Star Wars 26: Doom Mission

Star Wars 26: Doom Mission is the twenty-sixth issue in the Marvel Star Wars series of comics.

Plot
The Empire has set up a blockade of the Gordian Reach Sector, and Luke and Leia, on their way back to the Rebel base on Yavin 4, are ambushed by two Imperial TIE fighters. But just as the situation appears hopeless, a Rebel X-wing patrol arrives and destroys the two enemy fighters. Once they finally arrive at the base, they inform General Jan Dodonna about the events they observed earlier, where TIE fighters were entering the gaseous atmosphere of Yavin. Since Yavin's atmosphere is too thick for conventional signalling, they deduce that the House of Tagge and the Empire have developed some new signalling technology and set up a launch station within the gas giant. Luke goes on a mission to retrieve one of the signalling units from a downed TIE fighter, but at the cost of critical damage to R2-D2. Luke then pilots a captured TIE fighter, fitted with the new signalling unit, through the atmosphere of Yavin to the Achtnak Turbine Station. He destroys the station without trouble, but must find his way back to open space without the benefit of guidance from the station. Using the Force to direct him, Luke manages to find his way out of the thick atmosphere, but little does he know that Baron Orman Tagge followed him out, saving himself from being lost in Yavin forever.

Characters

 * C-3PO ("carbon-scored crybaby")
 * Jan Dodonna
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Bail Organa
 * Leia Organa
 * Palpatine
 * R2-D2
 * Shanks
 * Luke Skywalker
 * Orman Tagge
 * Jorman Thoad
 * Darth Vader
 * Vanden Willard

Droid models

 * 3PO-series protocol droid
 * Marksman-H combat remote
 * R2-series astromech droid
 * Rebel maintenance droid

Events

 * Battle of Yavin

Locations

 * Alderaan
 * Yavin system
 * Yavin
 * Yavin 4
 * Massassi Temple

Organizations and titles

 * Order of the Sith Lords
 * Dark Lord of the Sith
 * Galactic Empire
 * Emperor
 * Imperial Navy
 * Lieutenant
 * TIE pilot
 * House of Tagge
 * Rebel Alliance
 * Alliance Fleet
 * Rebel pilot
 * technician (techno)

Sentient species

 * Human

Vehicles and vessels

 * BTL Y-wing starfighter
 * Death Star I
 * Luke Skywalker's scout craft
 * escape pod
 * Mining Explorer
 * Repulsorsled
 * Space station
 * Achtnak Turbine Station
 * TIE Fighter Hangar
 * The Wheel
 * Spice probe
 * T-65 X-wing starfighter
 * TIE/ln starfighter

Weapons and technology

 * blow up
 * bolt
 * bucket
 * communicator
 * control panel
 * control panel module
 * main panel
 * switch
 * cyber-vision
 * droid
 * droid socket
 * engine
 * turbine engine
 * fire extinguisher
 * headset comlink
 * lightsaber
 * macrobinoculars
 * photo-recorder
 * proton charge
 * proton charge detonator
 * reactor
 * remote-destruct
 * shield
 * signal system (signal unit)
 * Tagge signal device
 * tracking instrument
 * transmission
 * wiring

Miscellanea

 * armament
 * carbon scoring
 * Death Star plans
 * flight commander
 * flyboy
 * the Force
 * Force navigation
 * meditation
 * full reverse
 * hangar
 * manual
 * miracle
 * necklace
 * sector
 * Gordian Reach
 * Spare Parts Reserve
 * spice
 * star
 * storm corridor
 * visual contact
 * warping distance
 * wizard

Languages

 * Basic
 * Droidspeak

Collections

 * Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 2: Dark Encounters