Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils!

Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils! is the seventh issue in the Marvel Star Wars series of comics, the first original Star Wars comic story, and one of the first stories in the Expanded Universe.

Plot summary
After bidding farewell to their Rebel friends, Han Solo and Chewbacca set out to return to Tatooine to pay off their debt to Jabba the Hutt. En route there, they are hijacked by space pirate Crimson Jack and his gang of thugs. The pirates take the reward money given to Han and Chewbacca by the Rebel Alliance for rescuing Princess Leia Organa, but spare their lives. Forced to lay low because they can't pay Jabba, the two seek refuge on the planet Aduba-3. There they are hired by a priest of the Sacred Way to bury a recently deceased borg. Although they meet with some resistance from the locals who object to having a borg buried in their traditional mound, they do eventually find their way to the burial site. After completing that task, the two smugglers are relaxing in a local cantina where they are presented with a much deadlier one.

Behind the scenes
The characters Crimson Jack, Pera, Jolli and Azoora made their first appearances in this issue. Only Jack and Jolli would see more appearances in the series.

The letters column, Star-Words, stated that the comic series would focus on the characters Han Solo and Chewbacca until George Lucas has a better idea of where the story of the second film would go. This issue's Marvel Bullpen Bulletins announced that Marvel Special Edition Featuring Star Wars 2, reprinting the final three issues of the film adaptation, was available at the time of this issue's release.

Han's reward money loss to pirates in Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils! was retconed as the stolen loot in Scoundrels.

Collections

 * Classic Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1: Doomworld
 * Omnibus: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1