Warning: This infobox has missing parameters: release date and unrecognized parameters: publication date Star Wars 16: The Hunter is the sixteenth issue in Marvel's Star Wars series of comics.
Plot summary
Beilert Valance, bounty hunter and droid hater, leads his mercenary gang on a merciless attack of the Anglebay medical station on Telos-4. There they find a patient called Don-Wan Kihotay in residence who, in his delirium, recounts his adventure with the Star-Hoppers on Aduba-3. The gang mistakes the Star-Hoppers for the group of Rebels who destroyed the Death Star, thinking the young farm boy Jimm Doshun is actually Luke Skywalker. Thinking of the huge reward for capturing the boy who destroyed the Empire's greatest weapon, as well as the personal enjoyment of punishing someone who favors droids, Valance immediately sets off to find the boy. Jaxxon and Amaiza Foxtrain find out about his plan and go to Aduba-3 to warn Jimm that the bounty hunters are after him. A battle ensues when the gang arrives, and most of them are killed during the fight with the three Star-Hoppers. It is only then that Valance, the lone survivor of his gang, realizes that he was after the wrong boy the whole time, but he escapes by using the blaster built into his cybernetic arm, taking the others by surprise and leaving the planet in his ship Kill Switch.
Continuity
Issue #16 introduces Beilert Valance, Remel Fud, Dafi, Slssk, the return of the Star-Hoppers of Aduba-3, and the death of Don-Wan Kihotay.
This is the first issue of Marvel's Star Wars series where the original Star Wars cast does not appear, other than in a recap sequence. This makes it the first licensed Star Wars storyline not to feature the original trilogy characters, predating such stories later in the Expanded Universe franchise. The decision not to feature Luke, Han, Leia, Chewbacca or the droids did not sit well with some readers; a few issues later, the "Star-Words" letter column, printing feedback regarding issue 16, contained one letter that read, in its entirety, "Let's have no more of this."
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Collections
- Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 1: Doomworld
- Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... Volume 1
- Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Vol. 1
- Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 1
- Star Wars Legends: Forever Crimson
Bibliography
Notes and references
- ↑ Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle, provided by Lucasfilm
- ↑ The Comic Reader #158, provided by Marvel