Comic strip
The Night Beast
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"The Night Beast" is a comic strip written by Archie Goodwin and illustrated by Al Williamson, published by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate from March to May 1982. It was later reprinted in Amazing Heroes magazine #24–26.
It was republished and colorized by Dark Horse Comics, beginning on page 16 of Classic Star Wars 8, and completing in Classic Star Wars 9. It was later republished on StarWars.com's webstrips section of Hyperspace.
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Facts
- Title
- The Night Beast
- Writers
- Archie Goodwin
- Penciller
- Al Williamson
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times Syndicate
- Released
- March 8 – May 16, 1982
- Published in
- Newspapers
- Reprinted in
- Classic Star Wars 8 (starting on page 16)
- Classic Star Wars 9
- Timeline
- c. 0.5 ABY
- Series
- Star Wars comic strip
- Preceded by
- "Traitor's Gambit"
- Followed by
- "The Return of Ben Kenobi"
Who turns up here
Characters: 13
- C-3PO
- Chewbacca
- Jan Dodonna
- Silver Fyre (mentioned only)
- Amise Griff
- Kalgrath (first appearance)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (mentioned only)
- Leia Organa
- R2-D2
- Luke Skywalker
- Han Solo
- Darth Vader (mentioned only)
- Owen Lars
Places: 2
- Great Temple
- Isolation chambers (first appearance)
Starships: 12
- BTL Y-wing starfighter
- GR-75 medium transport
- Imperial-class Star Destroyer
- T-65 X-wing starfighter
- TIE/ln space superiority starfighter
- TIE/sa bomber
- YT-1300 light freighter
- Millennium Falcon
- DS-1 Orbital Battle Station (indirect mention)
- TIE Advanced x1
- Darth Vader's TIE Advanced
- EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate
Organizations: 6
Events: 4
- Galactic Civil War
- Yavin blockade
- Great Sith War (first appearance, as a hologram, retconned)
- Battle of Yavin 4 (Great Sith War) (first appearance, as a hologram, retconned)
Technology: 9
Lore: 1
- Jedi Knights (mentioned only)
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