Senator Simon Greyshade was introduced to Star Wars fans way back in Marvel's Star Wars #18 as the administrator of the Wheel.  The Wheel is a space station used as a gambling establishment by rich citizens during the era of the Empire.  Simon Greyshade is a cunning and unscrupulous individual who is able to operate the Wheel outside of Imperial control due to the considerable taxes generated by his operation that are funneled back to the Empire's war machine.  Despite the dissolution of the Senate by the Empire, Simon continues to use the title of Senator.  His machination ..read more

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The legendary John Ostrander wrote the 4-part Twilight story arc in Star Wars #19 - 22 introducing Aayla Secura to Star Wars fans.  He became the regular writer on the title with issue #32 and remained with the title through the name change to Star Wars: Republic with issue #46.  He wrote the majority of the stories for Star Wars: Republic until it ended with issue #83.  He is the writer for the 4-part The Stark Hyperspace War that begins in Star Wars #36. Master Plo Koon is helping Aayla Secura's regain her memories in the presence of Jedi Council members Master Tholme, Master ..read more

Today's cover comparison shows very minor changes made by Editorial Novaro to the cover of Star Wars #14. Star Wars #14a - Marvel Comics, U.S. (August 1978) Star Wars #14 is noteworthy since it is the first time all of our heroes, droids included, appear on a cover together in the Marvel title.  Inside the issue, the heroes do all coalesce on a single panel on the last page.  Prior to this issue, the last time they were together was on the first page of Star Wars #7 when Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia were saying farewell to Han Solo and Chewbacca. Clásicos del Cine #306a - Edito ..read more

Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin is the third Darth Vader mini-series published by Darth Horse Comics starting in April 2013.  Like the previous mini-series, this story takes place during the first months of the Galactic Empire. A mining operation run by a rich industrialist on an ice planet is visited by the Empire seeking concessions.  Darth Vader is there to oversee the renegotiations.  The industrialist's son is upset and pulls a blaster on one of the negotiators and Vader intercedes, killing the son. Later, on another planet, the son's father is being escorte ..read more

Star TV Junior is a comic published by Aventures et Voyages in France.  It ran for 16 issues from April 1986 to September 1987.  The series brought select issues from Marvel's Star Comics line to French readers including 6 of the Ewoks comics.  Like many European countries, the individual issues were collected into albums. Star TV Junior Album #3 is a collection of Star TV Junior #7 - 9 which contain Ewoks #1, 3, and 4.  The cover uses the same artwork from Star TV Junior #6 which is an interesting choice.  There are only 3 Ewok covers for the Star TV Junior series, i ..read more

Back when the original trilogy was released, it was common for movies to be released to different countries at widely different dates.  The Empire Strikes Back was released to theaters in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom on May 21st, 1980. It then began rolling out weekly to other countries for the next nine months and some countries like Hungary, Turkey, and Poland did not receive the movie for a few years.  West Germans did not have to wait years to see the movie, but they did wait over 6 months when it was released on December 11th.  At the time, Egmont Ehapa ..read more

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Captain Phasma jumps from the cliff into the R'ora village and begins killing them.  She is soon joined by TN-3465 and eventually the Lup'ror they befriended.  With the R'ora occupied, Captain Phasma spots a tower where the R'ora keep Lieutenant Sol Rivas.  In the tower, Rivas is tied up and severly beaten.  Phasma orders Rivas to confess, but he instead tells her he knows she is one one who lowered the shields.  Without receiving the fake confession, Phasma kills Rivas and the entire exchange was overheard by TN-3465. TN-3465 meets up with Phasma and does not let on ..read more

Sick #122 contains a 25 page story broken into chapters spoofing Woody Allen and several television shows including Police Woman, The Bob Newhart Show, and Wonder Woman.  The framing story is the Nerd Broadcasting System (NBS) is facing low ratings, so the executives are meeting to review their talent and shows.  The executive include Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, King Kong, Jimmy Carter, Earnest Borgnine, and Barf Vader among others.  The Darth Vader caricature, NBS' network president, appears on numerous panels throughout the story. Sick #122a - Charlton Comics, U.S. (Augus ..read more