Star Wars (1977) 8

Eight for Aduba-3
Attribution information
Writer	Roy Thomas Howard Chaykin
Penciller	Howard Chaykin
Inker	Tom Palmer
Letterer	John Costanza
Colorist	Tom Palmer
Cover artist	Gil Kane Tony DeZuniga
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Pages	17
Chronological information
Timeline	0 ABY
Series	Marvel Star Wars
Issue number	8
Preceded by	Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils!
Followed by	Star Wars 9: Showdown on a Wasteland World!

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"My name is Ramiz, and I was selected to come here with the others to find... I do not know quite how to say it... a champion... a protector, so to speak!"

―Ramiz

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 Luke Skywalker Han Solo Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only) Darth Vader (In flashback(s)) Warto (First appearance)

Organisms

Bantha Brush-mouse (First mentioned) Devil Rabbit (First mentioned) Rodent (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) Galactic Civil War (In flashback(s)) 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) Farmer 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 (In flashback(s)) Landspeeder (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

Bandolier Blaster Blaster pistol DL-44 heavy blaster pistol Chair Clothing Bandana (First mentioned) Boot Lightsaber Nebulon-Q thruster jet Recon-tower Retrorocket (First mentioned)

Miscellanea

Dune-cactus (First mentioned) Language Binary Galactic Basic Standard Shyriiwook May the Force be with you Nikta (First mentioned) Space carrot (First mentioned) Spice (Mentioned only) Thumb-wrestling (Mentioned only) Wood

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

• Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1: Doomworld
• Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... Volume 1
• Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Volume 1
• Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years Volume 1

Notes and references

In other languages

• Deutsch