Star Wars (1977) 58
Star Wars 58: Sundown! is the fifty-eighth issue in theMarvel Star Wars series of comics.
Plot summary[]
Luke Skywalker,Lando Calrissian, andChewbacca blast off of the planetArbra in theMillennium Falcon. They enterhyperspace en route to meet a seedy merchant namedOrion Ferret at a space station known asBazarre.
Meanwhile,PrincessLeia rejoins theRebel fleet stationed above Arbra. She embarks upon a bold maneuver with which to conceal the fleet's location from the prying eyes ofImperial scouts. Using a device known as aKerts-Bhrg generator, the Rebels construct a large, pyramid-shaped force field that envelops the entire fleet. They move the ships within the corona ofArbra's sun, secure in the notion that the field generator will protect them from the deadly ultraviolet rays.
Princess Leia boards a shuttle craft to return to the planet's surface. Moments later, she discovers that the Kerts-Bhrg generators have malfunctioned. An absorption circuit within the cone of the control generator overloads flooding the maintenance bay with noxious fumes. All of the service personnel pass out from the chemicals. The only ones unaffected are thedroids,C-3PO andR2-D2. In order to save the fleet, the droids space-walk between the control generator and one of the star cruisers. They run a conduit cable into the Kerts-Bhrg generator and stabilize the fluctuating power levels. After the near-disaster, C-3PO contacts Princess Leia and provides an update on the crisis.
Meanwhile, theMillennium Falcon emerges fromlightspeed and arrives at the space station known as Bazarre.
Continuity[]
First appearances ofRebel Alliance personnel:Falltower,Hilly,Mesa, andShahn.
The subplot involvingLuke andLando's mission toBazarre continues inissue #59.
Arbra's sun,Arbran, is not specified by name in this issue. It is referred to only as "Arbra's sun."
Media[]
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Collected in[]
- The Empire Strikes Back Monthly 158
- Return of the Jedi Weekly 102 -104
- Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... 5
- Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 4: Screams in the Void
- Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... Volume 3
- Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Vol. 2
- Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 4
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Notes and references[]
- ↑Amazing Heroes #8,The Comic Reader #198 andThe Comics Journal #69
- ↑With the exception of certain flashback issues,Star Wars (1977) tells a continuous storyline, with issues 39-44 adapting the events ofStar Wars: Episode VThe Empire Strikes Back, andThe New Essential Chronology dates bothThe Empire Strikes Back and the events of issues 52, 61 and 69 to3 ABY, thus placing all of issues 39-69 in 3 ABY as well. Additionally,The New Essential Guide to Characters places theStar Wars: Shadows of the Empire storyline immediately beforeissue 72, andThe New Essential Chronology datesShadows of the Empire to 3.5 ABY.
- ↑Star Wars (1977) 58
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