Darth Vader Strikes

Darth Vader Strikes is a comic strip written by Archie Goodwin and illustrated by Al Williamson, originally published in 1981 by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. It was later reprinted in Amazing Heroes magazine #6-12.

It was republished by Dark Horse Comics beginning on page 16 of Classic Star Wars 2, all throughout Classic Star Wars 3, and ending on page 11 of Classic Star Wars 4. It was again republished on StarWars.com's webstrips section of Hyperspace.

PlotEdit

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AppearancesEdit

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

C-3PO
Chewbacca
Jan Dodonna
Amise Griff (First appearance)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Mentioned only)
Owen Lars (Mentioned only)
Leia Organa
R2-D2
Tanith Shire (First appearance)
Luke Skywalker
Han Solo
Wilhuff Tarkin (Mentioned only)
Darth Vader
Greedo (Star Wars scrapbook section only)
Wilhuff Tarkin (Star Wars scrapbook section only)
Zutton (Star Wars scrapbook section only) (Identified as Snaggletooth)
Lando Calrissian (Star Wars scrapbook section only)
Yoda (Star Wars scrapbook section only)

Creatures

Bantha (Mentioned only)
Dewback (Star Wars scrapbook section only)
Tauntaun (Star Wars scrapbook section only)

Droid models

Astromech droid
- R-series
  - R2-series astromech droid
Protocol droid
- 3PO-series protocol droid
Viper probe droid (Star Wars scrapbook section only)

Events

Galactic Civil War
- Blockade of Yavin
- Mission to Fondor (Galactic Civil War) (First appearance)
- Mission to Ord Mantell

Locations

Bright Jewel system
- Ord Mantell (Mentioned only)
Fondor system (First appearance)
- Fondor (First appearance)
  - Fondor Shipyards (First appearance)
  - Fondor's underground steam tubes (First appearance)
Jovan system (First appearance)
Yavin system
- Yavin 4
  - Great Temple

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic
- General
Galactic Empire
- Admiral
- Galactic Emperor (Mentioned only)
- Grand Moff (Mentioned only)
- Stormtrooper
- Supreme Commander
Order of the Sith Lords
- Dark Lord of the Sith

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Bulk freighters
Civilian craft (First appearance)
Death Star I (Mentioned only)
Executor-class Star Dreadnaught
- Executor
Imperial-class Star Destroyer
Jovan Station (First appearance)
StarHauler-class drone barge (First appearance)
T-65 X-wing starfighter
TIE Advanced x1
- Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1
TIE/LN starfighter
YT-1300 light freighter
- Millennium Falcon
X-34 landspeeder (Star Wars scrapbook section only)
Storm IV Twin-Pod cloud car (Star Wars scrapbook section only)

Weapons and technology

Armor
- Darth Vader's armor
- Stormtrooper armor
Blaster
- Blaster rifle
  - E-11 blaster rifle
Drone craft (First appearance)
Hologram
Lightsaber
- Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber
- Darth Vader's lightsaber

Behind the scenesEdit

Wookieepedia has 10 images related to Darth Vader Strikes.

Starting with this story arc, each Sunday strip included a panel called the "Star Wars Scrapbook," which showed a character, weapon, or vehicle from Star Wars lore as it existed when the comic was created. This panel was meant to be disposable, so that newspapers which laid out their Sunday comics in an alternate format could exclude it without those readers missing any part of the story.^[1]

CollectionsEdit

Notes and referencesEdit

↑ Star Wars Volume 1 (1991), Russ Cochran, publisher (page 160)

External linksEdit

"Darth Vader Strikes" on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)
Darth Vader Strikes strips at Daily Star Wars' 30th Anniversary blog

In other languages

Deutsch

[0] Star Wars Volume 1 (1991), Russ Cochran, publisher (page 160)

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