They are criminals (Han shot first after all) and are wrestling with being a part of this cause. Meanwhile, Mon Mothma seems to have tasked Han and Chewbacca with “smuggling” rebel money from one location to the next. The three pilots are immediately found and attacked by a large Imperial force who had to have known they were there in order to have attacked so quickly. Luke and Leia have a conversation about how they are dealing with these events that were so costly for the rebellion and for them personally. The rebels are searching for a new planet on which to set up a base so Luke, Leia, and Wedge Antilles are at the deepest corners of space. It is in the wake of the destruction of Alderaan and the victory at Yavin that we find Luke and Leia in Star Wars #1. “I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. One of the most disturbing lines of any Star Wars movie is given by Ben Kenobi after the destruction of Alderaan. Even if you have read them, read them again and bring (spoiler free) insight to the comment section as we celebrate Dark Horse’s great time in Star Wars comics.
So if you haven’t read these comics before, I would encourage you to pick them up as we read and talk about them every Monday, and engage in conversation with us. We will be reading the Marvel Star Wars comics together here on Dork Side of the Force but wanted to spend the weeks leading up to that release enjoying the 20 issues of Dark Horse’s recent Star Wars series written by Brian Wood. The announcement that Marvel will begin publishing Star Wars comics again in January 2015 brings to a close the 20 years of Dark Horse’s great Star Wars run.
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