Star Wars Droids: The Protocol Offensive

The Protocol Offensive was a one-shot of the Star Wars: Droids comic series It includes a one-page afterword by Ryder Windham. It was published on September 3, 1997 by Dark Horse Comics.

Publisher's summary
Plotted by Star Wars novelist Brian Daley (Han Solo at Stars' End) and written by See-Threepio actor Anthony Daniels and Droids writer Ryder Windham, with painted illustrations by Tales of the Marvels artist Igor Kordey. It's See-Threepio and Artoo-Detoo saving the planet Tahlboor, in an adventure set years before Star Wars: A New Hope! This prestige-format one-shot has it all.

Characters

 * C-3PO; 3PO-series protocol droid (masculine programming)
 * Harthan family
 * Harthan; counselor (male Human)
 * Jake Harthan; son of Harthan (male Human)
 * Krax family
 * Krax; general (male Troob)
 * Ket Krax; son of Krax (male Troob)
 * Stigrit Krax; wife of Krax (female Troob)
 * Nimondro family
 * Nimondro; chief (male Hobor)
 * Larka Nimondro; daughter of Nimondro (female Hobor)
 * R2-D2; R2-series astromech droid (masculine programming)

Mentions

 * Boonda; criminal (hermaphroditic Hutt)
 * Wena; governor, Kalarba (male Human)

Creatures

 * cave creature
 * Unidentified equine creature

Locations

 * Kalarba
 * Rudrig
 * Tahlboor system
 * Tahlboor
 * Mount Yeroc
 * Krax's castle
 * Narthex Antechamber
 * Tion Hegemony

Sentient species

 * Devaronian
 * Mon Calamari
 * Shistavanen or Defel
 * Sullustan
 * Tahlboorean (species)
 * Hobor
 * Troob
 * Twi'lek

Technology

 * blaster
 * broadband antenna
 * glow rod
 * holotape
 * vibro-shiv

Vehicles and vessels

 * Tank
 * Firespray-class starship
 * Harthan's shuttle
 * landspeeder
 * speeder bike
 * Tahlboor space station
 * Troob shuttle

Miscellanea

 * credit
 * credit game
 * Basic
 * sabacc
 * Tahlboorean (language)
 * Unidentified Tahlboorean flower

Behind the scenes

 * The idea for the script came from Ryder Windham, who approached Brian Daley and Anthony Daniels to collaborate on a comic, as he had been in contact with both and knew that they had enjoyed working together for the Star Wars radio dramas. After talk between the three, Daley produced a rough outline, but work was halted first by Daley and Daniels' involvement in the Return of the Jedi radio adaption and then Daley's death. Several months later Windham was persuaded by Bob Cooper to take Daley's place, and he and Daniels produced the finished version of the script.
 * For the planning and writing of the script, R2-D2's words were written in English, only translated to whistles and beeps for the final version.
 * It was originally to be titled Unfriendly Persuasion.