Comic strip
Darth Vader Strikes
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"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 in Classic Star Wars 2 from page 16, 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. The original black & white newspaper strip was reprinted in its original format by IDW Publishing in February 2018.
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Facts
- Title
- "Darth Vader Strikes"
- Writers
- Archie Goodwin
- Penciller
- Al Williamson
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times Syndicate
- Released
- April 20 – July 26, 1981
- Published in
- 1981
- Reprinted in
- Classic Star Wars 2
- Classic Star Wars 3
- Classic Star Wars 4
- Classic Star Wars Volume 1: In Deadly Pursuit
- Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 2
- Timeline
- c. 0.5 ABY
- Series
- Star Wars comic strip
- Preceded by
- "The Bounty Hunter of Ord Mantell"
- Followed by
- "The Serpent Masters"
Who turns up here
Characters: 17
- 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
- Zutton
- Lando Calrissian
- Yoda
Planets: 3
- Ord Mantell (mentioned only)
- Fondor (first appearance)
- Yavin 4
Places: 2
- Fondor's underground steam tubes (first appearance)
- Great Temple
Galaxy: 4
- Bright Jewel system
- Fondor system (first appearance)
- Jovan system (first appearance)
- Yavin system
Starships: 14
- Fondor Shipyards (first appearance)
- Civilian craft (first appearance)
- Death Star I (mentioned only)
- Executor-class Star Dreadnought
- 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
- TIE/ln space superiority starfighter
- YT-1300 light freighter
- Millennium Falcon
Vehicles: 2
Organizations: 5
Events: 4
Technology: 11
Lore: 4
- Galactic Emperor (mentioned only)
- Grand Moff (mentioned only)
- Supreme Commander
- Dark Lord of the Sith
Everything else: 10
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