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All New! Han Solo and Chewbacca on a world the law forgot!

Here is one of my favorite comic books from my youth. After a great comic book adaptation of the first Star Wars movie, Marvel embarked on a series of issues that followed the characters from the film on new adventures that would expand the Star Wars universe in new and exciting ways.

Star Wars #7 (1977 Marvel) January 1978 Marvel Comics


 Written by Roy Thomas. Art by Howard Chaykin and Frank Springer.

After bidding farewell to their Rebel friends, Han Solo and Chewbacca set out to return to Tatooine to pay off their debt to Jabba the Hutt. En route, they are hijacked by space pirate Crimson Jack and his gang of thugs. The pirates take the reward money given to Han and Chewbacca by the Rebel Alliance for rescuing Princess Leia Organa, but spare their lives. 

 Forced to lay low because they can't pay Jabba, the two seek refuge on the planet Aduba-3. There they are hired by a priest of the Sacred Way to bury a recently deceased borg. Although they meet with some resistance from the locals who object to having a borg buried in their traditional mound, they do eventually find their way to the burial site. After completing that task, the two smugglers are relaxing in a local cantina, where they are presented with a much deadlier job.

The characters Crimson Jack, Pera, Jolli and Azoora made their first appearances in this issue. Only Jack and Jolli would appear again in the series. 

 The letters column, Star-Words, stated that the comic series would focus on the characters Han Solo and Chewbacca until George Lucas has a better idea of where the story of the second film would go.

 This issue's Marvel Bullpen Bulletins announced that Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars 2, reprinting the final three issues of the film adaptation, was available at the time of this issue's release. 

 In this comic Han Solo says he and Chewbacca have to get back to Dantooine to pay off "Jabba the Hut." In the next panel he correctly says Tatooine. "Hutt" was spelled "Hut" prior to the release of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. - Wiki

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