Tag & Bink Are Dead 1

Tag & Bink Are Dead 1 was the first issue in the Tag & Bink Are Dead series of comics, released October 3, 2001.

Publisher's summary
Tag Greenly and Bink Otauna are Rebel officers fighting against Emperor Palpatine and his army -- until one fateful day, aboard a freighter carrying Princess Leia and the stolen plans for the Death Star, their lives change forever. During an attack on the freighter, Tag and Bink choose life over death, and "borrow" the armor off a pair of deceased stormtroopers to avoid being killed. Their new disguises get them off the freighter alive and send them off on an adventure neither of them could have predicted! Tag & Bink Are Dead is written by Kevin Rubio (creator of the internet film sensation Troops and the hilarious short stories "A Death Star Is Born" and "Force Fiction" from Star Wars Tales) and illustrated by the masterful Lucas Marangon.

Opening crawl
Episode IV.1

Tag and Bink Are Dead

It is a period of great strife and turmoil at Dark Horse Comics. With Episode II still months away, editors struggle to meet the demand for new Star Wars comics, brought on by a ravenous and unforgiving fan base.

Dark Horse Editor Dave Land, in a move that he now regrets, commissions the ever late, always procrastinating Kevin Rubio to concoct a two part comedic story about two young Rebel officers set during the time of Episode IV.

Even now as you read this, Kevin struggles to meet the deadline for the next book, and artist Lucas Marangon is slowly going insane because of the impossible visuals Kevin has asked for in the limited time that is left to draw the book. Turn the page and let the hilarious adventures commence&hellip;

Characters

 * C-3PO
 * Chewbacca
 * Jan Dodonna
 * Tag Greenly
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Conan Antonio Motti
 * Leia Organa
 * Bink Otauna
 * Palpatine
 * Nahdonnis Praji
 * R2-D2
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Han Solo
 * Wilhuff Tarkin
 * U-3PO
 * Darth Vader

Droid models

 * 3PO-series protocol droid
 * BT-16 perimeter droid
 * MSE-6 droid
 * RA-7 protocol droid
 * R2-series astromech droid
 * R4-series agromech droid

Events

 * Battle of Yavin
 * Destruction of Alderaan

Locations

 * Alderaan
 * The Graveyard
 * Death Star I
 * Docking Bay 327
 * Tatooine
 * Yavin 4
 * Massassi Temple
 * War Room

Organizations and titles

 * Alliance to Restore the Republic
 * Galactic Empire
 * Death Star trooper
 * Galactic Emperor
 * Grand Moff
 * Stormtrooper
 * TIE pilot
 * Galactic Republic
 * Jedi
 * Princess
 * Sith
 * Dark Lord of the Sith

Sentient species

 * Human
 * Wookiee

Technology

 * Comlink
 * DH-17 blaster pistol
 * E-11 blaster rifle
 * Magnetic shield
 * Proton torpedo
 * Turbolaser
 * Vocabulator

Vehicles and vessels

 * BTL Y-wing starfighter
 * CR90 corvette
 * Tantive IV
 * Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
 * Devastator
 * Space station
 * T-65 X-wing starfighter
 * TIE Advanced x1
 * Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1
 * TIE/ln starfighter
 * YT-1300 light freighter
 * Millennium Falcon

Miscellanea

 * The Force
 * Hyperspace
 * Smoothie

Collections

 * Tag & Bink Were Here

Behind the scenes

 * In the first cell, Spaceballs and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are referenced:
 * A parody of the license plate on the rear of the starship from Spaceballs.
 * The planet from the original US cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
 * A Big Boy restaurant can be seen onboard the Death Star.