Star Wars 39 is the thirty-ninth issue in the Marvel Star Wars series of comics.
Plot summary
The Rebel Alliance has established a new base on the ice planet called Hoth, but an Imperial probe droid discovers their location and transmits the data before it can be destroyed. Luke Skywalker has been attacked by one of the Wampas and is taken to the creatures cave, but Luke escapes from its custody and, with the help of Han Solo, returns to Echo Base. Captain Piett receives the probe droid's signal and reports his findings to Darth Vader who immediately orders the fleet to the Hoth system.
Continuity
This is Chapter One of the six-part adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back. The price changed from forty cents to fifty cents with this issue. As mentioned in the editorial comment of the letters page, Al Williamson and Carlos Garzón each pencil and ink the issues of the comics adaptation.
Media
Cover gallery
Collected in
- Marvel Special Edition 2: The Empire Strikes Back
- Marvel Super Special 16
- The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
- The Empire Strikes Back Weekly 118 - 120
- The Empire Strikes Back Annual
- Star Wars Special Edition 1984
- Return of the Jedi Weekly 51 & 52
- Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 1
- Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back trade paperback
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - The Special Edition
- Star Wars: The Special Edition Box Set
- Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 3: Resurrection of Evil
- Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... Volume 2
- Star Wars Omnibus: The Complete Saga
- Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Vol. 1
- Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back hardcover
- Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 3
- Star Wars: The Original Trilogy — The Movie Adaptations
- Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Rebellion Vol. 5
- Star Wars Legends: The Rebellion Omnibus Vol. 3
Appearances
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Organisms
Droid models
Events
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Organizations and titles
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Vehicles and vessels
Weapons and technology
Miscellanea
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Sources
Classic The Empire Strikes Back: Battleground Hoth! on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)- The Marvel Art of Star Wars
Notes and references
- ↑ The Comic Reader #180, provided by Marvel
- ↑ The New Essential Chronology