Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years
Star Wars 7

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Star Wars #7 Signature
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 1146325002
Owner: Kir Kanos

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years
Date Added: 5/11/2019
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

Star Wars 7: New Planets, New Perils!

Writer: Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin, Penciller: Howard Chaykin, Inker: Frank Springer, Cover artist: Gil Kane and Tony DeZuniga.

Signed by Howard Chaykin on 10/14/12.

Maybe (and probably) the 1st expanded universe Star Wars story. Star Wars issue 7 was published in 1977 and included a Han Solo and Chewbacca focused story titled "New Planets, New Perils" which occurred after Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.

It was within the letters column 'Star-Words'. which stated that the comic series would be about Han Solo and Chewbacca until George Lucas had better defined what the next film would be about. This made perfect sense to me because the 1st novel "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" written by Alan Dean Foster was written such that it could be filmed as a low-budget sequel in case Star Wars [Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)] was not a success. "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" was radically different from the Empire Strike's Back and focused on Luke and Leia. Therefore having the 1st comics focus on Han and Chewbacca was a fine way to buy time in my opinion. :)
  
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