• CHRONO-SETTING:
• See the Classic Star Wars: Han Solo at Stars' End—From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures, and Classic Star Wars entries for chrono-settings and canonicity information
• MEDIUM:
• Daily newspaper comic strip (LA Times Syndicate, 1979-1984)
• PUBLISHING HISTORY:
• Unreleased material:
• "Al [Williamson] drew two weeks [12-day's worth] of Star Wars dailies in 1978 that were never published. For various reasons, Al didn't do the strip then, and plans to adapt the first film as a lead-in [for a potential daily LA Times Syndicate Star Wars comic strip] were dropped by Lucasfilm." (From The Art of Al Williamson, James van Hise, Blue Dolphin Enterprises, Inc., 1983)
• NOTE: this is an entirely different comic adaptation of Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope than the version Marvel Comics Group released
• Some unpublished Russ Manning material has recently been discovered:
• A one-day rough sketch for the opening Sunday strip (click here to view)
• 2-day's worth of Star Wars dailies from "Gamblers' World," in which Luke, Leia, and the droids are on a roller coaster on Vorzyd V (click here to view)
• 6-day's worth of Star Wars dailies of an unpublished episode in which Luke and the droids attempt to unmask a Tusken Radier (click here to view)
• Daily strips:
• Episodes 1-27: daily, 11 March 1979 - 11 March 1984
• Collections:
• Episode 1 & episodes 4-9 were edited and reprinted in Dark Horse Comics' Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures; see the Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures entry for additional information
• Episode 2, which features an adventure on the planet Constancia, ran on Sundays during episode 1 ("Gamblers' World"); it was not reprinted in Dark Horse Comics' Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures but rather published as Star Wars: The Constancia Affair, a special limited-edition comic distributed by Kay-Bee toys free to customers purchasing $20 or more in Star Wars products.  See Star Wars: The Constancia Affair entry for further information
• Episode 3, which featured a return to Chewbacca's homeworld of Kashyyyk, ran on Sundays during episode 1 ("Gamblers' World") after the conclusion of the Constancia episode; it was not reprinted in Dark Horse Comics' Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures
• Episode 10 ("Planet of Kadril") was not reprinted in Dark Horse Comics' Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures
• Episode 11 ("Han Solo at Stars' End") was edited and reprinted by Dark Horse Comics as Classic Star Wars: Han Solo at Stars' End; see Classic Star Wars: Han Solo at Stars' End—From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker entry for additional information
• Episodes 12-27 were edited and reprinted by Dark Horse Comics as Classic Star Wars; see Classic Star Wars entry for further information
• For additional information regarding each episode's title, author, and illustrator, click here.
• SUMMARY:
• Featuring the adventures of Luke Skywalker & Co.

• CHRONO-SETTING:
• c. 2 years after ANH
• MEDIUM:
• 9-issue comic series (Dark Horse Comics, 1994-1995)
• PUBLISHING HISTORY:
• Daily strips:
• This series consists of edited reprints of the LA Times Syndicate Star Wars newspaper comic strip which ran from 11 March 1979 - 10 August 1980
• Series reprints:
• Issues #1-9: monthly, August 1994 - April 1995
• Collections:
• Issues #1-9 collected in the graphic novel Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures (1997); alternately titled Classic Star Wars—Volume Four in the indicia
• Issues #1 and 3 packaged with two Indiana Jones comics in a Toys "R" Us 4-pack (1997)

• SUMMARY:
• Featuring the adventures of Luke Skywalker & Co.

