Having escaped from the Death Star, our
heroes fend off a TIE fighter attack. An attack that was all too
easily thwarted, because the Empire attached a tracking device to
their ship.
We need to bring back exclamation points at the end of every issue title!
Aboard the Falcon,
tensions rise between Luke, Leia and Han about money and Luke's
attraction to the Princess. The ship reaches Yavin IV with the Death
Star plans and an attack strategy is prepped. Luke signs on as an
X-Wing pilot while Han & Chewie get paid and get ready to leave.
There's
a happy reunion with Biggs and he meets Blue Leader. Yes, Blue
Squadron, not the Red Squadron of the final film. Preparations
complete, the starfighters leave the moon for their fateful mission.
This is going to get real awkward in 1983
This issue adds some more cut scenes
back in, especially in the hangar before Blue Squadron leaves, which
is a good decision to wrap around Luke & Biggs' relationship as
it was established in the first issue.
This issue added Glynis Wein as the
colorist, who was one of the most respected colorists in the industry
and the then-wife of Len Wein, a comics legend in his own right (He
co-created Swamp Thing and helped save the X-Men from total obscurity
in the 70s by co-creating Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Storm &
Colossus and putting them on the team). Just some fun side details.
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