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

By type

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

Characters

Serji-X Arrogantus (First appearance) Azoora (Mentioned only) C-3PO Chewbacca Jan Dodonna Jimm Doshun (First appearance) FE-9Q (First appearance) Amaiza Foxtrain (First appearance) Hedji (First appearance) Jaxxon (First appearance) Obi-Wan Kenobi (In flashback(s)) Don-Wan Kihotay (First appearance) Locru's bartender (First appearance) Bail Organa (Indirect mention only) Leia Organa Pig-face (First appearance) Pig-face's boyfriend (First appearance) R2-D2 Ramiz (First identified as Star Wars (1977) 8) Luke Skywalker Han Solo Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) Darth Vader (In flashback(s)) Warto (First appearance)

Organisms

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

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2-series astromech droid Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid Tractor-robot (First appearance)

Events

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

Locations

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

Organizations and titles

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

Sentient species

Boltrunian (First appearance) Human Hutt (Mentioned only) Lepi (First appearance) Spiner (First appearance) Wookiee Rwook

Vehicles and vessels

Death Star I (Mentioned only) Scout ship (Luke Skywalker's) (First appearance) Peregrine-340 airspeeder (First appearance) Skyspeeder (First appearance) Rebel personnel carrier YT-1300 light freighter (In flashback(s)) Millennium Falcon (In flashback(s))

Weapons and technology

Lightsaber Nebulon-Q racing swoop (thrusters only) Retro-rocket (Mentioned only)

Miscellanea

Boot Defender of the Right Dune-cactus (First mentioned) Nikta (First mentioned) Recon-tower (First identified as Star Wars (1977) 8) Space carrot (First mentioned) Thumb-wrestling (Mentioned only)

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
• Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1

Notes and references

Wars (1977) 8 Star Wars (1977) 8 on Marvel Comics' official website (Wars (1977) 8 backup link (Star Wars (1977) 8) not verified!)

In other languages

• Deutsch