classic star wars

• CHRONO-SETTING:
• c. 2 years after ANH
• MEDIUM:
• 20-issue comic series (Dark Horse Comics, 1992-1994)
• PUBLISHING HISTORY:
• Original strips:
• This series consists of edited reprints of the LA Times Syndicate Star Wars newspaper comic strip which ran from 9 February 1981 - 11 March 1984, and is available unedited in the hardback 3-volume Star Wars (Russ Cochran, 1991)
• Series reprints:
• Issues #1-20: monthly, August 1992 - June 1994
• Collections:
• Issue #1 also published in the British Star Wars: Featuring Indiana Jones #7 (Dark Horse Comics UK, April 1993); NOTE: published only in the United Kingdom
• Pages 1-15 of issue #2 also published in Star Wars: Featuring Indiana Jones #8 (Dark Horse Comics UK, May 1993); pages 16-24 of issue #2 also published as "Darth Vader Strikes Part One" in Star Wars: Featuring Indiana Jones #9 (Dark Horse Comics UK, June 1993); NOTE: published only in the United Kingdom
• Pages 1-11 of issue #3 also published as "Darth Vader Strikes Part One" in Star Wars: Featuring Indiana Jones #9 (Dark Horse Comics UK, June 1993); NOTE: published only in the United Kingdom
• Pages 12-24 of issue #3 and pages [1-??] of issue #4 also published as [NA] in Dark Horse Comics UK's Star Wars: Featuring Indiana Jones #10 (Dark Horse Comics UK, July 1993) NOTE: published only in the United Kingdom
• Issues #1-7 collected in the graphic novel Classic Star Wars: In Deadly Pursuit (1994); formerly titled Classic Star Wars, Volume One
• Issues #8-14 collected in the graphic novel Classic Star Wars: The Rebel Storm (1995); alternately titled Classic Star Wars—Volume Two in the indicia
• Issues #9-20 collected in the graphic novel Classic Star Wars: Escape to Hoth (1996); alternately titled Classic Star Wars—Volume Three in the indicia
• Issue #18 packaged with Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi—Dark Lords of the Sith #1-2 in a Toys "R" Us 3-pack (1997)

• SUMMARY:
• The Rebellion evacuates Yavin IV and establishes a new base on Hoth.

star wars: shadow stalker

• CHRONO-SETTING:
• Between issues #10 and #11 of Classic Star Wars
• MEDIUM:
• "One-shot" comic (Dark Horse Comics, November 1997)
• AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR:
• Written by Ryder Windham
• Illustrated by Nick Choles
• PUBLISHING HISTORY:
• Originally published in Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #9-12 (Topps Publishing, Fall 1996 and Winter/Spring/Summer 1997)
• SUMMARY:
• Darth Vader hires Jix to assassinate a defecting Imperial governor.
• "Darth Vader has a covert agent to take care of his dirty work:  Jix.  Vader dispatches Jix to take care of an Imperial governor who has defected to the Rebel Alliance.  But Jix finds a different, more important traitor, and winds up in a one-man war against a legion of stormtroopers." (From Previews, Vol. VII, No. 9, September 1997)

star wars: rebel mission
to ord mantell
a story from the star wars saga

• CHRONO-SETTING:
• Just prior to ESB
• NOTE: considered apocryphal; Topps created a controversy regarding the canonicity of Star Wars: Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell: A Story from the Star Wars Saga with the inclusion of Cypher and Phoedris into "official" Star Wars history (Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #5, Topps Publishing, Fall 1995); most recently, Charlene Newcomb and Rich Handley mentioned the name of Cypher Bos in their short story "Crimson Bounty" (The Official Star Wars Adventure Journal, Vol. 1, No. 14, August 1997); Kevin J. Anderson repeated this trend in Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights—Return to Ord Mantell
• MEDIUM:
• Children's audio adventure (Buena Vista Records, 1983)
• AUTHOR:
• Written by Brian Daley
• SUMMARY:
• Han and Luke travel to Ord Mantell and attempt to contact Phoedris Bos, a Rebel agent, who ends up being replaced by Phoedris' twin brother, Cypher, a deadly bounty hunter gunning for Han.
• "The Rebel Alliance has just destroyed the dreaded Death Star—but their fight against the evil Galactic Empire is far from over.  Forced to set up a new secret base on the inhospitable ice planet Hoth, the Rebels must divert the Empire's attention from the move.  Han Solo and Luke Skywalker are sent out as decoys against what they think is a lone Imperial Star Destroyer.  Unfortunately, the Rebel attack analysts haven't given our heroes all the facts!  And without money, the Rebellion cannot continue its fight for freedom.  Princess Leia and her Rebel team attempt a daring heist of Imperial funds—unaware of the treachery that awaits them.  It is a time for quick thinking, clever droids, and a lightning fast triggerfinger.  Join Han, Luke, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3PO on their Rebel mission to Ord Mantell!" (From the back of the packaging of Star Wars: Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell: A Story from the Star Wars Saga)