Star Wars (2020) 9

Star Wars 9
Attribution information
Writer	Charles Soule
Penciller	Jan Bazaldua
Inker	Jan Bazaldua
Letterer	Clayton Cowles
Colorist	Rachelle Rosenberg
Cover artist	Carlo Pagulayan Jason Paz Rain Beredo
Editor	Mark Paniccia
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	December 9, 2020
Pages	32
Chronological information
Timeline	Between 3 ABY and 4 ABY
Series	Star Wars
Issue number	9
Preceded by	Star Wars (2020) 8
Followed by	Star Wars (2020) 10

Star Wars 9 is the ninth issue of the canon comic series Star Wars. The comic was written by Charles Soule, illustrated by Jan Bazaldua, and published by Marvel Comics on December 9, 2020.

Publisher's summary

"OPERATION STARLIGHT" BEGINS, AS THE REBEL PATHFINDERS UNDERTAKE A DESPERATE MISSION TO THE IMPERIAL CORE.

• In the Imperial Museum on CORUSCANT, an ancient droid holds the key to salvation of the REBEL ALLIANCE.
• The Rebels' elite operations team, the PATHFINDERS, must pull off a daring heist right under the nose of the EMPEROR himself, with LANDO and LOBOT along for the ride!

Plot summary

OPERATION STARLIGHT Part I: THE ANCIENT RELIC The heroic Rebel Alliance is scattered and on the run from the evil Galactic Empire after losing the Battle of Hoth. But the Empire's cunning Commander Zahra has broken Rebel security codes and will stop at nothing to crush the Rebellion once and for all. Princess Leia attempts to rally her friends before all hope is lost....

Media

Cover gallery

Cover A Cover A (not final) Cover B Cover B (not final) Cover B (unlettered) Cover C Cover D

Appearances

By type 

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

Characters

Shara Bey C-3PO Landonis Balthazar Calrissian Chewbacca Kes Dameron Frell Grek Lobot Needle Nien Nunb Leia Organa R2-D2 Darth Sidious (as a statue) Luke Skywalker Unidentified curator (First appearance) Darth Vader (Mentioned only) Ellian Zahra (Mentioned only)

Creatures

Nexu (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Astromech droid R-series R2 series astromech droid Linguistics droid (First appearance) Autonomous Translator Module, Mark II (First appearance) Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid Translator droid

Events

Clone Wars (Mentioned only) Imperial Era Galactic Civil War Battle at Elessia (Mentioned only) Battle of Hoth (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Operation Starlight (First appearance) Heist at the Imperial Museum (First appearance)

Locations

Core Worlds Corusca sector Coruscant subsector Coruscant system Coruscant Imperial City Federal District Imperial Museum (First appearance) Unidentified Curator's private collection (First appearance) Imperial Plaza Galactic Senate Building Elessia (Mentioned only) (First identified as Elessia) Hoth (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl) Kashyyyk (Mentioned only) Kachirho (Mentioned only) Quermia (Indirect mention only) Rushan IX (First mentioned)

Organizations and titles

Administrator (Mentioned only) Baron Administrator (Mentioned only) Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Military Alliance Army Rebel Alliance Special Forces Special Forces Trackers Unit Rebel Alliance Navy Fourth Division Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps Rebel pilot Seventh Division Alliance officer Calrissian family Chewbacca's family Curator Dameron family Elder Houses House of Organa Princess Galactic Empire Coruscant Security Force (Mentioned only) Galactic Emperor (as a statue) Imperial Academy (Mentioned only) Imperial Military Ellian Zahra's assault group (Indirect mention only) Imperial Army Stormtrooper Corps Stormtrooper Museum guard (First appearance) Jedi Order Jedi Padawan Officer Commander General Lieutenant Pilot Security guard Sith (as a statue) Dark Lord of the Sith (as a statue) Darth (as a statue) Sith Lord (as a statue) Sith Master (as a statue) Skywalker family Slicer Smuggler Supervisor Thief Translator

Sentient species

Bith Human Alderaanian Cyborg Naboo (as a statue) Mon Calamari Quermian Sullustan Tholothian Trawaki (First mentioned) Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

Starship Cruiser Star Cruiser MC80 Star Cruiser MC80A Home One Type Heavy Cruiser Home One Freighter Light freighter YT-series YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon Frigate EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate Starfighter X-wing starfighter T-65B X-wing starfighter Transport GR-75 medium transport

Weapons and technology

Armor Helmet Flight helmet K-22995 light flight helmet Stormtrooper armor Blaster Blaster pistol DH-17 blaster pistol (Cover only) Blaster rifle E-11 blaster rifle Camera (Mentioned only) Comlink Cybernetics AJ^6 cyborg construct Mechno-arm Droid Holotable Mechno-chair Melee weapon Memory bank (Mentioned only) Polearm Pike Vibro-pike (First pictured) Sledgehammer (First mentioned)

Miscellanea

Bandolier Bespinite Capital Cave (Mentioned only) City Clothing Flight suit Death Suicide (Mentioned only) Dejarik (Mentioned only) Division Ecumenopolis Eye Fascist (Mentioned only) Fleet The Force Force-sensitive Galaxy The galaxy Imperial crest Imperial Legal Code (Mentioned only) Language Binary Galactic Basic Standard Shyriiwook Trawak (First mentioned) Mouth Museum Planet Quermian holy relic (First appearance) Refresher (Mentioned only) Species Time Second Standard day Standard year Xenophobia

Collections

• Star Wars Vol. 2: Operation Starlight

Bibliography

• Luke, Leia, and Lando Plan a Heist in Marvel's Star Wars #9 – Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Launchpad"—Star Wars Insider 199

External links

• Marvel Comics' December 2020 comic book solicitations and covers revealed (2020-09-17). GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020.

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