Comic story
Return to Echo Base
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"Return to Echo Base" is a story in the canon Free Comic Book Day one-shot comic Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars 1. The story was written by Charles Soule, illustrated by Ibraim Roberson and Rachelle Rosenberg, and published by Marvel Comics on May 4, 2024.
The story was designed in such a way to be welcoming to new readers to the Star Wars comic line. As such, Soule assured fans they could read the story without any prior context needed from other issues. Soule enjoyed the story upon a re-read and especially liked an ending moment with Chewbacca, which repeatedly made him laugh.
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Facts
- Title
- "Return to Echo Base"
- Writers
- Charles Soule
- Penciller
- Ibraim Roberson
- Letterer
- Clayton Cowles
- Colorist
- Rachelle Rosenberg
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Released
- May 4, 2024
- Published in
- Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars 1
- Timeline
- 3 ABY or 4 ABY
Who turns up here
Characters: 16
- Landonis Balthazar Calrissian
- Chewbacca
- Leia Organa
- Sheev Palpatine (mentioned only)
- Luke Skywalker
- Han Solo (mentioned only)
- Unidentified Imperial lieutenant
- Unidentified rebel 1 (first appearance)
- Unidentified rebel 2 (first appearance)
- Unidentified rebel 3 (first appearance)
- Unidentified wampa
- Calrissian family
- Chewbacca's family
- House of Organa
- Skywalker family
- The Force (mentioned only)
Places: 3
Starships: 18
- Death Squadron (indirect mention)
- Troop carrier
- Alderaanian diplomatic cruiser
- CR90 corvette
- MC-series star cruiser
- MC75 Star Cruiser
- MC80 Star Cruiser
- MC80A Home One Type Heavy Cruiser
- YT-series
- YT-1300 light freighter
- Millennium Falcon
- EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate
- X-wing starfighter
- T-65 X-wing starfighter
- T-65B X-wing starfighter
- GR-series
- GR-75 medium transport
- All Terrain Armored Transport
Vehicles: 5
Organizations: 15
Events: 4
- Galactic Civil War
- Aerial assault on Coruscant (indirect mention)
- Battle of Hoth (indirect mention)
- Mission to Hoth (first appearance)
Technology: 25
- Viper probe droid
- Stormtrooper armor
- Blaster pistol
- Heavy blaster pistol
- DL-44 heavy blaster pistol
- Blaster rifle
- E-11 medium blaster rifle
- Light repeating blaster
- SE-14r light repeating blaster
- Bowcaster
- Chewbacca's bowcaster
- DF.9 turret placement
- Cybernetics
- Mechno-arm
- Lightsaber
- Lightsaber pike
- Luke Skywalker's yellow lightsaber
- Rectenna
- Clothing
- Chewbacca's bandolier
- Cape
- Flak vest
- Anti-glare goggles
- Imperial military uniforms
- Imperial kepi
Lore: 11
Everything else: 52
- Probe droid
- Pilot
- Smuggler
- Repulsorcraft
- Speeder
- Airspeeder
- Troop transport
- Starship
- Corvette
- Cruiser
- Star Cruiser
- Freighter
- Light freighter
- Frigate
- Star Destroyer (mentioned only)
- Starfighter
- Transport
- Walker
- All-terrain vehicle
- Armor
- Helmet
- Snowtrooper armor
- Blaster
- Cannon
- Laser cannon
- Droid
- Holotable
- Quarrel
- Sensor (mentioned only)
- Sensor beacon (mentioned only)
- Backpack
- Cave
- Bandolier
- Coat
- Flight suit
- Goggles
- Cyborg
- Death
- Fire
- Fleet
- Foodstuff (mentioned only)
- Hangar
- Language
- Hell (mentioned only)
- Laser
- Lightsaber combat
- Planet
- Time
- Standard month
- Snow
- Temperature
- Winter (mentioned only)
Not in the archive: 1
- Hoth detachment (first appearance)
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