorist on this issue. Archie Goodwin was the consulting editor on this issue.

The Star Words letters column mentions that between the three editions of the Star Wars comic adaptation in print at the time (the regular Marvel Star Wars series, the Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars 1 and 2, and The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Star Wars) there were more than two million copies of the comics version of the story in print.

Collections

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

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