Comic strip
Gambler's World
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"Gambler's World" is a comic strip that was distributed by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate and published in U.S. and Canadian newspapers. The story arc was written and drawn by Russ Manning. It was collected in Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures 1–3, and was also available in the Webstrips section of Hyperspace.
It was among the strip's first five story arcs, which were licensed by the short-lived Lucasfilm subsidiary Black Falcon
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Facts
- Title
- "Gambler's World"
- Writers
- Russ Manning
- Penciller
- Russ Manning
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times Syndicate
- Watertown Daily Times
- Released
- March 12 – September 8, 1979 (Weekdays + Saturdays only)
- Published in
- Newspapers
- Reprinted in
- Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures 1
- Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures 2
- Classic Star Wars: The Early Adventures 3
- Timeline
- c. 0.5–2 ABY
- Series
- Star Wars comic strip
- Preceded by
- "The Constancia Affair"
- Followed by
- "The Kashyyyk Depths"
Who turns up here
Characters: 25
- Bemmie (first appearance)
- Blackhole (first appearance)
- Branox (first appearance)
- C-3PO
- Choyd (first appearance)
- Falud (first appearance)
- Farnak (first appearance)
- Kitak Hu (first appearance)
- Jax (first appearance)
- Merf (first appearance)
- Mistress Mnemos (first appearance)
- O-625 (first appearance)
- Leia Organa
- Palpatine (indirect mention)
- Paxin (first appearance)
- R-55 (first appearance)
- R2-D2
- Rbann (first appearance)
- Sanglui (first appearance)
- Luke Skywalker
- Unidentified Kilmaulsi guard (first appearance)
- Darth Vader
- Natala Vanden (first appearance)
- IT-O interrogation droid
- Maker (mentioned only)
Species: 9
Places: 6
- Casino Royale (first appearance)
- District 3054 (first appearance)
- Efavan (first appearance)
- Pad 391 (first appearance)
- Pad 393 (first appearance)
- Pad 583 (first appearance)
Starships: 4
- Alliance Fleet
- Flitter 555 (first appearance)
- Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
- Luke Skywalker's starship (Tatooine) (first appearance)
Vehicles: 1
- Flitter cab (first appearance)
Organizations: 9
- Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Freelies (first appearance)
- Galactic Empire
- Church of the Dark Side (retconned)
- Prophets of the Dark Side (retconned)
- Imperial Navy Trooper
- Stormtrooper
- Shadow stormtrooper (first appearance)
- Order of the Sith Lords
Events: 1
Technology: 26
- R2-series astromech droid
- BRT supercomputer
- 3PO-series protocol droid
- AC1 surveillance droid (first appearance)
- Darth Vader's armor
- Stormtrooper armor
- Stygium armor (first appearance)
- Automatic grabber (first appearance)
- Blast synchronizer (first appearance)
- Blaster pistol
- DL-44 heavy blaster pistol
- Blaster rifle
- E-11 blaster rifle
- Computer (mentioned only)
- Computerized blackjack (first appearance)
- Concussion bomb
- Grav tube
- Mirth gas grenade (first appearance)
- Hologram
- Lightsaber
- Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber
- Module harness (first appearance)
- Paralysis beam
- Spin-dizzy (first mentioned)
- Zapper panel (first appearance)
- Galactic Credit Standard
Lore: 5
- Galactic Emperor (mentioned only)
- Emperor's Hand (first appearance, retconned)
- Sith Lord
- Galactic Basic Standard
- Kubazian
Everything else: 38
- Astromech droid
- R-series
- Interrogation droid
- Messenger droid (mentioned only)
- Police droid
- Protocol droid
- Security droid
- Tech droid
- Sixth Decant (first appearance)
- Hu's Emporium (first appearance)
- Commander
- President
- Princess
- Cyborg
- Landspeeder
- Armor
- Anti-gravity
- Blaster
- Conveyor
- Electro-shock prod
- Fire extinguisher
- Grenade
- Holoprojector
- Laser cannon
- Laser saw (first appearance)
- Locator
- Logic circuit (mentioned only)
- Macrobinoculars
- Restraining bolt
- Stun
- Cosmic Chance (first appearance)
- Extinguisher foam (first appearance)
- Airspeeder (first appearance)
- Gambling
- Gas
- Mirth gas (first mentioned)
- Luck
- Binary
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