Star Wars 5: Skywalker Strikes, Part V

Star Wars 5: Skywalker Strikes, Part V
Attribution information
Writer	Jason Aaron
Cover artist	John Cassaday
Editor	Jordan D. White (editor) Heather Antos (assistant editor)
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Pages	32
Chronological information
Series	Star Wars
Issue number	5
Preceded by	Skywalker Strikes, Part IV
Followed by	Skywalker Strikes, Part VI

Warning: This infobox has missing parameters: release date and unrecognized parameters: publication date, era Star Wars 5: Skywalker Strikes, Part V is the fifth issue of the Marvel comic book series Star Wars and the fifth of six issues in the series' first story arc. The issue, written by Jason Aaron with art by John Cassaday, was released on May 20, 2015.

Publisher's summary

• As Luke goes home in search of the truth about his late mentor...
• ...Leia takes Han on a secret mission of vital importance to the Rebellion.
• Unfortunately, they both run into some unfriendly encounters.

Plot summary

Book I, Part V SKYWALKER STRIKES
It is a period of renewed hope for the Rebellion. The evil Galactic Empire’s greatest weapon, the Death Star, has been destroyed by the young rebel pilot Luke Skywalker. But Skywalker knows he has a long way to go if he ever hopes to become a true Jedi. Seeking clues to his destiny, he has returned home to Tatooine. Meanwhile, Darth Vader is seeking answers of his own and has hired the notorious bounty hunter Boba Fett to track down the pilot who destroyed the Death Star....

Cover gallery

Textless cover by John Cassaday

Textless variant cover by John Cassaday

Action figure variant cover by John Tyler Christopher

Mile High Comics variant cover by Humberto Ramos

Textless sketch variant cover by John Cassaday

Sketch variant cover by John Cassaday

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

Lando Calrissian (Mentioned only) Biggs Darklighter (Mentioned only) Boba Fett Obi-Wan Kenobi (Mentioned only) Beru Whitesun Lars (Mentioned only) Owen Lars (Mentioned only) Leia Organa R2-D2 Luke Skywalker Han Solo Sana Starros Unidentified six-armed alien (First appearance) Darth Vader (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Wuher

Organisms

Bantha (Mentioned only) Dog (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2 series astromech droid

Events

Imperial Era Galactic Civil War Attack on Cymoon 1 (Mentioned only) Battle of Yavin (Mentioned only) Duel in Ben Kenobi's home (First appearance)

Locations

Blackfel system (First mentioned) Cymoon 1 (Mentioned only) Weapons Factory Alpha (Indirect mention only) Ganath Cloud (First mentioned) Moons of Ovise (First mentioned) Outer Rim Territories Arkanis sector Tatoo system Tatoo I Tatoo II Tatooine Dune Sea Jundland Wastes Ben Kenobi's home Mos Eisley Chalmun's Cantina Tosche Station (Mentioned only) Moddell sector Monsua Nebula (First appearance) Unidentified planet (Monsua Nebula) (First appearance) Han Solo's hiding place (First mentioned; albeit indirectly) Trindello system (First mentioned)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Military Alliance Fleet Rebel pilot Bartender Bounty hunter Darth (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Farmer (Mentioned only) Moisture farmer (Mentioned only) Galactic Empire Imperial Military Imperial Navy House of Organa Princess Jedi Padawan Lars family (Indirect mention only) Officer Captain Pilot Scout Skywalker Smuggler

Sentient species

Advozse Aqualish Chadra-Fan Devaronian Human Alderaanian Clone Corellian Ithorian Jawa Morseerian Nimbanel Rodian Saurin Siniteen Snivvian Trandoshan Tusken Raider

Vehicles and vessels

Death Star (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Starship Frigate EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate Millennium Falcon (Mentioned only) Shuttle Abecederian line Lambda-class T-4a shuttle Invictus (First appearance) Star Destroyer (Mentioned only) Starfighter Bomber Y-wing starfighter BTL-A4 Y-wing assault starfighter/bomber TIE line TIE/ln space superiority starfighter X-wing starfighter T-65B X-wing starfighter Red Five Transport GR-75 medium transport Volt Cobra (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

Arc welder Armor Mandalorian armor Blaster Blaster pistol Blaster rifle Blaster carbine EE-3 carbine rifle Boba Fett's wrist gauntlets Dur-24 wrist laser Whipcord thrower Communications array Computer (Mentioned only) Navigation computer (Mentioned only) Cybernetics Mechno-arm Droid Engine Grenade Flash grenade (First appearance)

Hyperdrive (Mentioned only) Hyperdrive regulator (First mentioned) Jetpack Z-6 jetpack Laser cannon IX4 laser cannon KX9 laser cannon Lightsaber Skywalker's lightsaber Melee weapon Gaderffii stick Knife Moisture vaporator Power cell (Mentioned only) Sensor (Mentioned only)

Miscellanea

Asteroid (Mentioned only) Atmosphere Beach (Mentioned only) "Buckethead" Cantina Clothing Death Desert Factory (Mentioned only) Weapons factory (Mentioned only) The Force Force-sensitive The galaxy Ion storm Language Galactic Basic Tusken Light-year (Mentioned only) Moon (Mentioned only) Nebula Sabacc (Mentioned only) Star Time Second (Mentioned only) Standard day (Mentioned only) Standard year (Mentioned only)

Bibliography

• Searching the Desert For Secrets in Star Wars #5 - Exclusive Preview! on StarWars.com (backup link)

Notes and references

In other languages

• français
• polski