The
giant reptile summoned from the depths of Aduba-3 rampages against
the Cloud-Riders, whose blasters are proving ineffective weapons
against its tough hide. Trying to get an edge in the fight, Serji-X
Arrogantus tries to kill the old shaman controlling the behemoth, but
both of them end up stomped underneath the monster's giant feet.
The
Cloud-Riders gang are no more, but without the shaman to control it,
the beast continues its rampage, throwing rocks and firing a deadly
beam of energy from its head at Han Solo and his fellow mercenaries.
Desperately
trying to think of a plan, Han doesn't notice the crazy old
self-proclaimed Jedi Don-Wan Kihotay marching off to confront the
beast with his lightsaber.
Hedji
the spiner dies trying to help Don-Wan, but this gives Han time to
realize that the lightsaber is the key to stopping the beast.
Meanwhile,
Leia heads to the Drexel system alone in search of what happened to
Luke Skywalker.
The
action comes fast in this issue, and the kaiju-sized beastie is a
strong escalation from rapacious bikers. Han's leadership is tested,
the Starkiller Kid finds a reason to stay with his village, and
Jaxxon & Amaiza have a growing banter-based relationship. All of
which make it solidly entertaining as the first major story arc wraps
itself up. This is also the first time in the franchise were Han Solo
wields a lightsaber, predating Empire
by two years.
It
was now 1978, and ten issues into the series, the original creative
team of Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin leave the book, moving on to
other projects within Marvel. Helping with the script is Don Glut,
who would himself later write the novelization of The
Empire Strikes Back.
Helping with art duties are Tom Palmer (who was already on the book
for several issues) and Alan Kupperberg.
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