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Star Wars (1977) 53
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Star Wars 53 is the fifty-third issue in Marvel's Star Wars series of comics.
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Facts
- Title
- Star Wars 53
- Writers
- Chris Claremont
- Penciller
- Carmine Infantino
- Walt Simonson
- Inker
- Tom Palmer
- Alan Kupperberg
- Letterer
- Shelly Leferman
- Colorist
- Glynis Wein
- Cover artist
- Walt Simonson
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Released
- August 18, 1981
- Pages
- 21
- Timeline
- 3 ABY
- Series
- Star Wars (1977)
- Issue
- 53
Who turns up here
Characters: 19
- Alisande (first appearance)
- Chedaki (first appearance)
- Chiba (first appearance)
- Ygal Delois (first appearance)
- Jain Havero (first appearance)
- Jubilee (first appearance)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (in a flashback)
- Kéral Longknife (first appearance)
- Bail Prestor Organa (indirect mention)
- Breha Organa (indirect mention)
- Leia Organa
- Palpatine (indirect mention)
- Aron Peacebringer (first appearance)
- Aron Peacebringer's daughter (first mentioned)
- Roak (first appearance)
- Bentilais san Sk'ar (first appearance)
- Darth Vader (in a flashback)
- Wilhuff Tarkin (in a flashback)
- IT-O interrogation droid (in a flashback)
Species: 5
- Shiva steed (first appearance)
- Human
- Calian (first appearance)
- Kaleesh (retconned)
- T'Syriél (first appearance)
Places: 4
- Royal Palace of Alderaan (mentioned only)
- Illyriaqüm (first appearance)
- Great Hall (first appearance)
- K'avor (first appearance)
Galaxy: 2
- Alderaan sector (pictured only)
- Shiva system (first appearance)
Starships: 5
- Chedaki's blockade runner (first appearance)
- Death Star I (in a flashback)
- Leia Organa's shuttle (first appearance)
- TIE boarding craft
- TIE/ln space superiority starfighter (mentioned only)
Organizations: 7
- Alliance to Restore the Republic
- Calian Confederacy (first appearance)
- Galactic Empire
- Imperial Strike Force
- Stormtrooper Corps
- Stormtrooper
- Order of the Sith Lords (in a flashback)
Events: 4
- Clone Wars (mentioned only)
- Galactic Civil War
- Destruction of K'avor (first mentioned)
- Destruction of Alderaan (in a flashback)
Technology: 7
- Repulsorcart (first appearance)
- Darth Vader's armor (in a flashback)
- Stormtrooper armor
- Environment suit
- Nuclear weapon (first mentioned)
- Power cell
- Crown (mentioned only)
Lore: 5
- Galactic Emperor (mentioned only)
- Grand Moff (in a flashback)
- Jedi Knight (mentioned only)
- Dark Lord of the Sith (in a flashback)
- Sith Lord (in a flashback)
Everything else: 31
- Interrogation droid (in a flashback)
- Outlands (first appearance)
- Sk'ar's hidden base (first appearance)
- Captain
- Lady
- Warlord (first appearance)
- Governor (in a flashback)
- General
- Senator
- Princess
- Twelve Tribes of T'Syriél (first appearance)
- Demarch (first appearance)
- Cyborg (in a flashback)
- Near-Human
- Anti-matter bomb (first appearance)
- Armor
- Blaster
- Blaster powerpak (mentioned only)
- Deflector shield (mentioned only)
- Fusion bomb (mentioned only)
- Micromine (first appearance)
- Space mine
- Sword
- Translatacomp (first mentioned)
- Blood (mentioned only)
- Calian language (first appearance)
- Concordat of Peace (first appearance)
- Hell (mentioned only)
- Kilometer
- Meteor
- Music (mentioned only)
Not in the archive: 5
- Enormous stormtrooper (first appearance)
- Nightskin (first mentioned)
- Magnafield casing
- Cherenkov effect (first appearance)
- Dawnstar (first mentioned)
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