Comic strip
The Return of Ben Kenobi
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"The Return of Ben Kenobi" is a comic strip written by Archie Goodwin and illustrated by Al Williamson. It was originally published by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate from May to July 1982, and later reprinted in Amazing Heroes magazine #27–30, in Classic Star Wars 10 and 11, on StarWars.com's webstrips section of Hyperspace, and most recently in Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy.
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Facts
- Title
- The Return of Ben Kenobi
- Writers
- Archie Goodwin
- Penciller
- Al Williamson
- Colorist
- H
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times Syndicate
- Released
- May 17 – July 25, 1982
- Published in
- Newspapers
- Reprinted in
- Classic Star Wars 10
- Classic Star Wars 11
- Star Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy
- Timeline
- c. 0.5 ABY
- Series
- Star Wars comic strip
- Preceded by
- "The Night Beast"
- Followed by
- "The Power Gem"
Who turns up here
Characters: 13
- C-3PO
- Chewbacca
- Amise Griff (as a hologram)
- Kalgrath (mentioned only)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (mentioned only)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi impersonator (first appearance)
- Leia Organa
- R2-D2 (mentioned only)
- R5-D4
- Luke Skywalker
- Han Solo
- Darth Vader
- Unidentified Rebel gunrunner (first appearance)
Species: 6
Places: 3
- Iron Tower (first appearance)
- Aridus Imperial outpost (first appearance)
- Great Temple
Starships: 8
Vehicles: 4
- wind-runner (first appearance)
- Imperial patrol speeder (first appearance)
- Two-man Imperial scout walker (first appearance)
- V-35 Courier
Organizations: 6
Events: 8
- Galactic Civil War
- Chubbit resistance (first appearance)
- Attack on an Imperial hovertrain (first appearance)
- Battle at the Iron Tower (first appearance)
- Skirmish on Aridus (first appearance)
- Raid on an Imperial outpost (first appearance)
- Rescue of Princess Leia (mentioned only)
- Yavin blockade
Technology: 10
Lore: 2
Everything else: 8
- Protocol droid
- Princess
- Hovertrain (first appearance)
- Armor
- Blaster
- Power transformer (first appearance)
- Laser cannon
- Signal amplifier (first appearance)
Not in the archive: 1
- Star Wars scrapbook section only
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